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Sig III [LAT JUL 17] - 24:24 Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk

Beautiful '14 Monte 4 in the glorious sunshine of Hammersmith of all places, variety being the spice of life and all that. I am at work, technically speaking...

Siglo VI

Started the night with a ‘99 Lonsdale BUT MAY ‘12 D4 to finish Excellent evening!

Was waiting for better weather to crack another box of RACA’s. RAE JUL 15 and almost immediately I remember how much I’ve really enjoyed the boxes I’ve previously had. Looking forward to enjoying these throughout the spring/summer/fall. Too late for coffee and wanted something other than water so having a A&W Root Beer made with cane sugar. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Fonseca #1 (ARG June 15):

Back to regular stuff, often hard to beat Like today’s ’13 JL 1

HU#2

ERdM Lunch Club (07?) and CoRo from NOV13 for a two person daytime herf. The Lunch Club was not as good as the last one I had from the same batch, the CoRo was very good however. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G891A using Tapatalk

HQ DC’s for days!!!

Sig2 Sent from the interwebz

LTB OCT 12 Montecristo Especial No. 1 with a plate of cheese and crackers and a couple fingers of Bulleit 10 yr. Bourbon. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

Punch Punch PET AGO 16. Probably my favourite corona gorda coming out of Cuba right now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Partagas D#4 (TOR OCT 16 ) Great warm night for a smoke with some Blantons. This one is underfilled , and very light draw so its a little hot sadly, but decent none the less.

Mag 50.13

Road to work semi flooded so I guess I'll do this today instead. Fresh Johnny-O B54. Not bad at all. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G891A using Tapatalk

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15 Epi 2. Thanks, Doc.@havanaclub

Monte white rothschild.

Splendid box of Juan Lopez Seleccion No.2 - MEL FEB 17

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2000 Punch RS12

Been too lazy to take pics and post most of my recent smokes (2-3 per day, at the moment) but this one stood out. They’ve mellowed considerably since release. Delicious!

15 Royal Robusto. Really good cigar. I’m finding myself enjoying the profiles of H. Upmann.

Ramon Allones Gigantes PSP ALO SPE 17

I remember the Cuban Cigars of the 90s differently than others. The thing I remember most was the strength and tannic nature of them. I recall getting D4s and Bolivar which were nearly unsmokeable because they were extremely strong and tannic. They had an overwhelming level of “bite” I would say. While age has clearly done a lot to them I would say they weren’t nearly as accessible fresh as Cuban cigars nowadays. Many of us would not have enjoyed Cuban cigars from the mid to late 90s with only a few years of age on them. If you enjoy a creaminess in cigars now you would have hated the “old” cigars. I think there’s been a shift of sorts. In those days Cuba made strong cigars and NCs were (mostly) milder creamier cigars. I believe today’s Padrón’s are closer in character to fresh Cuban cigars of the 90s than current Cuban cigars. I also recall boxes from the 99-01 period being different. While a fair amount were poorly rolled and blended there were some winners. This was clearly the transition time of Cuba moving from strong tannic cigars to more creamy nutty cigars as others have mentioned. This wasn’t necessarily a bad thing to me. I didn’t enjoy some of the 90s cigars as much as others here have said. This is not to say this is bad one way or the other. Just my experience. Age has done wonders to the 90s cigars. Age hasn’t been as kind to the 1999-2001 cigars. It’s my opinion 2002-2008 produced some extremely great cigars. As well as 2013-2015. The cigars of 13-15 are so much better with a few years of age than the cigars of the 90s were. Will they age as well, who knows? I’m sure this is blasphemous to some, but it’s how I remember it. Would I trade my entire collection for cigars from the mid 90s—yes, NOW I would—since I know how they age. Would I trade the way they are now vs. the way they used to be? Most definitely not. I’m sure others remember it differently but this was my experience. Would like to hear others opinion. Take this with the understanding that I was in my early 20s then and didn’t have near as much experience with cigars as now but I don’t think this changes the experience. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Fonseca #1 MEL - AGO 16 Sent from my iPhone using that Tapatalk thingy.

RyJ Belicoso earlier this evening - taking the long route to Cub Scouts tonight as I have the time. Mental preparation is everything!

Gorgeous Montecristo No. 4 (2010) this evening Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Enjoying a RASS this afternoon Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

During the 2000 Sydney Olympics, I met a pair of European tourists, that had just arrived into Sydney that morning. Tourist 1: "What time do we need to get back to our hotel?" Me: "Anytime you feel like. They don't lock the doors till very late, and there should be a call button to press to open the doors." Tourist 2: "No, we get back before it gets dark" Me: "Why do you need to get back when it gets dark? Are you tired?" Tourist 1: "We were told it is dangerous in Sydney after dark!" Me: "Don't be silly. It is no more dangerous than any other city. Plus, with the Olympics on, there are plenty of police around." Tourist 1: "What about the kangaroos?" Me: "What about them?" Tourist 2: "We were told by our Australian friend back home that we need to get in before dark. He said kangaroos hunt at night." Me: *facepalm*

We’ve conquered all of Europe! We’re never gonna stop! From Paris down to Turkey, We’ve won the f’ing lot! Bob Paisley and Bill Shankly The Fields of Anfield Road We are Liverpool supporters! And we come from Chattanooga! Allez, Allez, Allez!!!! COHIBA GENIOS ALT OCT 13

HUHC (2016) - these are such a reliable, tasty smoke! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

MAR17 Noellas are very promising, these will hopefully be one of my best cigars some day.

I love this cigar. It’s just about a perfect vitola for me.

Couple more boxes from our host

Yeah, Cubs flew the W flag on the first game but the Rockies won the last two. Sat by the third base side for the first two night games and upper deck behind home base today. The Rockies were crushing the ball during batting practice and they continued to do so during the games. Todays seat... Right next to Harry Caray. There were lots of old school season ticket holders in today’s section griping about Cubs poor performance today, one of the best part about watching a game at the ball park.

Just arrived! I love getting back to back 24:24 orders within two days from each other. A box of of BBF and Dip No. 2!

Recent trades. Most are from a box pass I organised.

Back in '68, the Surgeon General in his big report classified "moderate" cigar smoking less than 5 cigars per day. The report then went on to say that at that rate, mortality rates were about the same as the non-smoking group. Below is the table from that famous report: Cigar Surgeon General.pdf

BUP JUL 17 psp

Not a CC, but La Gloria Cubana did a special release just like this a few years back called the Artesanos De Tabaqueros. It had a a Connecticut Shade wrapper at the foot with an abrupt transition to an Ecuadorian grown Sumatran wrapper for about the last 2/3rds of the cigar. It starts off fairly mild with creamy coffee notes and a bit of hay and then picks up in strength and body once you hit the Sumatran wrapper where there is a bit of pepper and leather and earth. It was described as enjoying the appetizer before the porterhouse steak. I loved them and went on a box which have only got better over the years as the 'porterhouse' section has mellowed out.

Actually was really good. I'm relieved. Didn't have any trouble with the wrapper either. I'd worried it would burn faster than the reat given the air space between it and the wrapper, but it turned out fine. Maybe I won't be able to hate them any more....

So far so good… I'm not sure that I'm getting "lashings of stone fruit" because I don't even know what stone fruit is, But it's been very good for the first 3/4 of an inch

Punch Regio LE. BRE OCT 17 HQ

Straight from Havana

I'm with you. I get a lot of grief from my buddies, but haven't had a car payment in 8 yrs. More cigar $! ?

Some RASCC courtesy of El Prez. Look to be HQ offerings

Bow chika wow wow

Prez killed it with this box of Lusitanias. BUP JUN 17