Had a great night with my best friend. We broke into the humidor/cigar stash I got him for his birthday. Started off with an ITC 10th Anniversary. What a great smoke that is. I am going to be ordering a bundle of the seconds of that one for sure. Later on we had a Natural Irish Hops and followed that with a Legends Copper Label. Those are probably my two favorite infused sticks, awesome mild smokes with a ton of flavor. I can't say enough how much I enjoyed the ITC though, man that was an awesome smoke.
Spent the weekend back home, smoked a couple Litto Gomez sticks my brother gave me, then smoked my Gurkha Grand Reserve. As far as I can remember, it tasted pretty good. I was well into my Saturday night by then though, so the memory is a little foggy.
Just finished an El Mejor Emerald. Man I love these cigars. Has anyone here tried Don Kiki's namesake label? I love all the 5 Vegas I have had and I really dig the El Mejor line, it figures that I would dig his other labels too.
Just finished off my Sol Cubano Artisan. Pleasant smoke...I really like the salomon style smoke. No major burn issues...what little issues there were ill blame on the constant wind here on Cape Cod. Ummm about 15 min. in the maduro part of the wrapper cracked and came off, but it was so thin that i dont think that it really gave that much to the flavor. But all-in-all it was a pleasant smoke. I really liked the barber pole style-look that it had.
I had a two smoke day today. Started off with me and a buddy having a Padilla Habano before we went to class. After we got home, it was a Carlos Torano Exodus Gold. All in all, it's been a pretty good day.
Just finished a La Aurora Barrel Aged. Man, I love these. I have been finding it harder and harder to try new cigars when I have all these sticks I love so much in my humidor. Tomorrow I am going to try to only smoke sticks I haven't had before, we'll see how that goes.
Just sat down on my porch with an Edmundo Dantes el conde 109. It's nice to finally have a few minutes to sit down and enjoy something. Of course, I have a couple papers to work on while I'm sitting here, but this is a hell of a lot better than being at work or sitting in a hotel room waiting on paperwork.
Smoked myself a Oliva Special S #4 yesterday. It was not as good as I thought it was going to be but I don't know why I thought it was gonna be good. It wasn't bad. THe beginning had some taste. The second 1/3 developed more taste but the smoke was burning my tounge. I got one more left. It wasn't a terrible taste just not something I would buy again, at least in that size.
Having a good vacation so I started around 1 pm today and smoked an excellent La Flor Dbl Ligero. I am now sitting on the back deck smoking a Coronado by La Flor with a glass of 18 yr old scotch. WOW life is good.
Today was a Rocky Patel Winter Collection 2009.. Wow ! Full power, full rich flavor, spicey, hot tastey, leathery, chocolate, BOMB. This cigar taste great, looks great, burns slow and even.. I can't say a single bad word about it. If your lucky enough to have some of these resting, be sure to give it plenty of time while smoking it, you will not want to rush through it. ( thanks to Maddy for this one) you know how to pick 'em.
First smoke of the day was an Erin Go Bragh ...Did not like this stick at all, draw was way too loose, flavor kinda nasty, not sure what I would describe it as but would not smoke another. Smoke number 2 was a Padron 3000 , I don't think I've ever had a Padron I didn't like. Was a treat ,very smooth and flavorful and burn and construction were great...a great stand-by and will always have a few of these around
Just finished a Nat Sherman maduro. I got this at one of the local B&M's here on the owner's reccomendation, and I have to say, I was pretty happy with it. Nothing spectacular, but a good, solid smoke nonetheless. Great way to end my day of nothing-but-sticks-I-haven't-tried-yet-ness.
I already posted tonight but I had a 5 Vegas Classic churchill a few minutes ago. One of my favorites; the taste and aromas remind me of cooking. Yum.
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Well I didn't have anything over the weekend so tonight I get to make up for it at the Rocky Patel event at my local shop. I'm pretty excited about this one. Get to go smoke and hang out with Rocky himself and get some great deals on smokes!!! Should be a good night and I'll post tomorrow on how it went and post some pics pretty soon.
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