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[MigsG]

6 hours ago, Kaptain Karl said:

Today is a surprisingly emotional day for me. It’s the 75th anniversary of my grandfathers liberation from Nazi concentration camps. He was a mischling, his father a Czech jew from the Sudetenland and mother an Austrian catholic. From 14-18 years old he was subjected to slave labor in coal mines and working on various other Nazi projects. He sabotaged a pipeline he was working on, and was sent to dachau. Luckily, the allies were advancing too rapidly, and he was sent back to a gestapo camp, from which the Gestapo took him on a train to the west with the rest of the prisoners who had western connections to escape the wrath of the soviets. He escaped his new camp, and when he woke up on the 5th of May, where he was staying was occupied by American soldiers. So this stick and so much else is for this great man who overcame so much to live and die a successful and proud American.

Thanks for sharing. Remembering your grandfather and mine, who also became an American citizen.  My grandfather was a Filipino-Spaniard who became a spy for the Filipino guerrillas on the island of Panay, where he lived, in the city of Iloilo.  He was shuttling messages hidden in his bicycle when he was captured by the occupying Japanese forces.  He was tortured for weeks in a mountain hideout until the day the Allied forces landed in March, 1945, and his captors ran. He was one of the fortunate ones that wasn’t beaten to death.  America recognized his efforts and gave him citizenship and he lived many years in California enjoying the freedom of this country.  Cheers man.

[MigsG]

Huge thanks to @Thirds for this Punch Serie D’Oro No. 2 Edición Limitada, which he gifted to me last year.  Held on to it until yesterday, when I deemed it the perfect time to enjoy.  And it did not disappoint!

Had all the Punch typical flavor, coupled with an addicting sweetness that Cigar Afficionado described as black cherry.  It was an awesome cigar, I could literally smoke this every day for a month. 

[JohnS]

Romeo y Julieta Churchills BUP May 2019

Do you ever feel that for every marca, vitola or specific Habanos cigar you always seem to luck out on when it comes to smoking, on the flip side, there always seems to be one marca or specific cigar that keeps on delivering, no matter what. In the last 24 to 36 months the Romeo y Julieta Churchill has represented that cigar for me.

It's not like I'm a Romeo y Julieta apologist. Far from it, as there are other Habanos brands I'd gravitate to first, but the RyJ Churchill just seems to be batting 1000 lately, to borrow a well-known baseball saying.

So what is about recent Romeo y Julieta Churchills that have made their consistency so remarkable? I'd say it would have to be the fact that, for me, since 2016, across a number of box codes, the RyJ Churchill has delivered in construction and in flavour. In regards to construction, I can't recall one overly tight or loose in the draw or burning inconsistently. (Although I have had one or two requiring multiple re-lights!) In regards to flavour, they just seem to always be full of those fruit and cocoa/chocolate flavours. Whether you call it cherries, berries or so on, they just always seem 'fruity' and I need to mention their consistent delivery of sweet flavours too such as anise or licorice, rosewater and turkish delight.

This Romeo y Julieta Churchill was the seventh cigar I smoked from the 2019 Xmas Sampler and I must admit that thus far, it's been the best. This is saying something when one compares it to the Cohiba Esplendidos, H.Upmann Sir Winston and Trinidad Fundadores. (Please note, that at the time of writing, I haven't smoked the Cohiba Robustos, Bolivar Silver Jubilee, Ramon Allones Silver Jubilee, Punch 8-9-8 or El Rey del Mundo Tainos yet) I wonder if this will still be best when I finish smoking the Sampler series. I guess we'll see.

[Chucko8]

C&C today with this custom Monsdale by Jorge 

Glorious

[SigmundChurchill]

[BellevilleMXZ]

Loving these!!

[TNT009]

Shudda dry boxed but still tasty!

[dangolf18]

Fairly enjoyable EL. Nothing mindblowing.

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[Guest Nekhyludov]

Happy Cinco de Mayo

[BoliDan]

Sig 2 some OGD bonded

[jtfrizzy]

MAY 15 H. Upmann Magnum 50 paired with a little Suntory Toki Whiskey. How everyone is doing well, staying safe and healthy, and practicing good virus prevention techniques as we start opening back up this wonderful country.

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[Habana Mike]

Cinco de Mayo smokes.

After the obligatory fajitas, margaritas, tamale, guacamole and salsa with tortilla chips I figured time for a Mexican smoke or two.

First was the Aromas de San Andres Gourmet. A true Mexican puro. The magnificent taste and aroma of each cigar is the result of a perfect marriage of the finest quality tobaccos grown from premium seeds in the lush of the San Andres Valley, in Veracruz, Mexico. (per their website).

Comes in a cardboard box, foil wrapper and glass tube!

Cervantes vitola which I love. Has to be at least 15 years old and has been marinating in the humidor since.

Actually a pretty nice smoke, most likely to the age on it. These were pretty rough early on. Smoothed out nicely.

 

Following that and needing my Cuban twang fix I chose the Edmundo Dantes Belicosos. These from 2016 have also mellowed a bit though still possess some strength.

Stood up well with the Hornitos.

 

[JayHabanos]

El Morro (2001)


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[Subcomandante]

Connie A

[RDB]

Sig IV from about 2016-17. Smoking really well: all the sweetness and grace that one wants from this line. I’m increasingly of the view that Cohiba pretty much always needs a few years’ rest.

[ayepatz]

Sir Winston UBE JUL 15. Indecently good.

[Raskol]

C&C Time. VR Famosos (2017) - 24:24

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[xandor88]

Talisman

[lovethehaze]

4 hours ago, FatherOfPugs said:

Two cigar day yesterday as it was my birthday. Not really a celebration as my wife and I would normally do, all thanks to this whole deal of shenanigans of happening right now and nothing being open. A great QdO 50 for a C&C break while my son was napping in the afternoon, and a meh JL Chiado ER Portugal ORA DIC 14 last evening (just a wind tunnel, completely underfilled).

Happy birthday !


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[StogieSteve23]

LAU NOV-15

Bought a 10 pack of these a couple years ago.  Smoked/gave away five and forgot about the rest.  Just found the remaining five today and decided to give one a go.  Delicious smoke.  Milk chocolate, baked goods, cedar and sweet cream. Perfect construction. Love the protection/flavor that the cedar wrap provides. 

  

ULA MAR-14 Old band Coronas Claro

Toast w/ butter, heavy cream, unsalted roasted almonds. Perfect construction. Delightful nub-worthy smoke for a morning conference call. 

EAG JUL-14 Presidentes 

Meh.. Ok, not great. 

 

Fiancé and I are making our guestlist for the wedding tonight.  Enjoyed one of my favorite go-to IPAs and a little non-plus that was flawless.

[Kaptain Karl]

16 hours ago, MigsG said:

Thanks for sharing. Remembering your grandfather and mine, who also became an American citizen.  My grandfather was a Filipino-Spaniard who became a spy for the Filipino guerrillas on the island of Panay, where he lived, in the city of Iloilo.  He was shuttling messages hidden in his bicycle when he was captured by the occupying Japanese forces.  He was tortured for weeks in a mountain hideout until the day the Allied forces landed in March, 1945, and his captors ran. He was one of the fortunate ones that wasn’t beaten to death.  America recognized his efforts and gave him citizenship and he lived many years in California enjoying the freedom of this country.  Cheers man.

That’s an amazing story!! Makes me so happy hearing stories like that. Cheers!! 

[SmokeyGigi]

[Nino]

Day 51 - Sunny afternoon with a Panatela and my favourite piece of cake - Frankfurter Kranz. Love it. ?

[Jbhunter223]

‘06 Du prince doing some work.  These are so good, it’s hard to stay out of them.