FOH'ers Daily Smoke

[Shrimpchips]

11 hours ago, Bijan said:

ERDM Demi Tasse, 20 minutes, first third spice, and then honey and vanilla for the rest.

RyJ Petit Julietas 37 minutes, sweet cherry in and out with some more earthy charcoal type flavour.

2008 Punch Royal Selection no. 12. Still had a quite tannic woody flavour mixed with a fruity melon flavour. Had a bit of an oily fireproof wrapper and tunnelled a fair bit. Used @PigFish Cuban smash or smoosh technique. Only lasted about 40 minutes. Found it quite strong for a PC.

What’s this pigfish smash technique? 

[Mr.T]

Pure MPE bliss…these have been resting for a year and are everything you look for and want in a Monte..love these

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[Bijan]

42 minutes ago, Shrimpchips said:

What’s this pigfish smash technique? 

Here's the thread with the video:

Came up in this recent review:

 

[LLC]

3 hours ago, Mr.T said:

Pure MPE bliss…these have been resting for a year and are everything you look for and want in a Monte..love these

Totally agree had one earlier today with an Americano and it was great. 

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[Edicion]

Bolivar Soberano El. Really nice. Will put the rest to sleep a bit longer. Still a bit too salty for my taste. 

[Greenhorn2]

14 hours ago, teamrandr said:

Helluva cigar cutter you got there.

[smbauerllc]

21 hours ago, Kaptain Karl said:

ROTT MAR MAR 20 Sig II. The first ROTT cigar I’ve smoked in awhile! Lots of lemon grass and some creaminess. Very smooth through the retro. The box definitely arrived wet so I’ll let these sit for another 60 days. One thing I've found with Sig II's is they have incredible smoking time for PC's. This one lasted almost 90 minutes.

I live the Siglo II's.
They are the only Cohiba I stock on a regular basis.

Reasonably priced, extremely tasty and as you mentioned, nice smoke time (although I only get an hour out of them personally, but that's fine with me)

Have gone through quite a few singles and 3 packs from 2019 and 2020 and they have been consistently excellent in every regard.

I can't recall having any issues with a single one yet

20 hours ago, Jimmy_jack said:

RASS. Still trying to figure out what the deal is. It’s got 4-5 years in it. Not bad…but…not great?

I enjoy them, and usually have a couple on hand, but I also dont really feel they are anything special or amazing like the common hype would suggest.

Still a good smoke though

19 hours ago, ReturnFreeRisk said:

My favorite Davidoff regular production; for me their most complex too. In CC terms flavors hit my palette as a bold HU2/light P2 hybrid.

Now that things are largely back to normal me and a couple buddies finally lined up our first lounge night in over a year.

Iwan Ries Friday night Chicago if anyone wants to join!

Good to see your mini review of them.
Just last month bought about 10 different Davidoffs and Zinos, most being new to me, including the Yamasa.

 

17 hours ago, Mr.T said:

Pure MPE bliss…these have been resting for a year and are everything you look for and want in a Monte..love these

Montecristo is definitely my favorite marca by far, and agree the PE's are excellent, but I prefer the longer smoke time of the Edmundo and Double Edmundo personally.

The PE's are a little too quick of a smoke for me and leave me wanting more

17 hours ago, Heels82 said:

Tabernacle HS 
Party Mad No.1 - TPO MAY '18

Haven't had many Partagas Maduros, as they have been extremely difficult to find in stock anywhere for a long time now, but love them whenever I can get my hands on them.

Would be awesome if Cuba added a couple more maduros to their offerings.

The Cohibas are just too pricey for the size imho, and aren't any better than the Partagas in my opinion

7 hours ago, Paso said:

RJ Ex4  ABO OCT17  from our gracious host 
my first Ex4 and I fairly enjoyed it

Love these. One of my favorite RyJ's

[Chucko8]

Connie A with some mates

[Greenhorn2]

El Principe this morning.  A little breezy and burn is a little bit wonky, but it has always corrected itself. 

[Paso]

RJ Ex4  ABO OCT17  from our gracious host 

my first Ex4 and I fairly enjoyed it 

[Wookie]

2014 Genios 

[Alfonso Sánchez]

Ramón Allones No. 2.

[Chibearsv]

13 minutes ago, Lrabold89 said:

always love @teamrandr  's daily smoke posts......truly the Hemmingway of foh with this one lol

Shouldn't "Hemingway" have the ash over the tray instead of the table?  LOL

[smbauerllc]

RyJ Reserva Real Nicaragua Toro

Very smooth and very tasty, and excellent draw,burn and construction.

Would seriously consider getting more in the future.

'11 Montecristo No.3

Very tasty and had that unique aged flavor i mentioned in another thread.

Good burn and construction, but the draw was fairly tight even after several runs with my Modus.

Not bad enough to be a real issue though.

Definitely one of my favorite smokes, and they are even better with some age.

'17 HdM Elegantes

Very tasty and flavorful, with perfect burn, draw and construction.

A little age definitely suits these, as i just had a fairly fresh one recently to compare to.

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[Nino]

Two days ago in Gent/Belgium invited to a cigar dinner of the Belgian Aroma de Cuba smokers club where I have good friends.

My first trip in 18 months and celebrating my second Pfizer-BioNTech jab 2 weeks ago.

A great location, Brasserie Latem, a Michelin starred Restaurant, the owner/chef himself a cigar smoker, ca. 30 Aficionados, superb Tapas dinner, 3 cigars and I was named "Honorary Extra Muros Member" of the Club. 

Excellent hospitality by all, very generous and a great atmosphere. Good conversations and exchanges. Lovely evening !

Certainly not my last cigar dinner with Aroma De Cuba.

 

 

 

[smbauerllc]

4 hours ago, Nino said:

Two days ago in Gent/Belgium invited to a cigar dinner of the Belgian Aroma de Cuba smokers club where I have good friends.
My first trip in 18 months and celebrating my second Pfizer-BioNTech jab 2 weeks ago.
A great location, Brasserie Latem, a Michelin starred Restaurant, the owner/chef himself a cigar smoker, ca. 30 Aficionados, superb Tapas dinner, 3 cigars and I was named "Honorary Extra Muros Member" of the Club.
Certainly not my last cigar dinner with Aroma De Cuba.

Very cool.
Thanks for sharing.
Only lounge I have ever been to is Casa Fuente in Las Vegas and got to hang out and smoke a few with Carlito Fuente.


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[kcmontie]

On 6/16/2021 at 10:42 AM, smbauerllc said:

@kcmontie

Nice.
Have only had 1 so far, but really enjoyed the 1935 Dumas quite a bit.
Assuming the second one I have is consistent, I will be buying more, even at the high price.
I'm a big Montecristo fan, with it being my favorite marca.

How was the Partagas EL?
Just beginning to dip my toe into the EL and ER realm of cc's, with 4 new to me ER's set up for smoking in next months supply, so any info is always helpful.

I am with you Montecristo is also my favorite brand.  I like 1935 line. Pricey but tasty. The EL was a prize from FOH so i only have smoked the one but it was good. I am not a big EL/RE guy anymore. There was a time when I tried to smoke every new cigar that can out. Now i stick to brands i know i like. 

[smbauerllc]

I am with you Montecristo is also my favorite brand.  I like 1935 line. Pricey but tasty. The EL was a prize from FOH so i only have smoked the one but it was good. I am not a big EL/RE guy anymore. There was a time when I tried to smoke every new cigar that can out. Now i stick to brands i know i like. 

Nice.
I'm happy to be a Montecristo fan as I haven't had one yet that I didn't really enjoy and they have a pretty good selection for lots of variety in my stock.

Plus I have had very few problems with construction, tight draws, uneven burns, etc with them and most are very reasonably priced for what you are getting

As for EL's and ER's, I'm just starting to try some out to See if there are any i really like to add to my favorites bookmarks for future purchases.

Spent the last year trying out as many new to me cc's to increase variety of my go to smokes, as I too usually typically buy just ones I know I like

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[Bijan]

Epi 2 last night on zoom.

Followed by a RASS.

And a Monte 5 today. Had that spicy cinnamon candy flavour.

[LLC]

7 hours ago, Alfonso Sánchez said:

Ramón Allones No. 2.

Which No. 2 is that? The only RA No. 2 I am familiar with is the new 2019 release which is  a Belicoso shape and has the LE band on it. 

[JoeU]

Pairing made in heaven

[sonarman81]

PSP2 POL OCT10

[Kaptain Karl]

GEL JUL 20 Monte 1. Dry boxed this for a few days and it’s the best Monte I’ve had in awhile. The light wrapper is bringing tons of twang, nuts and biscuit. I’m wondering if Montecristo benefits from dry boxing most of the marcas?

[Connoisseur Kim]

8 hours ago, Nino said:

Two days ago in Gent/Belgium invited to a cigar dinner of the Belgian Aroma de Cuba smokers club where I have good friends.

My first trip in 18 months and celebrating my second Pfizer-BioNTech jab 2 weeks ago.

A great location, Brasserie Latem, a Michelin starred Restaurant, the owner/chef himself a cigar smoker, ca. 30 Aficionados, superb Tapas dinner, 3 cigars and I was named "Honorary Extra Muros Member" of the Club. 

Excellent hospitality by all, very generous and a great atmosphere. Good conversations and exchanges. Lovely evening !

Certainly not my last cigar dinner with Aroma De Cuba.

Yer pic makes me want to grab a box of Connie A @Nino 🤣! I recommended Connie A to Korean FOH BOTLs and they really enjoyed that CC so much 😃. Besides, Korean FOH BOTLs told me even non smokers and huge NC Davidoff fan were also impressed with the flavour profile of Connie A and they really wanted to grab'em even more 😆.