What did you smoke today? (Non-Habanos Edition)

[droy1958]

Compliments of Lynn, Thank You.

Good old cigar from the Fuente's...Haven't had one in a spell.....

[projectsunfire]

Life is good!!!!


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I used to live a few miles from Victory Brewery. Hop Devil was my goto brew for years!


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[projectsunfire]

San Lotano with a few years on it.




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[NeverBend]

Compliments of Lynn, Thank You.

Alan, the La Unica really brings me back (you did that to me with the Leonards pipe as well).

In the early 1980s, Cuesta Rey (owned by the Newman Family) had been the best of the packaged cigars (short filler and perhaps not all tobacco) but the market was changing to higher quality cigars. They introduced La Unica, a handmade, long filer Dominican and despite my initial skepticism, it was very good and became a hit for them. Soon the Cuesta-Rey was reintroduced as a handmade, long filled cigar as well.

About to finish the Oliva "O" that was quite good and I've selected a 2013 Gurkha Signature Collection Double Toro to smoke next but I won't be surprised if I'm posting that in the morning instead.

[Billb1960]

Courtesy of brother @AlanS

[WNYTONY]

El Centurion H2KCT Corona for me today. First one and ROTT but pretty good and should be better with a little rest

[droy1958]

Alan, the La Unica really brings me back (you did that to me with the Leonards pipe as well).

In the early 1980s, Cuesta Rey (owned by the Newman Family) had been the best of the packaged cigars (short filler and perhaps not all tobacco) but the market was changing to higher quality cigars. They introduced La Unica, a handmade, long filer Dominican and despite my initial skepticism, it was very good and became a hit for them. Soon the Cuesta-Rey was reintroduced as a handmade, long filled cigar as well.

About to finish the Oliva "O" that was quite good and I've selected a 2013 Gurkha Signature Collection Double Toro to smoke next but I won't be surprised if I'm posting that in the morning instead.

I can't remember if it was a box or bundle, but I purchased the President size back in the late 1990's. They were a solid milder smoke....

[Cool Breeze]

The wife and I were off work today for the holiday and she wanted to do some christmas shopping.
So I say, "Great, drop me off at the cigar shop and come get me when you're done."

So I'm talking to the manager (who knows what I like) and he says they have a new stick in I should try.
It's a Boliver with a wide red band. I can't for the life of me remember the name of it but it was a maduro, and it was a solid stick. Very nice.

[Upstatemax]

Had my first threesome while the wife was at work:



The middle, habano section was not bad. By the time this cigar hit the maduro section, the cigar was really soft and developed some off-putting sour/bitter notes...

Looks like threesomes are not my thing!

[NeverBend]

I can't remember if it was a box or bundle, but I purchased the President size back in the late 1990's. They were a solid milder smoke....

In the early 1980s, Arturo Fuente was a sleepy company, famous for their Curly Head cigars but they built a new factory in the Dominican Republic just as this country emerged as the leading producer of (non-Cuban) cigars in reputation and popularity. The mild Dominican (olor) cigars were the rage but quality sticks were expensive and bundles were inferior. La Unica filled that void.

Fuente overhauled and improved their own brand and used their excess capacity for contract work like La Unica and Ashton (introduced about the same time). Retailers flocked to Fuente who was making quality cigars across the spectrum from budget to premium.

I'm talking out loud on memory lane...

I'm halfway finished with the 2013 Gurkha Signature Collection Double Toro that I didn't get to smoke last night and on the Good-Bad Gurkha it's halfway, but not all the way, bad. Coupled with some Pinon coffee (light) courtesy of @Chico.Ortiz108.