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danimalia

Lifer
Sep 2, 2015
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San Francisco Bay Area, USA
The HUPC was a cigar I smoked 2-3 times per week, until its discontinuation was announced. Now, it is a rare treat and as I watch their progression as they age, I wish I would have put up twice as many boxes when the discontinuation was announced. Alas.

What you describe about your Don Alejandro was sadly all too typical for Cuban cigars, especially the larger format. I wonder if looking at the bunching at the foot would foretell how the cigar smokes. For example, I'm working through a 50 cab of RASS and while they all burn, many burn lopsided due to voids in the filler or the filler being bunched to be denser on one side versus the other. I can look at the end of the cigar and reliably guess how those cigars are going to perform. So far, the cab has been 60/40 bad construction to good.

I also wonder whether those DA are overfilled, which is somewhat common among Havanas.
I think they're just overfilled. The foot is tight on most of them. A shame, because the food ones are the bomb.

Warped Don Reynaldo. Good cigar, a bit too expensive for what is essentially a shorter corona gorda

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BenMN

Lifer
Jun 21, 2023
2,734
46,389
St. Paul, MN
Espinosa Crema No.5 to finish up the morning. I think Oklahoma has lost its mind when it comes to weather. It was 90….90 degrees yesterday. Woke up to 15 degree wind chill this morning. View attachment 368440
That's wild, 90° in Feb!?

Cold again here, but like last year the winter has been weak overall

Padron Delicia on the way to WI, and a Carillo Stella on the way home

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I do like these basic Padrons, but everyone seems to be consistently out of the interesting smaller sizes.

The Carillo Stellas are kinda underwhelming until I remember that they're a $5 stick. Then I think they're alright :)
 

pantsBoots

Lifer
Jul 21, 2020
2,432
9,298
I do like these basic Padrons, but everyone seems to be consistently out of the interesting smaller sizes.

An acquaintance on another forum works at a cigar shop and he was told by the Padron rep that Padron is not making their classic line in 46 RG or smaller anymore, so no more Churchills, Panetelas, Ambassadors, etc, which effectively ends my purchase of Padron Classic. By gravy, I hope they change their minds, but at least we've got $40 Padron Blacks, $60 Padron 60ths, and $175 Padron/Fuente collaborations to choose from. :confused:
 

BenMN

Lifer
Jun 21, 2023
2,734
46,389
St. Paul, MN
An acquaintance on another forum works at a cigar shop and he was told by the Padron rep that Padron is not making their classic line in 46 RG or smaller anymore, so no more Churchills, Panetelas, Ambassadors, etc, which effectively ends my purchase of Padron Classic. By gravy, I hope they change their minds, but at least we've got $40 Padron Blacks, $60 Padron 60ths, and $175 Padron/Fuente collaborations to choose from. :confused:
Ah, well then that would explain out of stock everywhere for months then :(

I've heard via multiple interviews with shop owners, brands, etc. that no one buys Coronas. I'd assume anything smaller is an even tougher sell. It's unfortunate

We have a cigarillo thread that I hope is a good resource. Someday I'll start a thread for small cigars. If anyone wants to take the lead on that please feel free otherwise I'll get around to it

Mini G for my ride home

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pantsBoots

Lifer
Jul 21, 2020
2,432
9,298
LFD Double Ligero Chiselito this morning. View attachment 368429

Seeing this makes me wish I would've grabbed a LFD as I haven't had one in months. Oh well, next time. I've got a box of Maduro chiselitos I need to check in on - they're so danged strong when young, but they've always aged a dream for me.

I'm waiting for the grill to heat up, smoking this Monte Carlo from '15. Simply perfect in every way. While you do get the occasional overfilled sample, these are generally too skinny to roll incorrectly.
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