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[JayHabanos]

Hoyo De Monterrey- Palmas Extra


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[JohnS]

Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo des Dieux

The most famous quote from the Sermon on the Mount surely must be, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" (Matt 7:12). However, one thing my father drummed into me as a kid was the saying, "When you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." (Matt 6:3-4) He would expound further that acts of generosity need to be done for altruistic purposes to be true acts of generosity and as I get older I can understand this more.

The reason I mention this is because I am the beneficiary of this cigar from a generous benefactor who would prefer anonymity. I guess the act of kindness was sufficient for him, but I remain humbled, after all, it's a des Dieux.

I'm not familiar with the age of the cigar, but my instincts tell me that it would be of the most recent vintage, somewhere circa 2013/14 judging by the band, wrapper quality and shade, aroma etc and comparing it to my own. How did it compare to my last des Dieux? In a word, it didn't, it was like another cigar entirely!

You see, my last des Dieux was a 2014 cream and light cedar stick, with hints of vanilla...exactly as I like them, this on the other hand was cloves, spice and wood all the way with very little creaminess evident. You may say that there was the hint of mushroom or forest floor flavours. Mind you, I still enjoyed the cigar, but when they are like this, be mindful, they have much life in them yet!

[JACDO]

2017 Fundadores

[akpreacher]

Breakfast of champions!



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[Dynamo320]

Edmundo OBM MAR 17 with some Russian River Pliny the Elder

[Duxnutz]

Road testing the OJ. See how we go.... after the nightmare last couple days of work (resulting in the finger of blame being waved around) should really be drinking whisky. 

[TTP21]

18 minutes ago, crking3 said:

Granted There are factors that contribute such a drastic cut of the cigar but may I respectfully recommend not chopping so much off when you clip it....enjoy !
 

The fresh beer looks and sounds amazing !


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I totally appreciate the feedback.  Last one had a tough draw when I cut shorter.  I need to break down and spend the 40 bucks on a PerfecDraw!

Thanks!

[Rupe]

Media Corona on a cold night in Ohio

[THEMISCHMAN]

RAE SEP 14 Siglo V. So glad it’s Friday.

Decided on a second. ALO DIC 16 Presidentes.

[WABOOM]

Don Carlos #4 belicoso. Very impressive.

 

'18 Yosvani Herrera, salamones.

[Trimming]

Lons

 

[Duxnutz]

13 minutes ago, Trimming said:

Lons

 

Well hello there.

[Nitehawk82]

[bigbwalls]

 

HDM San Juan - June 18

 

I’ve smoked a couple from this box, each one so tight even the perfecdraw barely made them smokeable. I picked this gorgeous specimen up anticipating the same draw... to my surprise this beauty had an effortless draw. I’m getting coffee, cream, sea salt, and a bunch of white pepper through the nose. Here I was regretting this box purchase, thinking to myself I should’ve stuck with what I know - but this cigar is excellent.

Here’s hoping the rest of the box is like this one! 

[Jbhunter223]

PLMC. My first ever, little to windy outside to fully enjoy it. But was pleasant. 

[JACDO]

[JohnS]

Punch Coronas TSU Sep 2007 (thanks @baragh!)

The Montecristo No.3, Quai d'Orsay Coronas Claro and the Romeo y Julieta Cedros de Luxe No.2 are the last coronas vitolas left in regular production. Once upon a time it seemed every marca had a coronas-sized cigar, but that seems like aeons ago now.

This Punch Coronas was generously gifted to me by Will and was discontinued in 2009. My last Punch marca cigar was a 2018 Punch Punch and I thought it was spectacularly similar to the 2018 FoH Xmas Sampler one I had a few months ago. This Coronas was very close to those, if only because I felt that those two Punch Punch cigars oozed that distinctive Cuban Twang sour citrus tart note throughout, whereas this Coronas had stronger elements of leather to it. Still, this was very, very good and I wouldn't complain if I had a box of these. I'd make sure to rest them a little longer even, if I did!

[pandyboy]

Smoked this Camacho last night...

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[Wertman]

On 4/23/2019 at 3:09 AM, JohnS said:

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.

Thanks yah it will be a cool idea I’m sure everyone would love it.

[havanaclub]

UBM ENE 18 punch punch courtesy of@jeremiep89 This cigar is awesome, a personal favourite. Wish I picked up a 50 cab of these when they were available.
@JohnS is bang on with the flavours of these relatively young PP. Clove, creamy, spice, nut!




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[Grateful13]

PE from the aged sampler a while back. POS MAY 07

 

[lovethehaze]

CORO and some noon whistle gummypocalypse  the haze is real.

citus coffe citrus coffe citrus smoke output amazing. Smooth ... good combo beer almost pink grapefruit with a splash of pineapple juice and the CORO is hitting  

cheers 

 

 

 

 

[Markspring1978]

Superb RASS TEB MAY 09 from a trade with @NorCalAaron. Started a little rougher than I expected but quickly turned to the RASS you would expect for one with a decade on it. Imagine raisin toast with Nutella. Draw and burn were perfect. My better half joined me and we had some Cab and some aged cheddar on the deck while the snow came down on us. For the record, I’m over the snow for this year. Going to be 18 degrees tomorrow night. Glad I have a conference in Phoenix next week to thaw out.