FOH'ers Daily Smoke

[Bijan]

5 minutes ago, Hotboxx said:

Fonseca 1 MEL JUN 2016

Did you take the band off the tissue paper wrapping and put it on the cigar for the photo or was the packaging different? If so nice job.

[JayHabanos]

Media Corona


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[Paso]

Punch Punch REG AGO18

FOH 2424

CORO ESL NOV19

ROTT  I couldn't resist... 

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SLR Regios GOB ENE20

Fruity smoke 

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Connie 1 BRE MAR19

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RJ Churchills ABO MAY19

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[SigmundChurchill]

Siglo VI

CPE

Media Luna

 

Esmeralda

CoRo

CPE

[Raskol]

C&C time. Sig VI (2017) from our host.

C&C time. Monte PE (2018) - 24:24

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Trinidad Reyes (2017) - 24:24

 

 

[NicPac]

RASS today on the course and a RAS this evening while taking some money off my buddy on the putting course. Good times. 

[Trimming]

Yesterday’s few

 

Afternoon

tonight

[Wookie]

[maverickdrinker]

2013 Cohiba Piramides Extra today...



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[WABOOM]

ORM DIC 16 with Honduran coffee from a french press.

[Nino]

Feet up and a RA after a good dinner at a local winemaker.

Regional Saumagen - similar to Scottish Haggis and some local Rosè.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ha_banos]

Productive day today.

[torsion]

Wanted to start earlier today but only just got out so lost the natural light for the photo but this one seems photogenic
Got this box in about a month ago from the locker and was keen to tuck in but following my usual freezer and rest routine held off until today.
H.Upmann Connossieur A. RAE JUN 15
Like I've said in previous posts, hard to fault anything Upmann, I've really enjoyed these in the past and with 5 years aged these are Tony the Tiger GRRREAT!


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[mbflash80]

5 minutes ago, torsion said:

Wanted to start earlier today but only just got out so lost the natural light for the photo but this one seems photogenic
Got this box in about a month ago from the locker and was keen to tuck in but following my usual freezer and rest routine held off until today.
H.Upmann Connossieur A. RAE JUN 15
Like I've said in previous posts, hard to fault anything Upmann, I've really enjoyed these in the past and with 5 years aged these are Tony the Tiger GRRREAT!


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Don Ive recently felt like 5 years is just a real sweet spot for regular production..recently smoked 2015 examples of punch dc, lusitania, double edmundo, wide churchill...all stellar.cheers bro.

[JohnS]

La Gloria Cubana Unifree 2018 - Edición Regional Turquía LGR Oct 2018

What price sentimentality? The question itself sounds odd. If we can argue that sentimentality is the heightened, emotional response based on feelings which can become idealistic, perhaps we could counter that Aristotle's cathartic response to tragedy, the willingness to let go of pity and fear in the face of a calamitous event is the exact opposite of the idea of sentimentality. How does this relate to the La Gloria Cubana 2018 Turkish Regional Edition? Please read on...

As cigar enthusiasts we regularly find ourselves lamenting the (often numerous) changes that are coerced upon us seemingly in pursuit of our hobby. The two main areas where this is most relevant is the discontinuation of favourite cigars from the past (e.g. the Partagas Serie du Connaisseur Series, the Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo des Dieux et al.) and the advent of larger ring gauge cigars. The La Gloria Cubana Unifree is a release that represents these two laments amongst aficionados; firstly, it has been released in a time when the regular production long and skinny La Gloria Cubana Medaille d'Or No.4 is in hiatus and secondly, it is another Montesco-sized release.

The LGC Unifree is the second Turkish Regional Edition after the 2014 52 ring gauge x 110 mm (or 4⅜ inches) in length, Petit Robusto Bolivar Bosphorus. Trevor Leask, the founder of Cuban Cigar Website actually gifted me this cigar to smoke with him in early 2016 (after all, like typical special releases, it was released to market late in mid-2015) and we both found it ordinary, extinguishing it early into the final third. This second Turkish Regional Edition was not like this. Like all good La Gloria Cubana cigars, it had an element of complexity to it. In my view, La Gloria Cubana is one of those marcas renowned for balance and complexity in a cigar; and more so when the cigar is constructed and blended well.

This cigar had notes of almond nut, fruit, wood, pepper but where it really shone, for me, was in its mild, creamy texture. For a cigar that's a little over 18 months old I found this impressive. The problem with it was the 55 ring gauge. You see, I punched the cap with my Credo 3-in-1 Punch Cutter, and usually this does the job on these larger-girthed cigars, but the smoke output was minimal at times, despite satisfactory resistance from the draw and I really should have opened up the head with a straight cut to compensate for this.

The reduced smoke resulted in me drawing harder on the cigar and by the final third I had moistened the head of it, which meant the flavours became a little acrid and bitter. Up until that point, this Unifree was a very, very good example of a La Gloria Cubana cigar, with some light wood, hints of pepper and tangy fruitiness in the middle third to compliment the creaminess from the first third. Chalk it up to experience and a lesson learnt, but next time I will be applying my Xikar XO cutter to the head.

As I alluded to the size of the LGC Unifree previously, this is the 11th Regional Edition to garner a 55 ring gauge x 130 mm (or 5⅛ inches) in length size. The original cigar to have these dimensions was the Romeo y Julieta Wide Churchills in 2010. In the meantime, apart from those eleven Regional Editions, the 2013 Hoyo de Monterrey Grand Epicure and 2019 Montecristo Supremos Limited Editions and the 2015 Romeo y Julieta Gran Reserva Wide Churchills also were released in a Montesco size. It just seems that this vitola is here to stay and Petit Coronas are fast becoming cigars of yesteryear.

So how do we respond to this as cigar enthusiasts? Do we become sentimental and lament this change or cathartic and embrace it? Perhaps there is another way, a view that eschews the extremes and is balanced and 'down-the-middle'. For in the time that the La Gloria Cuban Medaille d'Or No.4 has been in hiatus we've seen 88000 Italian LGC Invictos, 500000 Spanish LGC Serie D No.5, 60000 Swiss LGC Orgullosos, 60000 Turkish LGC Unifree and soon we'll have 60000 of the 3-year delayed British LGC Britanicas Extra cigars released.

This 2018 La Gloria Cubana Montesco-sized Unifree was a delightful cigar. I'm honest enough to admit that whilst at the same time feeling sentimental about the slim panatela La Gloria Cubana Medaille d'Or No.4.

[MigsG]

‘18 La Fuerza

[Shatner's Bassoon]

BBF OPG NOV 14

 

[prshah25]

NC today.. 

[StogieSteve23]

A couple from this weekend.  

DIC-19 Coronas Especiales 

Custom from Ybor 

2016 Punch Punch 

[inter4alia]

Been sitting on these for 60 days and just could not wait any longer before setting fire to the first one. 

[BigGuns]

Sunday poolside custom that was gifted to me. Not sure of the provenance, but I am sure that it is remarkable. Earthy with a subtle cocoa to it...maybe some cherry? (I think....the articulation of flavor profiles and whatnot is something I’m working on).  The soon-to-be-refilled Cadillac helps. Cheers!

[FatherOfPugs]

An old Monte No. 3 while out for a beach walk today.

[AugustWestNH]

Excellent Epicure #2 from our host...with a nice glass of rum in these humid evenings.


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[Chef86]

Cohiba Medio siglo, should have let it rest longer. Tunneled through the middle really bad but tasted great.

I forgot to mention this is probably my favored medium length smoke out there, I’d almost consider making it a daily smoke for me.




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[Mcoad]

Vacation week in Kelowna. About the only place to smoke a cigar is on your boat in the middle of the lake. Even the condos are 100% smoke free (including balcony’s). Nonetheless, a little Punch Punch.