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Homemade Cigar Journal

90+_Irishman90+_Irishman Posts: 12,409 ✭✭✭✭✭
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So while I had some downtime at work due to some system issues today, I came across and old handmade red leather journal that I had only used a few pages out of. I had been wanting something handheld and not electronic to take some tastings notes of cigars in. I've been doing this long enough that everything is starting to kind meld together in my mind and I don't distinctly recall favors for many cigars. I'm not planning on doing detailed reviews, more like simple notes with the band glued next to the name of the cigar for quick reference. 

To to make things neat and organized I did this with alphabetized tabs that I handmade and glued into the journal one at a time. So, whaddya y'all think?



I will ill start it off tonight with the La Barba that Dennis sent me, this beauty :)



Brett
"When walking in open territory bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask them to stop. If they do not stop, destroy them."

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  • Rockethead26Rockethead26 Posts: 296 ✭✭✭✭
    Nice!
    Life is good, don't waste it.
  • LiquidChaos66LiquidChaos66 Posts: 3,767 ✭✭✭✭
    Looks great! Are the pages in the journal blank or do you have a layout for how you want your reviews to be written down?
    Life is like a blind fiver. You never know what you're gonna get.
  • WaterNerdWaterNerd Posts: 3,368 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great Idea! @90+_Irishman I'm at that point too that I'm starting to get cigars mixed up.

    Think this will be my next project :)
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt
    — Abraham Lincoln


  • 90+_Irishman90+_Irishman Posts: 12,409 ✭✭✭✭✭
    WaterNerd said:
    Great Idea! @90+_Irishman I'm at that point too that I'm starting to get cigars mixed up.

    Think this will be my next project :)
    Thanks @WaterNerd, I was tired of not being able to remember anything more than one or two notes of a cigar and whether I liked it or not, so I figured this would be a good way to remedy that :)

    Brett
    "When walking in open territory bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask them to stop. If they do not stop, destroy them."
  • LiquidChaos66LiquidChaos66 Posts: 3,767 ✭✭✭✭
    I like the general categories you have... it might be time to start doing this myself too. I should have started when I first got into cigars... but my palate wasn't ready to be critical of smokes.
    Life is like a blind fiver. You never know what you're gonna get.
  • 0patience0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
    LiquidChaos66 said:
    I like the general categories you have... it might be time to start doing this myself too. I should have started when I first got into cigars... but my palate wasn't ready to be critical of smokes.
    Yeah, I should have done that too.

    Oh wait, I'm too lazy to do that. What am I talking about?  :D

    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
  • LiquidChaos66LiquidChaos66 Posts: 3,767 ✭✭✭✭
    0patience said:
    LiquidChaos66 said:
    I like the general categories you have... it might be time to start doing this myself too. I should have started when I first got into cigars... but my palate wasn't ready to be critical of smokes.
    Yeah, I should have done that too.

    Oh wait, I'm too lazy to do that. What am I talking about?  :D


    Im the same way. lol When I grab a stick I don't wanna sit and write doen my thoughts. LOL Its something im gonna force myself to do. :) I just printed a flavor wheel chart and am gonna track down my notebook and start one. lol But it wont be as fancy as Irish's :(
    Life is like a blind fiver. You never know what you're gonna get.
  • 90+_Irishman90+_Irishman Posts: 12,409 ✭✭✭✭✭
    LOL its all good doesn't have to be fancy or simple, just has to work for you! And yes, to create the habit will take some work which is what I am doing right now, but once the habit is made its no longer work as it comes second nature. That is why I am working to build the habit so that it isn't always work to do this ;)

    Brett
    "When walking in open territory bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask them to stop. If they do not stop, destroy them."
  • 0patience0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well, I would try to start one of those, but.................
    Squirrel!

    https://youtu.be/SSUXXzN26zg
    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
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