Popular Post djrey Posted June 22, 2020 Popular Post Posted June 22, 2020 Last third on this was awful. Just a bitter mess. I find it’s much easier to nub CC over NC. 22
Popular Post Puros Y Vino Posted June 23, 2020 Popular Post Posted June 23, 2020 TEB OCT 08 RA Grandes de Espana. 30
Popular Post Sir Diggamus Posted June 23, 2020 Popular Post Posted June 23, 2020 A Monte no 1 today. Great from start to finish Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 25
Chucko8 Posted June 23, 2020 Posted June 23, 2020 9 hours ago, nino said: @Chucko8 I like to follow your pictures of cigars, coffee and aircraft at Chek Lap Kok ! Really miss seeing planes passing by overhead - I live in the approach to FRA airport - and being retired LH crew I enjoy seeing some aircraft. I guess you are at the cargo area from the view. Last time I was in HK was 6 months ago and I smoked a cigar at one of the terraces on the departure area. Thank you and happy smoking ! Thanks @nino these pictures have been down at the hangar end of airport. Glad that you have been enjoying them. Stay safe and smokey my friend. 1
Fuzz Posted June 23, 2020 Posted June 23, 2020 4 hours ago, JohnS said: Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo des Dieux 2003 Generously gifted by @Fuzz (thank you kindly!), this des Dieux from a 2003 50 cab was not in any way complex, but it was exemplary! I especially adored the cream texture, light marshmallow and cedar with hints of vanilla. This is exactly as I like them. On the other hand, I find my 2013 and 2014 sticks more prone to notes of cloves, spice and wood with hints of mushroom or forest floor flavours. It just goes to show how patience rewards you when it comes to certain Habanos cigars such as the fabled (and much-missed) Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo des Dieux! That was a good way to end the Covid-19 cigar break of 2020. 1 1
Popular Post MigsG Posted June 23, 2020 Popular Post Posted June 23, 2020 Exhibición No. 4. Been loving RyJ lately, Mille fleurs, Petit Corona now this. 31
Popular Post jvd1291 Posted June 23, 2020 Popular Post Posted June 23, 2020 Jose L Piedra Cazadores. These are pretty tasty for a $3 cigar! 24
Popular Post dcbuss Posted June 23, 2020 Popular Post Posted June 23, 2020 Another better known shark tonight....as gimmicky as the rest though! 25
Popular Post havanaclub Posted June 23, 2020 Popular Post Posted June 23, 2020 BRC MSU FEB 18Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 30
Popular Post BoliDan Posted June 23, 2020 Popular Post Posted June 23, 2020 Plpc. 2018 I think (i just grabbed and ran). Theres not much to these when new. Its like an amalgamation of spices (cardamom, ground mustard, ginger). Besides that i actually enjoy it. Im not going to reach for it anytime soon, but it certainly is different. Im not much a beleiver in aging, but Por Larranaga might make that happen. Keeping with PL tonight. These 2017 PLMCs hit everything i want. Buttered toast, nutella and a tad of caramel. 30
BoliDan Posted June 23, 2020 Posted June 23, 2020 4 minutes ago, NicPac said: After a long day What does the hand tattoo say? 1
Popular Post Raskol Posted June 23, 2020 Popular Post Posted June 23, 2020 C&C Time. RASS (2017) from our host. Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk 25
Popular Post SigmundChurchill Posted June 23, 2020 Popular Post Posted June 23, 2020 Always nice to drive home at 7AM after a 24 hour shift, with a Siglo VI. 32 1
El Hoze Posted June 23, 2020 Posted June 23, 2020 15 hours ago, WineAcrobat said: Did the cab these came in have both the old and the new seal? (like without and with bar code?) it does! 1
Popular Post t1String Posted June 23, 2020 Popular Post Posted June 23, 2020 From the weekend... RAG AGO 19 - these are smoking brilliantly right now. Easily #1 cigar for me. BRE JUL 19 - this was the second from this box and both have been good ?? Bespoke Pony Express LE - they hit out of the park with this one. This and the Traditional Line Cotton Tail are my favorite NC ABO SEP 18 - these are in my top 5 right now UAO OCT 19 Media Luna LGR SEP 19 25
Popular Post Nino Posted June 23, 2020 Popular Post Posted June 23, 2020 The heat wave is rolling in. RASCC and some Rosé with sparkling water to combat it. Broke the 30C mark and will go higher this week. 24
Popular Post Pigpen Posted June 23, 2020 Popular Post Posted June 23, 2020 Forgot to take a picture !! But just had a lovely 2013 RYJ Short Churchill .... lovely Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 11
Popular Post JohnS Posted June 23, 2020 Popular Post Posted June 23, 2020 H. Upmann Royal Robusto 2011 - La Casa del Habano Exclusivo SUE Abr 2012 Up until the release of the 2010 Ramon Allones Superiores, La Casa del Habanos cigars were considered exclusive releases with a limited production run. That changed around 2010-11 and since that time the greater majority of LCDH releases have been in continued production ever since (albeit amongst short periods of production hiatus). I have enjoyed a number of them over the years, but strangely enough, this may be the first or second H.Upmann Royal Robusto I've actually sampled. I'd like to thank @baragh for gifting me this cigar to smoke today. The H.Upmann Royal Robusto was released circa 2012 and is an Edmundo-sized vitola with a 52 ring gauge x 135 mm (or 5⅜ inches) length. Incidentally, the H.Upmann Connossieur A is the same ring gauge and only 5 mm (or one-fifth of an inch) longer, but I would definitely classify the Royal Robusto as a very different Upmann cigar to the Connossieur A. Broadly speaking, in my opinion, there are Upmann cigars that excel in 'softer' flavours such as shortbread and cream and there are Upmann cigars that are more robust giving you stronger cedar, coffee and leather flavours. I'd put the Connossieur A in the former category and the Royal Robusto in the latter one. With eight years of age on this cigar, the coffee flavour was light but it still had a cedar and leather spine to it. Along the way I enjoyed a vanilla or licorice sweetness in the first third which transposed in the second third with the addition of some cinnamon spice. In the last third I got some further complexity with white pepper notes. Yes, it was an excellent cigar and for my preference I would favour an Upmann cigar like this with this amount of age on it. It was exactly to my liking. 27
Popular Post StogieSteve23 Posted June 23, 2020 Popular Post Posted June 23, 2020 Some recent smokes. ASR JUL-18: EE ASU MAR-19: Monte 1 LGR AGO-17: PLMC TPO OCT-19: Short de Punch Mystery smoke from @Lrabold89 which turned out to be a Nudie N3. Absolutely fantastic smoke. Lots of cedar, roasted nuts and a slight minty flavor throughout. Milk chocolate on the retro. Super enjoyable. 33
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