Had a Hoyo de Tradicion last night. Wonderfull smell, but that is where it stopped. Hard draw and not much flavors. Don't know if I will go to this stick again, it was my 2nd one that I wasn't impressed with.
Well, it's Friday night and my best associate just told me she's going to leave my team to accept another job at the bank. So tonight, after the kids are in bed, I'll celebrate my misery by firing up the Graycliff 1666 Robusto that Scrambler was so kind as to include in his Fun & Games package.
yeah... Scrambler's generosity in the games has been unbelievable... it almost makes me feel like we need to reset expectations for what constitutes a "good" pass... If we raise the standards to that level, I won't be able to afford the cost of playing any more
For my birthday, my climbing partner bought me four of the house blends from a local cigar club. He knows nothing about cigars, but the gentleman explained "these two are pretty mild, and they come from Ecuador" (these are very clearly Connecticut Shade wrappers). The other two, he described as "more medium-bodied, and they come from the Dominican" (these look to be a maduro or a very dark natural wrapper). I'll be sharing the Dominicans tonight with a good friend. I'm curious to see how these house blends from the snooty local cigar club stack up.
Holy cow that house blend cigar was amazing! The flavor was very rich, although the body was on the mild side of medium. The burn was so perfect the whole way through I didn't even need to pay any attention to it. The taste was like some of my favorite maduros. It was all long filler, and took over 80 minutes to smoke the entire stick (5.25 x 54). I am going to have to tolerate the cigar snobs and head into that place to get more information about this cigar. This is one of the best cigars I've ever smoked. I would assume that they are reasonably priced, and if that is the case, I will permanently stock them as a great cigar to share with cigar smokers and non-smokers alike. I'll also see if they have any different sizes/shapes available.
I had myself a Bauza tonight, I don't recall exactly what they call the size, but it was a lonsdale, 6.5 x 44. It was good, but I think with a bit of rest it would be really good, so I'm going to keep my hands off for a few months and see how the time helps. Looking forward to that day though.
Started last night with an aged Felipe Gregorio Power series that I got from Capt and it was awesome. Very flavorful!! Then after dinner, I smoked a Joya de Niicaragu Antano that I picked up at the B&M. I don't know if it was the Japanese Beer or this cigar, but I was messed up at the end of the night.
Had the matasa 30th anniv from the cotmc. It tasted great, nice and peppery, but I guess it had construction issues. First time I had a majoring canoeing problem and it seemed plug, just couldn't get a good draw. And I had to keep re-lighting. Like I said, I loved it, just couldn't get more thna halfway through it.
Today was a RP olde world reserve - just a fantastic smoke. Later I had an El Mejor Emerald which was really excellent. Actually put in a couple of bids for the Emerald and the Espresso. I had one when I first got them about four months and the time in the humi really helped. See these getting better and better
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Today was an Oliva day for me. Had an "O" robusto early and tonight did a big "V" toro. Have to say I like the "O" better.
Got a RP Olde World Reserve lined up for the am.