FOH'ers Daily Smoke

[Thirdcoastwatch]

On 5/19/2022 at 11:44 AM, RichG said:

Put the torch to this young Sir Winston last night (Feb 21), that I received from a trade with @Thirdcoastwatch last year. First third came on slow and subtle with coffee, cream and cedar…opened up into an absolute madman in final two thirds, with intense graham cracker sweetness. Cheers Adam, fantastic smoke, thanks again!

Glad you enjoyed it, brother!   It is a legend for good reason.    Cheers!

[hrs1]

An unexpected early Father's Day celebration with the father-in-law.   He brings the bourbon.   I bring the cigars.   Not complaining about this one  

[El Hoze]

Due to the global fresh CoRo shortage I am scraping by with an old 2003 discontinued HdM DD I bought in bulk. Doesn’t even have a band on it 

[Boxer31]

HQ RASS

[Puros Y Vino]

Burning some money.  BAP OCT 10 Siglo VI with some espresso.   Buttery smooth

[Boss Hog]

Enjoying a Fonseca Fonseca No.4 Edición Regional Benelux 2010.

[Chibearsv]

Fundi after a crappy but fun round of golf. Playing hooky today and enjoying it all. Cigar is smooth, nutty, and twangy. Lovely. 

[inter4alia]

This is a stunner. Outstanding Lonsdale!

[ReturnFreeRisk]

Fortunate to have stacked up a few boxes of MAR Vigia about a year ago before the mania/supply crunch. Twang and doughnut…..




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[MPhillips]

An after work hoyo du prince from Oct 06. 

[yadegari6]

HLP behike 56

[karp]

Punch SdP - I have a love hate thing going with these but today this one was great. Peanuts and spices, touch of sour cream. 

[Lfhard]

GEL AGO 21 Monte #4

[Orion21isback]

April of 2014 #2

Upmann at its best. Silky wrapper, medium draw, silky smoke and a strong medium body. Lovely! 

[jakebarnes]

SOR ENE 2020

 

Beautiful smoke. But definitely needs a few years to really get the sweet notes to consolidate. 

[Edicion]

Tasty NC custom. 56 RG. Sweetest cigar I've had in a long time.

[Bijan]

Connie 1.

A partagas 898.

It's probably time to put the heaters away.

[Ites]

Recent smokes:

MTS FEB20 JL1 - delicious. I did encounter thick fireproof binder (borderline driftwood) towards the band though. 

PLMC RAT MAR 21 - One of the favourites! 

MC4 GEL JUN20 - low expectations going in as the wrapper was dull, but it turned out to have its moments of taste too! 

[havanaclub]

These are tasty! RAT MAR 20

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[Cigarsmoker81]

Ryj no 2..not bad, classic ryj flavors 

[hrs1]

Warming up for the weekend - have a great one all!

[Raskol]

C&C time. Connie 1 (2018) from our gracious host. 

[Ford2112]

Morning Exqisitos.

[Digi]

Resampling some AoC sticks I tried last month that didn't smoke well - El Laguito Ideales and Alex G Flying Pig.  The Alex G Silgo IV's I burned through about a year ago were fantastic!  Seems the sticks purchased in Jan/Feb of this year are significantly younger.  Figured I should give them the same chance I'd give a box...

Moved them from the main 65/65 humidors into the 62% desktop for almost 3 weeks.  Then, dry boxed them both for two days in an unhumidified desktop.  The result is a significantly different experience!

Settin up for another brutally stressful day at work 😁

The Flying Pig

The Ideales

 

The AG FP's flavor was so much better this time around.  Gone was the bitter tasting wrapper and flavor profile.  The cigar still had some trouble burning evenly and staying lit.  The profile reminded me of the RG 88 - the APAC regional from a few years ago.  Not what I'd call a complex cigar but a quintessentially Cuban example of rich tobacco flavors, cream, and tang.  This experience firmed up my belief in these cigars needing a rest.  To the bottom/back of the humidor they go!

The Ideales I'm still on the fence about.  Granted I've not had a Cohiba Ideales (has anyone here?) so this comparison is entirely unqualified and based on my experience with production EL Cohiba and other "EL" custom rolls.  This cigar carried quite a bit more body compared to other Cohiba or custom EL vitolas, even some spice in the retro.  The first half of the cigar was a nice smoke. Rich flavors of earthy tobacco, molasses sweetness, and coffee with cream.  It burned dead even and the ash held a bit after the picture above.  Strangely, like a switch at the half way point, the cigar fell apart.  The wrapper split slightly at the burn line and consistently split about a 1/4 inch above the the burn for the rest of the cigar.  The burn became uneven and the ash no longer held.  The body and flavor went sideways as well - the body went from medium-full to under medium and the palate went bitter, tasting similar the one from about a month ago.  The cigar closed out this way, unfortunately.

If I didn't know better (and I may not, haha), I'd say they were over humidified.  Given where they've been resting for the last month, I have a hard time taking that to heart.  Is this another sign of a young cigar?  Not sure.  Will say this...although I very much don't want to be "that guy", it didn't ring as a particularly Cuban profile to my palate.  Will probably sample these again in 8 months to a year.  Fingers crossed!

[Chibearsv]

1 hour ago, Digi said:

Settin up for another brutally stressful day at work 😁

You're able to smoke in an office?  How do pull off that move?