Locked and Loaded

dan7876

Well, not loaded, but certainly locked.  Translation: I just received my first large order from ccom today (birthday was last week, so I went for it).  Still have to wait a while to load them into my new humi - seasoning for another 5 days at least, but in the meantime...wow.  What a spread. 

 

Hard part will be to decide what to smoke tonight.  But I guess I should get used to that. 

urbino

Congratulations to the new father.

madurofan

congrats and happy birthday bud.

kuzi16

dan7876

Well let's see (since you asked, kuzi) ...

 

- 5 Vegas sampler (Classic, Gold, Series A, Miami & Limitada)

- Gurkha sampler (Regent, Titan, Beast, Legend & Black Puro)

- Sol Cubano sampler (Connecticut, Sumatra, Maduro & Cuban Cabinet)

- Don Pepin Garcia sampler (Garcia, Cuban Classic & Series JJ)

- handful of H. Upmann No 100 Robustos

- couple Nubs (Torpedo Cameroon, Torpedo Habano)

- couple Oliva Serie O (Robusto & Perfecto)

- Fuente Hemingway (Short Story)

 

Probably seems like a "cute" collection to some of y'all, but to me it looks like an endless pile of fun on the kitchen table right now.   I haven't tried many of these, only ones I've had before are the Gurkha Titan (which I really enjoyed), the Upmanns (kinda been my regular smoke lately), and the Hemingway.  I'd be curious what you guys would pick out of those for this evening's smoke.  So you can see I've got a bit of a difficult decision to make.

 

dutyje

madurofan

dan7876:

Well let's see (since you asked, kuzi) ...

 

- 5 Vegas sampler (Classic, Gold, Series A, Miami & Limitada)

- Gurkha sampler (Regent, Titan, Beast, Legend & Black Puro)

- Sol Cubano sampler (Connecticut, Sumatra, Maduro & Cuban Cabinet)

- Don Pepin Garcia sampler (Garcia, Cuban Classic & Series JJ)

- handful of H. Upmann No 100 Robustos

- couple Nubs (Torpedo Cameroon, Torpedo Habano)

- couple Oliva Serie O (Robusto & Perfecto)

- Fuente Hemingway (Short Story)

 

Probably seems like a "cute" collection to some of y'all, but to me it looks like an endless pile of fun on the kitchen table right now.   I haven't tried many of these, only ones I've had before are the Gurkha Titan (which I really enjoyed), the Upmanns (kinda been my regular smoke lately), and the Hemingway.  I'd be curious what you guys would pick out of those for this evening's smoke.  So you can see I've got a bit of a difficult decision to make.

 

That Sol Cubano Sumatra is a top 5 smoke of mine. I love it. Hope you enjoy it.

Markbb

WOW Dan thats a nice spread and selection....Happy Birthday and enjoy....

kuzi16

25 different options in one shipment isnt cute. I dont usually buy that many at a time myself.

dan7876

kuzi16:

25 different options in one shipment isnt cute. I dont usually buy that many at a time myself.

Ha, didn't mean to imply it wasn't a nice order, kuzi.    Just meant that I've got no collection beyond what I just ordered (excluding a couple Upmanns in a Zippidor).  From what I've read here it sounds like many of you are likely to have hundreds of sticks, just comparing my initial b-day purchase to that, that's all.  This will definitely set me up for a while.

kaspera79

The Sol Cubano is always a favorite of mine, and the 5 Vegas Classic is right there on my to do list ! Happy belated Birthday, and enjoy the fine smokes

kuzi16

btmisles

DPG Cuban Classic would be my choice

dan7876

The results are in - went with the DPG Cuban Classic last night (only one with 2 votes, decided to be democratic about it).  Really enjoyed it, though it was a bit milder than I expected (but having never tried one before, what the hell do I know).  Smooth flavor, open draw, lots of smoke...overall a beauty of a smoke.  Have a great weekend!