What Did You Smoke Today? Cigars.

[odobenus]

I got some Boveda bags somewhere and a lot of empty tupperware. Is there a MacGuyver here who can explain how I can make a makeshift humidor?

A couple of things to add to Danimalia's excellent advice:
--Make sure the tupperware is super-clean! Otherwise the Boveda might pull some weird smells from it and impart them upon your cigars.
--If you have any Spanish cedar veneer lying around from an old cigar box or something, throw that in there too. It will help lend the tupperdor a humidor-like aroma and fight the plastic-smell.
--Store it in a drawer or out of the light (if you have enough cedar veneer, you can kind of line the sides of the tupperware to protect your sticks from UV).

 

[odobenus]

RoMa Craft CroMagnon Aquitaine Mode 5 Perfecto -- that's a lot of capital letters. Liked this stick, reminded me a lot of the Oliva Serie V. The cone-head, with the thick wrapper (8th and 9th priming), kept making me think I didn't have a grip on it with my teeth. Was afraid I might lose it in a shit-pile.

 

[magicpiper]

I smoked my very last Padron Family Reserve #85 Maduro today. Yes, it was delicious.

 

[lelik]

 

[dcon]

A little lawn mowing smoke. I have a small yard but, this only lasted about 1/4 of the way.

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[danimalia]

Another Allones Small Club Corona with wet water and alliterative ice cubes

 

[Scarlet claw]

When This pandemic is all over god willing & i can go & hug my family, I will light this up.

 

[cshubhra]

Padron 1926 Serie Natural

 

[tbradsim1]

5 Vegas Gold Churchill while cutting 5 acres, Gale winds, no fun but cigar didn’t go out!

 

[danimalia]

Opus X in the Fuente Fuente Corona Gorda size. Don't know what tomorrow brings so may as well smoke the good ones

 

[mityahicks]

Smoking a Gurkha Titan.

 

[lukasstrifeson]

Padron 1926 Serie Natural

Smoking a Gurkha Titan.

Opus X in the Fuente Fuente Corona Gorda size. Don't know what tomorrow brings so may as well smoke the good ones View attachment 25079

Trouble you boys for a quick impression of each? I have a couple in the tupperdor waiting to be smoked...

 

[mossdoug]

 

[cshubhra]

Padron 1926 Serie was the first cigar I smoked when I was seriously thinking about getting into cigars. It is still one of my most favorite cigars. It is fairly strong, but due to the aged tobaccos it is very very smooth. I get some sweetness on retrohale. Flawless construction... every single one I ever smoked. Confession... I take of the bands before I light my cigars. I was pre-occupied and lit the wrong end of this one. It was still a 100/100 smoke!

Trouble you boys for a quick impression of each? I have a couple in the tupperdor waiting to be smoked...

 

[danimalia]

Trouble you boys for a quick impression of each? I have a couple in the tupperdor waiting to be smoked...

Sure. The OpusX line seems to vary a bit depending on the size, but each seems to share a primarily nutty, woody profile with a touch of honey-like sweetness. Like all Fuentes, it's well-balanced. Not a very strong cigar by today's s
standards, but it builds in intensity and richness as it progresses. I like them very much and always try to snag a couple when they're in season, but haven't been tempted to try to buy a box given availability and price constraints. The Anejo line is basically the maduro version, but I don't think they're as good. I like Fuente in general, and would rank OpusX and the Rosado Sungrown Magnum R lines as my favorites.

 

[danimalia]

Basically, with the Padron 1926 and Opus, you're talking about the very top of the cigar food chain in terms of reputation and prestige and they have both come about that position honestly. IMO, of course.

 

[voorhees]

Gispert and a Gran Habano

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Smoked a Fuente Anejo and a Tat TAA from 2018 while playing golf. Was playing with an 81 year old Gentleman who was in remarkable shape and a nice guy. Gave him an Opus X to smoke.

 

[odobenus]

Smoked an Oliva Serie V Melanio No. 4 for the first time while observing a new calf. It was all good, but I found that only the middle third was excellent. The dry papery texture of the wrapper reminded me of a Padron 1964, even though this is Sumatra. Think I prefer the flavor profile/wrapper of the classic Serie V.

 

[cshubhra]

Romeo y Julietta 1875 Bully