What Cigar are You Smoking? - 2022

[blackpowderpiper]

I just reached in the humidor and this is what came out. Pretty darn tasty.

 

[onestrangeone]

Padron 26 40 years with Ethiopian Yirgacheffe

 

[pantsBoots]

'13 Por Larrañaga Monte Carlos. Desert island cigar, for certain. Still unfolding in the flavor department, while my '15 are all ready to go. There was something magical about that '13-'14 tobacco.

 

[mtwaller]

First crack at the MB3 after much anticipation.

Pros:
-decently complex little cigar
-love the box press
-perfect draw

Cons:
-burn line went tits up pretty much immediately
-burns quite quickly

Jury is still out, but this one is very fresh. Going to throw the other 4 down in the bottom of the humidor and revisit after some rest.

 

[NomadOrb]

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First crack at the MB3 after much anticipation.

Pros:
-decently complex little cigar
-love the box press
-perfect draw

Cons:
-burn line went tits up pretty much immediately
-burns quite quickly

Jury is still out, but this one is very fresh. Going to throw the other 4 down in the bottom of the humidor and revisit after some rest.

I love the MB3 now with 3 years age on them. When I first smoked one I was just a bit underwhelmed. Still a fantastic cigar, right up there with the Serie V and Melanio.

 

[mtwaller]

I love the MB3 now with 3 years age on them. When I first smoked one I was just a bit underwhelmed. Still a fantastic cigar, right up there with the Serie V and Melanio.

I don’t know that I’ll ever be able to age cigars that long ? my pipe tobacco is aging well, but I seem to rip through cigars much more quickly. Also, the Serie V Maduro and Serie V Melanio Maduro are on the top of my hit list. I’m going to smoke through some of my buyer’s remorse pile as penance for my stupidity to make room for some Serie V goodness.

 

[onestrangeone]

First crack at the MB3 after much anticipation.

Pros:
-decently complex little cigar
-love the box press
-perfect draw

Cons:
-burn line went tits up pretty much immediately
-burns quite quickly

Jury is still out, but this one is very fresh. Going to throw the other 4 down in the bottom of the humidor and revisit after some rest

As @Nomadorb mentioned three years is a good start, its about what I consider minimum for these, five years is prime.

 

[danimalia]

First, Le Careme, Cosacos, by Crowned Heads. Too soon to tell in the first third. Enjoying it so far. Rich, full flavor, no pepper! It’s only been in my possession since Sunday. Impatient, I will let the rest be for at least another week or so before having another.

Finishing the first third…All the talk of chocolate soufflé, is legit! This is not a candy sweet, it’s robust tobacco, with flavors of chocolate and earth. it’s got a bit of strength too.

So far so good!
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It is a rare cigar that makes me feel queasy, and even rarer when the cigar is just a corona size, but that one did. I really did think it was a chocolate bomb in the flavor department and enjoyed it aside from feeling green.

Now smoking an Illusione Cruzado. Watching some Suns-Mavs and drinking iced Colombian coffee.

 

[danimalia]

House Brand from Cigar House in San Juan, Puerto Rico. First third this is burning great. Flavors are a bit spicy and peppery for me. Leather and wood. Not all my favorites, but a nice change of pace and chance to explore something different.

Can’t wait to go back to PR someday, I really enjoy old San Juan, would like to see more of PR. View attachment 143779

I went to San Juan when I was 14. This was back in 1996, and it's probably changed, but they did not give a shit about age limits back then. I bought a few cigars from a shop near my hotel. I remember thinking they were awful, they were unbanded and cheap enough for me to afford, so they must have been pretty bad. I didn't know anything about cigars back then, but I was a cigarette smoke. I guess smoking cigars in Puerto Rico just seemed like a cool thing to do or something I've thought about going back sometime, because I had fun on that trip as a kid.

 

[Tbaggins]

One of my all time favorite cigars in lancero.

 

[jttnk]

I went to San Juan when I was 14. This was back in 1996, and it's probably changed, but they did not give a shit about age limits back then. I bought a few cigars from a shop near my hotel. I remember thinking they were awful, they were unbanded and cheap enough for me to afford, so they must have been pretty bad. I didn't know anything about cigars back then, but I was a cigarette smoke. I guess smoking cigars in Puerto Rico just seemed like a cool thing to do or something I've thought about going back sometime, because I had fun on that trip as a kid.

It’s really a great place.

 

[jttnk]

Ahhhhh Friday, finally get to chill. Perdomo 10th Anniversary Maduro, robusto.

 

[NomadOrb]

I don’t know that I’ll ever be able to age cigars that long ? my pipe tobacco is aging well, but I seem to rip through cigars much more quickly. Also, the Serie V Maduro and Serie V Melanio Maduro are on the top of my hit list. I’m going to smoke through some of my buyer’s remorse pile as penance for my stupidity to make room for some Serie V goodness.

I think we've all been there, friend!

 

[Paul lec]

Last Call one of my favorites. Great little cigar by AJ,haven’t had for a while, got a box yesterday,I like the Geniale size.

 

[onestrangeone]

Blackbird, Crow with Panama Boquete

 

[mtwaller]

Squeezing in a Macanudo Maduro Hyde Park while the wife shops and the kiddo is asleep. If I accomplish this mission undetected then I can smoke another this evening and it’ll be the “only cigar” I’ve had today and I can avoid the pointed stare ?

 

[cshubhra]

Cain Daytona

 

[AlanH]

Cain Daytona

I want to try the other Cain blends I had the F and like it.

 

[AlanH]

I like these a lot too!

 

[onestrangeone]

Zino Gran Master with Ethiopian coffee