Halon Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 (edited) QUOTE (ksblazer @ Dec 24 2006, 06:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Just a quick question?What is your New Years cigar going to be?I plan on smoking some hookah before the new year, but come midnight. It's time to break out the cigar I plan on smoking either a Bolivar corona Gigante or either a Trinidad Fundadore Cuban of courseTime to smoke your best, to start out the New Years right.Nice choices! Bolis are a staple in my humi, and I wish I had any Trini Fundadores left .I've been debating what to fire up for new year's for the past week or so, lol.I'll probably smoke an '04 Sublime or a PSD4 or maybe and old '98 Cohiba CE. Then again, I'm still waiting on a secret santa package from my cigar board, so maybe I'll light up one of those sticks instead.I've also recently picked up a box of Tatuaje Noellas Reservas, but I think I want those guys to sleep for a little bit first.Of course I'll be using my brand new CAO Cubist ashtray . That thing is HOTT!TYLER Edited December 28, 2006 by Halon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramses Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 sosa's are superb, so nice avatar worr lord. i used to like macanudos when i first started smoking cigars, but they tend to be bland and unsophisticated in flavor. the gold labels are a different story though, from what i hear. punch's are solid for a relatively inexpensive smoke, but pretty much all Montecristos and the H. Upmann Vintage Cameroons are among my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyGuy Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Smoked that Hampton Court... I don't think that Cigars are my thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halon Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 QUOTE (DizzyGuy @ Dec 27 2006, 07:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Smoked that Hampton Court... I don't think that Cigars are my thingMaybe Macanudos aren't your cup of tea. I personally can't stand them -- they're too mild and have zero complexity IMO. I would recommend maybe trying one of the CAO lines (Criollo, gold, or red label would be my choice), an Onyx reserve, a Padron x000 series, or something else a little more medium-bodied as opposed to a Macanudo. An RyJ or a Punch might also be good.I know that Onyx Reserve mini belis got me hooked, tho. But hey, everybody can't like everything. If you decide they aren't for you, then you should smile and be happy! God knows how much money I would have saved by not getting into the hobby!TYLER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksblazer Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 (edited) QUOTE (Halon @ Dec 27 2006, 04:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (ksblazer @ Dec 24 2006, 06:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Just a quick question?What is your New Years cigar going to be?I plan on smoking some hookah before the new year, but come midnight. It's time to break out the cigar I plan on smoking either a Bolivar corona Gigante or either a Trinidad Fundadore Cuban of courseTime to smoke your best, to start out the New Years right.Nice choices! Bolis are a staple in my humi, and I wish I had any Trini Fundadores left .I've been debating what to fire up for new year's for the past week or so, lol.I'll probably smoke an '04 Sublime or a PSD4 or maybe and old '98 Cohiba CE. Then again, I'm still waiting on a secret santa package from my cigar board, so maybe I'll light up one of those sticks instead.I've also recently picked up a box of Tatuaje Noellas Reservas, but I think I want those guys to sleep for a little bit first.Of course I'll be using my brand new CAO Cubist ashtray . That thing is HOTT!TYLERI smoked a PSD4 last year for New Years. PSD4's are deffinatly my favorite Robusto. They are awsome with age and one of the few young cigars that I enjoy as well.My favorite 4 lines are Partaga, Punch Trinnidad & Bolivar Edited December 28, 2006 by ksblazer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehookah Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 A bud of mine stopped by with some 50 dollar Cubans...Left me one... Will post the 'band' when I smoke it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worr lord Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Sounds interesting, I can't wait to see the band. Understand that there's a good chance it's fake, especially if it came from Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halon Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 QUOTE (stevehookah @ Dec 27 2006, 11:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>A bud of mine stopped by with some 50 dollar Cubans...Left me one... Will post the 'band' when I smoke it.$50?!? What brand/vitola is it? Is it an EL? Did he purchase them from an LCDH? A $50 cuban seems really sketchy, but ya never know. As mentioned above, it could very well be fake, but don't let that stop you from enjoying it. I've smoked plenty of fakes that turned out nicely.Fake or not, a good cigar is a good cigar.Post some pics when ya get a chance!TYLER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worr lord Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 QUOTE (Halon @ Dec 28 2006, 07:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (stevehookah @ Dec 27 2006, 11:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>A bud of mine stopped by with some 50 dollar Cubans...Left me one... Will post the 'band' when I smoke it.$50?!? What brand/vitola is it? Is it an EL? Did he purchase them from an LCDH? A $50 cuban seems really sketchy, but ya never know. As mentioned above, it could very well be fake, but don't let that stop you from enjoying it. I've smoked plenty of fakes that turned out nicely.Fake or not, a good cigar is a good cigar.Post some pics when ya get a chance!TYLERI can't agree with you more, Tyler. Just because a cigar came from Fidel Castro's private Trinidad stash doesn't make it good, and the same rule applies to counterfeit stogies.I've never purchased cigars from a LCDH location (La Casa del Habano for those who don't know), but a friend of mine has. Depending on where he bought it, it very well could be a legitimate Cuban with a big price tag. I'm told that in some places in Canada, certain DR cigars cost bundles more than authentic Cubans. For instance, we may pay $6 for a Hemingway Short Story, whereas someone in Canada is paying $25 per stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehookah Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 I am smoking it. Here is a site with the cigar.CigarI can scan the actual band if needed. However, trust me, that's the one. The hallmarks of a good cigar.1) No wife complaints2) Flavour does not change with size3) Never bites4) does not turn to mush in your mouth5) Same pleasure from first puff to last6) Can let it go out, and relight with no harshnessHowever, at $719 US for 25, I am glad my bud gives them to me. I stick with hookah until he visits, and we swap tobacco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worr lord Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 We'd need an actual scan of the band to be sure of anything. Cohibas are probably the most commonly counterfeited cigar ever. Though if you got it for free, and you enjoyed it, what's the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehookah Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 (edited) Here is an untouched scan of the band.. Thanks for your interest..p.s. No problem, just sharing.. Edited December 29, 2006 by stevehookah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halon Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 QUOTE (stevehookah @ Dec 28 2006, 05:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Here is an untouched scan of the band.. Thanks for your interest..p.s. No problem, just sharing..Esplendidos are quite a smoke! How was it? That's a hefty price tag there! Is the gold cohiba lettering recessed into the band, or raised up? At the top of the band, the third dot looks little trimmed off, too. Your friend sounds like a pretty generous guy! I wish I had friends that would give me esplendidos! Does he get his cigars from the site you linked to us? I really hope I don't come off too asshole-ish. I'm not trying to criticize you or your friend -- cigars are just my passion and I love learning as much about them as I can. TYLER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worr lord Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 Tyler beat me to it >_<. Also, there seems to be a bit too much yellow underneath of where it says "Habana, Cuba", but this could very well be a printing mistake made by Cohiba.And I too apologize if I seemed like an ass, I surely don't mean to act as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 lol i had a cigar tonight. Yall will kill me if i tell ya what brand Back story first: I started smoking tobacco at about 16, cheap cigarettes and cigars, what i could buy with lunch money. When i hit 17 i found hookah, and when i turned 19 i started smoking hookah regularly.Well from time to time, for some reason i get craving those old crap brands. I dont know what it is about it, but the White Owl Peach ones just get me every time XD Whenever im somewhere that sells tobacco, and i see them sittin pretty behind the counter, i just get so tempted only 90 pennys for a nice smoke.Oh well as they say, to each his own For clarification, this is what im smokin right now:https://www.lilbrown.com/index.cfm?productid=3940I also got a Phillies Sour Apple, cause i havent had one of those in a while either And yea ive had really good cigars as well. Went to the state fair one year, and they happened to have a section where they had a guy from cuba, who had been rolling cigars his whole life, doing demonstrations. I think the ones he was rolling, where upwards of like $75 a piece, if you had bought one in a store. Somethin like that. Anyways, they gave away the ones he rolled in the show for free, along with the first 5 people got a cutter, i was number 1 on the next showing Now that was a damn good cigar, perfect in every way, a very nice flavor, and good smoke. If not for the high price tag i would have bought a box of em they had for sell there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worr lord Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 For shame... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASUSEAN1 Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 anyone try the avo 80? best cigar made but hard to find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 QUOTE (worr lord @ Dec 29 2006, 03:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>For shame... lmao was expecting one of yall to say something along those lines. what can i say im weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehookah Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 No frets fellas, not thinking you are being arses.. The scan was just that. I put it on my all-n-one printer/fax/scanner/copier and hit the button.The scan does not show it, but the COHIBA is raised gold lettering. If the 'yellow' is off it's because I let it got out 4 times, and laid it on the table where I also had chips. I can see the 'grease' stains. -embarassed-The smoke was the best I've ever had, well as far as cigars go, and it had no 'bite' all the way to the last 1/2". I even put the rest in a pipe amd smoked it...No, my bud does NOT buy these off the site I posted, that was just for referance.. He buys them in Cuba, and brings them home.-cheers- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worr lord Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 QUOTE (ASUSEAN1 @ Dec 29 2006, 10:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>anyone try the avo 80? best cigar made but hard to findAVO and Ashton cigars are generally too rich for my blood. Not that I don't enjoy a nice VSG, I just don't think they're worth $13+, when you could be getting the same wrapper (and very similar overall flavor) in a $6 Sosa Exclusive Series.But to answer your question, no. I haven't had an AVO 80 yet, and I don't plan to for a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASUSEAN1 Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 (edited) QUOTE (worr lord @ Dec 30 2006, 12:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (ASUSEAN1 @ Dec 29 2006, 10:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>anyone try the avo 80? best cigar made but hard to findAVO and Ashton cigars are generally too rich for my blood. Not that I don't enjoy a nice VSG, I just don't think they're worth $13+, when you could be getting the same wrapper (and very similar overall flavor) in a $6 Sosa Exclusive Series.But to answer your question, no. I haven't had an AVO 80 yet, and I don't plan to for a while you need to try the avo 80, it is different that almost evry other avo and even almost evry cigar and and in the next few years they will be almost impossible to find so you might as well try thm while they are only 15 bucks and i can almost garentee tht they will be a delightful treat Edited December 30, 2006 by ASUSEAN1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worr lord Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Lol, ONLY $15... I haven't spent $15 on a single stick in months, if ever. On another note, my friend claims his local shop is selling Opus X's for $10-$13, I'll have to investigate this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASUSEAN1 Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 QUOTE (worr lord @ Dec 30 2006, 08:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Lol, ONLY $15... I haven't spent $15 on a single stick in months, if ever. On another note, my friend claims his local shop is selling Opus X's for $10-$13, I'll have to investigate this one...you gotta role with the big boys haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksblazer Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 I haven't spent 15 on a singlr stick either. I guess that is why I prefer to buy a box instead of singles. You save a few $$'s per cigar and if money is tight, you can always do a box split. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worr lord Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 (edited) So I was out with my dad tonight, getting dinner. I told him earlier I was planning in stopping in my cigar shop on the way home, and blowing my $80 on a box of Onyx Reserve Mini Belicosos. So we get in there, and of course, I browse around a bit. Every time I'm in there, I ask him when he'll be getting a box of Hemingway Best Sellers in, and I'm always told something along the lines of "it's hard for us to get them, let alone keep a box around, sorry". So with a tear in my eye, I head in the direction to my Onyx Reserves, but first take a look at the 4 unopened boxes of CAO Sopranos on a top stocking shelf, and see a little box hidden behind various other boxes, Hemingway Best Sellers.So long story short, my dad OFFERED to pay for them, split them, or whatever I wanted . So we agreed to split 'em, and upon further inspection, the cellos are slightly yellowed.I love my daddy. Edited December 31, 2006 by worr lord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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