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[Chibearsv]

Monte DE 2013 I’m enjoying this one. Creamy, cedar, licorice, and light white pepper

[JohnS]

Vegas Robaina Famosos AEM May 2015

Vegas Robaina...it's not exactly a marca that would be in your rotation right now, right? Did you know that supplies of the Vegas Robaina Unicos (yes, the piramide) were in hiatus at the moment and the Famosos is low? Probably not, but if you manage to smoke a Famosos, Unicos or dare I say, a recently-discontinued Double Corona Don Alejandro, maybe you might be seeking these out!

This Famosos was very much like the rest of this box thus far, which is to say, simply sensational! At four-and-a-half years of age, these are in their prime for my tastes. Again, the raisin-sweet/licorice and cocoa flavours intermingled with some baking spice around a luscious grass core signified some 75 minutes of pure smoking pleasure.

I can see myself having another one before the week is out and then checking how I can acquire another box!

[MigsG]

2 hours ago, Thirds said:

Good weekend...RASS (forgot pic), CCE (excellent), Upmann Robusto Anejados (nutty creamy bomb...thanks @MigsG) and ERD CS.  If I could get an ERD half corona with the flavors of the final 3rd of the Choix Supreme, I’d hammer that box. Started as a pepper bomb but finished as a honey/leather masterpiece.  I’ll be thinking about that finish for a while.  

Wish we had your fair weather here! Great smokes, all!

 

2 hours ago, Rhinoww said:

It’s my BDay tomorrow. Starting a bit early w a Party 898 from 17. delightful cold draw. 15 min in now and really enjoying this stick courtesy of a friend on the forum. just a beautiful stick

Happy birthday! Great cigar! What else is on the birthday smoking list?

[MigsG]

A Maltes last night courtesy of @Bucky McSwensen and a two cigar night tonight, a La Punta and a Secretos courtesy of @Thirds. Love having variety more than quantity.

 

MSU '18 Bolivar Royal Corona tubo

This box code has been excellent. Hitting the spot in this cold, wet, San Francisco weather.

[Thirds]

2 hours ago, FatherOfPugs said:

 

Judging by that pour I can tell what kind of a weekend it was... ?  Relax and enjoy.  

[Wookie]

La Trova 

I dropped this on a concrete floor yesterday...thank goodness for Perfec Repair glue. Saved the wrapper for the whole time....and this one requires major reconstructive surgery.  
 

ive smoked 6 of these now and the telltale cloves/nutmeg flavor is really consistent. These are rolled firmly with a corresponding firm draw. More medium bodied than a Vigia, which makes it a perfect afternoon smoke...today lasted nearly 3 hours and it only got raspy at the last inch. Pretty remarkable cigar once I reconciled its mildness. I originally wanted more body out of this vitola. 
  

2017 San Juan

[Rhinoww]

3 hours ago, MigsG said:

5 hours ago, Rhinoww said:

It’s my BDay tomorrow. Starting a bit early w a Party 898 from 17. delightful cold draw. 15 min in now and really enjoying this stick courtesy of a friend on the forum. just a beautiful stick

Happy birthday! Great cigar! What else is on the birthday smoking list?

Thanks

I’ve been meaning to break into a box of Party D4. Not a special stick but a treat for me to break open a box I have been using for gifts but have not sampled myself. Heavy rain on the way so my session may be interrupted as well. 
 

the real question for me is if I kick off my bday tomorrow w a little C&C which would be a very unusual treat for me. Likely a Boli PC if weather permits. 

[mbflash80]

3 hours ago, MigsG said:

A Maltes last night courtesy of @Bucky McSwensen and a two cigar night tonight, a La Punta and a Secretos courtesy of @Thirds. Love having variety more than quantity.

 

MSU '18 Bolivar Royal Corona tubo

This box code has been excellent. Hitting the spot in this cold, wet, San Francisco weather.

Dude...you did the tent? Nice! Ive spent the last two days smoking in mine...

[Lotusguy]

Punch La Isla. Definitely too young. Great construction and it did have some moments but it’s infanticide with a July 2019 BD.

[Rupe]

Media corona

[LLC]

BUP SEP 17 Lusi.

Ok but construction not great and a little too tight.



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[inter4alia]

14 minutes ago, LLC said:

BUP SEP 17 Lusi.

Ok but construction not great and a little too tight.



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I have a 10 count box same exact code and two of the three I've smoked have had the same construction issues.

[bigbwalls]

[Guest Nekhyludov]

Too cold tonight for anything bigger, so I settled on a MUO MAY 14 CORO.

[LLC]

I have a 10 count box same exact code and two of the three I've smoked have had the same construction issues.

This is my second of two of these 10 count boxes and the first box was also very hot and miss.


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[SigmundChurchill]

UAO ENE 18

[jtfrizzy]

'15 Montecristo No 4 paired with a Fat Heads Holly Jolly Christmas Ale.

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[JayHabanos]

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[havanaclub]

Thanks to a BOTL
Johnny O BHK 56 from 17

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[westg]

San Juan 

Som Sep 16 , hard to beat at the moment

 

[MigsG]

3 hours ago, Rhinoww said:

Thanks

I’ve been meaning to break into a box of Party D4. Not a special stick but a treat for me to break open a box I have been using for gifts but have not sampled myself. Heavy rain on the way so my session may be interrupted as well. 
 

the real question for me is if I kick off my bday tomorrow w a little C&C which would be a very unusual treat for me. Likely a Boli PC if weather permits. 

Treat yourself, I believe always a good thing! 

[MigsG]

3 hours ago, mbflash80 said:

Dude...you did the tent? Nice! Ive spent the last two days smoking in mine...

I sure did! On your recommendation. ? Best accessory I've bought all year.  I think we even have the same tent. I got the two person.

I bet you have, been rainy 2 days in a row! I like your cigar, how do you like B vs A? 

Now I owe you for 2 things, this great idea as well as the referral to Loren. ?Thanks! 

 

[mbflash80]

4 minutes ago, MigsG said:

I sure did! On your recommendation. ? Best accessory I've bought all year.  I think we even have the same tent. I got the two person.

I bet you have, been rainy 2 days in a row! I like your cigar, how do you like B vs A? 

Now I owe you for 2 things, this great idea as well as the referral to Loren. ?Thanks! 

 

Nice! I like the A but I love the B...probably my favorite release of the last couple years...

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Happy Sunday Gents

 

[Luca]

On 11/30/2019 at 7:20 AM, JohnS said:

La Gloria Cubana Serie D No.5 2017 - Edición Regional España LAT Dic 2017 (Thanks @Luca)

When a Habanos distributor orders a run of 50000 boxes of a Regional release it seems to me to indicate a brazen confidence in their market and their product. Welcome to the La Gloria Cubana Serie D No.5! Make your product a cigar on the smaller size in length, yet still large in ring gauge and you're guaranteed to succeed, right?

If I appear somewhat cynical, it doesn't belie the fact that this new(ish) Regional Edition release out of Spain is a quality cigar. I would like to pause the review here to acknowledge my dear pal, @Luca in gifting this to me. There have been a number of reviews (both video and text) on-line of this cigar, and indeed a number of you have sampled it already, so it wouldn't surprise you to say that this was like smoking a chocolate fudge stick crossed with some age on it. Oh, by the way, did I indicate that I had some burn/construction issues with it too? No?

Yes, the flavours were chocolate, earth, wood and leather with a huge hit of baking spice in the first half which was replaced with some aged floral notes in the back half. In between, the cigar needed re-lights and the wrapper tore around the end of the second third, so I had to pitch this into the last third. Incidentally, @Luca did likewise (and had the same burn issues). At least the aged, mellow fudge-like texture to this cigar was nice...yeah, real nice!

Look, it's La Gloria Cubana and well may you say that I might be a little precious about it, after all, there is only one regular production vitola left in the marca (the La Gloria Cubana Medaille d'Or No.4) and that has barely been seen in the last 12 months or so. Did the leaf go into this release possibly? In a possible win-win scenario perhaps it would have been better for the Spanish (and worldwide) market to get 5000 boxes of a La Gloria Cubana Tainos or Medaille d'Or No.2 and still have leaf left over for the regular LGC 4? Heck, you could even consult the people behind the recent El Rey del Mundo Tainos release for Taiwan or the Punch 8-9-8 release for the Asia-Pacific markets. I'd bet they'd tell you it would be a no-brainer!

It was a good cigar but unfortunately yes we did have to pitch it in the last third due to some construction and burn issues. The cigar started out great though. I hope some age helps it come better!