FOH'ers Daily Smoke

[TheFullMontecristo]

Epi1 and an underwhelming Coro from Xmas sampler.

[Dusk]

Becoming a favourite - Siglo 3

+33C out , 8am

 

[Markke]

A chocolate stick with a chocolate beer.

[J-Slay]

Bolivar Tubos No. 2 - This cigar was the beginning of the end for NC’s for me. First one out of a box with a little rest. Amazing. MSU/AGO/19

 

[Connoisseur Kim]

23 hours ago, havanaclub said:

These cigars are just sensational, and the box keeps getting better. Very very rich Monte DNA, just a beautiful blend and hands down the best of the linea series. Not even close.
LMB NOV 18 Leyenda

I really like the flavour profile of Monte 1935 Leyenda too! I also think it's the best of Linea 1935 for sure ?

[havanaclub]

Enjoying a nice Esplendidos MSA NOV 17 after a busy day at the clinic. Will be nice to be off until Monday. Cheers FOH

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[Chucko8]

C&C with a PLMC 2015

[JayHabanos]

JL #1

Sept 19


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[Raskol]

Christmas mood... RA Exclusivo Asia Pacifico from our host.

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[GVan]

JL1 (UTL MAY-19) 

[X-Man]

Day 3

[StogieSteve23]

Pacificos the other day.  I thought these had lost some of their luster but this one did not disappoint. 

Tat Black PC with yesterday's Nespresso

RAT-MAR-20 Punch Punch Tubo.  Young but very delicious.  Dry roasted peanuts and molten cedar. 

NOV-15 No. 4 to start Christmas Eve with my Nespresso.  

[StogieSteve23]

On 12/23/2020 at 1:17 AM, HabanosLuva said:

Titan '19 - start reminds me of a chocolate oatmeal stout with a slightly tannic aftertaste, but has since moved to a more malted espresso bean. Not as strong as I thought. 

 

Cueto pigtail Toro 

 

Who rolled the Titan? 

How was the Cueto? Everytime I've been to Havana I mean to pay him a visit but it's never happened... What are his blends like? 

[Bijan]

HdM du depute.

+5C out.

Mag 46. Tight draw but oddly creamy.

Weather is as nice as it's going to get before March. 8C/47F heater on but no gloves.

[PuroDan]

On 12/6/2020 at 11:08 PM, Bijan said:

All the small Partagas offerings besides the Shorts tend to be a blur for me. Super Partagas has had pretty good construction for me. I got a half plugged box of Mille Fleurs earlier this year. Just got a box of the Petit Coronas Especiales, but I've only had one so far. Again besides the Partagas shorts, all of these are generally some combination of pepper and spice. Sometimes some other flavours, but generally not a lot of complexity.

In my experience the PCE's get really creamy at 5-7 years and develop a tad bit of sweetness and the Cuban twang is pronounced. Pepper is there as well but lingers off with some age. They really get better with age. Without age they are just ok

[PuroDan]

18 hours ago, J-Slay said:

Bolivar Tubos No. 2 - This cigar was the beginning of the end for NC’s for me. First one out of a box with a little rest. Amazing. MSU/AGO/19

 

One of my faves. Pretty consistent stick i would say

[havanaclub]

4 hours ago, StogieSteve23 said:

Tat Black PC with yesterday's Nespresso

Isn’t this tat PC excellent?


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[EnigmatiC]

Ex. 4 with coffee and some eggnog

[JVasky]

Monte 2 from our host. Cracking cigar. 

[Chibearsv]

Punch 898 to start the Christmas weekend. 
 

[Rhinoww]

Quick Reyes for me. Had a taste like the smell of an old canvas tent in the rain from when I was a kid. Good memories of my Dad spontaneous w this cigar. Will be getting some more. Makes no sense, I know. 

[TheFullMontecristo]

Xmas eve post lunch Mag50. ESL ABR 19.

Media Luna watching National Lampoon Christmas Vacation

[JohnS]

Saint Luis Rey Regios GOB Abr 2020

According to Cuban Cigar Website, "Saint Luis Rey is a current pre-revolution brand, established around 1940 by a British firm. It was imported exclusively into the UK market until the 1993. Production was always fairly small, and starting in the early 2000s the line has been gradually reduced to a single cigar produced for copyright reasons." That one cigar is the Hermosos No.4-sized Regios (48 ring gauge x 127 mm or 5 inches in length). I'd like to thank @Bijan for making it possible to smoke this today via a mutual trade.

The last SLR Regios I've smoked was three years ago during the 2017 Australian Rugby League grand final. My impressions then and now about the Regios are funnily enough much the same despite the long interval period it's taken me to re-visit this cigar. You see, for me at least, Saint Luis Rey has always been a cigar that requires aging to get the benefits of its blend profile and my preferential bias towards the marca makes it difficult to appreciate smoking it in its youth. Whether it's the now discontinued corona gorda-sized Serie A, the similarly deleted Double Corona, Lonsdale and Churchill or the Regional releases such as the Asia-Pacifico Pacificos and Cuban Marquez, I've always smoked them with time down.

Make no mistake however, the Regios does indeed carry the hallmarks of the Saint Luis Rey flavour profile. These are its cocoa, hay and stonefruit (think dried apricots) core. Today's Regios started well with these flavours but towards the back half it became more toasty and spicy. There was no honey sweetness, citrus or coffee that I've enjoyed in aged Serie As of late and for which I crave (although I'd be willing to admit that yes, there was some apple citrus tart aspect to the cigar in the first third but this dissipated later).

Mind you, I'm still willing to give the Saint Luis Rey Regios a go and have it in my humidor. In fact, I recently ordered some. However, there's nothing wrong with enjoying them in the first 12 to 24 months, alas for me, I'll be smoking some Hermosos No.4-sized Romeo y Julieta Exhibicion No.4s in the meantime waiting for my Regios to develop before I smoke my next one.

[Hotboxx]

[chuckpnoy]

Happy to say the BRE NOV 18 Connie 1 is smoking wonderfully? @JohnS @Kaptain Karl