FOH'ers Daily Smoke

[Happy2BeHere]

HUHC, way stronger tobacco flavor than I expected compared to the much sweeter Connie 1.  Definitely a lot of bang for my buck in a quick weekday cigar

[HabanosLuva]

A beautiful Party Short in the late morning

Evening relaxation with a Connie B. Superb construction.

[NicPac]

Party Short to end the night 

[Raskol]

C&C time. Sir Winnie (2018) - 24:24

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[Paso]

[Rupe]

MDO #4

[Cjake75]

Morning smoke. Not bad for the first two thirds but the back end got quite spicy. 
 

[CampDelta369]

Sig IV 2019 from a 6er off 24:24 last year. A pleasant smoke at a premium price. 

[Bijan]

My tour of diminutive cigars continues with a REG NOV 18 R y J Sports Largos ROTT.

Pre light draw of classic romeo y Julieta cherry but lit flavours more the rosewater of an exhibicion no 4.

About 40 minutes smoke time.

Decided to take advantage of the nice weather and make a change from the smaller cigars I've been smoking the past week and had a Montecristo Edmundo for the first time.

Draw was a bit tight but a little perfecdraw fixed it very easily.

Pre-lit draw flavour was oddly sourdough. But thankfully once lit it was Montecristo spice with coffee and a bit of cocoa in the second half. A nice change from a recent run of cigars with good pre-draw but weird flavours when lit. Quite a solid cigar.

75 minutes smoke time.

[StogieSteve23]

ASU-MAR-19 Monte 1

[El Hoze]

22 hours ago, JohnS said:

Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo des Dieux BUM Feb 2014

With time, I've come to understand that those '03 des Dieuxs were a 'class above' and other HdM Le Hoyo de Dieux (up to when they were discontinued in 2014) were subject to normal development over time like other Le Hoyo cigars.

I agree wholeheartedly with this John. Just lit up this 2013 after reading your post. I have a dozen or so boxes of DD I am smoking from now. The cabs of 2003 will be the last to get smoked. They’re still going strong. Cheers! 

[TheFullMontecristo]

[JohnS]

47 minutes ago, El Hoze said:

I agree wholeheartedly with this John. Just lit up this 2013 after reading your post. I have a dozen or so boxes of DD I am smoking from now. The cabs of 2003 will be the last to get smoked. They’re still going strong. Cheers!

Thank you (and great to hear above the longevity of 2003 des Dieux), @El Hoze!

[JohnS]

El Rey del Mundo Taínos 2018 - Edición Regional Formosa SOR Nov 2019

It's been three months since I've last sampled this cigar. Below is what I wrote about this release last time...

The 2018 Asia-Pacific Regional Edition release from Taiwan (hence the band labelled 'Exclusivo Formosa') is an obvious and wondrous gift to cigar enthusiasts who pine for a time when Cuban cigars were 'less' in girth and 'more' in length. Note that I referred to this cigar as a 2018 release. It didn't actually hit the market until mid-2019. It also represents Taiwan's first Regional cigar. Wow...what a cigar to release first up!

The original El Rey del Mundo Tainos had the same dimensions; a Churchill-sized cigar at 47 ring gauge x 178 mm (or 7 inches) in length. Unfortunately, it was discontinued in 2006, as were many other Churchill (and Lonsdale) cigars in the meantime. In regular production we have only three left...the iconic Romeo y Julieta Churchills, the Cohiba Esplendidos and the seasonal H.Upmann Sir Winston. That's why I'm so glad that Pacific Cigar Company, the Habanos Regional distributor for the Asia-Pacific market, brought out a regional release in this vitola.

In comparison to your standard Hermosos No.4 ERdM Choix Supreme, it had a similar ERdM profile: almond, citrus, honey, a little shortbread and a hint of a texture of cake. This was a tad stronger than previous El Rey del Mundo Tainos I had though. It had more elements of forest floor or herbal flavours. Still, with age, I'm confident this cigar will take on more of that cake texture.

Last time I felt that the flavours were slightly closed. This time I felt that the cigar opened up with those trademark El Rey del Mundo candied almond nut, cake and honey flavours that were stupendous from beginning to end.

This cigar, therefore, was spectacular but the question remains...is the El Rey del Mundo Tainos approachable when young more often than not? The answer for me is yes it can be, but only around half the time. The other times make me lament not giving the cigar more time. So, in a 50/50 scenario like this one, whereby the cigar is excellent half the time and average to above average the other half, I'm willing to wait longer until I have my next one. Luckily for me, today's ERdM Tainos was so good!

[lovethehaze]

MEG AGO 16. HUPC. Espresso and twang at first... now turning more  floral but back and fourth. Great cigars 

[sw15825]

2016 Le Hoyo de San Juan. Coming around greatly after a couple of years of tasting rather bland. Soft texture, light to medium body, full flavor. At a 54 ring gauge, it is really the largest ga. Cigars I have in my humidor, including some BHK 54's. Why they want to make them even fatter, I do not know. Thoroughly enjoyable though, and its so much better than when I smoked them fresh. Really the best Hoyo I smoked this year compared to Epi 1 and 2's and the petit robustos...

[sw15825]

8 hours ago, Paso said:

And the Winner was ???

[Wookie]

Topes

[Paso]

2 hours ago, sw15825 said:

And the Winner was ???

JL 2  RUM SEP 19 

[X-Man]

Lunch time yesterday. BCJ from 2016.

Even though BCJ is small in size, it is definitely created for mature cigar smokers. What a treat!!!

[HabanosLuva]

Punch DC 2009 - What a treat when the sun goes down. 

[Hotboxx]

La Trova

[mrmessy]

05 Punch Royal Seleccion no 11


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How is it? The 07 that i have have lost all of it's original spice. All cedar and leather now.

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[WABOOM]

These are wonderful. Tangy, mineral earth and leather.

[akpreacher]

57 minutes ago, mrmessy said:

How is it? The 07 that i have have lost all of it's original spice. All cedar and leather now.

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I enjoyed it immensely! It did not have the “punch” a younger one would but it was smooth and flavorful.

I would add that I’m not the most experienced person to be asking. I have had a few Punch Punch but not anything close to this age. This is the oldest Cuban I have smoked.


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