FOH'ers Daily Smoke

[zjory]

Fantastic Lusi and a better day fishing 

 

[GolfT3]

Glenfarclas 12 and Coronas Especiales. Two sippers. Perfect burn, all honey, hay, and a bit of cream. Glad I have more of these laying down. 

[saintsmokealot]

08 Espy

19 Sig 4

 

[LLC]

Had a great week off and weekend. Back to the grind tomorrow. Finished the weekend with some Courvoisier XO and a LBT MAY 12 Siglo VI. Fantastic!

 

[dshot]

Esplendidos 19" for the win. It turned a corner in the last 6 months smoking great!

[MigsG]

It’s gotten chilly at night here. First night I’ve pulled out the whisky and paired it with a ‘19 D4. What a combination. The Toki highlights the D4’s slightly sweet paprika type spice and light pepper. Awesome.
 

Haven’t had a CC all week, enjoying NCs that required little to no dry boxing. With some patience, waiting for this D4 has paid off.

 

I’m looking forward to more CCs again with scotch or whisky as it gets even cooler.

[Nico]

Honestly, I don't really like CC's with much less than 4 or 5 years of age, even with the fact that they are supposedly using 1 to 3 year old tabacco for rolling the cigars. I believe they do not always stick to that guideline, especially following poor growing/crop years. It seems to go in cycles of this and some years tasting far better young than others. I hear 19 and 20, seems like tabacco with some more age and/or quality. I have only smoked a few things from 2019 and none from 2020, so have little for comparison on vintages. RYJ serms to need age, to my liking at least. I have a box of Short Churchills that it took a decade for me to really enjoy. It would be great to hear what other BOTL's know or experienced on these questions. 

I don’t smoke enough young cigars to be able to compare the different vintages. All I know is that fresh CCs are either closed up in in the flavor department or have really rough edges. That’s my experience. There are exceptions but CCs generally need 2 years to settle down imo. Regarding your short churchills; 10 years seems a little excessive but I understand to some degree. RyJ really needs 5 years imo to be able to enjoy them. If your lucky they can start preforming after 3 years.

[Connoisseur Kim]

16 hours ago, sw15825 said:

MAS JUN 08 Lusitanias. I bought 2 x 10's boxes from our host a decade ago/HQ and wrote "Age" on the orange sticker, put the box in ziplock and buried it at the bottom of one of my cooleridors. I debated putting the box on auction with Bond Robert's when that got going to bag at least $30 something a stick. Work has been slow with the outbreak. But, when I opened the ziplock and smelled the lovely, creamy Cuban tabacco with barnyard still present, opening the box to perfectly constructed and very oily double coronas, I could only keep them for myself. I could not afford the current asking prices to replace a box of decade + aged cigars in this size for certain. The same happened with an intact box of BHK 54'S, BTO AUG 12 that was sleeping nearby the Lusi's. The first cigar I took out of the BHK's was difficult to do, especially with what I could have earned from selling them. With all the difficulties recently with Covid 19, seeing a friend that was younger than me pass away from complications from Covid, and opened my mind up to, "life is short, enjoy what you can". I turned 54 in July, "I'm gonna start burning through my stash" as I wish to do. I'm a cigar smoker, and collect really to age at times, then enjoy what I have patiently waited for". I am not into this hobby to make money...  Btw, I paid around $300 for the BHK's and $115 for the box of HQ Lusi's, if I remember correctly. Those days seem long gone forever at the current asking prices,  that are getting more and more rediculous by the week. I'm not sure who is paying the 35% to 75% increases in some cases. I hear the Asian market has grown significantly, but know the increases are not only from Habanos price increases alone. Sorry for this rambling on, just my thoughts on enjoying life while I can and what the hell happened with the price increases. Now, back to this smoke. I am very glad I did not sell them. Beautiful construction, appearance, aroma at cold and burning, taste and complexity. There is still decent strength here. This is in my top 3 cigars, I smoked this year. 95 +. ?

 

Can't beat Partagas Lusitanias for sure! I really like that DC, so want to get 50 cab Lusis ?

9 hours ago, bundwallah said:

Lit up my first  QdO Senadores tonight with some Hooegarden 

Is QdO Senadores great EL Frank? It has some good reviews on FOH though.

[westg]

2006 EL No 3 . Unbelievable

[Raskol]

C&C time. VR Unicos (2018) - 24:24

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[SmokeyGigi]

Sancho Panza corona Gigante 1999

[Shatner's Bassoon]

PLPC TOS FEB 17

 

 

BBF OPG NOV 14

 

[Fabrice]

Enjoyable pairing of Opus X Double Robusto and Springbank 10....

[Puros Y Vino]

5 hours ago, Connoisseur Kim said:

Can't beat Partagas Lusitanias for sure! I really like that DC, so want to get 50 cab Lusis ?

Is QdO Senadores great EL Frank? It has some good reviews on FOH though.

Hey Kim.  Here are my thoughts on it.

My first impressions are this. It hast the QdO DNA. And to me that means it's a mild/medium bodied cigar that has an interesting blend that transitions from foot to head. Construction wise it was perfect. Excellent draw and burn. As for the flavour profile, it reminded me of the QdO Coronas but not as complex. Of the new QdO's the No 50 was solid. Haven't had a bad one yet. The No 54 took me a few samples to really enjoy it and I think over time the blend really settled in. This one didn't really "wow" me even though it was a good smoke. I'd need to try a couple more just in case I was smoking a dud. I'm hoping it benefits from some aging. Maybe another 6-8 months? We'll see.

[Connoisseur Kim]

2 minutes ago, bundwallah said:

Hey Kim.  Here are my thoughts on it.

My first impressions are this. It hast the QdO DNA. And to me that means it's a mild/medium bodied cigar that has an interesting blend that transitions from foot to head. Construction wise it was perfect. Excellent draw and burn. As for the flavour profile, it reminded me of the QdO Coronas but not as complex. Of the new QdO's the No 50 was solid. Haven't had a bad one yet. The No 54 took me a few samples to really enjoy it and I think over time the blend really settled in. This one didn't really "wow" me even though it was a good smoke. I'd need to try a couple more just in case I was smoking a dud. I'm hoping it benefits from some aging. Maybe another 6-8 months? We'll see.

Thanks Frank! I think brands like QdO taste better when they're aged rather than ROTT IMHO. I have one QdO 54 in my tupperdor and your comment about 54 make me even more exciting to review that Robusto! ?

At least that EL didn't being mere asbestos cigar, so try them after several years of ageing IMHO. I really wonder to see how does this cigar evolves time by time ?.

[Akela3rd]

HdM du Prince TOR JUN 16
Dug this out of the darkest recesses as I haven't had one for a while... Still very good

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[Bijan]

BRC and a coffee.

[JohnS]

Romeo y Julieta Churchills GOM Ago 2018

I have been 'waxing lyrical', so-to-speak, about this cigar for a few years now due to their consistency in construction and flavour delivery across a number of box codes. I guess the hallmark of a 'hot' cigar is when it's not at its usual best it's still pretty good. Such was the case with this GOS Ago 2018 Romeo y Julieta Churchill cigar today.

The construction was excellent. Ash-length, burn and ash rings were all impeccable. The flavour was a little heavier on the cocoa side of things which made the cigar seem not as balanced as many other RyJ Churchills I've enjoyed this year. Mind you, I still got cherry fruit and sweet turkish delight flavours to complement the cocoa.

If I reach for another RyJ Churchill from this box and it ends up like this one I honestly wouldn't be disappointed, nor would I have any hesitation in reaching for another one soon.

[torsion]

Punch ManTua Edición Regional Italia
ASR MAY 19
So I've had these a while and just hadn't gotten round to sampling them like some of you others have.
The Laguito no.2 is my favourite format hands down, there's class and sophistication to this vitola, coupled with the blending here is providing a fantastic smoke tonight, so much flavour!
Definitely some oomph to the blend (to my palate) and should age well.
These days I ignore most other reviews preferring to make an unbiased judgement based upon my own storage preference then smoking experience - from what I've seen in with the majority here, excellent cigar
Damn the Italians do it right consistently, not just the regional editions cigars but I'm also giving a nod to Neopolitan and Florentine suit styles which is another long time interest of mine.
Massive shout to our BOTL@mbflash80 who was willing to share with me again

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[Plato]

One of Hamlet’s custom shaggy footed robusto extras from back when he was still rolling Cuban leaves. From 2011/12. Was lucky enough to grab a few of these off of the legendary BOTL @maverickdrinker about eight years ago. One left now.

 

Draw is perfect. Construction is perfect. Just classy Cuban tobacco. More on the medium side. No nicotine kick despite the size. Flavors of leather, earth, cream and just a pinch of Christmas spice.

 

 

 

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[zigarrenziggy]

Nudie N1 to start with a 2018 Petit Churchill to finish

[djrey]

P Short at one of my favorite smoking spots 

[akpreacher]

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[lovethehaze]

Hot cakes ? 

[sw15825]

LUB 13 Double Edmundos...