FOH'ers Daily Smoke

[JohnS]

Hoyo de Monterrey Double Coronas ROE Jul 2016

I'd like to thank @wineguy once again for gifting me this cigar to review. The last HdM Double Corona I had a few months ago was mild to mild-medium bodied, nuanced in flavours and easy to retrohale throughout. Unlike other popular Hoyo De Monterrey regular production cigars such as the Epicure No.1 and No.2, it had minimal light cocoa. Instead it had a core cedar, light cream and clove combination, together with some vanilla sweetness here and there and spice on the edges.

This HdM Double Corona had much less spice to it. It was mainly quality cedar, light cocoa, cloves and some cream texture throughout. For me, it was just perfect.

If you get the chance to get a 50 cab, and you enjoy Hoyo de Monterrey as a marca, or you don't mind a Punch Double Corona (which can be similarly woody, just more so) I don't think you'd regret adding the HdM Double Corona as an acquisition to your humidor.

[NicPac]

A little break from work with a ‘19 Cohiba Robusto 

[glaesthetic]

Not going to have many more days like this here. 60 degrees feels like a sauna after the snow last week.

[t1String]

ASR SEP 18

 

REG ABR 19.  These seem to be finally hitting their stride - 4th one from the box, but the first good one.

[mbflash80]

13 Morro with some sierra nevada octoberfest and maiden 

[JayHabanos]

 

[Trimming]

[Paso]

 HQ Monte Day 

Monte2 MTS ENE20

Monte4 LEP JUN16

 

[jcorona]

Liga #9, great smoke

[X-Man]

PLPC TOS MAY 17What a treat!!! No wonder it is one of the forum favorites.

[Raskol]

C&C time. HDM EE (2018) - 24:24 

[Cigarsmoker81]

Barely smokable Trinidad Media Luna from the same box that gave a 92/93 cigar couple of days ago...is there anything more frustrating ? 

[Raskol]

  On 10/30/2020 at 12:49 PM, Lrabold89 said:

How did this smoke ?


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Wonderful... Sweetness all the way. Creaminess in loads, notes of coffee & Graham cracker.. Made me sit back and smoke slowly. ??

[teamrandr]

Especial no. 2

[CampDelta369]

  On 10/30/2020 at 1:06 PM, Cigarsmoker81 said:

Barely smokable Trinidad Media Luna from the same box that gave a 92/93 cigar couple of days ago...is there anything more frustrating ?

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No. Nothing...

[CampDelta369]

Morning C&C with Bolivar RC. These have been excellent. MSU ABR 19 PSP 12 pack. 

[GolfT3]

‘15 PE. Started with a twang, then all milk chocolate and cream with some clove and cedar coming and going. Perfect burn and good draw. Great post work pre dinner smoke while ignoring Zeta cleanup....

[Bijan]

Siglo III ROTT.

1C/34f out. Saw a snowflake or two...

[Kaptain Karl]

  On 10/30/2020 at 10:26 PM, Bijan said:

Siglo III ROTT.

1C/34f out. Saw a snowflake or two...

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That label tripped me out for a second! 

[Bijan]

  On 10/30/2020 at 10:46 PM, Kaptain Karl said:

That label tripped me out for a second! 

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Hahaha yeah it was very loose. I took it off when punching it and put it back on.

Is it on the right way? I think I had it on backwards first ? 

[Raskol]

  On 10/30/2020 at 11:09 PM, Lrabold89 said:

 

I’ve been more and more impressed with hdm lately ....had a 3 yr old epi 1 recently that was amazing w/ sweetness like you describe but balanced with cedar wood .....closest thing to des dieux I’ve had


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HDM Epi 1s & HDM EE would smoke great with 2-3 years of age. Both of them do wonderfully well as it ages. I try not to smoke them before that (2years). As for Des Dieux, I have never had one. From your description, they seem to be great too. 

You have a great weekend! 

[Kaptain Karl]

  On 10/30/2020 at 10:53 PM, Bijan said:

Hahaha yeah it was very loose. I took it off when punching it and put it back on.

Is it on the right way? I think I had it on backwards first ? 

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Haha! I hope that cigar is smoking as good as it looks! 

[JohnS]

H. Upmann Connoisseur No.1 BRE Nov 2018

There has been some slight consternation at the quality of late (mainly quarter three and four) 2018 H.Upmann Connoisseur No.1 on our forum lately. The concern centres around the unfermented quality of the tobacco that can come across as sour or bitter and is not typical of the H.U Connie 1 profile.

My last Connie 1 a week or so ago was certainly a tad sour and lacked shortbread, this Connie 1 was much, much better with cedar, shortbread and light coffee evident. I had no issue smoking it down to the last third today.

I've gone through one-quarter of this box so far and I have to admit that it has been variable in quality. I would envisage that I will smoke through another five or six sticks in the next few months to gauge the quality of the box to the halfway point.

[GVan]

Punch Short de Punch (TPO OCT-19).  This was generously gifted to me by @StogieSteve23 and had an awesome taste of sourdough, sour creme and the strong citrus twang they are known for - it's my first Punch Short de Punch - thanks Steve !!!

[LLC]

A good day to end a crazy week.

UEB JUL 18 Dip RE Canada. The last Canadian Regional ever. How sad.




OBM OCT 15 Siglo IV. Always enjoyable.




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