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tonygraz Offline
#401 Posted: Wed, Mar 13 2024, 4:30 PM EST
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81210 - Magellan Dominicans corona
81211 - Ava Maria Argentum robusto
JGRAZ Offline
#402 Posted: Wed, Mar 13 2024, 6:18 PM EST
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81212 - CAO Amazon Basin
danmdevries Offline
#403 Posted: Wed, Mar 13 2024, 6:25 PM EST
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81213 Herrera Esteli Norteño Torpedo with thanks to jakethesnake. I found boxes of these in corona for $100 so I was digging around trying to find one to decide if I want another box. I had 2 empty lonsdale boxes so I figured I do like em but after a few dud box buys I didn't wanna risk the Benjamin.

Tapered heads are some of my least favorite vitolas. Mostly cause it seems like a waste of time to roll it then I go and cut it off. A cap on straight shoulders seems much more efficient. I'm a function over form guy. I know angled cut n stuff concentrating flavors whatever. I cut it square at the shoulder. I've had issues with tight draws and tar buildup more in torps than others.

Anyway. The pepper was shy at first. I remember these being spicy lil meatballs but it started off rather bland. Thankfully that didn't last and by the first ash drop I got a wallop of a pepper hit and it all fell into place. Leathery sweet creamy texture, nice dark spices up front, peppery retro. Draw is fairly firm but slow steady sips are keeping it burning sharp and not fatiguing my cheeks. Once halfway the box press released and it opened up, got even better. Yes I do remember these and I remember why I had 2 empty boxes of them. I'll grab that sale box.

Thanks JTS
Jakethesnake86 Offline
#404 Posted: Wed, Mar 13 2024, 6:57 PM EST
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Glad you liked it danm

Illusione mj12 maduro from the imposter. After speaking with lee. We believe we can build a case. Good cigar by the way
MidnightToker( • )( • ) Offline
#405 Posted: Wed, Mar 13 2024, 7:13 PM EST
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81215 (I think)- DE KFC
jeebling Offline
#406 Posted: Wed, Mar 13 2024, 7:29 PM EST
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Jakethesnake86 wrote:
Glad you liked it danm

Illusione mj12 maduro from the imposter. After speaking with lee. We believe we can build a case. Good cigar by the way

Jake, are you smoking straight outta the mailbox? You must be low on stogies???
Jakethesnake86 Offline
#407 Posted: Wed, Mar 13 2024, 7:35 PM EST
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No sir. Not low. I typically will not smoke fresh outta the mailbox but. Most of the fellas store their personal smokes pretty carefully. So I’ll smoke on those any time. Hell I’ve left cigars in my glovebox for a couple few weeks in a ziplock without a boveda. They usually smoke fine. A lot of times the problem with fresh from a website is they store the cigars waaay higher than most of us would. Like 70 percent or more. Also these only came from a few states away from me so I figured they’d be ok. I also never had one of these and it’s still sitting out 😂
Jakethesnake86 Offline
#408 Posted: Wed, Mar 13 2024, 7:36 PM EST
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Also good catch toker. I didn’t even try that time. Forgot 😂
danmdevries Offline
#409 Posted: Wed, Mar 13 2024, 7:48 PM EST
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Damn noobs
jeebling Offline
#410 Posted: Wed, Mar 13 2024, 9:20 PM EST
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81216: Rocky Patel 20th Anniversary Robusto 5 x 52
My second time. Better than a Gurkha and I’m the guy who knows.
MidnightToker( • )( • ) Offline
#411 Posted: Wed, Mar 13 2024, 9:43 PM EST
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81217 - LFD double ligero chisel courtesy of Stinger

Not a fan of the vitola, but love the cigar. Little bit of age on it, nice, oily wrapper. Smoke production is heavy as always with an LFD DL.
Stogie1020 Offline
#412 Posted: Wed, Mar 13 2024, 9:49 PM EST
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jeebling wrote:
81216: Rocky Patel 20th Anniversary Robusto 5 x 52
My second time. Better than a Gurkha and I’m the guy who knows.

Jeebs, you went from a chit sandwich to a turd burrito...
jeebling Offline
#413 Posted: Wed, Mar 13 2024, 10:32 PM EST
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^😂🤦‍♂️
Z says Gurkha and RP are in the same category
Stogie1020 Offline
#414 Posted: Wed, Mar 13 2024, 10:45 PM EST
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81218 Tat Reserva Broadleaf Noella
Tiver Offline
#415 Posted: Wed, Mar 13 2024, 11:12 PM EST
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81219 - EPC La Historia el senador Starts really mild and slightly sweet and stays very much that way 'til just about the halfway. Surprisingly mild from what it seems is the consensus in plenty of descriptions. About the halfway point I get the first hint of pepper, but it comes and goes. As the half point burns into the finish of the second third the intensity builds with a fairly robust flavor of fresh tobacco. Flavor and strength remains very medium until the final third where the pepper and tobacco flavors mingle with an introduction of oak and still an underlying subtle sweetness. No coffee or cocoa or chocolate. Burn remains cool down to the nub with a perfect char line for the entire cigar. Took a lot of time with the last third, but never found it particularly complex. Probably two distinct transitions in flavor, half point and then the last third. Strength picked up a bit in the last third. A bit of a nic kick at the end but certainly not a powerhouse. Good cigar but less interesting than I thought it would be.
Palama Offline
#416 Posted: Thu, Mar 14 2024, 12:38 AM EST
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#81,220 - Warped Sky Moon Lonsdale 109

Edit: With 4 more months of nap time, this became a much better smoke than the one I tried back in October.
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#417 Posted: Thu, Mar 14 2024, 12:50 AM EST
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81221 - Liga Privada No. 9
81222 - El Gueguense Macho Raton
81223 - Liga Privada T52
81224 - La Colmena Black Honey

All I did today was sit out in the warm sunshine, grill lunch and then dinner for everyone and smoke cigars. A perfect day. Couldn't have been better.
jeebling Offline
#418 Posted: Thu, Mar 14 2024, 1:27 AM EST
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81225: RP Vintage 20th Anniversary Robusto
My third. These seem to start out quite nice and by the end of the first third they’re just meh. The smoke holds its body but all the flavors disappear. I’ll smoke the rest but I won’t buy them again.
deadeyedick Offline
#419 Posted: Thu, Mar 14 2024, 7:42 AM EST
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81226 - Tatuaje Anarchy 2010

This box was from the first release of the Anarchy and it has been two years since I tried one. Started off even stronger than I remember and with spicy hit but seemed to settle into medium+ after that. Large volume of smoke with a tangy licorice note along with slight dark chocolate and maybe cedar from the wood box. These have held up well.
cashmoneydave Offline
#420 Posted: Thu, Mar 14 2024, 9:32 AM EST
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Posts: 810
81227 - Padron 5K NT
MidnightToker( • )( • ) Offline
#421 Posted: Thu, Mar 14 2024, 11:32 AM EST
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Posts: 921
81228 - Oliva connecticut reserve
jeebling Offline
#422 Posted: Thu, Mar 14 2024, 11:53 AM EST
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81229: AB The Lineage Robusto
Not doing it for me
delta1 Offline
#423 Posted: Thu, Mar 14 2024, 12:40 PM EST
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81230 -- Alec Bradley Lost Art...a decent AB, whaddya know...apologies for all my disparagement of the brand...they do make a good one
81231 -- Crowned Head Mil Dias...another one with thin wrapper that started to crack...nursing a cigar removes some of the enjoyment
81232 -- Tatuaje Cabaiguan...gotta get some more...one month to go on the IR
tonygraz Offline
#424 Posted: Thu, Mar 14 2024, 1:14 PM EST
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Posts: 20,302
81233 - 5 Vegas Gold robusto
81234 - Mayans toro
Huzza3045 Offline
#425 Posted: Thu, Mar 14 2024, 4:28 PM EST
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Posts: 575
81235 La Aurora Preferido Platinum Cameroon

Stellar stick for the cammy lovers out there.
tonygraz Offline
#426 Posted: Thu, Mar 14 2024, 4:31 PM EST
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81236 - Flor De Oliva Gold torpedo
JGRAZ Offline
#427 Posted: Thu, Mar 14 2024, 7:11 PM EST
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81237 - Padron 5000 Maduro
danmdevries Offline
#428 Posted: Thu, Mar 14 2024, 8:24 PM EST
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81238 601 green label Oscuro with thanks to jakethesnake.

Slightly yellowed cello but I suspect that's more a function of the dark oily wrapper than an aging process but well see. It's got a very attractive wrapper leaf and a lovely aroma prelight.

First light just makes me think of the smell of a new leather jacket. Some pepper in my sinuses, slightly dry but not enough to bother me. Yet.

After the first ash drop its more of the same, leather, wood, maybe dark fruitiness, little less astringency, nice texture, searing pepper on retro made me sneeze and eyes water. Sharp burn line, no alarms and no surprises please.

Band came off nicely before the heat got to it and it too had a yellow hue. Maybe this does have a little age on it. The flavors are backing up the packaging clues.

Halfway, this is a pleasant cigar. Nothing spectacular, nothing negative. I wouldn't be opposed to throwing a fiver in with a future order.

Thanks JTS! I wasn't gonna smoke tonight since it's my first night on call and with a 30min response time there's a chance I gotta show up reeking of tobacco smoke to the cardiac cath lab and that's kinda like the least tobacco friendly place. But I'm glad this one rose to the top of the pile as I swept my hand through to pick one out.
jeebling Offline
#429 Posted: Thu, Mar 14 2024, 8:34 PM EST
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^ JGRAZ breaking out the good stuff!
^^ excellent review Danm

81239: Rocky Patel Vintage 1992 BP Toro
I’ve had a few of these and the first couple inches have a nice toasted malt, oaky, cocoa, earthy flavor and a sweet finish. Halfway through it seems to conk out and the last third I have to keep tugging on it to keep it burning enough to get smoke, and then it burns hot and leaves unpleasant tannins as aftertaste. Not on my list of cigars to re-purchase.
Jakethesnake86 Offline
#430 Posted: Thu, Mar 14 2024, 9:02 PM EST
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81240 la aroma de cuba mi amore reserva romusto Bought these in 2020. Loved em Bought more. Forgot about them. Just found them. Still love them.

Glad the 601 treated you ok danm. It’s from January 21. I don’t date my cigars but those I did for some odd reason. I kinda wish I would put dates on cigars. Maybe one day.
tonygraz Offline
#431 Posted: Thu, Mar 14 2024, 10:38 PM EST
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81241 - Nicaraguan Cream robusto
Stogie1020 Offline
#432 Posted: Thu, Mar 14 2024, 10:53 PM EST
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81242 Class 34 No9.

From 2022. Jake, I use a sharpie to write month/year on the cello. That way, if I give it to someone else, they know how old it is and if I keep it, I know when it's sat for a month or two so I can smoke it. Super easy to just write on the cello. If I buy a box, I write it on the bottom of the box.
MidnightToker( • )( • ) Offline
#433 Posted: Thu, Mar 14 2024, 11:21 PM EST
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81243 - DE Nica Rustica Adobe
Celebrating a Penguins victory and a great night with my son.
jeebling Offline
#434 Posted: Fri, Mar 15 2024, 12:16 AM EST
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81243: RP Vintage 1992 BP Toro
MidnightToker( • )( • ) Offline
#435 Posted: Fri, Mar 15 2024, 12:58 AM EST
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Next should be 81245
Palama Offline
#436 Posted: Fri, Mar 15 2024, 1:13 AM EST
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MidnightToker( • )( • ) wrote:
812xx - DE Nica Rustica Adobe
Celebrating a Penguins victory and a great night with my son.


Applause Memories make us rich.
Palama Offline
#437 Posted: Fri, Mar 15 2024, 1:20 AM EST
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#81,245 - Aganorsa Guardian of the Farm Cerberus Lonsdale

Hoping third time's the charm. The first one I had was spicy throughout the smoke. Not that there's anything wrong with that but I'mma not into that as before. A few months later I tried another and the spice had toned down a bit. Hoping this one, at almost a year of rest, will have mellowed even more and be at that (near) perfect point.

Edit: Enjoyed it very much. The added rest toned down the spice / pepper. Looking forward to seeing how this evolves further.
deadeyedick Offline
#438 Posted: Fri, Mar 15 2024, 8:00 AM EST
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81246 - Tat ELO #1 2011

These were reputed to be the same blend as the original Verocu East and West but with a different wrapper leaf when they were released. Still a fairly strong cigar but they have lost some of the spice.
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#439 Posted: Fri, Mar 15 2024, 9:33 AM EST
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81247 - Rojas Reserve Guayacan Ex Maduro, from the recent imposter bomber. Another great blend from Rojas... thanks to ___ (you know who you are)!
Huzza3045 Offline
#440 Posted: Fri, Mar 15 2024, 10:44 AM EST
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81248 - MF La Opulencia

I forget how much I love this stick. The Opulencia and the Promesa just hit the nail on the head for me.
jeebling Offline
#441 Posted: Fri, Mar 15 2024, 12:09 PM EST
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81249: LPH BP Morado Robusto
I’ve enjoyed this Cammy across all vitolas and I think it is a terrific price at about $2.25 per stick
cashmoneydave Offline
#442 Posted: Fri, Mar 15 2024, 12:25 PM EST
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81250 - Casa Cuba Dbl Dos
jeebling Offline
#443 Posted: Fri, Mar 15 2024, 12:47 PM EST
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Huzza3045 wrote:
81235 La Aurora Preferido Platinum Cameroon

Stellar stick for the cammy lovers out there.

Wow, this one isn’t a bargain basement special. I’ve got to reach deeper in the pocket to try this one.
MidnightToker( • )( • ) Offline
#444 Posted: Fri, Mar 15 2024, 2:37 PM EST
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81251 - LFD La Volcada
jeebling Offline
#445 Posted: Fri, Mar 15 2024, 3:46 PM EST
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81252: Cuba Libre The Brute
Decent 4.5 x 60 Habano crafted by Nestor Plasencia. I like Plasencia brand very much and though this one is a cheaper label, it’s still pretty good at this price
jeebling Offline
#446 Posted: Fri, Mar 15 2024, 4:57 PM EST
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81253: LPH BP Morado Robusto
JGRAZ Offline
#447 Posted: Fri, Mar 15 2024, 6:34 PM EST
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81254 - RoMa Craft CroMagnon EMH

Just read that this blend is changing. Namely the wrapper going from a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper with Cameroon binder and Nic fillers to a PA broadleaf wrap with Sumatra binder and DR/Nic fillers.
I'm a big fan of this stick guess I'll be buying some up for the long haul just in case they blow it.
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#448 Posted: Fri, Mar 15 2024, 8:03 PM EST
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*81255 - LFD 1994
MidnightToker( • )( • ) Offline
#449 Posted: Fri, Mar 15 2024, 8:05 PM EST
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JGRAZ wrote:
81253 - RoMa Craft CroMagnon EMH

Just read that this blend is changing. Namely the wrapper going from a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper with Cameroon binder and Nic fillers to a PA broadleaf wrap with Sumatra binder and DR/Nic fillers.
I'm a big fan of this stick guess I'll be buying some up for the long haul just in case they blow it.

Thx for the info. FYI, They're also changing the production factory and blend of the Foundation El guegense wise man maduro and corojo.
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#450 Posted: Fri, Mar 15 2024, 8:59 PM EST
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81256 San Pedro Nicaragua. They’re ok. Just a plain one trick cigar. I bought a box of these hoping for manic a couple years back or so. Smoked it driving it’s fine for that purpose.
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