82587 - Oliva Nub Cameroon
82588 - Macanudo Hyde Park Prince of Wales
82589 - 5 Vegas Series A bellicoso

82590 partagas super partagas 2020 from palama thank you buddy this is good.

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82591 Edgar Julian Shanghai Express from darklord trade.

I'd call it awful but it was just nothing. I ate a piece of banana bread before I went to the garage. All I could taste with each puff was warm air and banana bread residuals. I could see the smoke, faintly smell the smoke, but that was all it did for my senses. Can't truly be awful if it's nothing. But I spose it's awful cause it's just an air heating device and not a cigar.

Can someone fill me in on the CBID lore about the darklord trade?

Assume danm can, but I'm guessing a trade of cigars for some 3Floyds Dark Lord

It's not a cbid thing it's a danm thing.

I used to trade beers from 3 Floyds often. Darklord is their $50/bottle once a year event only release and at the event you buy tickets for a chance to get to buy bottles.

I had a few left in my cellar and instead of trading to people I know I traded with a stranger and got hosed. To be fair, he sent equivalent msrp cigars to what I paid for the beer. But these were unobtainable bottles that sell for hundreds of dollars on secondary market, not just regular limited beers. I'm not attributing malice, I think it was ignorance. Regardless, it was done and I attribute any cigars I didn't purchase when I post them in this thread hence "darklord trade"

Ahhhhh got it. I thought someone named darklord sent you crappy (probably poorly kept) cigars.

That's exactly what I thought... I was sleeping with one eye open in case some guy named Darklord PM'd me wanting to trade cigars...

Guess I can chill the eff out now.

82592 - AF Cuban Belicoso belicoso (in case you didn't get that from the name)
82593 - Cain F lancero

And tenski sold out of the Lirio Rojo.

As far as they were concerned, mission accomplished. I'mma thinking the LRs were in stock for a few months and weren't moving so better to sell them at a lower profit margin than to have them sit in their warehouse collecting dust...or worse yet, getting damaged and become unsaleable.

Makes me think of American Pickers where some people are too attached to their stuff to sell, even if their (ridiculous) price is met. Their emotions get the better of them. No such thing at Tenski.

82594 - DE KFC

82595 AJF Last Call maduro

82596 - AF Anejo #50 thanks to PW

82597: Fughazi something Churchill w/Thanks to Jake
82598: BDL BP Toro, looks like a Maduro w/Thanks to Jake

82599: Arturo Fuente Curly Head thanks to Jake

82600:
AJF Ava Maria Reconquista. Put off buying these because of the coffin they come in. Even though I really like AJF's blends I back off of they just because they looked too gimmicky. They look like something that you get a couple and put in your humidor to look cool. I got a bargain on them so I bit.

Boy was I ever wrong. Upon first look they are different. A long torpedo with an almost black wrapper. They have the scent of a fine well aged tobacco.

Once lit your tongue is bombarded with a smoothness that isn't displayed in full cigars without additional aging. The flavors stay constant all the way to the nub with only slight changes. There was little of the pepper ending so common in most cigars you have just received. This trait reminds of Padrons that arrive ready to smoke.

Final assessment: This cigar to me is a top contender from AJ Fernandez. Quite possible his best yet. There was no harshness anywhere in this blend. If you don't age your cigars for a long time this is a cigar you definitely need to try. If you are into aging this stick has huge possibilities. I will be recommending this cigar to friends and even offering one to the lucky ones. I will be buying all that I see at a bargain to age. I'm not waiting my usual year for fear that they disappear or change of blends as so often happens in this hobby. Stay smokey and enjoy.
 

82601: CH Sobremesa Robusto Largo with thanks to Jake
I’ve been wanting to try one of these for months now. I enjoyed this cigar, full bodied but not too strong. I didn’t really get any flavor breakouts but there was a consistent mineral, salty pleasant mouth watering thing going on. Thanks, Jake. I enjoyed this cigar.

82602 - DE Shade to black
Good new cigar. Its a strong Connecticut which Is how I prefer my Connecticuts.

82603 - CAO MX2 robusto
82604 - Magellan Dominicans corona

82605 - Henry Clay Warhawk - getting kinda hot out there today so a stronger cigar didn't sound as good.