FOH'ers Daily Smoke

[Digi]

11 hours ago, Bigfatpuff said:

I have recovered my tastebuds. It was the toothpaste, strong mint whitening flavor.
To celebrate this, I treat myself to a Bolivar Coronas Gigantes cigar.
Very gentle, creamy, slightly mike sweet or wood sweet.
Took me 2 hours to enjoy it.
Nice.

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Amazing!  I found the same issue with new toothpaste a few years ago and tracked it down to sodium laureth sulfate.  Ended up switching to the Jason brand w/ fluoride - no issues with that!

 

Today felt like a Cohiba day...

[smbauerllc]

Diplomaticos No.4 '07
Not only my first of these, but also the first cigar I have ever smoked with more than 4 or 5 years age.
Delicious and the taste seemed to change every quarter or less.
Great burn, draw and construction too.
All around an incredible cigar to smoke for my birthday.

Cohiba Robusto
One of my all time favorites.
Excellent as always.
Great taste, draw,burn and construction.
Always a treat

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[SigmundChurchill]

Esplendido

[Dynamo320]

E2 UAO DIC 17

 

[jhalischuk]

Montecristo #5

[Chibearsv]

2019 CoRo. Starting to smooth out now. Needs more time down, these go to bed til next year. 
 

[GVan]

PLMC (LGR AGO-17) Always a nice stick!

Best cigar of the week - tasted like a grilled steak!  SPNP (EOS MAR-19)

[Kaptain Karl]

UEB SEP 17 PLPC bringing it’s A game. 

3rd Famosos out of the Jul 20 BSM box. Not catching my attention like the first 2 from the box, may just need some more rest. 

[mprach024]

Give me an “H”....

[Bijan]

Punch Royal Selection no 12 2009.

[Gamehawker]

3 hours ago, Dynamo320 said:

Partagas E2 UAO DIC 17

I love these cigars and I have about 20 five packs from the UAO Factory resting in my humidor from 2018. 

I tried one last August and I absolutely loved it and will probably really start breaking into them and smoking them around late 2022 or 2023. 😍😍😍

[Cigarsmoker81]

Tasty stick 

Monte mc, flavor bomb 

[X-Man]

Last couple

SLR Churchill, this one was surprisingly floral and sweet

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Punch 898

If they are all this fine, then I will be looking for more of them in 24:24.

[Raskol]

C&C time.. RYJ Churchill (2017) - 24:24

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[billyh79]

Daytime lineup. 

I was lucky enough to get a few boxes of these lately. One had a chipped foot so I thought it only right to smoke it immediately. Can’t wait for them to get a few years on them. 

[Trimming]

 

[gojira]

Today's enjoyments:

A young Media Luna UEB SEP 19

I was surprised how good it was, didn't expect that.

Gran Robusto REG DIC 17

 

This is the 4th or 5th out of two different boxes that I’ve smoked and only one was nice. This one starts out crappy as well. multiple tunnels appeared rather fast. Flavour wise it sucks as well. Normally one get's a dud or two in a 10 count box but it looks like it's the other way around with these 🤣. I don’t know to which factory the REG code belongs but my guess is that it’s a provincial factory as I don’t have many cigars with that code. Just saw that I have a Soberanos box with that code as well so the PL and that one will not stay in my stash.

 

Ditched it.

 

To be fair, I’ve had a Hermitage with that code last year and it was pretty good.

 

I needed something good after the PL fiasco and dug out a '12 Siglo V. It's rather heavy for a Dalias and has a slightly tight draw but produces a nice amount of smoke. I like cigars that have a draw like this one.

 

And I just lit up a BBF PMS ABR 15. This box has been very good to me and I will try not to smoke too many of these in the future to let them reach a little over a decade so that they'll fall into the category that I call aged (10+ years).

 

 

 

 

 

[Rhinoww]

With a few short interruptions for some other favorites this weeks exercise ended up being a tour of my 46 RG sticks: Mag46, Epi1; siglo IV and now the JL1. 
 

Before you ask my favorite let me say this is my favorite size cigar apparently next to the PC. These cigars are like my kids. Each exceptional in their own ways that I love faithfully. Each has their differences but each shines in their particular skills. I can’t quite articulate why I reach for one cigar over the other other than some innate itch that the cigar will scratch. 
 

This 2017 JL1 oddly started w a bit of a bite that faded very quickly into the lush JL flavors. Thick smoke w this cigar. A great diet lunch of nicotine. 
 

Right after I lit this I took delivery of a stunning box of Hoyo DC. You know this stick was good as I opted to continue to smoke it rather than try a Hoyo DC ROTT. They are Oct 20, so I won’t revisit that box for quite some time. Enjoying the JL1 before going back to work perhaps with a basketball game showing on my iPad after 3. Lots to do today.

Lots of firsts yesterday. First day of NCAA tournament. First Sir Winston. And a big thank you to @Chibearsvfor the trade so I could try these sticks. He is a true gentleman and BOTL. THANKS

Smoked w one of my buddies as we wait for the first tip today. Cigars were beautiful. Light sheen. A firm draw just the way I really like it. April 19 box. 

Flavors on cold draw was a touch fruit. Sweet tea a bit of bay leaf on the light. Holding these sticks one can feel that they are rolled particularly well. 

Buddy I am smoking one with has notes a variety of sweeter flavors. Even a touch of cherry a la RyJ. Surprisingly light although mid way on the first third I am feeling the nicotine. 

Ah some lightly toasted bread. 

Very smooth delightful cigar. My buddy’s comment was that he almost forgot how great the cigar was as he was continually drawing on it barely taking a break by habit. He was just immersed in the flavors. 

As the first third end lots of caramel is showing up. 

It’s windy outside but burn was uneven.

Second third has lots of dark chocolate. 

Flavors were great and consistent for the remainder of the stick

Hate to say it, but you can add me to the long list of those looking for a box. 
 

today is a Hoyo DC. GREAT weekend. 

[lovethehaze]

Stars of the week 

 

needs more time 

pretty good one dimensional but good 

[smbauerllc]

Montecristo No.3
Very tasty as usual.
This one was rolled a bit tight unfortunately and my modus tool didn't help so it wasn't a plug.
Started getting much better smoke production after only a 1/4 inch or so, so wasn't a big deal ultimately.
Great burn,draw and construction though

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[prshah25]

PSDP .. good smoke now but will age well!

[Queens88]

Cuaba Distinguidos - LGR MAR 18

A gift from a friend. Lovely smoke.

[Shatner's Bassoon]

Monte 2 PTR DIC 16

[inter4alia]

From one of the infamous quality control boxes 🤣

[Bijan]

5 hours ago, gojira said:

I don’t know to which factory the REG code belongs but my guess is that it’s a provincial factory as I don’t have many cigars with that code. Just saw that I have a Soberanos box with that code as well so the PL and that one will not stay in my stash.

I have a few boxes of REG. They're generally not that bad, though not stellar. Definitely provincial code. My terrible code this year was RUM. Had one box, was 3/4 or more plugged.

Reg was actually the 10th best code according to Rob for 2018 and 2019:

Edit: Though my terrible RUM was 12th 😂