I started my ride to VA with a armada perfecto. Burn was off so numerous relights were needed. Next was a graycliff professional from the cotm 6 months ago. It was squishy and got kinda bitter. Needed.numerous relights and had a messy ash. My final smoke was an opus ****. This needed a few touch-ups but nothing terrible. We'll see what tomorrow brings. I still have an armada toro grande, fuente magnum, nepalese warrior, 5V AAA and a lfd something or other left while I am down here.
Tonight I reached to the top shelf... A Camacho 10th Anniversary. What a great smoke. Flavor profile included coffee, leather and a nutty almond taste. A nice bite on the tongue as well. Thanks to RCY Cigars who sent this my way a few months ago. I was letting it rest after it's long trip from Germany. I got another that may not last.
Smoked a bowl of my local shop's Latakia heavy English blend, Jackson Ward (one of the several blends they have named after historical areas of downtown Richmond). Great, smoky roasted meat and woody notes. Then I smoked a bowl of their black Cavendish. Only problem is I now have to rest both of my churchwardens, and am probably gonna want to use one tomorrow. Need more pipes.
I will be smoking a Bahia Trinidad Maduro Robusto. I am strangely optimistic about this cigar despite the fact that I almost posted about my last Bahia on the GAR thread. My backup strategy in case this one grows legs and walks across the street is a Cusano 18 Paired Maduro Toro.
Sitting at the B&M with BigT and his brother TJ having a La Sirena with a Yuengling.
"Any cigar smoker is friend, because I know how he feels." Alfred de Musset "A fine cigar is just like a woman. If you don't light it up just right and suck on it with a certain frequency, it will go out on you."Unknown
“A pipe is to the troubled soul what caresses of a mother are for her suffering child.” Indian Proverb
a Camacho Coyolar (I think) mini perfecto that I got from Sniper as fall out from the Sniper hunters rampage. My first Camacho and so far so good. I like it. Thank you mr Sniper this little guy is going to be my study buddy for a while before I get started on a J Fuego Delirium.
"Any cigar smoker is friend, because I know how he feels." Alfred de Musset "A fine cigar is just like a woman. If you don't light it up just right and suck on it with a certain frequency, it will go out on you."Unknown
“A pipe is to the troubled soul what caresses of a mother are for her suffering child.” Indian Proverb
a Camacho Coyolar (I think) mini perfecto that I got from Sniper as fall out from the Sniper hunters rampage. My first Camacho and so far so good. I like it. Thank you mr Sniper this little guy is going to be my study buddy for a while before I get started on a J Fuego Delirium.
The J fuego Delirium was pretty nice, didn't wow me, but I really enjoyed it. I don't know a thing about this cigar, because I picked it up on a whim and don't feel like looking it up, but it was a very simple looking dark cigar, with a spotty wrapper and an easy dray that gave a rustic feel to it. I'm guessing it was a maduro wrpaper, and I know he uses a lot of brazillian wrappers so maybe thats it. Regardless of what it is and where it came from, I really appreciate the fact that the wrapper was left spotty and there was nothing done to it to even out the color. All I know is that is was a very light medium bodied cigar with a lot of sweetness to it, and it was easy to retrohale almost all of it, when I felt like it.
I'm not really good with flavors, and I had the camacho first and I always pick up way less when I smoke two back to back, but my wife just made a dark chocolate cake with dark chocolate gnache frosting, and I kept thiking of that cake while smoking this thing. It was rich, yet very light at the same time, and it reminded me of dark chocolate, but still had a lot of sweetnes to it. I hate reviewing cigars on here that Ccom doesn't carry, but I guess if you like milder cigars with some sweetness to it, then you'd do well to pick up a few if you get a chance. For me it was the perfect study buddy while the little dude napped away the afternoon.
I will be smoking a Bahia Trinidad Maduro Robusto. I am strangely optimistic about this cigar despite the fact that I almost posted about my last Bahia on the GAR thread. My backup strategy in case this one grows legs and walks across the street is a Cusano 18 Paired Maduro Toro.
I almost counted the brand out after my first expeirence with a Bahia cigar but now I'm really glad I gave it another chance. It has an overly open draw but a great burn performance with plenty of both oral and olfactory flavors. It has the right touch of espresso bitterness and some pepper and spice but with enough cedary earthiness to make it well rounded. This is a decent little smoke in its own right but at $1.75 it's awesome!
EDIT: I'm almost ashamed to say that I got buzzed like a noob too!
1st up was a smoke i got as a freebie to try and wasnst bad at tall, " simpatico " , ash didnt hold on too long but nice flavor , leather and towards the end a chewy smoke,, next up a my father le bijou 1922
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(this thing smells awesome!) - my first LFD - gotta go light it now!
Rick, thanks again for the head's up... and Isaac, trust me, you won't be disappointed!
EDIT: 1hr 15min to the nub. Thought about eating the nub...
I will be smoking a Bahia Trinidad Maduro Robusto. I am strangely optimistic about this cigar despite the fact that I almost posted about my last Bahia on the GAR thread. My backup strategy in case this one grows legs and walks across the street is a Cusano 18 Paired Maduro Toro.
"Any cigar smoker is friend, because I know how he feels." Alfred de Musset
"A fine cigar is just like a woman. If you don't light it up just right and suck on it with a certain frequency, it will go out on you." Unknown
“A pipe is to the troubled soul what caresses of a mother are for her suffering child.” Indian Proverb
"Any cigar smoker is friend, because I know how he feels." Alfred de Musset
"A fine cigar is just like a woman. If you don't light it up just right and suck on it with a certain frequency, it will go out on you." Unknown
“A pipe is to the troubled soul what caresses of a mother are for her suffering child.” Indian Proverb
I'm not really good with flavors, and I had the camacho first and I always pick up way less when I smoke two back to back, but my wife just made a dark chocolate cake with dark chocolate gnache frosting, and I kept thiking of that cake while smoking this thing. It was rich, yet very light at the same time, and it reminded me of dark chocolate, but still had a lot of sweetnes to it. I hate reviewing cigars on here that Ccom doesn't carry, but I guess if you like milder cigars with some sweetness to it, then you'd do well to pick up a few if you get a chance. For me it was the perfect study buddy while the little dude napped away the afternoon.
EDIT: I'm almost ashamed to say that I got buzzed like a noob too!