hmmm....... 🤔

I have a toro or two of the Armada left. Think I will break one out soon.

#23 - Stolen Throne Call to Arms from Stogie. Thanks Stogie. This was another great cigar. The first puff landed in the strike zone and it stayed there. Really good. Not the bready creamy thing, but more of a honey walnut, rich tobacco flavor. Very nice.

#24 - PDR A.Flores 1975 Legacy Serie Privada Maduro romusto. Had some burn and draw issues, but they didn't ruin it. It had a heavy earthy flavor (aka dirt) and some cream. Good.

#25 - HVC Pan Calilente that I picked up from the box pass. It was fine, nothing wrong with it, but I think it came too soon after too many higher end cigars. I'm getting spoiled.

#26 - Tabacalera Diaz Delectados Ox Blood from Privada. This is one of those higher end cigars that spoils you. Really nice.

#27 - Black Works Studio Killer Bee from Marcus. Very good, thank you Marcus.

#28 - Diesel Whisky Row Sherry Cask from Stinger. This was another one from one of my PIB lists, and stinger hooked me up. It was good, but I think I liked the regular Whiskey Row that he sent better.

So what’s next. Do I have to smoke my desktop empty? Can I refill it now???? What do you do now ?? I stayed to my goal. Seems you did as well.

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#29 – Florida Sun Grown Intensa toro from Jake. Thank you Jake
#30 – Foundation Olmec romusto from Stogie. Thank you Stogie
#31 – Viaje C-4 from Marcus. I thought the flavor of this cigar was exceptional, but unfortunately, the burn was not. Still really good though.

That’s it. A month of new cigars. Many of these were from the generous BOTL on this forum, and I appreciated every one that I smoked. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to try so many killer new cigars. 👍

Something that I got from this, that I was in no way expecting, is that I think it helped improve my palate. It helped me identify profiles that I like, and it seemed to sharpen my ability to pay attention to the profile of a cigar. I would smoke each new cigar without any buildup or expectation. I wouldn’t read about it or anything. I’d just smoke it and see if I liked it and why. Then I might read a little about it as I was finishing. I would recommend an exercise like this. I am surprised that I got so much out of it.

I thought I would give a Top 3 Of the Month list, but that was impossible, so I changed to a Top 5. Nope. Top 6? No. The best I could do was squeeze it down to a Top 9, and that was a pain and required more work than I thought it would.
But, here is a shot at my Top 9, in the order in which I smoked them:

RoMa Craft Aquitaine Mode 5 (perfecto)
Plata o Plomo by Sinistro (lancero)
E.P. Carrillo Capa de Sol (romusto)
Illusione Haut 10 (romusto)
Black Works Studio Intergalactic (toro-ish)
Foundry Time Flies (romusto)
Stolen Throne Call to Arms (romusto)
Tabacalera Diaz Delectados Ox Blood (toro)
Viaje C-4 (a fat romusto)

To make it a nice even number, I will throw in as an honorable mention the Aging Room Rare Collection romusto that I smoked on New Year’s Eve before I started this. There are more honorable mentions, but you get the point.

I’m not sure what’s next. My “gonna cut down on what I buy” b.s. didn’t last at all. I think I’m gonna re-up that as a February resolution.

short month, good decision

Good luck, Lee. You're on a resolution roll so far this year

Yeah I gotta stop buying. My goal for the year is to not expand beyond current storage.

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Well I’ve blown my resolution of buying smokes. There’s always March I guess……

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Hahahaha! Many of us have been in your predicament many times. 🤣

JTS - started a thread just for you. 🇨🇮

My February resolution lasted 3 days.😢

How are y'all doing with the resolutions? I assume the buying hiatuses have all gone well. Mine never got going. I thought I could at least go a month, but seems not.

Still smoking out of the desktop Jake?

Not good.
Got a box coming. That one stinking box will cost me probably an hour or two of pointless reshuffling trying to get it into my aging cooler.
I simply can’t start another cooler, or I’m doomed…

I sh it the bed on mine. We aren’t gonna talk bout it. But they’re good cigars I got for good prices??? Soooo. I’m gonna say it’s somehow ok?

Cloud hopper box
Manzanita 20 pack
Chinchalle box
Asylum ogre 10er.

Recent box of sobremesa…. 🤦‍♂️

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Thx!!
Now i don’t feel so bad.
You did good. That is a fine batch of cigars.

Thanks king for encouraging my failures lol
Lee basically wiped out the desktop. Maybe 20 left in there. Can’t decide on keeping it running or shutting Ol girl down. Wood is a pain. It’s more of a pain when it gets low on cigars.

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I've been standing strong for one whole quarter. I don't know if that's a personal record, but it might be

Three months!?!? [gonzo]

No cigar buying?!?! 🤐

Sheesh, isn’t that like 21 years in human years? =d>