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HdM Hermosos No.4 Añejados

(Pre-Aged Cuban)

Man, I wish I were somewhere that was cigar appropriate, weather wise.  That looks like a nice one.

Wearing the Aqua Terra on the bracelet now?

The pre-aged program by Cuba has been hit or miss and generally not received well by cigar nerds. Unless you believe that new boxes can be cherry-picked and compare with boxes left to rest for a while, the program is a good idea. I think this cigar suffers a bit from the rampant under-filling of cigars coming out of Cuba.

Once the weather gets better, I will send you some interesting stuff. There are rumors of a gathering in Texas at some point as well.

Funny - I have been wearing this watch non stop for more than a year now. I really enjoy it. That and I am too poor to consider anything new at the moment, including the blue-faced Milgauss which would be my likely choice.

Honestly, I prefer an under-fill to an over-fill.

I would love that, thanks man!

I'm not expecting to be buying anything new myself, anytime soon.  There is something nice about having one watch that does it all, though.  My GMT Master was that for me for a long time.

Edited March 14, 20179 yr by EdipisReks1

2014 Cohiba Siglio 4

RA LE with various accoutrements



Tough to break up the box

I smoked a cigar last night, my first of the year, but it was nothing special, just an RP Vintage '99.  It was nice, though.

Just had an Indian Tabac Super Fuerte Natural.  These weren't great when new, but after 10 years in my humidor, not bad at all.  I'm obviously scraping the bottom of the barrel, I need to go shopping.

Sad this marca (brand) is down to only one regularly produced size...

La Gloria Cubana MdO 4

You are truly my cigar sensei, Marc.

Aim to please.

There is a lot of crap still coming out of Cuba. The large ring gauge movement is here to stay and long-skinnies aren't being rolled due to needing longer leaf.

This year was the first time in a while Cuba had a double growing season. Hopefully in 2019 we will start to see the fruits of those labors.

3 minutes ago, luvdunhill said:

Aim to please.

There is a lot of crap still coming out of Cuba. The large ring gauge movement is here to stay and long-skinnies aren't being rolled due to needing longer leaf.

This year was the first time in a while Cuba had a double growing season. Hopefully in 2019 we will start to see the fruits of those labors.

Maybe 2019 will be to Cuban cigars as 2004 was to Bordeaux wine.  If that happens, maybe we can expect 2020 to be nearly as good, but cheaper, just like 2005 was for wine.

On 4/8/2017 at 7:34 PM, luvdunhill said:

Hopefully in 2019 we will start to see the fruits of those labors.

I'll make the gay jokes around here, thank you very much! 

1 hour ago, swt61 said:

I'll make the gay jokes around here, thank you very much! 

* flounces off, muttering bitchily about "long skinnies" *

Arganese CL3.  Very decent, after 9 years in my humidor.  I got about three inches of ash, but that fell off while I was trying to take a pic, of course, so all I have is a pic after the first 15 minutes.  120 minute smoke.

In a minute, it will be some university flake in my Parker Bruyere 45.  You might recognize that tamp, Marc.

That was a damned good cigar.

Uppman vintage Cameroon.  I used to really like these.  it was fine.  Stupid delicious Cubans.  

Head-Case sized box of cigars

RP 1992

2009 Partagas Lusitanias

Against my better judgement in this humidity, but we will see how she burns

Not quite yet, but in a few minutes I'll be smoking some Peterson Old Dublin that has been aging for about a decade in my humidor (and boy does it smell good!) out of my Savinelli Autograph.  I sure miss all those pipes that were stolen, but I guess I smoke a pipe infrequently enough that it's not a big deal, one way or another (I still have a very nice Parker and another Savinelli, from the 60s).

I think this might be the first time I've really smoked the autograph (I think I've smoked a few partials).  Man, it's a good smoker (cool, perfect draw, complex flavor, stays lit, dry to the bottom of the bowl), and this aged Old Dublin is very nice.

Edited September 9, 20179 yr by EdipisReks1