airtrade Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Got a box of these recently. May 12 date they still seem a bit harsh. Anyone have experience on down time with these? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyfall Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I've had some fresh ones '13 ,that were great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInSmoak Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I have 2 boxes from Jun 12. Mine have been smoking great. Downtime.......figure a week of rest for every day in transit. 8 days transit, 8 weeks rest. That's a pretty good rule of thumb for any stick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUBANO Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Have some from Oct 2012 and they are great. Try another one in a couple of weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotusguy Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Maybe they accidentally gave you Perlas which are all harsh in my experience 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikek Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Got a box of these recently. May 12 date they still seem a bit harsh. Anyone have experience on down time with these? Sounds like there stressed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airtrade Posted August 15, 2014 Author Share Posted August 15, 2014 Ill let them rest a month and try again. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainQuintero Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Could just be taste or young tobacco or a dud! I find RG quite woody with a bite to them which could come across as harsh. The best way is give them another go I'd say, the next one might be completely different! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWC Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Smoked a BAM May '12 earlier today. No harshness. Actually smooth, coffee/cocoa with a background of sweetness. Smoked it to the nub. Very enjoyable smoke. These are new to me too. I've had them resting only about 2 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airtrade Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 Smoked a BAM May '12 earlier today. No harshness. Actually smooth, coffee/cocoa with a background of sweetness. Smoked it to the nub. Very enjoyable smoke. These are new to me too. I've had them resting only about 2 months. These are BAM may 12 too, might be a little over humidified. I wasn't real bad just some harshness crept in less than halfway through. Funny I just described the flavor to someone exactly as you did coffee with some sweetness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airtrade Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 Could just be taste or young tobacco or a dud! I find RG quite woody with a bite to them which could come across as harsh. The best way is give them another go I'd say, the next one might be completely different! Well my impatiens got the best of me. Smoking another right now. First must have been a dud or smoker error. This one is smooth coffee with a slight sweetness nice cool smoke. Very enjoyable! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthson Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 A lot of times I'll smoke a new stick ROTT because I'm so excited to try it. If I were a smarter (and more patient) man, I wouldn't touch a stick until it had been in my care for six months MINIMUM! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks6024 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Had a 2012 this afternoon after lunch. Leather, earth, tobacco and spice. Very dry though, no sweetness. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksblazer Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I've always enjoyed the woodsy, coffee and sweetness of the RGPC's Great cigars with some age on them. Been wanting to get a box of them for quite some time now as I'm out. Glad to hear good things about the recent ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shlomo Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Well my impatiens got the best of me. Smoking another right now. First must have been a dud or smoker error. This one is smooth coffee with a slight sweetness nice cool smoke. Very enjoyable! Please don't take offense to this as that is not my intention, but it is very interesting to note how often one or two people claim a certain flavour is present in a cigar, and then all of a sudden everybody is tasting it. I have little doubt that if Rob comes out and says he always gets caramel mango monkey vomit from upmann 2s, dozens will suddenly start noticing it too. The power of expectations.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airtrade Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 Please don't take offense to this as that is not my intention, but it is very interesting to note how often one or two people claim a certain flavour is present in a cigar, and then all of a sudden everybody is tasting it. I have little doubt that if Rob comes out and says he always gets caramel mango monkey vomit from upmann 2s, dozens will suddenly start noticing it too. The power of expectations.... No Offense taken. For me you are 100% correct. With my limited palate and weak descriptive ability I surely take naming flavors from others. Maybe coffee or cocoa or mocha I'm not sure. I had just described that to someone else in an email when I saw the post from CaptQuint. Now that you named it,I think the Regios have a bit of that caremel mango monkey vomit in them! Lol ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainQuintero Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Now that you named it,I think the Regios have a bit of that caremel mango monkey vomit in them! Lol ! That's definitely Upmann Mag 50 right there 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabes Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 For those that keep these in rotation, do you find these to be consistent in quality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks6024 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Consistent. Very much so. IMHO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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