FOH'ers Daily Smoke

[CgarDan]

Monte Double Edmundo from 2018

 

[Gamehawker]

With the fury around the PCC aged stock on 24:24, specifically with the H.Upmann No. 2 from yesterday’s Tuesday 24:24 H.Upmann No. 2 “LUB AGO 14”, I decided to pull out one of my last H.Upmann No. 2’s from my “LUB JUL 14” box (I had not smoked one of these for almost two years) to see if I get the same description that the Pres. had; “Aged Upmann are a joy at any time ...... but an aged Upmann Number 2 are simply a palate wonderland. Shortbread, dark coffee, toffee edge. Medium full. Prepare yourself for a journey.”

First, I had to really look at this thing of beauty on top of my newly acquired Peter James Cigar Case. The shimmer and deep golden Colorado color of the wrapper is amazing. 

Clipping a small portion of the tip I took a draw and it was perfect with a honey tobacco taste to it. 

The first third was a mixture of slight chocolate, shortbread, caramel and toffee. The strength was medium. 

The second third transformed to a more rich shortbread, coffee, a slight nougat/toffee. The strength was slightly ramping up to a little above medium. 

The final third again transition to a richer shortbread, dark coffee, and a toffee/dark chocolate edge. The strength was between medium to full. 

As you can see I smoked it to the very tip and did not want it to end. 

The burn was perfect and no touch-ups.

It lasted for 90 minutes of pure bless. 

I was smoking this perfect gem on my back deck on this beautiful Fall day while my pool was closing and what a way to end the Summer. 

So to rehash the Pres., he was right with his description of this fabulous aged cigar. 

I am so happy I have another full box of these H.Upmann No. 2's in one of my Coolidors with the same “LUB JUL 14” box code. ? ?

I bought two boxes of these years ago at a very much cheaper price that the aged PCC H.Upmann No. 2's that sold on Tuesday 24:24.  I like buying my boxes of cigars young at reasonable prices and patiently waiting for most of my cigars to reach their full potential.  

I think these will be awesome at 10+ years of age like a number of my other many type of H.Upmann boxes in my many coolidors.   ? ?

 

 

 

[JayHabanos]

PLPC


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[Baccy]

Beautiful Famosos, ARS JUL 18, it's all about the milk chocolate, but there's also some vegetal and tea notes, nice!


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[Chucko8]

Quick lunchtime Demi Tasse

 

 

 

[Raskol]

No#2 (2016) - 24:24

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[potvin]

[Meklown]

Upmann 2 with a nice divot

[westg]

Late night smoke 

[Ry27]

RASS. Fruity

[CampDelta369]

RASCC. Cheers

 

[kcmontie]

Siglo III

[Çnote]

RGPC 13

Pleasantly bitter espresso turning into smooth mocha and a touch of marzipan wafers. Almost too smooth. 

[JohnS]

Punch Punch UBM Ago 2018

Please do note, if you aren't aware, that the Punch Punch is a cigar that is considered, according to member feedback from recent polls on our forum, polarising. After I had this one tonight, it's easy to see why. Let me explain further below.

The last Punch Punch I had a few months ago was simply delectable. It had a prefect combination of creaminess, leather, cedar and glorious notes of 'Cuban twang', that sour citrus tart essence that aficionados of the leaf drool over in their sleep just thinking about it.

This one? Well it had no real creaminess, leather was minimal, don't even mention 'Cuban twang' but at least it had wood and spice...just too much of it for my liking. The wood was somewhat charred, like what my experience was like when smoking 3 or 4 Punch Regios de Punch 2017 Limited Edition cigars last year. The spice was also strong, but it was reminiscent of a clove spice that I find agreeable in Punch so it redeemed the cigar for me...enough that I was able to smoke it through to the last third.

So overall this was just average, but it feels worse because my last Punch Punch was simply so sublime. The moral to the story here? Temper your expectations when it comes to smoking Habanos cigars. I need to continually remind myself to keep an open mind and that every cigar I smoke is potentially a new experience, a new opportunity to learn something new.

[Chef]

H. Upmann No.2 JUN 18.

The first inch was a little woody, but mostly floral and soapy.  After the first ash drop, I was caught off guard by how complex this became: butter, coffee, caramel, wood, nuts, and earth .  Salty, bitter, and sweet all at various points of the smoke.  Wonderful, wonderful.  Whoever among you picked up some of the PCC aged No.2s are really in for a treat.  But y'all already know that.

[SigmundChurchill]

[lovethehaze]

#2 of 2004 days CA

Pretty solid. Mostly leather though some citrus twang but just briefly and retro nice white pepper and cream. But lots of leather. Burn time solid 90 minutes.

No CC but a nice gift from a friend





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[Chef]

11 minutes ago, lovethehaze said:

#2 of 2004 days CA

Pretty solid. Mostly leather though some citrus twang but just briefly and retro nice white pepper and cream. But lots of leather. Burn time solid 90 minutes.

No CC but a nice gift from a friend





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I really like that cigar.  A local B & M has the 100 Años rolled in a custom vitola – petit corona. It’s rich, creamy coffee, wood, and leather for days.  

[lovethehaze]

I really like that cigar. 

It was really good for about 15/stick not bad value at all. Burn time, burn, draw all really good. Smoke output great. Not quite as rich and a little more leather than I prefer but I would def smoke again if it came into my hands.


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[CgarDan]

[Chef]

3 minutes ago, CgarDan said:

What’s that?

[canadianbeaver]

New box in the mail today. Lovely. San Cristobal La Fuerza.

CB

[CgarDan]

23 minutes ago, Chef said:

What’s that?

Great question came as part of a trade. I will post the answer once I know myself ?

[Streetz]

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[billyh79]

Nice afternoon dove hunting