My 500th post contest...

oldsoulrevival

oldsoulrevival

Note: Please make sure to post responses in this thread, not in a PM. Thanks!

SleevePlz

I was actually already thinking of an idea to post to his contest. I, too, love his reviews. Very straightforward and informative. No focus on a numerical score.

bigharpoon

Rhamlin

Hmm, First I spend about 15 minutes looking in my humi trying to decide which one to pick. Then what I want to drink with it be it soda, water, beer or scotch. Then I grab a book or magazine and my iPhone.( I play a stupid gangster game on it). Go out on the front porch lay out my gear spend a few minutes checking out my stick and smelling it before I finally cut it. Pick up my lighter and gently toast it and take me a good whiff or two then finally light it up. Sit backand slowly let those first couple draws ease out thru the nose. Then sit back and let my troubles melt away for an hour or two and just enjoy the evening or catch up on my reading. Pretty boring I know but it just fits.

Direwolf

congrats on passin the 500 dude

Imgembo

congrats on five hundered. My ritual consists of spending a few minutes picking my smoke. Usealy if i am deciding between one i have never had i pick three and look up reviews on each. I then decied my drink of choice. Water, whiskey or wine. Recently i have been on a whine kick so thats what i choose. I grab a bottle of my favorite econo wine ( five rivers merlot and or cab) take every thing out to the deck. depending on my schedule i take home home work or my lap top with me. If i plan on realy enjoying it i take nothing but my cutter and lighter and matches. chew on the cigar a bit, cut it toast the foot with a ligher a little and then fire it up with matches. Sit back and relax.

KingoftheCove

evenstill

I always have raw (unpasteurized & unhomogenized) whole milk with Perrier and some rum (something like Pecan Street Rum maybe).  Something else I do that is somewhat unusual is to cut the cigar in a double-V cut.  I don't seem to be able to post pictures so I'm going to email/PM one to you Richard and maybe you could post it up for me or something? If not, not worries . . . at least you'll get to see it. Anyway, good luck everybody. :-) ~ evenstill

oldsoulrevival

evenstill:

I always have raw (unpasteurized & unhomogenized) whole milk with Perrier and some rum (something like Pecan Street Rum maybe).  Something else I do that is somewhat unusual is to cut the cigar in a double-V cut.  I don't seem to be able to post pictures so I'm going to email/PM one to you Richard and maybe you could post it up for me or something? If not, not worries . . . at least you'll get to see it. Anyway, good luck everybody. :-) ~ evenstill

I saw your picture post on cigarobsession. Very cool ... Although, I despise milk (it grosses me out lol). Can I ask, why do you drink milk? I wouldn't think tobacco and dairy go together too well (except maybe cheese).

oldsoulrevival

oldsoulrevival

Imgembo:

congrats on five hundered. My ritual consists of spending a few minutes picking my smoke. Usealy if i am deciding between one i have never had i pick three and look up reviews on each. I then decied my drink of choice. Water, whiskey or wine. Recently i have been on a whine kick so thats what i choose. I grab a bottle of my favorite econo wine ( five rivers merlot and or cab) take every thing out to the deck. depending on my schedule i take home home work or my lap top with me. If i plan on realy enjoying it i take nothing but my cutter and lighter and matches. chew on the cigar a bit, cut it toast the foot with a ligher a little and then fire it up with matches. Sit back and relax.

Very similar routine to mine.

oldsoulrevival

Rhamlin:

Hmm, First I spend about 15 minutes looking in my humi trying to decide which one to pick. Then what I want to drink with it be it soda, water, beer or scotch. Then I grab a book or magazine and my iPhone.( I play a stupid gangster game on it). Go out on the front porch lay out my gear spend a few minutes checking out my stick and smelling it before I finally cut it. Pick up my lighter and gently toast it and take me a good whiff or two then finally light it up. Sit backand slowly let those first couple draws ease out thru the nose. Then sit back and let my troubles melt away for an hour or two and just enjoy the evening or catch up on my reading. Pretty boring I know but it just fits.

Boring? Sounds like a great time to me. Of course, I enjoy my nights spent with friends and crazy focus on the cigar and analyzing it, but sometimes (most of the time), I just like to relax.

oldsoulrevival

Toombes

evenstill

oldsoulrevival:

I saw your picture post on cigarobsession. Very cool ... Although, I despise milk (it grosses me out lol). Can I ask, why do you drink milk? I wouldn't think tobacco and dairy go together too well (except maybe cheese).

Thanks! I took the same photo during the day in sunlight and it turned out really nice but Bryan said I couldn't enter it because I just typed CigarObsession onto the picture instead of having some pertaining to CO actually IN the picture so I ran out and used the last of the daylight (sun had actually already set) to snap the one you saw. Not as nice of a picture but you get the routine. Actually the first one I entered was a photo collage showing all the separate elements of my routine and then showing them together but Bryan said no collages either. As for the milk, ever since I was a teenager my cousins, brother, most of my friends, and I always drank milk AFTER smoking cigars. It really seems to have a positive affect on the lingering flavor of the cigar and the lingering flavor makes the milk taste really great too. My cousins usually drink chocolate milk (which I like too) while I avoid the extra sugar and usually stick with whole milk (never skim). I actually read a scientific article once that talked about how the milk affects taste receptors and flavor when smoking and it was a positive thing although I can't seem to find the article now, otherwise I'd link to it for you. Anyway, milk seems to work really well to cleanse and refine my palate and bring out some nice flavors in the cigars when sipped SPARINGLY during smoking . . . maybe it has something to do with the fat molecules or something. Anyway, that's my experience. Maybe try some whole milk after smoking a cigar sometime and then another time some chocolate milk after smoking a cigar and see what you think. :-) Cheers, ~ evenstill

The Sniper

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evenstill

Hey Richard, have you tried some milk (chocolate or otherwise) during or after a smoke yet? I'm interested to hear your own take on this cigar ritual topic . . . . . have you picked a winner? :-) ~ evenstill