What Cigar Are You Smoking? 2025

[Kilgore Trout]

Happy Friday! Fuente 8-5-8 Maduro, full on coffee, dark chocolate, and a bit of molasses. Delicious.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Time in the humidor fixes most of the burn issues. My macanudos 6×60 had all kinds of issues until a good year in the humi. I also had double coronas that had bad burn issues until a year in the humidor

These two sticks were gotten for this coming weekend, so there was no option for acclimation in storage.

 

[pantsBoots]

Back in in the middle of May, Susan and I took a couple days off and made a short day trip to New Hope, Pennsylvania, to celebtrate forty years of her working at her current job. They had some interesting shops, but nothing so amazing that we felt we need to go back. This window display was appropriate for a store called “Creeper Gallery.”

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We stopped into a little cigar shop and were surprised by a box of Asylum 13 cigars we saw. She said, “What do you think the gauge size of this cigar is?” I might’ve let out an audible chuckle. I don’t think in my thirty-plus-years of smoking cigars I’d ever seen a cigar with this girth. I knew I had to pick a couple up to smoke with our friend, John, when he would visit us to watch the PPV UFC this weekend.

Having an Asylum 13 80x8, 8.0" x 80 (US paper currency for scale) outside.

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I don’t think I have a cutter that can accommodate the width of this end cap. This punch seemed appropriate for this Magnum sized stick.

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John and I took a walk to the Post Office to drop a couple of issues of Weird Tales. He felt it made sense to do a fist grip on this gargantuan cigar:

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It’s 83⁰ F outside, but Wasabi is glad to be out on the porch.

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John's T-shirt is amazing

 

[pantsBoots]

A couple months in the drybox and the burn and draw are still less than desirable, considering the MSRP on these things. The bunching is lopsided, which is what I recall from the last few of these I've had. Oh well - great blend, but I wouldn't purchase again.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

I still have a little nub left of the Asylum 13 80x8 which I’ll probably finish after we take a walk. Having a 2006 Torano Noventa Santiago Robusto 5.0" x 49 for the walk.

 

[cshubhra]

Earlier I smoked Romeo y Julietta Reserva Real

 

[BenMN]

80 gauge definitely seems like a gimmick; the novelty of the length and gauge was its main appeal. Perhaps, these Asylum 13 80x8 sticks project Small Dick Energy—if so, so be it. Thankfully, these cigars have a decent flavour; their construction leaves something to be desired, as they don’t burn very evenly, but I’m enjoying it well enough.

I love CAO Flathead v660 cigars—the 60 gauge seems to work well for that cigar.

They have pushed it to the extreme, sort of trolling themselves

Asylum Announces Megalophobia, a 13 x 134 Cigar

Alternative, the cigar is 13 x 2, as in 13 inches by two inches in diameter. It also costs $125, making it the most expensive CLE release to date.

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Someone gave me one of those Drew Estate eggs a couple years ago. When I finally smoked it... it was actually pretty good

 

[andrew]

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A couple months in the drybox and the burn and draw are still less than desirable, considering the MSRP on these things. The bunching is lopsided, which is what I recall from the last few of these I've had. Oh well - great blend, but I

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A couple months in the drybox and the burn and draw are still less than desirable, considering the MSRP on these things. The bunching is lopsided, which is what I recall from the last few of these I've had. Oh well - great blend, but I wouldn't purchase again.

Very surprised to hear that as well. A quick search brought me to a review by katman who said the draw was impossible and had to use a perfect draw tool, almost unheard of for non Cubans. I'd fire off a letter to Drew estate mentioning your disappointment in such a high priced cigar behaving so poorly. I bet they'd make it right someway.

 

[BenMN]

La Historia Senador with a couple years on it


Bringing back memories of when my buddy first bought these boxes. Solid smokes from E.P.

 

[cshubhra]

Another one tonight : Caldwell Cigars The Last Tsar

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Having a Bahia Maduro Corona Gigante/Churchill (7.0" x 54) on the porch. We’re rewatching the first Merab Dvalishvili and Sean O’Malley fight from UFC 306 in preparation for tomorrow’s rematch.

 

[Bbailey324]

Fuente Friday 858 Anniversary Maduro. Tastes like it should be the draw is terrible. Just gave it a bit of a massage to break up the knots and it is improved.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Got down to a nub with the Asylum 13 cigar, which was too short to finish as a cigar. I clipped the nub apart to smoke in one of my Pedestrian Corn Cob pipes. There’s way more tobacco than I expected!

 

[BenMN]

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A couple months in the drybox and the burn and draw are still less than desirable, considering the MSRP on these things. The bunching is lopsided, which is what I recall from the last few of these I've had. Oh well - great blend, but I wouldn't purchase again.

Bummer. Do you have much experience with Joya in general?

I bought some Cuatro Cincos and Antaño Connecticuts to try later this summer...

 

[cundiff5535]

 

[Choatecav]

I have always had a fondness for My Father cigars, and recently have zeroed in on their Centurion line. Wonderful stick.

 

[pantsBoots]

Bummer. Do you have much experience with Joya in general?

I bought some Cuatro Cincos and Antaño Connecticuts to try later this summer...

Tons - the original Antaño perfecto was one of my first box purchases circa 2006 or 07 - it went skinny to fat like a spliff, not at all similar to the current Perfecto they offer. I've been through almost all of their stuff from before they were bought by Drew Estates. I'm in the middle of seeing how the Antaño Dark Corojo age, but the standard Antaño ages a dream. It's a bummer they stopped selling the bricks of Machito vitola - just the perfect size for that blend.

I've also been wowed by the Numero Uno. The rest I wasn't terribly impressed with.

Very surprised to hear that as well. A quick search brought me to a review by katman who said the draw was impossible and had to use a perfect draw tool, almost unheard of for non Cubans. I'd fire off a letter to Drew estate mentioning your disappointment in such a high priced cigar behaving so poorly. I bet they'd make it right someway.

It was bunched lopsided, which affected the draw. The biggest issue, my guess, is that the wrapper is sort of fireproof. Not quite Havana EL from the mid 00s fireproof, but approaching that.

Rather than contact them, I'll just not buy again. There are just too many good cigars out there and it was only a 5 pack (thank God!). I'll let the remaining 2 or 3 age away. I save my cigar manufacturer emails for asking La Aurora to bring back the Fernando Leon or for JRE to make a Criollo-heavy Aladino similar to the old Camacho Havana.

 

[pantsBoots]

Sancho Panza Non Plus. Would have to dig the box out from the cooler, but I believe it's a '17 or '18, so plenty of legs left for aging.

When I cut it, it had that perfect dimple under the cap, suggesting I was in for a well-constructed cigar. Sure enough... perfection! Such a unique blend, too. There really is nothing in the world quite like it with notes of damp wood, salt, and dark chocolate cake.

 

[cshubhra]

Oliva Master Blends 3

 

[jaytex1969]

Smoking this Captain Black Grape "gas station" cigar that came in my Secret Santa box this year.

Interesting experience, but not a fan!




Jay