Cohiba Esplendidos ARA SEP 01

[smokum]

Looks like a blast was had by all......anyone remember the clown in the movie Groove Tube ??

[El Presidente]

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» least three blondes who requested obscene balloon animals.

Dave...forward telephone numbers to my private e-mail [email protected]

What a great time mate You have a sensational wife with a great sense of humour. She would be a treasure.

Thanks for a great laugh and HAPPY BIRTHDAY from all here

[marco polo]

Thanks for the pics ! Kind of reminds me of the clown in Uncle

Buck for some reason. :-)

[Shelby07]

Wow! It looks like a much better time than the Rapids-Houston game. Had I known I would have forgone the game and we would have come down.

...although I would have probably have had nightmares.

[Ken Gargett]

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» What a great time mate You have a sensational wife with a great

» sense of humour. She would be a treasure.

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» Thanks for a great laugh and HAPPY BIRTHDAY from all here

happy birthday.

at least rob knows his wife will never get him a clown. she'd think she had suddenly developed double vision.

[Guest rob]

Great photos!

Looked like a great time... and Happy BDay!

[Colt45]

Great pics!

[Tampa1257]

Great Photos and your wife has a fantastic sense of humor! Happy Birthday!!!:-P

[greenpimp]

Well that was a great review, and also the first cigar review in existence including a clown. I am pretty sure.

Looked like a great time. Although the pictures scared me a little.

[Moglman]

Happy Birthday from another Denver based clown. Churchills is really nice and that clown looks like a riot, for a while ...

[jdbrown]

Dave,

Looks like a great birthday party!! Do you ever make it up to the Little Bear?? Used to spend alot of time there when I lived in Evergreen.

[toasterhead]

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» Dave...forward telephone numbers to my private e-mail

» [email protected]

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» What a great time mate You have a sensational wife with a great

» sense of humour. She would be a treasure.

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» Thanks for a great laugh and HAPPY BIRTHDAY from all here

Thank you, Prez, and thanks to the rest of the group. It was one hell of a good time. Unfortunately, Jazz did not get the blondes' numbers. The Esplendidos were delicious and I would give them a 92-93 easily.

Dave

[Colt45]

The clown reminds me a little of W.C. Fields

[ArloGut]

» The clown reminds me a little of W.C. Fields

More like John Wayne Gacy

http://www.prairieghosts.com/gacy.html

[toasterhead]

Arlo,

Jazz may have had some issues in the past, but I didn't get the feeling he was a homicidal maniac. He did mention things like, "..back when I used to really drink, before Clown College.."

Mental image for the day: admissions officer reviewing applications at Clown College...:-D

Dave

[Shelby07]

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» Mental image for the day: admissions officer reviewing applications at

» Clown College...:-D

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» Dave

Geez... more nutrients to feed the nightmares!

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» More like John Wayne Gacy

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» http://www.prairieghosts.com/gacy.html

Hate to stray from the nice birthday clown but that was one sick bastard. I live close to where he did that ****

[toasterhead]

Group Review

Cohiba Esplendidos ARA SEP 01

Churchill Bar

The Brown Palace Hotel

Denver, Colorado

June 21, 2008

There is a long-standing joke in our family; whenever one of my kids’ birthdays rolls around, the standard response to the question, “What do you want to do for your birthday?” is invariably, “Uh, I dunno…” My standard response is, “Fine, I’m getting you a clown.” Never mind that they are now 19 and 15 years old…

For my birthday celebration, I thought it would be cool to have a group review with some of my best cigar buds. So, my good friends Steve (behind the camera), Howard, Tim, Jack and I (L-to-R) met at the Churchill Bar armed with 5 beautiful PCC Aged Esplendidos, a review form, and our thesaurus.

I brought along some reinforcements (Monte 2 OEB NOV 06 and Party Shorts AOM NOV 06) just in case.

The review was going along splendidly. Everyone oohed and aahed at the lovely wrappers, the aroma and the draw. The predominant flavor at cold was tea, with opening blasts of exotic spice and wood. The first and middle third featured pretty consistent bean flavors (vanilla, mild coffee) and a sweet woody aftertaste; I rarely got any grassiness. Burns were even and no harshness was noted until the last third.

Then all hell broke loose; my lovely comedienne, Theresa, (who doubles as my wife) decided that what I really needed for my birthday was…….

A CLOWN!!!

That’s right. “Jazz” the clown arrived at the venerable Brown with fanfare, balloon animals, and a cake. It turns out Jazz also liked to smoke cigars, and had never tried a Habanos before. Game on.

That clown powered through a Monte 2 and then polished off a Party Short. He really was the life of the party and everyone was laughing their asses off. It was interesting to see the other bar patrons’ reactions. Several people came in, saw the clown and ran out in a panic. Jazz attracted at least three blondes who requested obscene balloon animals.

Near the end of the evening, I asked our long-suffering waitress if she had ever managed a scene like this before. She said it was definitely a first, and that her favorite part was saying, “Get that clown in the corner another drink” without getting in trouble with the management.

No one wanted the evening to end and we all had multiple cigars, wiping out the humidor’s contents, along with the delicious cake and several rounds of drinks. If you want to have a good time and freak out a bunch of people, I highly recommend a cigar smoking clown at your next bar party.

Cheers,

Dave

P.S. Mark, I am sorry you missed the mayhem; I really had no idea!