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2004 Ex4. Started out a bit too mild. But by jove the last third was rich and good!

San Cristobal de La Habana El Principe

El Principe from ‘17. Quite bitter actually, may have been an off one or my palate was being weird today. But got the lights on the house none the less!

SDP from our host

Opus X Fuente Fuente.

Bolivar Royal Corona 2021

Coming December. Pricing will be finalised 30th November.

This was taken on Sunday afternoon. Such a delicious cigar and I only have two left.😅 Mag 46, always dependable👍🏼

Drink with colleagues on Tuesday, and nice to smoke a cigar!

HU MAG50 SPU JUL 2021 not bad

Honey get the kids. 24:24 is up! rushman

SOU DIC 21 from our host

I would aim to smoke them at regular intervals, perhaps 3 or 4 a year. That way, I could track their progress. After ten years, I would hope to have gone through 35 sticks and have fifteen left, unless they've been smoking to my liking before then. If that's the case, knowing me, I wouldn't age them further. In my view, it's all about finding that 'peak period', that 'sweet spot' for yourself.

Fortunately not too much commentary from Kirby... Can't imagine what the price would be on a cab of Churchills. But certainly hits a number of √ on my list: 1.Por Larrañaga 2.Churchill 3.Cab Apparently 1500 boxes of RE. Another H&F effort.

Authentic goodness! The hot link is a thing dreams are made of!

Great PL cigar. @RichUK over on the right, obscured by Sam (not Altman)

Having visited the UK briefly this year, I can attest how important and what a difference the current exemption to smoking laws makes on cigar smoking in the premises of established vendors. I think our UK members can and will 'chime in' with their valued opinion on this matter, however, I would think the precedent that I've alluded to, that is, the permittance of smoking indoors in cigar shops, on the proviso of a willingness to 'try and buy' on behalf of the consumer, will have a potential influence on this course of action. At the very least, I would hope so!

La Gloria Cubana Glorias LCDH (BSE MAR23). Definitely in my top three cigars of the year.

I went cheap with an NC today, since it’s only 45F outside. The sun is great, however. H. Upmann The Banker Currency

Leave the lad alone. However, I will keep my "salt and pepper" George Clooney look!

Fantastic cigar. @ha_banos blurry knee visible on the left.

Especially people who gather herbs, they often have lots of thyme on their hands.

3600£ ish at release. Mitch had them at buy 2 for 7k.

You should have been around in the mid-2010s when H.Upmann Connoisseur No.1s were been offered habitually on 24:24 with sprinklings of mold on them. I've never seen anything move faster! 😂 And I mean that sincerely, I'm not being ironic, nor sarcastic, these boxes would sell out in the 'blink-of-an-eye!' It goes to show what our experienced members think of cigars with minimal surface mold that is easy to wipe off! 👍

Beautiful piece

If it wiped off, and not on the foot Smoke it

I have a box of LeGrande 6X46, but all have been rolled so far with a nice draw resistance. Definitely not wind tunnels. Very nice smooth Nic tobacco, well worth $200/box. Glad I decided to try a box of these.

...some people have a lot of times on their hands Although not in the dictionary, it is reported that "Lexophile" describes a person who loves sentences such as, "You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish," and, "To write with a broken pencil is pointless." An annual competition is held by the 'New York Times' to see who can create the best original lexophile. This year's submissions: · I changed my iPod's name to Titanic. It's syncing now. · England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool. · Haunted French pancakes give me the crepes. · This girl today said she recognized me from the Vegetarians Club, but I'd swear I've never met herbivore. · I know a guy who's addicted to drinking brake fluid, but he says he can stop any time. · A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months. · When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U.C.L.A. · I got some batteries that were given out free of charge. · A dentist and a manicurist married. They fought tooth and nail. · A will is a dead giveaway. · With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress. · Police were summoned to a daycare where a three-year-old was resisting a rest. · A bicycle can't stand alone; it's just two tired. · The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine last week is now fully recovered. · He had a photographic memory, but it was never fully developed. · When she saw her first strands of grey hair, she thought she'd dye. · Acupuncture is a jab well done. That's the point of it. · I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on me. · Did you hear about the crossed-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't control her pupils? · When you get a bladder infection, urine trouble. · When chemists die, they barium. · I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me. · I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down.

Love it. Philanthropy is one of life's greatest inspirations. One person doing something lovely, somehow has the power to outweigh a 1000 people doing something shitty.

Managed to snag some E2 tubos. Have loved these in the past - fingers crossed 🤞🤞 PAT JUN 23

Carlota

I once mixed Viagra and magnesium citrate. I didn’t know if I was coming or going.

Pass the pepper. All I have over here is the salt.😔

On the rare instances that I find (plume😀) on a cigar, I brush it off with my fingers and light ‘er up. Of course, I’m also the guy that makes cheese… Dunlop Cheddar; best of the ‘23 batches so far.

I have been slowly working my way through a box of these I picked up last year. Introducing more NC into my rotation is essential to make my Cuban supply last. I have found these to be very "Cubanesque." Lets see if that holds true for this one. One complaint with these is the draw is usually much too open. I like a little resistance. This one is a wind tunnel. I touch my tongue to the end a few times which helps slow the draw down a bit. Good trick for those who haven't used it yet... Opens with a sweet, toasted graham cracker flavor. Light to medium body. Very nice. As it heats up the cigar gets a little more black pepper and the graham starts to move more towards wood notes. Easy medium at this point. These cigars don't take the usual trip down bitter burnt flavors that a lot of NC cigars produce for me. Stayed creamy smooth throughout. I would say without a doubt the most Cuban tasting NC imo. I only wish they were able to get a little more spice into them. But then again I guess the NC elements would likely really show if that were the case. 92 pts.

Tobacco is a dead man walking. Rising prices to what they are now only speeds this up. Habanos should've raised production and kept or lowered prices to ensure their consumer base is maintained or increased. Dwindling consumer base makes these laws easier to implement.

I bought two of these in the DR a few years back. Wish I had bought the whole box.

I think the assumption is that tobacco isn’t as popular as alcohol. Alcohol is deeply rooted in Western culture. That’s why Churchill called prohibition an affront to the whole history of man. This is more like the war on drugs - which hasn’t exactly succeeded either!

I don't understand how they seem to have learned nothing from prohibition 100 years ago

My girlfriend once whispered to me "kiss me where it's hot and smelly". So I took her to a tobacco curing hut (bohio)

One by one till there's no more...then buy another in case there's no more too soon 😃

Yes - I’d be hopeful that cigars will avoid this one way or another. Cigars retained the sampling indoors but also avoided plain packaging, signage, branding, etc - none of which we have across the water in Ireland. Cigar shops are almost unviable here but seem to be booming in the UK.

When to smoke a Lusitania is like how many licks to the center of a lollipop.

Completely agree with @JohnS . I would suggest waiting ~3 months to allow the cigars to acclimate to your storage conditions, then try one to get a gauge of the quality and aging potential. Smoking on the intervals that John suggests, enables you to enjoy the pleasure of this great cigar without denying yourself the enjoyment by waiting several years before first smoking one. Who knows, you may find they hit your 'sweet spot' of flavour within a couple of years. Recent production of PSD4 have been smoking great young. Lusis may be the same.

Caldwell Eastern Standard robusto

First box after upgrading my humidor!

Year another ‘21 M2 - excellent again 👌