Would you like a Cigar?

[Bill DeHaan]

x2 many of the prior recommends, and here are My echos of agreement and some new ones;

A. Fuente Opus X - though I too have had underwhelming sticks, most were very nice.

A. Fuente Anejo - mmmmmm.

Davidoff Millenium

My Father - Jamie Garcia Reserve, Flor de las Antillas, (have to try The Judge it seems)

Don Pepin Garcia Blue

CAO la Traviata Maduro - a true gem and sleeper.

Ok, here’s one I normally keep to myself but we are a special band of brothers. Soooo..... If you get down to Naples Florida, stop in at Freedom Cigar and ask for a little known locally rolled treasure known as Ernesto’s Finest. Without a doubt the best $25 torpedo stick you can buy but it’s something like $8-$9. Let them age in your humidor for a few months and you mail order them in bulk. (Tell Randall I sent you - he’s a fine man, soldier and patriot)

 

[Petey J]

Carlos Torano - Exodus 1959

Earned a 92 point rating, as well as top 25 Cigar of the year honors.

Flavor notes of Cocoa, Earthy nuttiness, and a hint of Berry sweetness.

Good smoke, going nicely with a Guiness Extra Stout.View attachment 333156

I love the Exodus 1959 line. A couple years ago, I got a deal on 200 Exodus 1959 box pressed robustos. I'm down to the last 10 now.

 

[PARA45]

 

[Brent in Az]

A question for my fellow enthusiasts. Have you ever tried any of the Padilla blends?

 

[PARA45]

I've had them a while back. They were good med-full bodied cigars, made in Nicaragua. I have not tried them recently.

 

[PARA45]

I had a Montecristo Nicaragua Series. Great med bodied smoke, a bit spicy at first, but mellowed out after about an inch or so. Burned evenly and was good until the last bit of cigar. Not an overpowering cigar which a novice smoker would like. Not a bad afternoon cigar. I need to get more.

 

[Brent in Az]

I've had them a while back. They were good med-full bodied cigars, made in Nicaragua. I have not tried them recently.

I was curious about them, because CI has a great deal on boxes of the Padilla Cazadores.

 

[Brent in Az]

Life isn't fair sometimes. I'm sick again.
This makes the third time in the last 3.5 months. Chest cold-flu-chest cold. Shit!

That's not stopping me from enjoying this 5 Vegas -A series, in box press Robusto.

Toasty earth, Coffee, and some subtle flavors I can't identify right now.

Waahing it down with a Guiness Extra Stout.

 

[Brent in Az]

After 3 days of rainy weather, it's a magnificent day in Tucson.

Beer & BBQ time. Coronavirus be damned.

Rocky Patel decade 10th Anniversary, in box pressed robusto.

Great little smoke, with a 95 rating. Has some similar flavor notes of the Torano Exodus, albeit, a little smoother.

 

[Royal27]

After 3 days of rainy weather, it's a magnificent day in Tucson.

Beer & BBQ time. Coronavirus be damned.

Rocky Patel decade 10th Anniversary, in box pressed robusto.

Great little smoke, with a 95 rating. Has some similar flavor notes of the Torano Exodus, albeit, a little smoother.View attachment 335837

That's a great little smoke!

 

[Brent in Az]

Came across a youtube video of the Cigars International warehouse, and order processing center. Quite impressive. They process 8-12 thousand orders per day. Sales have increased since they bought Thompson Cigars 2 years ago.

I have about 2 months worth of Cigars in the humidors. With this Virus panic, I was thinking about putting in another big order.

Just in case......Cigars go the route of toilet paper.

 

[Royal27]

I have about 2 months worth of Cigars in the humidors. With this Virus panic, I was thinking about putting in another big order.

Just in case......

So just for fun how many cigars does everyone have?

I just looked and I have 265.

I only smoke around five per week, so that is somewhere around a year's worth for me, but probably 20 are junk that I'd literally only smoke if nothing else was there. They are some I bought cheap (like under $1 per stick) when I very first got back into it. As long as there is room in the humidor I don't throw them out though.

 

[Brent in Az]

Right now I have about 80. I smoke about 10 per week on average. Mostly on weekends.
I usually purchase 2 months worth at a time. When I'm starting to run low, I will put in another order. That doesn't include my occasional purchase at the local shop.

 

[postoak]

I buy just one box of 25 at a time and reorder when I have a week's worth left. I was in Dallas recently for a function at the Hard 8 BBQ between The Colony and Plano and noticed Cigars International just next door but didn't have time to drop in. But I've gone back to ordering from RJ Cigar, anyway.

 

[PARA45]

I believe I have anywhere between 250-300 cigars. I think I'm good for a bit.

 

[Brent in Az]

I believe I have anywhere between 250-300 cigars. I think I'm good for a bit.

The Cigar manufacturers have hundreds of people working for them. As many as 100 or more cigar rollers in 1 or more rooms. I'm wondering if this virus will shut any of that down, and what that would do to the global market?
I can do without them, but it is something I look forward to for a little relaxing "me" time.

 

[Brent in Az]

Right now I have about 80. I smoke about 10 per week on average. Mostly on weekends.
I usually purchase 2 months worth at a time. When I'm starting to run low, I will put in another order. That doesn't include my occasional purchase at the local shop.

Edit....6 to 10 cigars per week on average.

 

[PARA45]

interesting you said that. I wonder too, and these people are side by side making cigars. For sure they have no medical service at the farms.

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

Mine is Habana Haupman, half corona. Sitting around the fire here in Zimbabwe with a good Scotch. Take a few in the pouch on a hunt, nothing like a cigar while a beautiful antelope is being loaded into the Landy. Our little private club is called Carruthers and Co, just right for these hunts.

 

[Mort Hill]

x2 many of the prior recommends, and here are My echos of agreement and some new ones;

A. Fuente Opus X - though I too have had underwhelming sticks, most were very nice.

A. Fuente Anejo - mmmmmm.

Davidoff Millenium

My Father - Jamie Garcia Reserve, Flor de las Antillas, (have to try The Judge it seems)

Don Pepin Garcia Blue

CAO la Traviata Maduro - a true gem and sleeper.

Ok, here’s one I normally keep to myself but we are a special band of brothers. Soooo..... If you get down to Naples Florida, stop in at Freedom Cigar and ask for a little known locally rolled treasure known as Ernesto’s Finest. Without a doubt the best $25 torpedo stick you can buy but it’s something like $8-$9. Let them age in your humidor for a few months and you mail order them in bulk. (Tell Randall I sent you - he’s a fine man, soldier and patriot)

So what does Ernesto’s Finest compare to? Not that I will be traveling any time soon, but who knows where business might take me if Covid-19 don’t get me.