lol, that's why good chefs study plating and why artificially flavored cherry life savers are artificially dyed red, and why Laranja cigars invoke reviews noting citrus flavors.
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@BullSquatch said:
My favorite stick and look at that plume!
😶
here we go...
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I examined the photo closely and I noticed that there was no "plume" on the cigar band which is a good thing. Finding "plume" growing on a cigar band is a dead giveaway that you've got a moldy stick.
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@VegasFrank said: @CommanderDuke1_ can you please repost those unicorn plume pictures you sent me a while back?
Here you go:
This an original 1st. release Blanco Maduro from almost 24 yrs. Ago when David and his father started the company.
You see in the first picture the crystallized oils on what appear to be on the stick but in truth it is 97% on the cello every tooth spot on the stick has crystallized on the cello some even look like really tiny snow flakes. Most are hardened onto the cello there are only a few spots on a few if my sticks that have this and you can still see a nice oil sheen on this particular stick in spots even after most 24 yrs. Of storage
I'll say this much, @BullSquatch, I don't see any dead giveaway mold on your pictures, and so I just don't know.
The pro plume argument:
it looks granular from the pics, though I can't tell for sure
it mostly appears in spots where you'd expect to find plume: tooth bumps, leaf edges, NOT on the band
The anti plume argument:
There's a metric shít ton of it. It looks like a "dusting" which isn't consistent with examples I have seen before, though I admit I'm not the three eyed raven.
There are "hot spots" of it where it looks like it's stacked. Not saying that CAN'T happen, but bruh...
I don't know how old it is, but if it isn't at least 5 years old and more likely 8 to 10 years old, then the oils left the tobacco and crystalized in record time, which likely means that it wasn't stored properly (i.e.-it dried out) or it was "added" artificially (spritz and table salt, for a bad example)
it's pure white. I think it would be more translucent. Maybe it's just the pic, though.
If I had to plunk a sawbuck on it, I'd say not plume and hope that is lose the bet, but I'm a semi-handicapped moron.
And if it ISN'T plume, it's the most deceptive not plume that I've ever seen.
Eff it, I think it's plume...
@ScotchnSmoke sux lots of large wéiners. And tons of small ones.
I’ll say this in response to all. I know that specific cigar is aged for 2-3 years before sent to sales. I’ve also had that one for 18+ months. It smoked like a stick of f’in country crock butter. Burned very well and was full of smoke. It was amazing.
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"...I intend to go home tonight and smoke a cigar to the glory of God." - Charles Spurgeon
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Found this little gem at the bottom of a drawer. Don't remember buying it. Only thing I can think is that I got it in a sampler or someone sent it to me and I forgot to put a tag on it. If someone gave it to me, thank you! This is my first aging room Romeo. It is smoking really well and it tastes great!
@ScotchnSmoke sux lots of large wéiners. And tons of small ones.
@CommanderDuke1_ said:
One of my cigar buddies keeps telling me that these are good budget stick so was on a walk figured I'ld give it a go
What did you think?
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@CommanderDuke1_ said:
One of my cigar buddies keeps telling me that these are good budget stick so was on a walk figured I'ld give it a go
What did you think?
It had promise in the first third and the last third the second however was a bit boring, but it was also windy so it may or may not have effected what it had to truly offer, I'll fire one up again before I pass judgment
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Hi everyone. Third one of the unbanded contest. I'm getting notes of...orange
lol, that's why good chefs study plating and why artificially flavored cherry life savers are artificially dyed red, and why Laranja cigars invoke reviews noting citrus flavors.
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"Some people meditate, I smoke cigars." - Ron Perlman
"...I intend to go home tonight and smoke a cigar to the glory of God." - Charles Spurgeon
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My favorite stick and look at that plume!
"Some people meditate, I smoke cigars." - Ron Perlman
"...I intend to go home tonight and smoke a cigar to the glory of God." - Charles Spurgeon
Two Time Cigar Lottery Winner
😶
here we go...
"Some people meditate, I smoke cigars." - Ron Perlman
"...I intend to go home tonight and smoke a cigar to the glory of God." - Charles Spurgeon
Two Time Cigar Lottery Winner
That’s exactly why I posted that. That was my thought exactly.....
@VegasFrank is the resident plume expert.
@CommanderDuke1_ can you please repost those unicorn plume pictures you sent me a while back?
Bruh...
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I examined the photo closely and I noticed that there was no "plume" on the cigar band which is a good thing. Finding "plume" growing on a cigar band is a dead giveaway that you've got a moldy stick.
Here you go:
This an original 1st. release Blanco Maduro from almost 24 yrs. Ago when David and his father started the company.
You see in the first picture the crystallized oils on what appear to be on the stick but in truth it is 97% on the cello every tooth spot on the stick has crystallized on the cello some even look like really tiny snow flakes. Most are hardened onto the cello there are only a few spots on a few if my sticks that have this and you can still see a nice oil sheen on this particular stick in spots even after most 24 yrs. Of storage
I learned nothing
The toothy bumps on your wrapper are full of oils.
The bumps on my nose are full of oils.
White stuff eventually appears.
Toothy wrappers are bad, send them to me for disposal.
I'll say this much, @BullSquatch, I don't see any dead giveaway mold on your pictures, and so I just don't know.
The pro plume argument:
The anti plume argument:
If I had to plunk a sawbuck on it, I'd say not plume and hope that is lose the bet, but I'm a semi-handicapped moron.
And if it ISN'T plume, it's the most deceptive not plume that I've ever seen.
Eff it, I think it's plume...
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A shot of my plume with a cigar on it.....Frank approved this message.....
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That's a toothy wrapper! ^
Fourth one of the contest. Good one!
I’ll say this in response to all. I know that specific cigar is aged for 2-3 years before sent to sales. I’ve also had that one for 18+ months. It smoked like a stick of f’in country crock butter. Burned very well and was full of smoke. It was amazing.
"Some people meditate, I smoke cigars." - Ron Perlman
"...I intend to go home tonight and smoke a cigar to the glory of God." - Charles Spurgeon
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Good morning everyone and Happy Saturday
Morning all
Found this little gem at the bottom of a drawer. Don't remember buying it. Only thing I can think is that I got it in a sampler or someone sent it to me and I forgot to put a tag on it. If someone gave it to me, thank you! This is my first aging room Romeo. It is smoking really well and it tastes great!
One of my cigar buddies keeps telling me that these are good budget stick so was on a walk figured I'ld give it a go
What did you think?
"Some people meditate, I smoke cigars." - Ron Perlman
"...I intend to go home tonight and smoke a cigar to the glory of God." - Charles Spurgeon
Two Time Cigar Lottery Winner
It had promise in the first third and the last third the second however was a bit boring, but it was also windy so it may or may not have effected what it had to truly offer, I'll fire one up again before I pass judgment