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

[droy1958]

J. D. Howard Reserve Toro...

[Tgs679]

[Billb1960]

Gifted to me by the manager of my local B&M

[tonyzoc]

My Father's Lancero


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[jp1979]

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[NeverBend]

2013 Cinco Vegas Fifty-Five. I was a bit apprehensive about this one, not much fresh but age becomes it well. Pretty nice smoke now, reminds of the Romeo 1875 I smoked recently but brighter though with less body and nuance but that's still scaling the wall for this stick.

[GWBowman]

It's a good stick but it had trouble holding up to the Defiant whiskey. My mistake. Good stick, good drink, bad pairing.

[Upstatemax]

This is a bit of an odd ball:



This was in a humidor given to me by a buddy that decided he was not interested in smoking anymore. Needless to say, it was abused. The humidor went through sometime of zero maintenance...

In an effort to make some use of these and the humidor, I infused the humidor with bourbon (Knob Creek) and let several cigars from that humidor sit for the past year. Once a month I would re-fresh the humidor with a fresh shot of bourbon for 72 hours.

I have to assume this cigar lost A LOT of it's original flavor from its abuse. It started with a bit of spice for the first 3/4" and switched mainly to a very mellow and slightly sweet profile, creamy. Some earthy, woodsy flavors would pop up every once in a while and quickly fade...

I have never had a proper Pinolero, so it's hard for me to say how much damage was done and how much the bourbon changed the profile...

[Bruck]

Joya de something or other Fuerte (I threw away the band)

[NeverBend]

2013 Rocky Patel Connecticut Toro. I've never bought a box of these, obtaining what I have in samplers, etc., but they're in all my humidors. What's a gut to do but smoke 'em up. Water with ice and a nip of warmed Gekkikan sake.