On Wed. my BnM had an event to roll out a new stick in their store line,
calling it the Cream City MKE (Milw. did a lot of buildings with a
cream colored brick in late 1800's and into the 20th century). The
owner collaborated w/ Erik Espinosa (think Murcielago, 601's, Laranja,
La Zona, etc) - the Cream City MKE has a
Habano Rosado wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder, 2 flavorful ligero
leaves and a Honduran seco for fillers. I was blown away by it and found
it complex, medium-full and well-balanced providing generous amounts of
smoke. So I bought a box, got four free sticks, a shirt and an
ashtray.
The best part was getting to know Erik Espinosa and pick
his brain about all sorts of stuff. The guy truly knows tobacco, and
told me a bunch of stuff how he works up his blends and has his sticks
rolled at La Zona, his factory in Estelli.
Been looking all over for zombies and 4 green were hiding 110 miles from my house (got the box also which is kewl). Haven't tried the antidote so I grabbed 1 for ride home (my jar should arrive Tues). Found some other goodies as well
On Wed. my BnM had an event to roll out a new stick in their store line,
calling it the Cream City MKE (Milw. did a lot of buildings with a
cream colored brick in late 1800's and into the 20th century). The
owner collaborated w/ Erik Espinosa (think Murcielago, 601's, Laranja,
La Zona, etc) - the Cream City MKE has a
Habano Rosado wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder, 2 flavorful ligero
leaves and a Honduran seco for fillers. I was blown away by it and found
it complex, medium-full and well-balanced providing generous amounts of
smoke. So I bought a box, got four free sticks, a shirt and an
ashtray.
The best part was getting to know Erik Espinosa and pick
his brain about all sorts of stuff. The guy truly knows tobacco, and
told me a bunch of stuff how he works up his blends and has his sticks
rolled at La Zona, his factory in Estelli.
Nice, Peter. That Evil Clown Anniversary Cigar I sent you is an Espinosa.
Yeah, while I was enjoying it, the fella next to me asked what I was smoking... I told him "it's good, but I don't know what it is" and he told me it was from Espinosa. Thanks again.
My first trade ever! With @Bob_Luken. Thanks so much Mike. They all look fantastic. I've only had the My Father and all the others have been on my radar. Can't wait to dig in.
After a crummy week, I came home today to find a package in the mail from@Avengethis. First were the infused smokes from Drew Estates, two Avos (heard these were pretty good) and an Inception churchill. Oh, and a beautiful piece of steel that was what was intial offered, a R&J guillotine cutter-a big boy...no a superior upgrade to my generic plastic straight cutter (a REAL man's cutter). All of this from a guy celebrating his birthday like it was mine.
Thank you for the new great sticks and a cool classy cutter. Well done @Avengethis. It was much appreciated, brother.
@johnnyb and @GrouchoM that inception stick is a custom blend for a shop I have been ordering from. Let me know what you guys think of it. The AVO's are the 2013 & 2014 TAA releases.
Thanks again for volunteering, I hope you guys make good use of everything.
Team O'Donnell FTW!
"I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn't going to smoke ever last one of 'em." - Ron White
Well, now that I got a cooler, there nothing to think about! A bargain? Sure I'll take it! Now I sound like my wife, "It was such a deal, I couldn't refuse!". Me, "But if you didn't need 1, why do you need 2?". I suppose I understand her thought process now! Wait, did I say that out loud?
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The best part was getting to know Erik Espinosa and pick his brain about all sorts of stuff. The guy truly knows tobacco, and told me a bunch of stuff how he works up his blends and has his sticks rolled at La Zona, his factory in Estelli.
Good events like this are great fun!
My end of a trade with @Stubble. Beautiful selection brother. I have been wanting to try all of these sticks. Thank You
I am not happy with USPS. Tracking not updated on your package not since 4/26. Let me know if/when it shows up.
@Vision knows how to blow up an entire block of my neighborhood!! Insane selection from an OG BOTL for a trade. Thank You!!
Enjoy brother. Hope they are tasty.
Hope you like 'em a lot brother. Thanks for the trade.
And look what happens
dirtdude said:
At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...
Thank you for the new great sticks and a cool classy cutter. Well done @Avengethis. It was much appreciated, brother.
Thanks again for volunteering, I hope you guys make good use of everything.
"I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn't going to smoke ever last one of 'em." - Ron White