FOH'ers Daily Smoke

[BoliDan]

Wife came out to tell me how impressed she is with my productivity today, seeing all the toys and furniture that I need to put together before tomorrow morning ? 

[westg]

Mag 50 , amazing , so amazing

[prshah25]

Christmas Eve cigar !

[JohnS]

2 hours ago, chuckpnoy said:

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

So very glad to hear! ?

1 hour ago, prshah25 said:

Christmas Eve cigar !

That Che cigar, from the special release Elie Bleu humidor, is indeed a special occasion cigar. Enjoy! ?

[Fezztone]

Punch 8-9-8 box of 10 Asia Pacific release. Start to Christmas break. It’s my first of the young box and great so far! Happy Holidays all!

[LLC]

Epic LAR SEP 12 Monty 520. There was grass earlier today but I guess it is going to be a white Christmas after all.




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[Paladin865]

Christmas Eve smoke, Por Larranaga Picadores LGR 18, Stay tuned for the Christmas Day smoke

[Islandboy]

UAO Dic 17 on this tropical Christmas Eve. Cheers gang!

[Kaptain Karl]

3 hours ago, Islandboy said:

UAO Dic 17 on this tropical Christmas Eve. Cheers gang!

Where ever you are...I’m on my way 

[MigsG]

Merry Christmas everyone 

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[Hammer Smokin']

An oldie but a goodie. 

 

2008 petit edmundo

it was tasty

[xandor88]

[Meklown]

Coloniales paired with a precious dram of the discontinued Laphroaig 18. Merry Christmas everyone!

[Raskol]

Merry Christmas! FOH.. Siglo IV from our host.

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[X-Man]

Day 4

[Wookie]

Merry Christmas! I’m liking the robusto better than these torpedoes....but still quite tasty

[Wookie]

16 minutes ago, Lrabold89 said:

Ya kno, I thought the same thing recently .....but it took a few more cigars for me to realize how good the unicos was .....I had that and i couldn’t fault it, but it wasn’t blowing me away....after my next 4-5 cigars I thought, damn that unicos was flawless .....interesting how comparisons change your impression of a smoking experience


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The 2019-2020 Famosos have been so good it's ridiculous. I think my unicos are from 2017 and I've only one box. I need to buy some more recent boxes to better compare. 

[Chibearsv]

Merry Christmas!

Siglo III to start the day.

After dinner Sir Winston GR

Cigar perfection so far. 

[Nino]

A very good Christmas dinner of Argentine Beef, asparagus, a great 2011 Cohiba Rioja and a 2019 Montecristo EL.

Looking forward to a new and certainly better year coming up.

Merry Christmas to all !

 

 

 

[JohnS]

San Cristóbal de la Habana Torreon 2012 - Especialista en Habanos Exclusivo AME Abr 2013

Do you recall the first release of the Habanos Specialist Exclusive program? You may think that it was the 2013 H.Upmann Connossieur A but it was in fact the San Cristobal de la Habana Torreon announced in 2012 and released the year after. We've since had the 2014 Por Larranaga Picadores, 2016 Punch 48, 2017 H.Upmann Connossieur B, 2018 San Cristobal de la Habana Prado, 2019 Cohiba Novedosos and 2020 Montecristo Herederos join this program but I'd argue that that the initial SCdLH Torreon is the most elusive. The reason is due to the unique packaging.

The peculiarity of this jar is that it is shaped like a castle tower. It contains an ashtray which crowns the jar with crenellations shaped-like dips. Every cigar in the San Cristobal de La Habana line-up is named after fortresses of La Habana, and the Torreon (or the Turret in English) is the name of the watchtower of El Morro fortress that watches over the port of La Habana. Each jar contains a humidifier system that keeps the cigar fresh and each jar is numbered. Only 2000 were produced back in 2012, and only for the Habanos Specialist shops and La Casa Del Habanos stores.

The Torreon is a 54 ring gauge x 150 mm (or 5⅞ inches) in length Geniales. The first regular production cigar to have these dimension was the 2009 Montecristo Eagle and it was joined by the Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo de San Juan in 2014. The 2017 Habanos Specialist Exclusive H.Upmann Connossieur B also has these dimensions as do nine other Regional Editions in the meantime.

One could say that seven-and-a-half years is a long time to rest a San Cristobal cigar. I'd agree when it comes to this marca but that period of time has not diminished the class of this cigar whatsoever. It's a fine smoke. It was acknowledged as such when it was first released and it continues to be at this stage.

Initial tastings highlighted its panettone sweet bread texture, floral notes, wood, honey and spice with a medium to medium-full strength. This Torreon had the hallmarks of a San Cristobal cigar with cocoa, coffee and molasses at its core. The texture was more pancake-like. It remained this way for the first half until I picked up some walnut and Earth flavours midway which intensified into the last third. There was no spice here whatsoever.

I nubbed this after 115 minutes. At the Torreon's price point I could make an argument that current San Cristobal de la Habana La Fuerza is a better option. Still, I'm very, very glad to have had the opportunity to smoke this wonderful cigar today.

[Paladin865]

Cohiba Sigio IV, may everybody have a Merry Christmas

[GVan]

Parti Short (SOU NOV-19)

[JZBdano]

My first VI 

Cutter and case were Christmas gifts.  

[PigFish]

‘01 Diplomaticos #1, and Messiah.

cheers! Piggy

 

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