FOH'ers Daily Smoke

[Paso]

RASS

CUABA SALOMON

[GVan]

A few from the last couple of days.  All were excellent cigars but, the JL#1 was the superstar of the bunch (and looks it as well)!

SCdlH Principe (LGR Jun-18)

Boli CJ (MSU AGO-18) Just past it's 90 days acclimating.

JL #1 (UTL MAY-19) Probably the best smoking cigar in the humi right now.

[Bijan]

I was going to join @havanaclub and @SigmundChurchill for a DC outside but then got hit with the start of 8 more inches of snow coming down so went for a Bolivar tubos no. 3 ROTT. Great cigar cayenne as always and with sweet BBQ this time.

 

Hoyo du député. Cedar, spice, cream and citrus.

[CampDelta369]

Hoyo Epicure No 1 from our host. Excellent so far. 

MC#5, everything is bon 

[Paladin865]

Bolivar Petite Corona after breakfast and a Punch 48 for the after dinner evening smoke

[StogieSteve23]

A couple Valentines Day regionals.  

RAG-SEP-18 Isla

SOM-DIC-16 RG88: Way better than most people have said.  Nutty and floral with perfect construction/draw. 

[Bijan]

1 hour ago, VKUTT said:

Today is the 1st day that its been much above 0°F degrees in Denver...a DC?? NOPE! ??

May I ask the date on the Boli? 

VKUTT?

First out of a MSU SEP 19 box.

But I had a quarter box of MSU ENE 20 before that too.

Edit: I think the coldest we hit was 1F, still feeling tropical over here ?

Edit 2: Meanwhile all the warm places are getting snow, I keep seeing Texas is all snowed in, and they got snow in Athens in Greece, I just got pictures of an orange tree with fruit covered in snow, from someone I know over there.

[Trapper99]

My first CC ever. A Monte 4 in a still starlit 13* Ohio night. The first half was wonderful, no bite or pepper at all, but then I was fighting burn issues and the cigar would go out super easy then got bitter after relight and having to smoke it faster. I am assuming this was from the cold. Can’t wait for spring!!

 

[Bijan]

9 minutes ago, Trapper99 said:

My first CC ever. A Monte 4 in a still starlit 13* Ohio night. The first half was wonderful, no bite or pepper at all, but then I was fighting burn issues and the cigar would go out super easy then got bitter after relight and having to smoke it faster. I am assuming this was from the cold. Can’t wait for spring!!

 

Welcome to the world of CCs! The cold sucks, but it doesn't necessarily cause burn issues. Burn issues will be mainly due to humidity of the cigar (generally too high), humidity where you are smoking (funny enough less of a problem in the cold), and construction of the cigar (something you can't do much about).

What is your storage humidity? You want to be maybe 62%-68%, and people on this forum will say 62-65%. Non Cuban cigars are generally stored higher.

[GotYaGoat]

BBF - SOR Jan 20

[havanaclub]

Haven’t had a Picadores in a while. From a gorgeous PSP 2016 EOT AGO box. Very sweet towards the final half


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[Trapper99]

53 minutes ago, Bijan said:

Welcome to the world of CCs! The cold sucks, but it doesn't necessarily cause burn issues. Burn issues will be mainly due to humidity of the cigar (generally too high), humidity where you are smoking (funny enough less of a problem in the cold), and construction of the cigar (something you can't do much about).

What is your storage humidity? You want to be maybe 62%-68%, and people on this forum will say 62-65%. Non Cuban cigars are generally stored higher.

Thanks for the feedback! These just came off the truck about 5 days ago, and were shipped with a 69 boveda. When the were delivered, I switched them to a small cooler with a 65 boveda. I couldn’t wait any longer and had to try one!

I do have a sensor push on order for setting up a larger coolider for a few months till I get cabinet set up in new home.

 

[mprach024]

Treat for me tonight

[Bijan]

7 minutes ago, Trapper99 said:

Thanks for the feedback! These just came off the truck about 5 days ago, and were shipped with a 69 boveda. When the were delivered, I switched them to a small cooler with a 65 boveda. I couldn’t wait any longer and had to try one!

I do have a sensor push on order for setting up a larger coolider for a few months till I get cabinet set up in new home.

 

A lot of vendors store at 69% and ship with 69% boveda. I find they're often ok right off the truck but they can be too humid. You'll need 30+ days to fix it through proper storage. But I can't blame you for smoking some sooner

 

[Goodfortune]

2019 BBF 

[Bigfatpuff]

A lot of vendors store at 69% and ship with 69% boveda. I find they're often ok right off the truck but they can be too humid. You'll need 30+ days to fix it through proper storage. But I can't blame you for smoking some sooner
 

I could not agree more. As I stay in hotels since last October,I store all my cigars with 69% boveda in a sealed plastic bag.
Recently I found all my cigars went off easily. I leave the cigars in ambient conditions (24 degree 52% humidity) for 20-30 minutes. It generally gets better.
Some of my friends told me this is called decant a cigar, whatever.


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[Raskol]

C&C time. Medio Siglo (2017) - 24:24

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[Paso]

SLR A 

Allones 2

 

[LLC]

3 hours ago, Paso said:

SLR A 
Allones 2

Nice. I just had a box of the RA No. 2’s arrive but I’ll have to have patience before lighting one up.


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[Bigfatpuff]

I am running out of stock soon. So RyJ EL 18 again today.
I have done half of the box now, not every single one tastes exactly the same. This might be why Cohiba price went sky high here, very stable. A box of BHK 56 worth more than 2000 usd now.
For this one, the first 1/3 was strong dark chocolate. The second 1/3 was sweet and chocolate. The last 1/3, cedar came in, no sweet. A bit peppery.
Still a happy afternoon.

Last Monte to enjoy. Wonderful!

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[SpecialK]

15 hours ago, Bijan said:

A lot of vendors store at 69% and ship with 69% boveda. I find they're often ok right off the truck but they can be too humid. You'll need 30+ days to fix it through proper storage. But I can't blame you for smoking some sooner

 

I've found that the 69% boveda always translates to 64 - 67 RH in my desktop humidor... I looked around and confirmed this in other sources and I believe Boveda states that it can be under by 5 points in RH.. so I figure 69 is going to give me an average of 65... but that's just me ... 

[wine65]

1 hour ago, LLC said:

Nice. I just had a box of the RA No. 2’s arrive but I’ll have to have patience before lighting one up.


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The RA No 2 are wonderful. Definitely worth trying one early on.

[Kaptain Karl]

Just a week off the truck and already firing on all cylinders! Another one to add to the rotation! 

I should have taken notes for a review but I was busy. I did however get that dried fruit note (El Prez says prunes, I definitely agree) in spades. Definitely a unique profile that's fantastic! 

[Bijan]

1 hour ago, SpecialK said:

I've found that the 69% boveda always translates to 64 - 67 RH in my desktop humidor... I looked around and confirmed this in other sources and I believe Boveda states that it can be under by 5 points in RH.. so I figure 69 is going to give me an average of 65... but that's just me ... 

Yeah it depends on shipping time and if they vacuum seal. It won't hold 69% in the package. But their warehouses are at 69% too.

RH will be 5 lower in a desktop, only a few lower in a cooler, pretty dead on in Tupperware.

[glaesthetic]

Morning conference calls are usually for minutos, but decided to go for something bigger today. Started out a tasting a little dirty and like a cigarette, but quickly settled into thick, rich cream and spice. 

Demi tasse on the way to the store. First one and surprised how much flavor it has