Joeyjojo

I am addicted to the MOFOH robustos. Been getting 10 a month for a while.

Could be a nice thing for a wedding? Create a blend to smoke for the night and then each anniversary?

I know exactly what you mean. I feel it has something to do with the thrill of acquiring new knowledge about a subject, but once new information becomes more difficult to find or too technical for the average layman to understand, it gets swapped for another subject to repeat the cycle.

Every 'real' aficionado knows the best Cohibas are shrink-wrapped for extra freshness!

As someone with (probably a minority on this board) a large, regularly smoked NC collection, 69RH Bovedas seem to be the key for NC. NC seem (to me) a bit more creamy and less wooden at a slightly higher RH. So maybe experiment with storage at a higher RH and dry box to taste?

The first Dip 2 I ever tried I didn't like. Nothing in particular, but I just didn't 'get' it. Although I haven't smoked a ton of them, it is a cigar I seem to enjoy the more my palate and cigar experience develops. Unfortunately, it seems it's a cigar that's not always consistently available (at least where I am) so it's a cigar I feel I haven't had enough time to get to know. So for me I've not had the 'eureka' moment with it, but have by no means written it off yet.

I do love a BBF and Bolivars in general. I find the BBF to have everything I like about Bolivars but with all the dials cranked to 11. I have had a few singles though that tasted like necking a bottle of perfume. I remember an article I read about a 5th Avenue aging program in Cigar Journal saying that perfume flavour can be a sign of a cigar with a lot of age on it. So for me there must be a 'Goldilocks' zone which I have yet to define properly. (But I certainly won't mind further research to find it! )

If you like Honduran tobacco, then anything by the Eiroa family (Eiroa Classic, CLE or Aladino) might be in your wheel-house? Some nice classic Corojo flavours with some (for NC) subtle blending.

I'm not sure about the wrapper colour of those Flor de Canine turds. Looks like they are made out of particle board.

You're not the first person online I heard say that. Usually they say that Vegueros can have similar grassy/hay note to Siglos. I think if you can get them at a good price, they are perfectly decent mid-level cigars. Perfect for a quick afternoon smoke with a cheeky drink when you don't fancy burning anything too expensive. Downside is they can be very 'green' when young. A few years will go a long way with them.

As the old English saying goes: "You should try everything once, except incest and country dancing" I would now like to add drinks with dismembered toes to that list.

Mine would be similar - Going out without any kind of communication device. Just you and the real world. No internet, social media or constant soundtrack of infinitely programmable music. (if you were luck you might have enough battery life for your Walkman to play a few songs) If you wanted to speak to a mate you would have to walk to their house and knock on the door. If you bumped into people on the bus/train you might have to interact with them as though they were a real person rather than retreat into your digital bubble.

Mother's day this Sunday in the UK. Will cook a decent dinner for her as she can't get out and about these days. Other than that, I had a nice bottle of single malt turn up in the post today and some cigars show up yesterday (a box of L'atelier) so I'm tempted to slob about at home indulging myself with my new acquisitions.

Given the Gurkha review in a recent Kenfessions, you could call it 'Friends of Hansotia' (the founder of Gurkha cigars)

I'm not too sure about the exact size change, but anything to make an Upmann Half Carona bigger/last longer (ooh,er missus) would be a big plus for me.