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

[fataman]

[allusred]

Paul Stulac Classic Blend Cross...6x64 just lighting this up on this rather cool Morning, as the coffee fix starts to kick in.

[tonyzoc]

Foundry Elements Krypton


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[RenoH414]

Smoked a Las Calavaras '15 toro and a Joya Red last night. No pics though..

[allusred]

Morning Bob,

How did you like Cuesta-Rey in the 50s/60s? They had a good reputation until they changed their quality and courted the Drugstore trade with White Owl like 3/4 packs. Someone in the Newman family told me that they were the king of packaged cigars, not exactly a reputation I (personally) would want to have.

Sometime after they introduced La Unica they overhauled the Cuesta-Rey line but I've not tried them (handmade again). My posts may sound as if I don't like Cuesta-Rey (cigar or company) but that's not true, I respect that they did an about face with their quality and surprised the industry when they introduced the La Unica that changed perception about bundles, their company and even Fuente.

AJ Fernandez Pinolero (Toro size) kindly supplied by @BryGuySC paired with Pub Blend coffee (light) kindly supplied by @GWBowman . I am a man beset by generosity on all sides .

My chemistry seems to agree with Senor Fernandez cigars and this Pinolero is no exception. It's the E.T. version (extra testicle) of his La Herencia Cubana, same flavor profile but more depth, spice and complexity. Big, spicy snork.

Those earlier cigars from Cuesta Rey were indeed very good on a par with the Berings, lot differing in taste. Priced exactly the same I think.
Not sure of the names of the varied sizes of either brand, as I recall the prices of either brand went some where along this line 20 - 40 - 60 - 80 Cents.
One thing I do recall clearly is that the next to highest priced were a lot better than their largest, which I'm pretty certain was a Churchill, tho cant recall the exact length and ring size. Back then the Corona size was a big cigar, Lonsdale Panatela (Lancero?) were more of a Gentlemans afternoon/evening smoke with the Churchills being
being the attention getters. Lots of Perfectos. The Claro Claro or double Claro were the Green Cigars, much more popular then than now, tho not selling anywhes as many as the EMS. Think the Philadelphias,White Owls, Dutch Masters and El Productos were the big sellers.
Keep wondering if that other, white and gold banded cigar might have been a Perfecto Garcia., or Garcia y Vega. A couple of other brands that I do recall from about that period were Marsh Wheeling, White Ash and House of Windsor,which I thin were a Philadelphia cigar.

[allusred]

Tat Pudgy Frank this morning. Monsters aren't just for October. They are year round!

But...they just aren't Ghurkhas, are they?

[egoo33]

The new Saka


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[jhedrick83]

The new Saka


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What did you think?

[egoo33]

What did you think?

A little too earthy for me but there is some chocolate dying to get out just got through the first third she where she's going


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[egoo33]

@jhendrick83 at $10 make sure it's flavor profile is in your wheelhouse


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