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Palama Offline
#5051 Posted: Sun, Sep 24 2023, 12:58 AM EST
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Partagas Super Partagas
LTO JUN 20
deadeyedick Offline
#5052 Posted: Sun, Sep 24 2023, 12:18 PM EST
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Punch Royal Selection #12 '09
rfenst Offline
#5053 Posted: Mon, Sep 25 2023, 4:51 PM EST
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The only CC I have left, other than a couple of gifted ones, are from my "Broken Cigar Collection," which means that either the foot, head or wrapper has a minor problem that is visually imperfect due to minor damage- like a small split at the foot or a minor tear in the wrapper that is of no consequence, but still makes the cigar unsuitable for trading or sale.

So, today I dug into my humidor and found a Trinidad Coloniales, which I smoked on the beach. At least ten and probably 15 years or older. Awesome! Age did this cigar well. It was anything but flat. Perhaps even stronger than when young. Sweet, a little woodsy, with a strong toasted tobacco taste that wasn't too spicy. Nubbed it until my fingers couldn't take it anymore. AWESOME! Wish I had some more...
Herfing
deadeyedick Offline
#5054 Posted: Tue, Sep 26 2023, 12:50 PM EST
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Robert I just got an email special for the Trini Coloniales. Iffn ya hurry you can buy them for only $30 each $750/box.d'oh!
Palama Offline
#5055 Posted: Tue, Sep 26 2023, 1:03 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Robert I just got an email special for the Trini Coloniales. Iffn ya hurry you can buy them for only $30 each $750/box.d'oh!


Somewhere in Oregon, in a van down by the river, Z is LHPWAO.
rfenst Offline
#5056 Posted: Tue, Sep 26 2023, 4:03 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Robert I just got an email special for the Trini Coloniales. Iffn ya hurry you can buy them for only $30 each $750/box.d'oh!

OUCH!

So that cigar I smoked was worth about $40- plus more for being well aged? Unbelievable!!!

I have my eye on a cab of PLPC. Maybe I will pull the trigger, maybe I won't. PM if you have seen any really good offers on anything. I have been looking, but not finding cigars in my size-ranges and the prices are obnoxious.

Wonder how many years it will take for the market to re-stabilize? I'm betting 4-7 without there being any new hurricanes, covid or supply chain issues. Even then, prices won't come down much, if at all until there is some serious competition and/or over-supply.
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#5057 Posted: Wed, Sep 27 2023, 1:32 PM EST
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Vegueros Centrofino...thanks DED for slipping one into a blind review pass last year...good Cuban flavor profile...I bought a couple tins back then when they were still reasonably priced and I was able to find a special deal...alas, they have nearly doubled in price, if they are available...
deadeyedick Offline
#5058 Posted: Thu, Sep 28 2023, 7:24 AM EST
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delta1 wrote:
Vegueros Centrofino...thanks DED for slipping one into a blind review pass last year...good Cuban flavor profile...I bought a couple tins back then when they were still reasonably priced and I was able to find a special deal...alas, they have nearly doubled in price, if they are available...


Ah, the good old days when a Habanos could be enjoyed for cheaper that a domestic.

LGC Medialle D'Or #4 2015
LeeBot Offline
#5059 Posted: Thu, Sep 28 2023, 7:09 PM EST
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HU Mag 46
rfenst Offline
#5060 Posted: Sat, Sep 30 2023, 12:18 PM EST
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'98 Punch Coronas at Hardrock Hotel pool yesterday from a half-box trade for some of my last Fuente stuff about 12 years ago. Roll was a bit tight, but all the flavor was still there and it was uber smooth. Lightly woodsy and nicely sweet in the right proportion. Wow. I'd have never thought a cigar could age that long without loosing some strength. Nubbed it to burnt fingers, then put it on a toothpick for another 5-10 minutes.
deadeyedick Offline
#5061 Posted: Tue, Oct 3 2023, 7:37 AM EST
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ERDM Demi Tasse 2019
rfenst Offline
#5062 Posted: Tue, Oct 3 2023, 5:22 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
LGC Medialle D'Or #4 2015


Good azz cigar!
deadeyedick Offline
#5063 Posted: Sat, Oct 7 2023, 7:11 AM EST
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PLPC 2016
PLPC 2019
dkeage Offline
#5064 Posted: Sat, Oct 7 2023, 11:21 AM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
PLPC 2016
PLPC 2019

I’ll join you. PLPC 2018
dkeage Offline
#5065 Posted: Sat, Oct 7 2023, 3:31 PM EST
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Monte Edmundo. 2018
Achern Offline
#5066 Posted: Tue, Oct 10 2023, 8:52 AM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
ERDM Demi Tasse 2019



Did you have any of the 2018 TEO boxes of these Demi's?
They may have been the best cigars I smoked in the last decade. 2019 is legit as well...still have those. But couldn't hold on to the 2018, they were addicting.
deadeyedick Offline
#5067 Posted: Tue, Oct 10 2023, 10:40 AM EST
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Achern wrote:
Did you have any of the 2018 TEO boxes of these Demi's?
They may have been the best cigars I smoked in the last decade. 2019 is legit as well...still have those. But couldn't hold on to the 2018, they were addicting.


The 2019 is the 1st box I have had. I'm usually not a fan of smaller cigars but these make a great early day smoke if sipped slowly.
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#5068 Posted: Tue, Oct 10 2023, 11:28 AM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
The 2019 is the 1st box I have had. I'm usually not a fan of smaller cigars but these make a great early day smoke if sipped slowly.

Enjoy that box! The 2020's/2021's are no where near as tasty (at least not yet anyway).
deadeyedick Offline
#5069 Posted: Thu, Oct 12 2023, 6:39 AM EST
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ERDM Choix Supreme 2014

I was gifted these recently by Homebrew who is the 1st BOTL I traded with after joining this site twenty years ago. Thanks Dave!
rfenst Offline
#5070 Posted: Thu, Oct 12 2023, 1:00 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
ERDM Choix Supreme 2014

I was gifted these recently by Homebrew who is the 1st BOTL I traded with after joining this site twenty years ago. Thanks Dave!

Probably the best blind-buy I ever made from a new vendor who had a box that was from 2006 for $300 for the cab of 50. Smoked through it over like 6-7 years and tasted the cigars maturing, changing and hitting their prime over the years. Odly, the smoke was rather blue. It was also a great entre to the demi-tasse.

No mater how hard I try, I simply cannot leave the "darkside." So, I am waiting for my little "windfall" between now and the end of the year to splurge on 75-100 stix- if, in the meantime, my vendors don't keep running out of what I want...
Palama Offline
#5071 Posted: Thu, Oct 12 2023, 4:11 PM EST
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rfenst wrote:
Probably the best blind-buy I ever made from a new vendor who had a box that was from 2006 for $300 for the cab of 50. Smoked through it over like 6-7 years and tasted the cigars maturing, changing and hitting their prime over the years. Odly, the smoke was rather blue. It was also a great entre to the demi-tasse.

No mater how hard I try, I simply cannot leave the "darkside." So, I am waiting for my little "windfall" between now and the end of the year to splurge on 75-100 stix- if, in the meantime, my vendors don't keep running out of what I want...


This reminds me, somewhat, of stuff like OX, Rare Pinks and Padron 50th Anniversary that I was looking to buy the last couple of years. Sometimes I'd run across a vendor that had stock but their prices were too absurd so easily passed. Then, I'd go back a few weeks later and they were completely out of stock! Always thought, "WhoTF can afford that kind of crazy pricing?" But realized that there are people out there who have the financial wherewithal to buy things whenever they want to. Eventually I got what I wanted, at prices I deemed reasonable but it did take much longer than anticipated. So to your point about waiting for your "windfall", I wouldn't wait. Sometimes you just gotta bite the bullet and get what you want before they're all gone and you never know when they'll come back into stock and at what price. Nonetheless, take that with a grain of salt and do what's best for you.
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#5072 Posted: Thu, Oct 12 2023, 5:59 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
ERDM Choix Supreme 2014

I was gifted these recently by Homebrew who is the 1st BOTL I traded with after joining this site twenty years ago. Thanks Dave!

Glad you enjoy them.
Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)Beer
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#5073 Posted: Thu, Oct 12 2023, 11:38 PM EST
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Well, tonight I enjoyed a Bolivar PC from 08. They never cease to satisfy.
Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)Beer
dkeage Offline
#5074 Posted: Fri, Oct 13 2023, 5:15 PM EST
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SCDLH La Fuerza. ‘18
rfenst Offline
#5075 Posted: Sat, Oct 14 2023, 12:16 AM EST
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Homebrew wrote:
Well, tonight I enjoyed a Bolivar PC from 08. They never cease to satisfy.
Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)Beer

Hmmm,,, I though you liked the H. Upmann PC better.
At least that is what I remember from like 10 year ago.
rfenst Offline
#5076 Posted: Sat, Oct 14 2023, 12:28 AM EST
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Palama wrote:
Sometimes you just gotta bite the bullet and get what you want before they're all gone and you never know when they'll come back into stock and at what price. Nonetheless, take that with a grain of salt and do what's best for you.


I know. I know...
But, I am still waiting so as not lay out the cash prematurely. Otherwise, I am spending it before I get it, which is alway a hard no.
Homebrew Offline
#5077 Posted: Sat, Oct 14 2023, 1:23 PM EST
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rfenst wrote:
Hmmm,,, I though you liked the H. Upmann PC better.
At least that is what I remember from like 10 year ago.

I do, but I actually am very low on the H.Upmann. But I have always loved the Bolivar PC as well, and still have a couple of hundred of them.
Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)Beer
rfenst Offline
#5078 Posted: Sat, Oct 14 2023, 1:52 PM EST
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Homebrew wrote:
I do, but I actually am very low on the H.Upmann. But I have always loved the Bolivar PC as well, and still have a couple of hundred of them.
Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)Beer

Nice stash! I love the H. Up better too, and also want a box.
dkeage Offline
#5079 Posted: Sat, Oct 14 2023, 3:41 PM EST
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H Upmann #2. Oct14. By birthday go to. Only 2 more left
deadeyedick Offline
#5080 Posted: Sat, Oct 14 2023, 4:51 PM EST
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dkeage wrote:
H Upmann #2. Oct14. By birthday go to. Only 2 more left


Have an unopened box. Can't remember what year but prolly about 2019. Might be time to try one?

Edit: Thought we were talking H Upmann PC as in 5075 above not #2.
dkeage Offline
#5081 Posted: Sun, Oct 15 2023, 12:28 PM EST
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H Upmann Corona minor
rfenst Offline
#5082 Posted: Sun, Oct 15 2023, 2:34 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Have an unopened box. Can't remember what year but prolly about 2019. Might be time to try one?

Edit: Thought we were talking H Upmann PC as in 5075 above not #2.

I think the H. Up #2 is a better and much more consistent than Monte #2.
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#5083 Posted: Mon, Oct 16 2023, 11:00 AM EST
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Vegueros Tapados 2019
delta1 Offline
#5084 Posted: Mon, Oct 16 2023, 1:58 PM EST
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Montecristo Edmundo, BUP Sep 17
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#5085 Posted: Tue, Oct 17 2023, 2:29 PM EST
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delta1 wrote:
Montecristo Edmundo, BUP Sep 17


I wish I had 4 more boxes of Edmundos... such a good smoke.
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#5086 Posted: Tue, Oct 17 2023, 8:26 PM EST
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down to the last 8 of the last box I bought...it's been among my top two fave CC's, along with the Trinidad lancero... they have unique flavor profiles that differ from most CC's

I have you to thank for my affinity for the Edmundos, which started when you brought a few to Harbortown in Ventura a buncha years ago to share with me...

alas, both of those have become way too pricey for me to enjoy, except in my memories...
dkeage Offline
#5087 Posted: Sat, Oct 21 2023, 4:51 PM EST
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Monte Edmundo’18
Palama Offline
#5088 Posted: Sun, Oct 22 2023, 2:01 AM EST
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Monte Edmundo

Tripleheader MEs! After this one will have only 3 left and don’t foresee buying any more unless prices revert to pre-pandemic levels.

Thanks to Stinger. We herfed at The Row Bar back in 2018 and David gifted me a fine 5er including this Cuban classic.
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#5089 Posted: Sun, Oct 22 2023, 5:18 PM EST
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Hu HC 2020
Palama Offline
#5090 Posted: Sun, Oct 22 2023, 6:24 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Hu HC 2020


Hey! Party pooper! You were supposed to smoke a Monte Edmundo! Didn’t you get the memo? d'oh!
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#5091 Posted: Mon, Oct 23 2023, 7:25 AM EST
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Palama wrote:
Hey! Party pooper! You were supposed to smoke a Monte Edmundo! Didn’t you get the memo? d'oh!


Me no gots d'oh!

And don't get any ideas Shame on you
Palama Offline
#5092 Posted: Mon, Oct 23 2023, 12:22 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Me no gots d'oh!

And don't get any ideas Shame on you


Ideas? Who me? Not talking












Or not. Whistle
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#5093 Posted: Tue, Oct 24 2023, 4:46 PM EST
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Partagas PSP #2 POS 2008 (but definitely not a POS)

Thanks to Al (delta1) for this great old cigar.
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#5094 Posted: Thu, Oct 26 2023, 4:11 PM EST
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when and if will the prices come down ugh!!! dieing for a cuban
deadeyedick Offline
#5095 Posted: Mon, Oct 30 2023, 7:14 AM EST
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ERDM Choix Supreme 2014

Thanks to Homebrew.
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#5096 Posted: Mon, Oct 30 2023, 1:15 PM EST
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H Upmann Connie A. 2017
rfenst Offline
#5097 Posted: Wed, Nov 1 2023, 5:37 PM EST
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Getting closer to pulling some triggers...
Palama Offline
#5098 Posted: Wed, Nov 1 2023, 8:27 PM EST
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rfenst wrote:
Getting closer to pulling some triggers...


Pics or it never happened! Anxious
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#5099 Posted: Thu, Nov 2 2023, 6:15 AM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
ERDM Choix Supreme 2014

Thanks to Homebrew.


Can't find those no mo... and they was sooooo good.
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#5100 Posted: Thu, Nov 2 2023, 10:47 AM EST
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Alex Gonzalez La Puntilla custom 2019
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