euodias
2 years ago

LGC Medialle D'Or #4 2015

Just a superb cigar if smoked slowly. Sorry that these were discontinued years ago.

deadeyedick wrote:



The #4s are still around, just rolled pretty infrequently. Some '23 boxes out there.
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deadeyedick
2 years ago

The #4s are still around, just rolled pretty infrequently. Some '23 boxes out there.

euodias wrote:



Correct. The #1 and #3 were discontinued.
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rfenst
2 years ago
Have not smoked it yet, but Saturday I was gifted a Behike 56 worth like $300-400 in today's market. An old friend showed me his humidors/cigar lounge in his new house and he had at least 30 of them. I am thinking I'd probably trade it for a box of something else rather than smoking it as a one-and-done.
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MACS
2 years ago
Smoke it. It was a gift.

Even when they first came out they were priced out of my range. I would smoke it. Buckwheat gifted me a 1987 Dunhill Cabinetta. They stopped making them in 1991, I think. I smoked it and even shared it with echo4alpha and xibbumbero.

Best cigar I have ever smoked. Freshly rolled Taboada was #2... I don't know what he rolled me, but it was whatever he was smoking.
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Palama
2 years ago

Have not smoked it yet, but Saturday I was gifted a Behike 56 worth like $300-400 in today's market. An old friend showed me his humidors/cigar lounge in his new house and he had at least 30 of them. I am thinking I'd probably trade it for a box of something else rather than smoking it as a one-and-done.

rfenst wrote:



Hmm, “something else”. 🤔

Pineapple and grape White Owls? 😰












🤣
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deadeyedick
2 years ago

Smoke it. It was a gift.

Even when they first came out they were priced out of my range. I would smoke it. Buckwheat gifted me a 1987 Dunhill Cabinetta. They stopped making them in 1991, I think. I smoked it and even shared it with echo4alpha and xibbumbero.

Best cigar I have ever smoked. Freshly rolled Taboada was #2... I don't know what he rolled me, but it was whatever he was smoking.

MACS wrote:



Agreed. Smoke it. My MO is always smoke a gifted cigar no matter how good or bad. I have been through almost two boxes of the Behike 52. Can't say they are the best I have had but they were a pleasure for the $16.40 I paid. (long story)

And I also agree that the Taboado that xibbumbero gifted me on our TJ trip was in my top 5 at least. BTW where is that old fire dog?
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Palama
2 years ago

Agreed. Smoke it. My MO is always smoke a gifted cigar no matter how good or bad. I have been through almost two boxes of the Behike 52. Can't say they are the best I have had but they were a pleasure for the $16.40 I paid. (long story)

And I also agree that the Taboado that xibbumbero gifted me on our TJ trip was in my top 5 at least. BTW where is that old fire dog?

deadeyedick wrote:



You’re retired.

Many of us are also retired.

Got relatively plenny time for you to type it out and for us to read it.

Standing by. :-"
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deadeyedick
2 years ago

You’re retired.

Many of us are also retired.

Got relatively plenny time for you to type it out and for us to read it.

Standing by. :-"

Palama wrote:



I think I wrote about this many years back but here goes:

I bought the 1st 10 ct box of Behike 52 something like 10-12 years ago from the Aussie place. I paid $328. At the same time I bought a box of Fonseca for a buddy who wanted a milder, cheaper Cuban. Since these were times that US Customs would intercept contraband boxes they shipped the Fonseca one day and the Behike the next day which was typical.

I was able to track the shipments as far as Customs receiving them in Los Angeles, but they stopped there. After about 35 days I contacted the Aussies and they confirmed they were "lost". They made good on their end, reshipped and I received both boxes about 14 days later.

After smoking 4-5 Behikes over the next 6 months, one day I went to my mail box and there was the original box of Fonseca. The very next day the box of Behike arrived. No notice or letter from Customs, just both boxes were help up for exactly 6 months and then cleared.

I contacted the Aussies and gave them the details and being 6 months old they said just keep them. The Behikes came in a beautiful lacquered black case that was sealed in an unusually very heavy cello and was then wrapped in a strong butcher paper and then wrapped in typical shipping bubble wrap and taped securely. They were then placed in a sealed shipping envelope.

When I opened the Behikes they were soft and moist. It was just like they had been shipped yesterday. Every bit as good as the ones I already had in my humidor.

So 20 Behikes for $328. I still have a few.
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rfenst
2 years ago
DED,

You guys are right that I should smoke it. But, I am going to wait until I have the time and the right environment.

Also, I have had the exact same scenario with aussi place, but the second box showed up like 90 days later. I called them to find out how to send it back and they told me to just keep it and enjoy them. Happened to be the very best box of Monte2 I have ever had.

Also had a terminal place incident where my shipment was in customs for 9-10 days. They did not wait to refund me promptly. New York is a hell hole for CC.

I now only would only buy from vendors who ship through Miami or Chicago as I have never had a problem there.

rfenst
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delta1
2 years ago
Ramon Allones Small Club Corona
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COHoyoMan68
2 years ago
A couple of H. Upmann Regalias with a BOTL
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deadeyedick
2 years ago
HUHC 2019
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stogie30
2 years ago
Cuban Rounds is the best real fake Cuban that's better than fake real Cubans.
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Palama
2 years ago
H. Upmann Connoisseur No. 1
GSO MAY 07

From a box split with Burner 9 years ago.
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deadeyedick
2 years ago
Bolivar RC '17
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Palama
2 years ago
Cohiba Robusto
REG JUL 19

From a 2020 split with Shaun341.
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deadeyedick
2 years ago

Cohiba Robusto
REG JUL 19

From a 2020 split with Shaun341.

Palama wrote:



Interested in what you think. I bought 6 from that split and have been holding.
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Palama
2 years ago

Interested in what you think. I bought 6 from that split and have been holding.

deadeyedick wrote:



It was AWESOME! But gotta remember, it was only the 3rd one I’ve ever smoked so don’t necessarily have much of a base to compare. I tried one last year and while good, last nights cigar was definitely much better. Everything was perfect too. Construction, burn, smoke output, no touch-ups. Made me really regret not getting more…like just saying “Frank it, I’ll just get a box or two.”

Hindsight is, of course, always 20/20. 😣
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rfenst
2 years ago

It was AWESOME! But gotta remember, it was only the 3rd one I’ve ever smoked so don’t necessarily have much of a base to compare. I tried one last year and while good, last nights cigar was definitely much better. Everything was perfect too. Construction, burn, smoke output, no touch-ups. Made me really regret not getting more…like just saying “Frank it, I’ll just get a box or two.”

Hindsight is, of course, always 20/20. 😣

Palama wrote:


I am up for splits most anytime and pocket candelas for whatever someone doesn't like- if the price is semi reasonable...
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Palama
2 years ago

I am up for splits most anytime and pocket candelas for whatever someone doesn't like- if the price is semi reasonable...

rfenst wrote:



Man, iffin’ you find someone who’s willing to part with their Cubans with fair pricing, you better scoop ‘um up ‘cause fo’ sure if you don’t, someone else will.

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