What Did You Smoke Today? Cigars.
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Alec Bradley Reserve Connecticut. A little spicier than I like in a Connecticut so far.
A rare occurrence today -- smoking (distantly) with a friend! Albeit not a very good cigar: the Man O War original blend corona. In my opinion vastly inferior to the MOW Puro Authentico. Often very charred and barbeque-tasting, despite the nice cool burn. Almost like Latakia on a stick. With extremely loose, crumbly ash. If I didn't know better, I might almost think it had short- or medium-filler. One of the Man O War blends is a Cuban sandwich, but not this one, I think.
Last night it was an Allones Gigante and tonight a Tatuaje Miami/Brown/Seleccion del Cazador Especiales lancero. 
The wife bought me a box of the Montecristo epic robustos. Shes a keeper. I guess buying makeup pays off 
I’m spoiled. Brought these home from Poland about 14 months ago. 
just smoked the first one today. Not bad. Not what I was expecting, but not bad.
just smoked the first one today. Not bad. Not what I was expecting, but not bad.
Been curious about that one -- how was it?
JRE Aladino Corojo petit corona on a rainy morning. I want to love these more than I do. Definitely Cubanesque and excellently constructed, but I find I'm always chasing that sweet twang while it comes and goes intermittently or flies just under the radar. Maybe too subtle for me.
It’s a solid Nicaraguan cigar. I liked it!
Started with a lot body, pepper and nicotine. I thought that I would not be able to finish the Churchill vitola. Eventually after 10 minutes or so, the pepper and body became manageable and settled down to what I would call a Nicaraguan Puro with woodsy notes. (It is not a Nicaraguan Puro, but to me it tasted like one). The burn was a little wonky, with tendency to canoe , but i did not feel the need to fix. I smoke fast, but still the Churchill lasted about 1 hour 20 minutes. It remained tasty to the end. I would definitely smoke it again.
Started with a lot body, pepper and nicotine. I thought that I would not be able to finish the Churchill vitola. Eventually after 10 minutes or so, the pepper and body became manageable and settled down to what I would call a Nicaraguan Puro with woodsy notes. (It is not a Nicaraguan Puro, but to me it tasted like one). The burn was a little wonky, with tendency to canoe , but i did not feel the need to fix. I smoke fast, but still the Churchill lasted about 1 hour 20 minutes. It remained tasty to the end. I would definitely smoke it again.
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Fuente Queen B. I hate to say it, since I really like Fuente in general, but I've had several of these and they've all been awful. Hopefully I just got a bad batch. The burn has been consistently so bad that it ruins the flavor. Oh well, I'll buy a few more before I give up on them.
Is that the sun-grown? I've had similar issues with my last batch of sun-grown 'Chateau,' the Rothschild vitola. They give new meaning to the word 'wavy.'
Yup, it's a sun-grown. Terrible wavy burn and the one pictured did nothing but tunnel, the wrapper just refused to burn. What a shame.
Smoking this Oliva Connecticut petite corona before heading off to work. No time for a bigger cig.
Crafted by Oliva. When I started to smoke Cigars regularly back in Oct 2019, I got two of these in an Oliva sampler. I did not like the first one when I smoked it back then, but after 10 months in the humidor, this shows a lot of promise.
Roma Craft Cromagnon EMF Fomorian. I might counter some of the grassy bitters with a whiskey. Good bitter though, very diffuse? Dark baker chocolate maybe. Mostly hay, grass.
First cigar in a week or two. Joya Red. It has been in the humidor for a few years.
After tanking up big tractor for bushhogging tommorow smoked a Nub Sun grown, decent smoke.
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