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2010 EL Grand Edmundo

[Chucko8]

An RE Friday with @Nate Chu

C&C for a Saturday morning with this Sir Winston from 03. Today is going to be great if this cigar is anything to judge it by. What a super smooth start

 

Sunset and a BBQ with friends 

 

[LLC]

ABO JUL 17 Gigantes on a perfect evening.



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[SigmundChurchill]

2 hours ago, ElJavi76 said:

Did some side by side smoking Topes/Topes EL with @SigmundChurchill. Thanks for hosting brother! We both concurred, the new ones have more evolution. The ELs are really tasty but less of a story to tell. Both 90+ for me.

I actually smoked my two cigars side to side, meaning I lit them both at the same time and alternated puffs so I could make the comparison in real time.  The only real thing these two cigars have in common is the name.

Yes, as @ElJavi76 said, the Topes EL is a fine tasting cigar, but is very one dimensional.  It has a distinct flavor that dominates to the point where you don't really taste much else going on inside the cigar.  At least that flavor is a pleasant one, though I think we were both bored of it by the time the cigar was finished.

The regular production Topes has been my least favorite of the 3 new Trinidads, but that is just because the other 2 are so incredibly good.  I still like the regular production Topes more than 90% of the regular production Cuban cigars out there.  This one was full flavored and a very complex mixture of stuff you would smell in a bakery, like sour dough, ginger bread, and assorted pastries.  It was constantly changing and evolving.

It was really interesting going back and forth from one cigar to the other.  I had never done that before, but it really did give me a unique perspective on how different the two cigars really were.  It reminded me of when I was a kid, and I learned to play the piano.  The first songs I learned, my left hand would play just one note, over and over again, while my right hand would play the melody of the song.  The Topes El was my left hand, while the Topes non-EL was my right.  Constantly going back and forth from the same flavor in one cigar, to a medley of flavors in the other.  And interestingly enough, the one flavor in the EL was never at any point the same flavor in the regular production Topes.

 

And as a bonus, I also smoked a 2017 Collection Book Montecristo Gran Pyramid.

[BellevilleMXZ]

Two of my all time favs tonight, LaTrova and HC7. I wish I had 10 boxes of these instead of down to half a box!

[Trimming]

 

 

After a brief bike ride

 

[JayHabanos]

Epi 2 from 2016


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[JohnS]

Punch Short de Punch TPO Sep 2019

The Punch Short de Punch is a new release by Habanos S.A. but in my opinion there's nothing 'short' about it. Firstly, its length is only 4 mm (or ⅙ of an inch) shorter than a robusto and secondly, it takes quite some time to smoke. A robusto would normally take me around 70 minutes to smoke but this took me 100 minutes to finish!

In regards to flavours, like the previous Punch Short de Punch cigars I've had, was all classic Punch...the sour cream, leather, cedar and Cuban twang was all there from beginning to end. Again, it wasn't a complex cigar, but if you like Punch in general then I'd recommend that you give this a try, after all, they do come in 10-count boxes.

This was the third one I've tried and it was similar to the first two. Flavourwise, they've been all quite sound. The first two were fresh, i.e. slightly wet, but this one has since settled with a little time in my humidor and was a beautiful change-of-pace enjoyed on a warm Autumn's day.

[BoliDan]

Trying to get through this box of 17 coloniales. "Trying"... More like obliged

[Ej456]

[Perla]

18 hours ago, StogieSteve23 said:

Murphy ?.  Not a very good one but here is a picture (2010?) of our Misty RIP.  Unfortunately she was put down the last couple weeks before I graduated college (2012) and I never got to say goodbye. Still a bit sad about that.  I love (most all dogs) Weims, V's, GSP and anything in the Pointer family. My fiancé grew up with Dachshunds (I've grown to now love them too) which is funny because wiener dogs and Weims are for sure some of the most "Velcro dogs" you can have. 

 

 

Nice pic ?. 
We have 3 dachshunds. Weimaraner & Dachshunds are quite a personality. 

[Pigpen]

A little 2016 HdM Petit Robusto and Cuba Libré 

[StogieSteve23]

4 hours ago, Perla said:

Nice pic ?. 
We have 3 dachshunds. Weimaraner & Dachshunds are quite a personality. 
 

Love those two pups!  Are they both wirehaired Dachsies? 

[Pigpen]

Sunset and a BBQ with friends 

 

My favourite Por Larranaga by far. Saw some on Bond Roberts and should have tried to get them , regret that decision now.


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[Theophilus]

Bolivar-Belicosos Finos TEO JUL ‘19

[Perla]

2 hours ago, StogieSteve23 said:

Love those two pups!  Are they both wirehaired Dachsies? 

Yes they miniature wirehaired dachshunds. Love them, they are so funny. 

[WABOOM]

Cedros Deluxe no. 3, ARG ENE 14. I have had great luck with these. I love 'em.

[Ciscojohansson]

Plugged. Perfect draw to the rescue but the cigar exploded 5 minutes in. 

 

[bigbwalls]

The smoke you see in the picture is the only smoke output this turd would give off. Gave it the ol' perfecdraw treatment, did the whole pinch and twist method. Alas, it just wouldn't draw. To the ground with this turd. 

[TheFullMontecristo]

After lunch Party short. 

Plpc with a wonky burn

[barry12321]

'16 Vigia and '19 HUHC, how do you not burn your fingers on the HC? Lol

[Rhinoww]

Summer is here and so is this Epi 1. 
 

water still too cold to go in (70) but first cc by the opened pool w all the furniture out 

Edit to add something I had not seen before  the Epi 1 band has the ring gauge printed where it is glued.  Failed pull but now I can say I learned something today 

[havanaclub]

Old tatuaje Cohete. Strong but balanced.
Always found aged brown label Tatuaje to be very cubanesk.
 

SAT OCT 15 Monte No2

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[havanaclub]

Punch Short de Punch TPO Sep 2019
The Punch Short de Punch is a new release by Habanos S.A. but in my opinion there's nothing 'short' about it. Firstly, its length is only 4 mm (or ⅙ of an inch) shorter than a robusto and secondly, it takes quite some time to smoke. A robusto would normally take me around 70 minutes to smoke but this took me 100 minutes to finish!
In regards to flavours, like the previous Punch Short de Punch cigars I've had, was all classic Punch...the sour cream, leather, cedar and Cuban twang was all there from beginning to end. Again, it wasn't a complex cigar, but if you like Punch in general then I'd recommend that you give this a try, after all, they do come in 10-count boxes.
This was the third one I've tried and it was similar to the first two. Flavourwise, they've been all quite sound. The first two were fresh, i.e. slightly wet, but this one has since settled with a little time in my humidor and was a beautiful change-of-pace enjoyed on a warm Autumn's day.

Any similarities to the Isla punch cuba RE?


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[FatherOfPugs]

This evening's set up. It's Texas hot, so yes, ice tonight.

My son's 1st birthday today. Smoking one of my all time favorites while he takes his nap. RyJ Churchill MUO JUL 14 with some iced  White Rock Coffee Lady of the Lake blend.