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First go at the Connie B! More than a touch of youth for sure and tastes more like a big Connie 1 than the A to me. Will be interesting to see how these develop and how a bit richer wrapper will affect the profile (this batch was a on the lighter/colorado claro side). Cheers!

A lovely 04 EL Partagas Serie D1...approaching 14 years and still has a life and depth to it Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Lovely pair of RyJ Cazadores 2008, perfect for watching a Toronto Blue Jay hit a Grand Slam.

Been a while since I posted here. Checking in on what is in my opinion the best LE of the last 8 years. This Topes is legit! Nicer wrapper quality than any box of Talisman or Dantes that I have seen in person so far.

My first Monte #2 (USE November 11), from our host originally, and I do understand the allure but I think I like the Tubos better!

Enjoying a EPR JUL 07 (50 cab) SLR Regios courtesy of Chris@Chanceschmerr Happy Easter [emoji214] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Romeo De Luxe. Slow start but getting better.

Partagas Lusitanias (STA MAR 08)

A Cohiba Piramides Extra from 2012, gifted by @Trevor2118 (thanks Trevor!). This had that quintessential Cohiba grass/hay and honey but it was a little more on the stronger side, in regards to body, with more coffee than your usual mocha or milk coffee flavour and spice was evident throughout.

A lovely H.Upmann Magnum 50 (2008) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thank you Graham!@NSXCigar Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

For those who didn't get my April fool's day joke, I was smoking peso cigar. And no, I would never mix Lag 16 with coke.

Lovely end to a hectic yet pleasurable weekend.

My first Ramon Allones Specialty Selected (RASS) (SOM Mar 16). I have a box coming and I’m glad that I do. Cold Chicago day but it made for a pleasant porch smoke while doing some work. I’m new to cigars and though this stayed lit it didn’t have the best burn line - more to learn!

This weekend came and went too quickly [emoji20] it’s not a long weekend in this part of the world. In between some short cigars, I managed to find some R&R time with two of my favorites... Romeo Cedros De Luxe #1 (ORA JUN 14), a beautiful satisfying rosado wrapped Lonsdale. As an Easter Sunday dinner chaser I indulged with a terrifically balanced 2001 LGC MdO No. 1 from a trade with@harveyboulevard. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

PSD4 - 24:24 Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk

C&C Time. Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk

Smoking a Fonseca No. 1 (UME FEB15) paired with a cup of freshly brewed coffee.

RASS MUR OCT 13 - haven’t had a bad one yet

A Trinidad Coloniales to kick off the evening...

RyJ Belicoso ASO JUL 16. Finished the garden chores and planning dinner... Likely to be pork chops and onion gravy despite the inspiration on hand.

A nice Fundi for me today, from El Presidente

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Can't go wrong with these.

It’s raining El Laguito Party E2s! After successfully partaking of today’s 24:24, I saw these today at the airport, and grabbed a fiver. AMO DIC 15.

Romeo Exhibition No 4. Unk box code.

Punch DC for a lazy afternoon. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

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Another successful day celebrated with a drive home Vegas Robaina Classico 2003 The cigar never gets old and is smooth as can be with loads of chocolate and cream with baking spices on the retro Hale

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It’s rained all weekend so a quick HUHC in the garage. My go to when I don’t have more time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

SOM SEP 16....to help combat this miserable start to "Spring"...

Oliva V Robusto - meh [emoji53] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Figured it's a holiday, let's pull out the big guns! I've smoked a couple of these since release and thought that's a good choice for some cocoa notes. Very well constructed, perfect draw. Toast and cocoa on the prelight. Fired up nicely with large volume of smoke production. Starts a bit on the woody side with some sweet coffee notes. Burn is spot on, nice firm ash. Dark molten chocolate begins to make an appearance approaching the middle third of the smoke. Just what I was hoping for! Quite full and rich smoke at this point, coating the palate nicely. Decent strength with this one, bit more fuller-bodied than most Habanos. Some earthiness to it, a bit like compost or mulch. Not off-putting, an interesting aside. Nice enough complexity with moderate evolution through out. Fairly good cigar to me but not sure worth the price point. Had a touch of old Bowmore on the side, well accompanied.

became my wife 52 years ago on April 1st 1966.Nobody on both sides of our families gave us a chance.They gave us 2 yrs max.Yet here we are 52 years later and still going strong.Yes we have had our ups and downs but we worked it all out.So,here we are 52 years later,who would have thought?If anybody asks if I would marry my wife again, in a flash I would say yes.So, cheers to my wife which put up with me all those years.

Partagas 898 (2008) - a gift from my Secret Bunny, great construction on this stick, but the mineral, leather and vegetal notes just do nothing for me. This is a smoke I felt I needed to try, but it is not one I would seek out again. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

A couple from last night Partagas 898 (LMB OCT 17) and a Punch Punch (ALO NOV 15) 898 was nice, but too early yet, will revisit in awhile, flavors a little blended together.

Just so you know.

Thought I'd give this a go with the obvious choice, a Montecristo. Albeit young. First Third Choco hit right from the get go. Creamy cadberry egg. Second Third Lashings of berry fruit and cocca powder. Third Third Graham cracker smores. Campfire smokiness (the Lagavulin probably influencing here). Fourth Third This stick never ends! Not that I want it to. Milk chocolate, fudge, Nestle Quik. Final Third Youth is kicking in. Strength is up, all cocoa powder here. Nub Third Tobacco. Smokey. Very hot. Smoking time is 2:20 min. Overall delicious way to spend a Happy Easter

I did panic when I saw the lagavulin and coke!

That's a high end toaster! Made for the elites....what y'all middle classers even thinking about one of these? Looking at Gulfstreams too?

Enjoying the best today: pre-revolution Cohiba and Lagavulin with Coke.

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Was warned there may be plume... Did not get plume... PSP #4

The Yoder YS 640 pellet smoker. My wife almost passed out when this beast got delivered. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

This is the cigar my wife got me for Christmas so this seems like the perfect time to review it. She knows I like Cuban cigars and the band certainly indicates this, though I'm unfamiliar with the marca. The size is a bit large for my tastes coming in at something slightly larger than the BHK56 or Monte Maravillas No1, but I'm sure I'll manage. Paired with a coffee obviously. The smell is certainly chocolatey and the wrapper is smooth with no veins, slight box press on the underside only. Cuts nicely and the chocolate theme is at the forefront. Sweet nougat is also there from the start. Very sweet but smooth with it. Hints of what can only be described as 'crunchiness' too. My wife doesn't normally like my cigars but insists on trying this one for some reason, finding it 'surprisingly nice'. Once I've wrestled it off her I resume, with only the muffled shouts from the other side of the now locked door to disturb me. Very good indeed, a bit rich but strangely satisfying too. However, I couldn't do one of these everyday as it's bad for your health.

LUB ABR 14 Connie A after getting back from a very enjoyable Blue Jays game. Enjoying with Courvoisier XO. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk