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White Owl Pineapple Tubos Review
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Thunder.Gerbil Offline
#1 Posted: Thu, Dec 4 2008, 8:54 AM EST
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For bander & sunbuilder, a review I posted on another forum a few months ago:

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The review you have all been waiting for (NOT).

The highly coveted White Owl Pineapple Tubos...

As I take this cigar out of it's exceptionally stylish yellow and black tubo, I can't help but immediately notice three things:

1) how flawless the wrapper is and how I would expect nothing less from tobacco-infused brown masking tape.

2) the prelight aroma - this cigar smells like one of the air "tropical scent" freshners you hang from the rearview mirror of your car.

3) that I'm only on my 2nd martini, I hope that will be enough to make it though this cigar.

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/8701/1001422weg8.jpg

I've admired this cigar long enough, so now it's time to fire it up. No need to clip, it's already pre punched for your convenience, so after verifying that I have both the local poison control center number and 911 on speed dial, I apply fire to the foot.

The cigar lights up easily and I am soon greeted with volumes of putrid smoke.

I must say, the flavor sucks, the finish tastes like I'm chewing on an Advil tablet, the burning aroma is wretched but damn, for short filler, this cigar burns straight and sure can hold an ash!

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1957/1001425wcf3.jpg

I'm now about 2" or 2-1/2" into this cigar and with my face burning from the chemicals in the smoke and my taste buds screaming for the pain to stop I'm starting to wonder if this is what it would feel like to have Muhammad Ali open up a can of whup-ass on my face. I drink some more of my martini to ease the pain...

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5784/1001427wgt0.jpg

I'm trying for another few puffs here, but after about another 1/2" or so, this beating is just more than I can endure and my corner throws in the towel.

http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/9750/1001428wsl1.jpg

It took me about a 1/4 of a bottle of Listerine to get the flavor of that cigar out of my mouth.

Do I think this is a good cigar? Oh hell no.

Would I buy this cigar? Oh, hell yes, just so long as I don't have to smoke it and I'm only buying it to bomb someone with.
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engletl Offline
#2 Posted: Thu, Dec 4 2008, 9:44 AM EST
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ROFLMAO!!
Goathead50 Offline
#3 Posted: Thu, Dec 4 2008, 9:46 AM EST
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Nice job TG. LMFAO!!
DrafterX Offline
#4 Posted: Thu, Dec 4 2008, 9:48 AM EST
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What other forum?
Goathead50 Offline
#5 Posted: Thu, Dec 4 2008, 9:49 AM EST
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Shhhh.... These boards have monitors.
vrodrider Offline
#6 Posted: Thu, Dec 4 2008, 9:52 AM EST
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I am a thinking you should have thrown the Cigar away and smoked the protective tube

LMAO
Rider
cpscherer Offline
#7 Posted: Thu, Dec 4 2008, 9:55 AM EST
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TG...

I did see this one out on the forum...LMAO. I really enjoyed the Gurkha review...the "double-cut" and smoke it from the middle, was freakin' funny!
DrMaddVibe Offline
#8 Posted: Thu, Dec 4 2008, 10:08 AM EST
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With that your training is complete my young Padewan.
JavaLang Offline
#9 Posted: Thu, Dec 4 2008, 10:15 AM EST
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These things are all the rage, I find these all the time in gutters and in dirty parking lots. It makes me feel like im missing out on life.
Goathead50 Offline
#10 Posted: Thu, Dec 4 2008, 10:19 AM EST
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^ These and Swisher sweets
JHC Offline
#11 Posted: Thu, Dec 4 2008, 10:23 AM EST
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Sounds to me like you just didn't let it age enough.
scottishgal Offline
#12 Posted: Thu, Dec 4 2008, 10:27 AM EST
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mmmmmmmmm......White Owl
Goathead50 Offline
#13 Posted: Thu, Dec 4 2008, 10:28 AM EST
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^ Cheap date. LOL!!!
sunbuilder Offline
#14 Posted: Thu, Dec 4 2008, 11:15 AM EST
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the most through review i have ever read...and possibly the most disapointing...what am i going to do with the box that i have coming...i was so looking forward to it...
Goathead50 Offline
#15 Posted: Thu, Dec 4 2008, 11:17 AM EST
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^ send them to Ram. he needs some cigars.
drnos Offline
#16 Posted: Thu, Dec 4 2008, 12:52 PM EST
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TG: What was the date/factory code on the box? I understand that anything newer than October 2008 needs a couple of weeks age on them.
neopuritan Offline
#17 Posted: Thu, Dec 4 2008, 1:10 PM EST
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Kudo's to TG for taking one for the team.
pacman357 Offline
#18 Posted: Thu, Dec 4 2008, 6:08 PM EST
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Ooh! Ooh! Do the maduro version next!

BTW, the Advil people called and asked if I was your attorney. Did you get sued? Why did you give them my name and number?

Besides...I smoked an entire one of these, ya pansy. And I don't even HAVE any Listerine around.
big chief Offline
#19 Posted: Fri, Dec 5 2008, 3:40 AM EST
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It about time someone reviewed one of these cigars and gave them the respect they deserve...

LOL!
jackconrad Offline
#20 Posted: Fri, Dec 5 2008, 3:47 AM EST
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Shoulda gone for the grape...
Charlie Offline
#21 Posted: Fri, Dec 5 2008, 3:52 AM EST
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Yes, but the Phillies Blunt Mango is indeed a rare treasure, as good as the Pineapple Owl and just as smelly er aromatic, I do like the tubes the Owls come in they are stylish and colorful (chuckle).....

I just sent a few of these treasures out in bombs/trades etc.

Charlie
Charlie Offline
#22 Posted: Fri, Dec 5 2008, 3:52 AM EST
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Oh, that even looks like a matching plastic martini glass.......LOL

Charlie
Thunder.Gerbil Offline
#23 Posted: Fri, Dec 5 2008, 5:17 AM EST
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Charlie,

I'll have you know that the martini glass is made from real glass and it's the finest martini glass that they sell at the $1 stores.

Wanna trade that philies blunt mango? I can't find them out here.
big chief Offline
#24 Posted: Fri, Dec 5 2008, 7:33 AM EST
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'...the pineapple Owl...'

L!
big chief Offline
#25 Posted: Fri, Dec 5 2008, 7:34 AM EST
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and , goddam but I love gin! Prefer plain old Beefeater, 3 olives marinating.
xddco Offline
#26 Posted: Fri, Dec 5 2008, 7:48 AM EST
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Farkin hilarious..... this here is some funny shiznit!
banderl Offline
#27 Posted: Fri, Dec 5 2008, 9:35 AM EST
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I was asking about the peach blunt.
From what I hear it's a much better smoke than the pineapple.
Thunder.Gerbil Offline
#28 Posted: Fri, Dec 5 2008, 9:54 AM EST
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^
I'll work on that.
jetblasted Offline
#29 Posted: Fri, Dec 5 2008, 11:22 AM EST
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Damn, that was hilarious . . .

That 1st photo link was a good shot . . .
bsevern Offline
#30 Posted: Fri, Dec 5 2008, 11:45 AM EST
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Your a sick individual Coop ^_^
pacman357 Offline
#31 Posted: Fri, Dec 5 2008, 1:40 PM EST
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#25 You'd like the Capt. Hawkeye Pierce recipe for a martini. Pour extra dry gin while glancing at a picture of the guy who invented vermouth. Or perhaps the Winston Churchill version...someone pours British gin in a glass while a bottle of vermouth is across the room, at least visible to the pourer.
ScottHar Offline
#32 Posted: Fri, Dec 5 2008, 3:14 PM EST
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I don't think it's fair to post a negative review unless you've smoked a fiver of them.

I've just read too many other reviews that have said things such as, "unlike anything else you'll ever smoke," "unbelievable," "an unforgettable smoking experience," etc.

You probably just got a bad one.

ScottHar
big chief Offline
#33 Posted: Sat, Dec 6 2008, 3:17 PM EST
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^ that's funny Scott!


And Pacman, yeah, I got a big weakness for high horsepower gin--never understood the need for polluting the stuff with anything other than the venerable green, pimento stuffed olive...
Really the last word to accompany a dozen small oysters (with maybe some really crunchy bread and saltless butter)...and perhaps a small piece of quick-grilled swordfish and sauteed button mushrooms and garlic....
Finished with some fresh grapes, apple, x-tra sharp cheddar and a vintage pineapple Owl!
ray3rd Offline
#34 Posted: Sun, Dec 7 2008, 4:25 AM EST
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I think TG is actually saying that he needs more .
gringococolo Offline
#35 Posted: Sun, Dec 7 2008, 6:10 AM EST
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Wow, That's what I call taking it for the team. You might try and dry box them for 7 or 8 years and maybe some chemicals will evaporate.

Dat chit was funny....

Gringo
Charlie Offline
#36 Posted: Sun, Dec 7 2008, 6:21 AM EST
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TG

Maybe I will send you a few Mango Blunts (they are available at United Dairy Farmers here and a few other gas stations.

Charlie
Thunder.Gerbil Offline
#37 Posted: Wed, Nov 25 2009, 4:02 PM EST
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topped for duwan
big chief Offline
#38 Posted: Thu, Nov 26 2009, 7:13 AM EST
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I wonder if the Owl was real? There's a lot of fakes out there
TrishS@CigarBid Offline
#39 Posted: Fri, Nov 27 2009, 8:31 AM EST
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Did anyone notice the elusive CigarBid matches....?
rfenst Offline
#40 Posted: Fri, Nov 27 2009, 8:37 AM EST
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Yep. Isn't that where he got the cigar from?
Thunder.Gerbil Offline
#41 Posted: Sat, Apr 9 2011, 9:34 AM EST
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bump

(kewl, the image URLs in the review are still valid)
Bur Offline
#42 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 4:27 PM EST
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TTT for Mandobro and Palama
Bur Offline
#43 Posted: Mon, Oct 5 2015, 12:15 AM EST
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Wow I was the last perso to top this? I cannot find these elusive pineapple White Owls but currently have grape, peach and strawberry top shelf WO blunts dry boxing for upcoming bombs.
danmdevries Offline
#44 Posted: Mon, Oct 5 2015, 12:37 AM EST
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Bur wrote:
Wow I was the last perso to top this? I cannot find these elusive pineapple White Owls but currently have grape, peach and strawberry top shelf WO blunts dry boxing for upcoming bombs.


That's just evil.
gummy jones Offline
#45 Posted: Mon, Oct 5 2015, 8:27 AM EST
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im a masochist. anyone wanna split a box
Bur Offline
#46 Posted: Mon, Oct 5 2015, 8:11 PM EST
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Have you found some? I can get every flavor but pineapple. I'm in if you have a source!
gummy jones Offline
#47 Posted: Mon, Oct 5 2015, 8:24 PM EST
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Bur wrote:
Have you found some? I can get every flavor but pineapple. I'm in if you have a source!


Okay I'll burn the midnight oil looking
Thunder.Gerbil Offline
#48 Posted: Tue, Feb 20 2018, 5:58 PM EST
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That was a good martini.
RMAN4443 Offline
#49 Posted: Tue, Feb 20 2018, 6:32 PM EST
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^^^^^ Great Job=d> =d> .........I didn't need the Listerine......the cigar had enough Listerine flavor on it's own .....

We oughta start a club, how's "The He-Man White Owl Smokers Association" sound? I thought Association sounded classier than Club, but I'll go with whatever you decide.....Beer

edit: and Your right, these things burn perfect
Ewok126 Offline
#50 Posted: Tue, Feb 20 2018, 6:39 PM EST
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RMAN4443 wrote:
We oughta start a club, how's "The He-Man White Owl Smokers Association" sound? I thought Association sounded classier than Club, but I'll go with whatever you decide.....Beer


Just don't forget, Once the Association is together yall have to come up with a logo, draw it up with some crayons, send in a photo of it. Oh, and don't forget the "BOOM or Drops Mic" when yall post it.
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