deadeyedick
2 years ago
Next numba is 80989
jeebling
2 years ago
That’s why the call him deadeye!
80989: Partagas Naturales 5.5 x 49
This is the 4th blend out a fiver. Can’t wait for this to be over.
danmdevries
2 years ago
80990 Girls Guns Gold lancero got in darklord trade.

It's rolled well and not a plugged lancero. Dry woody flavor, no real sweet cream I was expecting to get real concentrated CT flavors from a lance but it's more habano tasting to me, maybe its a habano wrapper. I haven't looked this one up yet. A bit minerally and grainy like when you bite into a piece of undercooked rice. Little light leather. Bit of light pepper on retrohale but it stays in my sinuses. It's honestly alike a cuban profile the more I think of it. If that was their aim, I'd say it's pretty darn good.

So it's a Caldwell "crafted and curated" dunno how that's different from lost n found. Well I looked up the cigar, and it's not.

“This is what happens when you have two cigar companies and your partners from Caldwell bitch about Lost&Found,” said Caldwell in a video posted on Instagram. “You port a SKU over and you drop Girls Guns Gold, now by Caldwell Cigars.”

halfwheel.com wrote:



Little past Halfway through it's a decent cigar. I wouldn't buy it but I'm gonna finish it. More earthy/mineral, the sinus-searing pepper comes and goes. Maybe there's one small broken strip of ligero in there that's just not always part of the draw. I dunno. I like it. I'd smoke another but I wouldn't buy another. Overall it was an interesting cigar.

I'll add more if there is more in the 2nd half but it's pretty dry for a CT, it's mineral flavors are borderline metallic but I've had others I'd say are more metallic than mineral. This is kinda like when I used to lick road salt as a kid. The pepper when it's there is like horseradish more than peppercorns. I put it down at 90 minutes and still had at least 30 minutes to go. I'll stick with my smoke it if I got it but I'm not gonna pay for it assessment.
tonygraz
2 years ago
80991 - Pinar De Rio Selection Reserve Limitado '10 toro
80992 - Macanudo Inspirado White robusto
LeeBot
2 years ago

Hey Palama, I’ve noticed that you old timers tip your hat to the person you got a particular cigar from. How do you keep track of that with so many cigars? Do you tie them in a bundle and attach a note? Segregate in a ziplock within your humidor? Do you keep a written inventory? I appreciate any tips you can offer and anyone else reading this please feel free to give a n00b your advice. Thanks to everyone.

jeebling wrote:


I keep mine in an unclosed ziploc with the person's name written in sharpie on the outside. Where I get in trouble is when I take a cigar out to smoke, change my mind and decide to save it, but don't put it back in the bag. Sometimes I'll just put it in the desktop thinking I will definitely remember who gave it to me, but I have a mind like a sieve.

80993 - Privada DK Duo Bleu rothshild
80994 - 5 Vegas shorty
80995 - DE Papas Fritas
Stogie1020
2 years ago
80996 Punch Diablo.


Man, I used to smoke a ton of these. Not sure why, though. This one has been sitting for over two years and for the life of me I can't figuree out what I saw in them or why I bought so many. I mean, they aren't bad, but...
danmdevries
2 years ago

Hey Palama, I’ve noticed that you old timers tip your hat to the person you got a particular cigar from. How do you keep track of that with so many cigars? Do you tie them in a bundle and attach a note? Segregate in a ziplock within your humidor? Do you keep a written inventory? I appreciate any tips you can offer and anyone else reading this please feel free to give a n00b your advice. Thanks to everyone.

jeebling wrote:



I usually rely on memory but it often fails me.

I have blank bands I bought years ago I use to handwrite info on some especially if no cello.

You can also take a post it note, slice perpendicular to the adhesive, write your info on there and wrap it around the cigar.

I used a fine tip marker to write directly on thr cello for a while.

Lately I've taken to opening a spreadsheet, inserting the name and date on every other line in a single column. Print it out and cut em up. The strips fit nicely under a piece of scotch tape and then I stick that on the cello. Not my idea, I started after getting some from Conan dated in a similar fashion. I started dating all my cigars this way.
jeebling
2 years ago
Thanks Lee and danm. I will take your ideas onboard.
Palama
2 years ago

Hey Palama, I’ve noticed that you old timers tip your hat to the person you got a particular cigar from. How do you keep track of that with so many cigars? Do you tie them in a bundle and attach a note? Segregate in a ziplock within your humidor? Do you keep a written inventory? I appreciate any tips you can offer and anyone else reading this please feel free to give a n00b your advice. Thanks to everyone.

jeebling wrote:



I keep a rather detailed / OCD Excel spreadsheet with every cigar purchased, traded, given, etc., as well as when I smoked them. I also note who, where or how I acquired them. Iffin’ you’re not afflicted with this crazy abnormality, you’d consider it crazy but iffin’ you got it bad like me, you hafta do it otherwise you can’t sleep at night. 🤣

And, as Dan alluded to, I keep track of when I received each cigar. On cello’d cigars I write it on a piece of paper and tape it to the cellophane. On unbanded cigars I cut the paper longer and wrap it around kinda like a band.
325AIR
2 years ago
80997 - Oliva V Melanio figurado
80998 - My Father Le Bijou 1922 torpedo
80999 - Last of My Kind toro (not recommended)
Palama
2 years ago
#81,000 - Isabela Serpentine

Thanks to JTS. The Jakester RAOK'd be a couple years ago...Conan da Spreadsheet Keeper keeps receipts. 🤨
Tiver
2 years ago

80996 Punch Diablo.


Man, I used to smoke a ton of these. Not sure why, though. This one has been sitting for over two years and for the life of me I can't figuree out what I saw in them or why I bought so many. I mean, they aren't bad, but...

Stogie1020 wrote:




Because one needs to have toss around cigars to do things that aren't particularly respectful to the cigar being smoked 🇨🇮

Yard 'gar, fishing 'gar, outside when the wind is farkin' with ya 'gar. Mooch 'gar. Anytime 'gar that if you have to toss it at the half-way point you don't feel bad because it's expendable. Didn't cost much, wasn't offensive.

Just an offer of support 'cause I know that's where I'm at on a few.
fourfear
2 years ago
81001-AJF Bellas Artes
81002-AJF New World
81003-MF La Opulencia
81004-TAT M.E.
81005-Diamond Crown Maximus
81006-Padron 7000
Jakethesnake86
2 years ago
Jeebs I write the name on a sticker and stick it on the cello to keep track. It’s a process but it keeps track of things. (Where I got cigars that were gifts)
I’m the snake
KingoftheCove
2 years ago

80996 Punch Diablo.


Man, I used to smoke a ton of these. Not sure why, though. This one has been sitting for over two years and for the life of me I can't figuree out what I saw in them or why I bought so many. I mean, they aren't bad, but...

Stogie1020 wrote:


Happens to all of us…..
More than one for me, but the one that stands out was the 5Vegas AAA Special Lancero from long ago.
Thought they were great……..…stocked up a bit……….…eh, then they weren’t great…

Wheel (RIP) was right……….5 Vegas suq….
jeebling
2 years ago

I keep a rather detailed / OCD Excel spreadsheet with every cigar purchased, traded, given, etc., as well as when I smoked them. I also note who, where or how I acquired them. Iffin’ you’re not afflicted with this crazy abnormality, you’d consider it crazy but iffin’ you got it bad like me, you hafta do it otherwise you can’t sleep at night. 🤣

And, as Dan alluded to, I keep track of when I received each cigar. On cello’d cigars I write it on a piece of paper and tape it to the cellophane. On unbanded cigars I cut the paper longer and wrap it around kinda like a band.

Palama wrote:


Thank you, Palama. It looks like I’ve got some work to do here. Thank you, sir. May I have another!
[spank]
jeebling
2 years ago

Jeebs I write the name on a sticker and stick it on the cello to keep track. It’s a process but it keeps track of things. (Where I got cigars that were gifts)

Jakethesnake86 wrote:


Thanks, Jake. Seems like this is pretty much the consensus. More or less.
jeebling
2 years ago
81007: La Harencia Cubana Toro
I smoked a fiver of the robustos and liked it. So I bought a tenner of the toros. The first out of ten did not taste at all like the fiver. It was extremely earthy and had a dank rotted leaves flavor that was fairly strong. I don’t eat at McDonald’s these days but they are terrific at have consistent quality. They meet expectations every time. That’s the consistency I want in a cigar. I’ve found that Aging Room Quattro and LGC Serie R has that kind of consistency. Now I cast a jaundiced eye on La Harencia. Hoping the next 9 will be what I expected.
2 years ago

I don’t eat at McDonald’s these days but they are terrific at have consistent quality.

jeebling wrote:


McDonald's is far from quality.
2 years ago
81008 - Casa de turrent
Bitter and unpleasant. Like McDonald's hamburgers. Probably due to the fact it's a Mexican San Andres wrapper which im not a huge fan of.
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