FOH Parallel Burns - Episode 1 - H.Upmann Magnum 46 & MOFOH Spada Gorda

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[ElLoboLoco]

Nice, I will watch this weekend and smoke along.👍🏼

[JDoughty]

That was awesome. The sheer audacity of putting up a ROTT 8 week old cigar against a Cuban classic with years of age and rest, and it absolutely held its ground. That is impressive AF and speaks highly of their confidence level in this cigar. I haven't tried my Spada Gorda yet but this definitely puts it on the priority list.

I would love to see the Bond Roberts 109 #1 go up against a Monte #2. I smoked them on successive days (fully rested 2022 M2, ROTT BR1) and the first half of the BR completely blew the Monte away in terms of rich, juicy smoke volume, complex and delicious evolving flavors. The second half did a pretty good imitation of the Monte with similar flavor notes but still more complexity. Basically all the chocolate and coffee and cedar and leather plus more cream and hints of stone fruit. The Monte #2 did have much more of that classic Cuban 'twang', but the BR1 equaled or exceeded it on all other counts for elegance, balance and complexity. Having some BR1 and Fab5 stashed very much eases the pain of not being able to get any more of my Cuban faves for the forseeable. And when I want to buy more I can without worrying that they're going to be plugged, confiscated, tariffed to high heaven or rolled by prison labor. At least I think they aren't, unless there are big secrets @El Presidente isn't telling us. 😆