Weekend Photo Comp.........

[BG1165]

Celebrating a smooth day. I don’t often get to enjoy such lengthy moments and it is rare I allow myself to imbibe. As the dew cleared I had the feeling the day would be uneventful it was a perfect time to whip up a batch of my Sangria. My mouth watered as I watched it marinate throughout the day. And as the sun was setting I reached for a current favorite, the Mag 46. 

Glorious. A potpourri of flavors in this batch. A consistent woodiness throughout with various interruptions of dark fruit sweetness and a citrus peel zest. A spicy, cinnamon like liquorish texture just added to the enjoyment. The body remained consistent. Thick but not much over medium. 

The cigar was delicious too.

Cheers 

 

[Islandboy]

Lazy Saturday afternoon on the deck, enjoying a Short Churchill (tubo), another first for me. Great burn, loads of smoke, nice flavors of cocoa, fruit, and a dash of cuban zest...and a napping wife. Nothing wrong with this picture.

...And yet another souvenir from my recent travels north of the border. I like how my Canadian brethren think.

Happy Smokes gang!!

[prodigy]

This was a long week down in Florida with the family. Had some very memorable smokes and a great time all around. Just got back to the house and reality is slowly setting back in.

 

I realized I do not have any actual pics of me with a cigar from this trip. I did light up the cohiba right after I caught that snook though.

 

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[Wilzc]

28 minutes ago, crking3 said:

You’ve got to be joking with the part about running your cigar under the water .....


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I have read it many times across many cigar boards! hahaha

 

As for me, i actually slipped n fell so the cigars were wet to begin with

 

 

 

[Perla]

Got my Winter outdoor dress out of the closet.

[PigFish]

Piggy and a Partagas Chicos!

Enjoy the ride!!! -LOL

Cheers!

[MountainMilG]

I had a birthday aged Party Short Thursday, but this morning I was killing time waiting for football to start and decided I'd go out on the back porch and enjoy the one from the first box I ever bought for myself - the trusty HUHC.

A tad tight.  The draw was fine, but it just felt ... packed, for lack of a better term.  I'll admit my palate isn't nearly as refined as many here, I can't yet get subtle flavors across the thirds.  To me it tasted like an H Upmann.  Now that I'm 6 months or so in my CC journey, I've had the luck to enjoy several different of this marca, and I had originally chosen HUHC as my cheap and cheerful, and ideally regular "normal" smoke.  I can tell you things it wasn't - there wasn't the cocoa and cream I got my a montecristo a couple of weeks ago.  Definitely no cherry like I've gotten from RyJ sampled abroad.  To me it was an extremely enjoyable 30-40 minute smoke sitting on the back steps wondering where all the rain was.  It was what cigars have become for me - a way to slow down, sit and watch the trees grow and slowly puff and watch the smoke and savor life.  That's what it was.

 

[nsills]

Have the day to myself today, perfect for a cigar and some light reading. Compared with the Mag 50 I had Thursday, this Connie A is quite a bit more refined. Classic Upmann shortbread, creaminess, would be great with some coffee and cake if it weren't 91°F outside. Draw and burn are very nice. Although no Mag 46, I gotta say the 50 hit a sweet spot of just enough mongrel to make it pop with flavor while the A is just smooth and classy. You really can't go wrong. 

Excuse the tank top but it's hot out here 

[DeskSmkr]

Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Personal Reserve “The Mans 80th” Robusto: core is a familiar fuente taste which is clearer and more prominent here, along with the fuente anejo profile, overall smooth not peppery. Complexity includes cedar, milk chocolate, mild sweetened cream coffee, graham cracker, an occasional lingering sweetness finish, pepper lightly made a two herf appearance then was forever gone, yes some bitterness and bitter chocolate towards the end, off putting and interesting at the same time. The bitterness wasn’t present in first two thirds. Medium flavor, medium nicotine, ramping up at the last third.  Tight draw, well compressed leaves in head and foot.  One soft spot near head noted, when pinched, burn evened out. 92/100 - ideally complexities would be more bold and obvious, but they were enjoyable. Would gladly smoke again (good thing because there are two handfuls in the humidor.)

[BuzzArd]

If it’s not too late I’ll play....  

It’s my Birthday, It’s my Birthday!   So I couldn't help but go with a favorite. BCG has yet to let me down.  And I have a good bit of time to enjoy it this afternoon....  Just fired up, but looking forward to the complex, mushroomy goodness I always find here. Expecting viscous, palatte coating smoke with lots of herbal notes and excellent construction.   At least, that’s what the first 1/4 of this box has provided in the past. 

To my other BOTL I see enjoying birthday smokes, I tip my hat.

 

Wish me luck. 

[PigFish]

1 hour ago, BuzzArd said:

If it’s not too late I’ll play....  

It’s my Birthday, It’s my Birthday!   So I couldn't help but go with a favorite. BCG has yet to let me down.  And I have a good bit of time to enjoy it this afternoon....  Just fired up, but looking forward to the complex, mushroomy goodness I always find here. Expecting viscous, palatte coating smoke with lots of herbal notes and excellent construction.   At least, that’s what the first 1/4 of this box has provided in the past. 

To my other BOTL I see enjoying birthday smokes, I tip my hat.

 

Wish me luck. 

Happy Herf-day mate!

[havanaclub]

Was a very special day today. Played golf with my brother, mother and father who turned 70 today.

I thought it would be special to lite up a My Father le bijou 1922, in honour of him. This cigar was #1 cigar of the year in 2015. Nice sweet chocolate notes, earthy with rich toasted tobacco notes. Not much pepper which is surprising as it is a signature note for Pepin Garcia the blender.

Had a great day on the golf course with my dad and a nice surprise dinner at the club right after.

 

 

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[BuzzArd]

2 hours ago, PigFish said:

Happy Herf-day mate!

Thanks Mr Pig.  After 5 hours of family auto repair I managed some nice down time. 

[PigFish]

2 hours ago, havanaclub said:

Was a very special day today. Played golf with my brother, mother and father who turned 70 today.

I thought it would be special to lite up a My Father le bijou 1922, in honour of him. This cigar was #1 cigar of the year in 2015. Nice sweet chocolate notes, earthy with rich toasted tobacco notes. Not much pepper which is surprising as it is a signature note for Pepin Garcia the blender.

Had a great day on the golf course with my dad and a nice surprise dinner at the club right after.

 

 

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Great to still have one parents to enjoy time with. I hope you have many more with them! Soak it up while they are still around. Cheers! -tP

[encephalization]

I really want a hat so..

Went for a hike in the beautiful Ozarks. Lost Valley State Park, exploring caves for lazy people. About a 2.5 mile hike with quite an elevation gain and in the heat (which hasn't left Arkansas completely yet) and the damn humitidy it was plenty for me. A few hundred feet before the main cave, we sat down and I could enjoy a cigar. Partagas 898 MOS DIC09. Started mellow in strength but flavors were strong. Mainly earth and leather, no spice on front or retro. About a third in, the cigar definitely stepped up, similar to a (complex) Party Short. Spices came through beautifully on the retro but the addition if cocoa was the main thing here. Beautifully balanced and continued for most of the cigar, had a few draw issues on the very end.

Big thanks to@Aardwolf for this treat!

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[havanaclub]

Great to still have one parents to enjoy time with. I hope you have many more with them! Soak it up while they are still around. Cheers! -tP

Thanks Piggy!! It was a special day for sure.


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[First Lady]

Great photo's everyone :-)

The two winners are @cookj1 who was randomly pick and @BuzzArd who had the most likes

Guys shoot me your address details so I can get a sampler and Hat out to you both  - [email protected] 

[BuzzArd]

Hey, thanks everyone!  What a great bithday present!!

[BarryVT]

Spent some time at the local B&M over the weekend watching football. My wife with an Epi 2. Nothing sexier than a gal smoking a cigar! 

[Fuzz]

Down in the Kangaroo Valley this weekend. Everyone else went on a bushwalk, I decided to stay back and continue my Cuba trip training. 

Will fix the pic orientation later when I go back inside and use my laptop. ?

 

[Islandboy]

6 hours ago, Fuzz said:

Down in the Kangaroo Valley this weekend. Everyone else went on a bushwalk, I decided to stay back and continue my Cuba trip training. 

Will fix the pic orientation later when I go back inside and use my laptop. ?

 

No need to fix, I think you’ve captured the essence of Down Under brilliantly in those pics. Your cigar line-up’s not too shabby as well.

[BuzzArd]

Thanks to FOH.  Recently received this fantastic ball cap and a couple of fine sticks.  I have to say, this is the nicest ball cap i’ve ever owned.  Seriously, even the bead on the brim is logo’d.  Really a first-class item.  And the Capuleto?  My favorite EL that year by far.  Have yet to open a box of my 48s so this single is just perfect.  

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