FOH'ers Daily Smoke

canadianbeaver · April 22, 2019

Great minds think alike @torsion

and this is my new fave beer other than Guinness. Red Ale. Can be by different micro breweries.

CB

Lucass111 · April 22, 2019

JohnS · April 22, 2019

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Montecristo Leyenda UBM Sep 2018

This is my second Montecristo Leyenda in the last six months. Below are my notes from the first one...

"This Montecristo Leyenda is part of the new Linea 1935 series, a group of three cigars (the others are the Dumas and Maltes) which are the Montecristo version of the Cohiba Behike series. Its dimensions are identical to the 2017 Montecristo 80th Aniversario release, that is big...55 ring gauge by 165 mm in length. These have been marketed as been fuller in strength (or is it flavour, or possibly both?), but I found this to be suitably medium to medium-mild. Sure, it wasn't as light as an Especiales No.2, for example, but it was nowhere near as strong as some Petit Edmundos or even Montecristo No. 4's I've had.

The reason this cigar was so, so good, in my opinion, was the milk chocolate and cream flavour which dominated the first two thirds. There was also some underlying cedar, which was a little sweet, almond nut and, in my opinion, similarly to the Edmundo Dantes Belicosos, some hints of marshmallow. I was even able to retrohale into the final third, where I was able to get some white pepper. Pepper wasn't really evident throughout the first two-thirds and there was just a little in the last third. The one thing that I must add is how I underestimated how long it would take to smoke this, it must have been at least two-and-a-half hours! Glorious and deserving of high praise indeed!"

This Leyenda was even milder than my first one and took around the same time to finish. There was no pepper notes at the end but flavours were similar. Again, (it was) a great smoke!

JACDO · April 23, 2019

Sprouthog · April 23, 2019

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Hotboxx · April 23, 2019

ROTT 2424 Clearance BRE NOV 2018 nice shift after 1st third.

thebigk · April 23, 2019

Hupc and some Elmer

CampDelta369 · April 23, 2019

Nice morning

daleighan · April 23, 2019

Reyes. It seems to pair quite well with a glass of chocolate milk.

JohnS · April 23, 2019

On 4/22/2019 at 1:19 PM, Wertman said:

@JohnS can I make a suggestion? Especially with you being a senior member and a mod. Can you move all of your reviews to a separate page and topic. You have great reviews and love to use them as a reference. Would love if everything was in one spot from you so I can see. I am sure all other members agree your awesome at reviews.

Thank you kindly. Incidentally, I reflected on this today as I caught up with Trevor Leask, the founder of Cuban Cigar Website. These little mini-reviews began innocently enough as a expression of gratitude for receiving cigars to sample. Some of them have been aged, Limited or Regional Editions, discontinued or simply rare and much sought after. As a result, I figured that the information I gleaned from smoking them would benefit other enthusiasts too.

Leave it with me. I intend to investigate if exporting posts collectively with FoH's technical staff assistance is possible, otherwise, I'll explore other options.

Raskol · April 23, 2019

C&C Time! T. Vigia (2015)- 24:24

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Raskol · April 23, 2019

Thank you kindly. Incidentally, I reflected on this today as I caught up with Trevor Leask, the founder of Cuban Cigar Website. These little mini-reviews began innocently enough as a expression of gratitude for receiving cigars to sample. Some of them have been aged, Limited or Regional Editions, discontinued or simply rare and much sought after. As a result I figured that the information I gleaned from smoking them would benefit other enthusiasts too.
Leave it with me. I intend to investigate if exporting posts collectively with FoH's technical staff assistance is possible, otherwise, I'll explore other options.

John, it would be great if it can be done. Always looking forward to your reviews. Thank you.

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SonGoku · April 23, 2019

Romeo and Julieta - Cedros de Luxe No. 2 (ASO MAY 16). I initially bought these for long term aging as MRN suggests these have great aging potential. But when I got the box last year I found half of the sticks in the box had a little mold on the wrapper. Nothing that can't be brushed off and make them smokeable but enough that I fear keeping them with the rest of my stock and let them age. So I've been keeping them in a separate ziploc with a boveda. So I'm probably just gonna go through the box during this summer or the following. I think that I read somewhere on the forum here that this is a common problem with cedar wrapped sticks. Too bad though as I would have loved to see how these would be smoking 20 years down the line provided I would still be living at that time.

Continuing my R&J theme today with this Cazadores (GAT SEP 13). Just lighting it I can tell from the smell of the smoke that this one is going to be a lot more powerful than the Cedros de Luxe No. 2 smoked earlier.

nc6789 · April 23, 2019

Had to wfh today, so burning my last CH 2014 TAA - its a sad day

Lotusguy · April 23, 2019

That Punch from the jar was divine.

This gifted Opus X isn’t bad either - I think it’s a Magnum O?

Stogiepuffer · April 23, 2019

Time for a quickie

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bigbwalls · April 23, 2019

PSD4 June 18

BenW · April 23, 2019

First Juan Lopez No1 for me, from the Corona sampler. Rested for 3 months.

Really really nice, a solid 90pts.

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JohnS · April 23, 2019

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Liga Privada Único Serie Velvet Rat (thanks @Çnote)

From what I understand, this Drew Estate release was once a Limited Edition which has now become regular production, but is hard to source. Its dimensions are ideal, 46 ring gauge x 159 mm in length (6¹⁄₄ inches) and the pig tail was amongst the easiest to unwind on a cigar that I've encountered, no need for a cutter here! It started off strong in flavour and was full-bodied until the second third, when it settled into a mid to full-bodied cigar. Flavours were the same throughout...dark espresso coffee, dark chocolate, wood and dried raisin (a little), it was like an amplified Ramon Allones Specially Selected with a hint of the sweetness.

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Viaje White Label Project Birthday Blend (2016 - again thank you @Çnote)

Again, this is a harder to source Non-Cuban, from what I understand, based on the limited release 12 year-old Old Forrester’s Birthday Bourbon. It started off full of pepper and then settled in the middle third and thereafter into a dark chocolate, pepper and earthy cigar until the end. The strength was full-bodied all the way.

I'd like to again thank @Çnote for making these available for me to sample. He gave me some other Non-Cubans to sample along with these ones and suggested that I was moving through them from most likely to emulate Cubans to least likely. I started off with the Warped Don Reynaldo and Relatos, moved onto the La Flor Dominicana 1994 and Santa Muerte and then finished with these. Yes, they did indeed progress in a linear fashion from most like Cubanesque to least, but I say this tongue-in-cheek, I swear it was just a coincidence folks!

TNT009 · April 23, 2019

inter4alia · April 24, 2019

Got this back in December as a free bonus stick so not sure of the date. I absolutely love the unique flavor of Sancho Panza. Nothing else like it.

Chucko8 · April 24, 2019

On 4/23/2019 at 6:29 AM, JohnS said:

Montecristo Leyenda UBM Sep 2018

This is my second Montecristo Leyenda in the last six months. Below are my notes from the first one...

"This Montecristo Leyenda is part of the new Linea 1935 series, a group of three cigars (the others are the Dumas and Maltes) which are the Montecristo version of the Cohiba Behike series. Its dimensions are identical to the 2017 Montecristo 80th Aniversario release, that is big...55 ring gauge by 165 mm in length. These have been marketed as been fuller in strength (or is it flavour, or possibly both?), but I found this to be suitably medium to medium-mild. Sure, it wasn't as light as an Especiales No.2, for example, but it was nowhere near as strong as some Petit Edmundos or even Montecristo No. 4's I've had.

The reason this cigar was so, so good, in my opinion, was the milk chocolate and cream flavour which dominated the first two thirds. There was also some underlying cedar, which was a little sweet, almond nut and, in my opinion, similarly to the Edmundo Dantes Belicosos, some hints of marshmallow. I was even able to retrohale into the final third, where I was able to get some white pepper. Pepper wasn't really evident throughout the first two-thirds and there was just a little in the last third. The one thing that I must add is how I underestimated how long it would take to smoke this, it must have been at least two-and-a-half hours! Glorious and deserving of high praise indeed!"

This Leyenda was even milder than my first one and took around the same time to finish. There was no pepper notes at the end but flavours were similar. Again, (it was) a great smoke!

Thanks @JohnS this has given me the urge to drag one back out and see the evolution for myself.

JACDO · April 24, 2019

Fonseca 2014

mtd057 · April 24, 2019

I tried, I really did. I could not get into this Fonscea #1 MEL Jun 2016. Great construction and burn, but just wasn't for me. I might try another in a few months but I am not very optimistic. Now my 2nd choice, a Cohiba Panetelas, was pretty good. I found it to be much more flavorful than the Fonseca. Short and sweet.

Now that I am thinking about it, I might put the Fonseca's up for trade.