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jan 22 choix supreme

The first hour of vacation always feels so amazing. Celebrating with a Siglo VI.

From the last run of du Gourmet, 2013. One of the most consistent habanos for me, and always brilliant. Woody notes galore with tea, clove, baking spices. Sent from my SM-G981V using Tapatalk

A lil something that punches for sure while waiting for a storm to move in. I’m so old I can remember when they went on mistake/special for $50/box. Oh late 2019 how I miss you.

Boli Royal Corona, courtesy of @garbandz TUE JUN 20 Thanks again, Tom! One last quick smoke before I turn 41. Monte 4 ATP SEP ‘19

A nice little and tasty Tatuaje Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Took a fun little vacation for a couple of weeks and visited LCDH in Greece, Lebanon and Turkey as well as Duty frees in all those countries. Pickings were beyond slim but was able to nab some deal in particular BHK in Greece Duty free about $1000 less than other places but still way too expensive LOL. What I expected to be highlighted was the LCDH in Beirut touted by cigar aficionado as the largest LCDH in the world they had less of a selection than most places clearly even they were struggling with supply these days. Beautiful though and if they had anything besides Trindads and Cohiba's I would mostly like have purchased enough to get into the VIP room....one day things will get back to normal LOL

Recent smokes

MJ23 today

Lunch smoke Long day at work then home to paint. So fun! Lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Another NC, quite enjoyable, the flavor and strength was wow! Ash almost looks like a palm tree or tobacco plant..

Going with the Padron 90th Anniversary this morning. Good, but considering the price I’ll just stick with the regular 1926 line.

Little Italian 1 euro stick

PLPC

Birthday smoke after a boozy lunch! CORO MAR DIC 20, coming around real nice!

Had to try one ROTT. I'm still in the first 3rd and I'm no sommelier when it comes to notes but so far agree with Hamlet on the light to medium and more sweet than savory at this point

We honestly don't know. They will improve to 18 months out but after that.... no idea. If they are a 91 now then 93/4 18 months. We both have a strong hunch they have the core ingredients to do so but we are in uncharted waters Mind you, we want to make smoke now cigars that have the essential characteristics of aged (5-8 year old) Habanos.

Regio. MEP AGO 20. The light bodied sweetness of the cigar pairs well with the light smoky flavor of the mezcal

Cohiba Robusto Supremo EL 2014 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Excellent d4

TUA DIC 21 Bolivar Royal Corona

Welcome to the 2023 Desnudo N1 Lancero Tasting Thread. Hamlet is in Honduras this week and went there straight from 10 days in Europe. While we attempted to do a recorded video tasting today, the Honduran internet connection wasn't cooperating. We will have another up Wednesday, but below is the vid that we did with the tasting panel earlier in the year. Now, I can only say again, that the Lancero....like the Canonazo will benefit tremendously from 30 days down in your humidor. For those that need to try one ROTT, the intro video on the Lancero for our tasting panel back in Feb will help you along. In short, I/we believe that we have created one of the better Lanceros in the world today. Immensely proud Enjoy.

It should start building up steam and richness from the 1/3rd mark. Sip slowly 😁

This was the closest match to Cuban cabinet ribbon I could find: https://www.joann.com/offray-7%2F8inx21-single-faced-satin-solid-ribbon/14881650.html I love storing my cigars in these custom cedar cabinets and getting 75 lanceros into each made the jigsaw puzzle in the tower even easier. Going to be using one for my FOH Lanceros, too.

@El Presidente, the 21 N1 turned magical after 6+ months. Makes me a little mad for smoking a couple bundles before that happened. They were still good cigars but are phenomenal now. I know you don’t have a crystal ball, but do you have an expectation on the new ones regarding longer rest?

Cheers George for the introduction. Troy, Brilliant. I will PM you over the weekend. I need a couple to go to Florida and I will order some as gifts for my Deck crew as well I love this place

What else should one use to ash a Gurkha?

Forum member @Habano_Troy makes these and can brand them too if desired:

Another ‘08 stick tonight with a Mercaderes

Killer Sig 2

Aroma at cold - Reminds me very much of darker illusion Eperney, a rich nori paper aroma, seaweed oiliness to the wrapper, hay and sweetness underlying. A seaside version of barnyard aka Rotting umami seaweed, with sweetness Cold draw - Pretty much the aroma at cold, with a little bit of leathery sweetness Don’t like the shaggy foot, I like the novelty, I like the look, but it just means you get showered with ash as it burns off…. top marks for the idea, I thought I would like it,......but poor user experience. 1st 3rd - First opening draws, firstly this tobacco is well fermented, it really wants to burn. The standout Upmann tasting note for me is a sort of chemically sweet, balmy 'leather dressing' oily note. We used to care for our rugby boots with something called “dubbin” to me typical Upmann tastes/smells of this. Not seeing any Cohiba in the opening…….and what can I say……I’m a happy boy. Currently tasting like a LUB connie A. This is not a bad place to be in anyones book. Ash it titanium white, Burn line is razor, Strange smoke in the palate is robust, yet the retro which is very smooth and behaved with no pinch whatsoever. Little bit of peanut oily slick on the palate. Smoking outdoors and its quite windy, but I’m still getting blasts of foot smoke aroma, they’ve nailed Upmann, That core Upmann taste is there in spades. Not seeing any honey, unless it’s more of a dark Manuka La Fuerza type. I can see why all the proud dad guidance is there from Rob and Hammy, this is a cigar you want to draw on, but it’s counter intuitive, like wanting to smash a golf drive, you just end up topping it. The draw and pack wants to be worked with at its own tempo. Those who predominantly smoke 42 RG cigars will understand this innately. 2nd 3rd - the cigar is transitioning almost directly on cue, if it’s moving away from Upmann I’m not going to be happy, but we’ll see. Lighter creamier, feeling more Hoyo now. OK interesting. I’m not sure if its power of suggestion but a light QDO sponginess is coming into play, Vanilla, sour butter, cake notes, At this point it’s like one of my best mates racking up all of my favourite tunes on the jukebox. Maybe some people are tasting Cohiba at this point, but to me good QDO is a far superior blend, and that’s what I’m enjoying. Soft and lilting, I think some may have been enthusiastically drawing on these cigars, as I’m seeing no dark side slow, slow burning at this halfway point. The great QDO beginning to the start of the 2nd 3rd, is feeling more like a mediocre Hoyo at this point, but this is two days of a hot truck!!This cigar is giving great value, its typifying the mechanics of how good cigars should smoke. Cigars should not be jelly belly bags of 60rg tobacco that turn into a hot saggy mess the moment they are lit. Heading into the final 3rd - I’m getting more 1st gen, 2nd gen Nudie flavours now, feeling more savoury partagas SDC line to me. HHmm, cigar showing its ROTT condition currently, and its not fair to judge this slightly aimless 15mins. Just as I’m calling off the 3rd 3rd as a ‘give it time’ also ran….. there is a very interesting ending. Savoury, rye breadiness, saltiness, very Por Laranaga . Really nice spicy mouthfeel, fizzy nic hit. Aroma off the foot, still intoxicating. I real showstopper on this cigar. Conclusion - it’s Incredibly unfair to say Upmann blah blah, or QDO blah blah, but Rob and Hammy are victims of their own success in a way, that’s the brilliant problem. We have to take them at their word, they are creating cigars that fill a certain void, cigars that they enjoy and enjoy making. The fact they are not 100% a LUB Connie A from start to finish is not their fault, Nudie cigars are their own thing, and must be treated/enjoyed as such. I will go back to the Jukebox analogy that I mentioned. This was simply a well made cigar, well priced that rang a lot of enjoyable bells within my experience within cuban cigars. Like a mix tape a great friend makes you. You get a little glimpse into their love and enthusiasm for CC’s. But it is its own cigar. It’s a Nudie Canonazo Amante VI, and should be enjoyed as such. I'm interested to see where these go after recommended rest period, and beyond. Well done to all the FOH team, you should feel very happy with the trajectory of this project of passion. Hats off!

Not at all. I am blessed with many advantages not immediately available to someone starting up a new brand. It is not lost on me. Nudies/Desnudo and MOFOH will always be boutique in scale. I like boutique. Controllable. Immense fun. Nudies/Desnudo MOFO are my DNA to FOH. My thankyou. However that leaves the door open for a full sized brand. That is a different sandpit. We are well advanced but dues have to be paid. It is seldom dull in my world

Ive just recently wrapped up two group sales for the 1/4" Solid Spanish Cedar Slide Lid Storage boxes. If numbers are enough, I have no issue opening another prior to the scheduled opening later this fall. I normally post the sign up list on my FB biz page. As its an easy place for me to update progress and control communication on a regular basis. The previous two sales were for box size shown in the screenshot attached. With the only difference being new boxes are all 1/4" including top and base (since wood vendor charges same for 1/4" or 1/8") I decided to go 1/4" for all sides. Based on this size, @LizardGizmo here shared an image of one of his holding 75 Lancero sized customs. Once you read over specs, shipping limits, etc, feel free to let me know.

Wizard Cigars. Love it

Looks like a 7-Up brand $10M ashtray.

JazakAllah Khair Mus!

Thanks for the tag @LizardGizmo. Yes @El Presidente I create Cigar Ring Gauge tools in the U.S. They are made with 1/8" Acrylic , making them very sturdy when compared to the laminated paper styles. They are available in a range of colors. Engraving with personalization available. Logo engraving also an option if requiring multiples. Offered in both Standard and Metric Units of measure. Unlike others found, this is my own design and creation. Design/Size/Shape can be modified upon request. Should add that though Im in U.S., I ship majority of my creations worldwide. With customers in over 26 countries. Ive been creating Cigar Accessories for Cigar Enthusiasts since 2016. If you'd like to see more my wesbite is : https://troyswoodworks.com

Thanks to our host, now have some wide montes

Interesting question. My 2 cents applies to the lesser known brands. I think there are some brands that sell legitimately cheap sticks, like Foundry, whose plan is just to appeal to the novelty factor of putting out new and interesting products. Vanadium were decent in my memory, but mostly because they were wicked cheap, like 2 bucks a stick cheap. I'd have paid at least 6.50 at the time. It was before I got into Cc and 10 a stick was a pricey buy for me when I was a young public defender. Then you have Curivari, which is a brand I don't see get a lot of press. And their portfolio is much smaller. I haven't had one in ages but recall the Bonaventura release they did about 8 years ago to be pretty good. They were priced well also if I recall. Really good but there was no hype around them. Now foundry didn't seem to have the hype of the other major players, but they were being sold by JR at insanely low prices so you'd take a punt on a release that looked interesting. Curivari I was put onto by one of those friends who is way too cool to smoke stuff other people have hears of before, and I liked it. I can't speak for anyone else but my smoking habits when I embodied the typical American consumer of NC cigars was "what's at the brick and mortar that looks cool or the dude I respect at the counter recomends" and then "what should I stock up on in volume that's inexpensive from online for filler sticks?" I felt many of my compatriots were the same. Even now, many appear to be the same. Cheap boxes from online, hyped and cool singles from the brick and mortar. If I read appropriately between the lines, @El Presidente, do i detect a bit of a desire to blow up the Nudies brand? I think you have a unique opportunity to do so if that is the plan, but if i were you I'd capitalize on the unique position you're in from the start. You already have a sales platform that is pretty robust, so no need to hawk product through reps to brick and mortar shops to make space on shelves. You're selling to people who have loved a product that has recently betrayed them. You're selling cigars, sure, but more so you're selling a soothing balm on a significant emotional injury that consumers of CCs have been dealt. I actually in real life felt relief when I lit up a Nudies N6 and realized it was a great stick, but more than that a substitute for large format cuban cigars. I felt like someone out there cared about people like me continuing to be able to enjoy that experience. Because of that, I will never not buy Nudies forever. I know that sounds silly, but it isn't an exageration. I can't wait to share these with my friends and they'll ask me where I got them and I'll tell them. It's because you hit a nerve with hard-core consumers of quality cigars. They get the word out. Soon you won't be able to keep enough of them on hand.

08 Mag 50 tubos for the Tuesday sundown time

HdM Epi1 in 38° heat We've been drinking A little cooler. Averna a little lower. Upmann #2 from @Capn_Jackson an overly generous soul. EZ

El Principe Brm 2022.

2012 Cohiba Siglo VI en tubo watching a mountain stream. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Mine dropped a couple days ago. They smell divine! Loaded them up into an old PSP2 box 😃

Enjoying a 2021 Vegas Robaina Famosos while listening to the same drum kick for 2 hours as Fallout Boy plays Wrigley Field. Light em up, I guess. Edit: Hot damn this was good. Check in on your 2021 boxes of Famosos.