FOH'ers Daily Smoke

[inter4alia]

Started the day with a No. 4

Decided to make it a Monte day, No. 2. 

[Paso]

HQ PSD4 From our host 

[Zaphod42]

Monte #1 ASU DIC 18. From a recent 24:24.

 

[fokker4me]

Cueto custom lanceros.

An Opus X petit Lancero.

[Habana Mike]

OUS JUN02 M 'dO No. 1

This one I smoked with a friend - pictured. Really good!!

G bands coming around now. Used to be a sign to hold off....

[JohnS]

Quai d'Orsay No. 50 (circa 2019)

When I first tried the new re-branded Quai d'Orsay No.50 and No.54 releases I was overwhelmed by the QdO No.50 and underwhelmed by the QdO No.54. Fast forward two or three years and my feelings about these cigars has changed somewhat after smoking more examples. I no longer see the Quai d'Orsay No.50 through 'rose-coloured glasses' nor do I view the Quai d'Orsay No.54 as an anathema to the Quai d'Orsay brand.

The reasoning for the re-evaluation on these cigars is because the QdO No.50 really needs to be smoked slowly to proved balanced flavours, something El Pres correctly mentions when the cigar comes up on 24:24 listings and the QdO No.54 no longer smokes like bland hay and muddled licorice and tobacco, like it used to for me.

This Quai d'Orsay No.50 was the second cigar I smoked from the 3-pack prize I was gifted by our generous host for winning a 'Word of the Week' competition. After 30 days rest I can confirm that this cigar did indeed need to be smoked slowly to balance out its flavours. I got those lovely brioche bread, quality cedar, hazelnut and toffee sweetness from the get-go; however, when I was smoking this a little quickly due to my enjoyment of the cigar I found that my palate would be overwhelmed with stronger spice and wood flavours. Smoking very slowly helped to re-dress this imbalance.

Perhaps this is a consequence of the blends used for the 2019 stock? Then again, perhaps it is not. One thing I do know, I will be enjoying my Quai d'Orsays more slowly into the foreseeable future from now on.

[StogieSteve23]

1 minute ago, JohnS said:

however, when I was smoking this a little quickly due to my enjoyment of the cigar I found that my palate would be overwhelmed with stronger spice and wood flavours. Smoking very slowly helped to re-dress this imbalance.

 

John, well said.  I haven't smoked a 50 in a while now but bought a box of 10 when they came out and finished it sometime early last year. It took me 2-3 sticks to figure out how much the temperature changes, in turn altering the flavors to a spicy and bland smoke when I puffed them too quickly. 

[TheFullMontecristo]

HU2 LUB ABR 15. smooth peanut/almond butter flavor. Going to retro the entire gar. 

[captaincaveman]

HUPC - UPE MAR 13
 

favorite smoke of the year so far

[StogieSteve23]

24 minutes ago, captaincaveman said:

HUPC - UPE MAR 13
 

favorite smoke of the year so far

 

Ray, these are reaaally good IMO.  Had my first and only one a couple weeks back and absolutely loved it.  Too bad they're discontinued. 

[Paladin865]

Monte 4 

Late Sunday afternoon

[scottm12]

First RASS, wonky burn, but enjoying it 

[SigmundChurchill]

Esmeralda

CoRo

MC2

[Mr.T]

Great PSD 4 on a lovely, cool evening


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[yadegari6]

Good to have hockey back 

[maverickdrinker]

2007 Partagas Sobresalientes from the Replica de Humidor Antiguo tonight...



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[Hotboxx]

[HabanosLuva]

Carlos Fernandez Diademas - 6/15/18

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[X-Man]

San Cristobal de La Habana - La Fuerza RAT DIC 19, after 88 days of rest at 16C, 58%RH.
How can a Cuban be this good this young? Cannot imagine how good it will get with more age. Simply amazing. Thank you @NSXCIGAR for recommending this.

[NSXCIGAR]

55 minutes ago, X-Man said:

San Cristobal de La Habana - La Fuerza RAT DIC 19, after 88 days of rest at 16C, 58%RH.How can a Cuban be this good this young? Cannot imagine how good it will get with more age. Simply amazing. Thank you @NSXCIGAR for recommending this.

Good to hear RAT is keeping up the quality. I have some RAT El Principe coming but I haven't had any La Fuerza past LGR JUL 19.

I've gone on record saying 19 La Fuerza could be the best regular production CC at the moment. I'll be buying as much as I can while this run continues.

[Baccy]

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[Raskol]

C&C time. Trinidad Reyes 2017 - 24:24

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[GVan]

MSU MAY 19 - lightweight Boli PC @ 7.5 g's.  Still very smooth.

[Chucko8]

Some 2019 offerings from 24:24

Perla by day

Media Luna by night