BrewinHooligan Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 Hello, referred here from another cigar forum. Just barely starting to get into Habanos and had my first wow moment with an H. Upmann Mag 46 last night. Along with Habanos I enjoy full flavor/strength non Cuban cigars as well. I also roll my own cigars, currently I have over 5 pounds of cigar leaf of different varieties and I really enjoy creating and sampling new blends. Apart from cigars I also brew beer and roast my own coffee. Looking forward to learning more and hoping to be able to contribute positively to the forum. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1
XYRNTX Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 Welcome from TX!! Name sounds very familiar.........lol welcome bro, this site is full of info and great people....enjoy the slope!!! 1
bradbrennan Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 Hello, referred here from another cigar forum. Just barely starting to get into Habanos and had my first wow moment with an H. Upmann Mag 46 last night. Along with Habanos I enjoy full flavor/strength non Cuban cigars as well. I also roll my own cigars, currently I have over 5 pounds of cigar leaf of different varieties and I really enjoy creating and sampling new blends. Apart from cigars I also brew beer and roast my own coffee. Looking forward to learning more and hoping to be able to contribute positively to the forum. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Love to hear more about your home rolls, home brew and coffee roasting as I've dabbled in all of them...I gather you've found some nice whole leaf? From scratch brewing? What kind of roaster? 1
BrewinHooligan Posted May 31, 2015 Author Posted May 31, 2015 Love to hear more about your home rolls, home brew and coffee roasting as I've dabbled in all of them...I gather you've found some nice whole leaf? From scratch brewing? What kind of roaster?For my home rolls, I purchase most of my leaf from an online retailer: wholeleaftobacco.com but have also been gifted some leaf that was grown and fermented from a friend in Texas. I started out rolling without molds and the same friend from Texas was very generous and also sent me a small perfecto mold to play with. A few of my home rolls: My coffee roasting is very rustic, I use a stove-top "whirly-pop" popcorn maker and roast up to one pound at a time. I hang a temperature probe thermometer inside the popper to monitor temperatures and it works very well. For my homebrewing it is all from scratch. I mash the grains in a cooler with a false bottom and create all my own recipes. My Russian imperial stout with cacao nibs, coffee, and bourbon is my personal best and have won several awards in competition. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
bradbrennan Posted May 31, 2015 Posted May 31, 2015 For my home rolls, I purchase most of my leaf from an online retailer: wholeleaftobacco.com but have also been gifted some leaf that was grown and fermented from a friend in Texas. I started out rolling without molds and the same friend from Texas was very generous and also sent me a small perfecto mold to play with. A few of my home rolls: My coffee roasting is very rustic, I use a stove-top "whirly-pop" popcorn maker and roast up to one pound at a time. I hang a temperature probe thermometer inside the popper to monitor temperatures and it works very well. For my homebrewing it is all from scratch. I mash the grains in a cooler with a false bottom and create all my own recipes. My Russian imperial stout with cacao nibs, coffee, and bourbon is my personal best and have won several awards in competition. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Love it I haven't done as much home brewing simply because using the kits didn't reward me much, I'm sure I could learn something from you! hand rolls are looking great, how do they smoke? 1
BrewinHooligan Posted May 31, 2015 Author Posted May 31, 2015 The home rolls have smoked surprisingly well. I have been mainly using 25% criollo ligero and 75% corojo seco as fillers and then playing around with different binder and wrapper combinations. This blend has flavors of sweet tobacco with hints of leather and earth and is packed with spice, the retrohale can really burn if you don't prepare for it. Just used up my criollo ligero though so some new blends are in the works. As soon as my move is done next weekend some time for rolling new blends should open up.
Habana Mike Posted May 31, 2015 Posted May 31, 2015 Greetings and welcome! Quite the artisan we've got here 1
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