What did you smoke today (NC) II

[NeverBend]

Now that's one fine looking Havana to relax with Pete.

Evening Bob,

Montecristo #2 is an elegant smoke, very smooth and consistent, good (not great burn), tastes like the leaf was very well aged. Sneaky strong with lots of earth, subtlety and depth. Had to put them back in the cooler or I'd smoke them up.

Fought with another Rocky Patel Broadleaf Churchill earlier. They have flavor but I've had consistency problems with all RP marques. Fooled myself when I had a solid 5-pack (robusto) and and bought three boxes of the Churchills. Maybe the stouter rings are better, certainly more firmly packed.

5-Vegas Gold Toro with spring water. I like these, nicely made Ecuadorian CT wrapper sticks, good citrus with some cream and cedar. I wrote a review of Ecuadorian CT wrapped sticks a while back and I'd put these toward the top of the list. Noted that the recent couple of Macanudo Hype Park that I smoked appear to have changed to Ecuadorian CT from Connecticut wrappers, definitely not the same, caught me by surprise but they are deeper and more complex than the 5-Vegas but less bright flavors. For my tastes it's a switch I can live with but there's none of the old Jamaican type taste that was at least hinted at in the Dominican (lightly sweet molasses like the old Royal Jamaican). Don't know if the rest of the Cafe series is using the Ecuador wrapper and not so sure it will fly with long time Mac smokers.

Sitting on the deck listening to a Willie & Lobo mix on Pandora on a seasonably mild but not cold night.

[LazyLightning]

@NeverBend Hate that it happened at all, but I am glad it was only car damage and she was not hurt.

Internet went out on me yesterday, so couldn't post.
I decided to finally give the Liga #9 a try that @jhedrick83 sent me. I was worried I had hyped this stick to much and it wouldn't be what I expected. Well I was wrong, it was really good, I hated to see it end. I did milk it for almost 2.5hours though. Thanks Jesse!


With it being Friday and all I grabbed an AF Rothschild Maduro and just relaxed after dinner in the beautiful weather we have been having recently.


Have a great weekend ya Bums!

[NeverBend]

@NeverBend Hate that it happened at all, but I am glad it was only car damage and she was not hurt.

Internet went out on me yesterday, so couldn't post.
I decided to finally give the Liga #9 a try that @jhedrick83 sent me. I was worried I had hyped this stick to much and it wouldn't be what I expected. Well I was wrong, it was really good, I hated to see it end. I did milk it for almost 2.5hours though. Thanks Jesse!



With it being Friday and all I grabbed an AF Rothschild Maduro and just relaxed after dinner in the beautiful weather we have been having recently.


Have a great weekend ya Bums!

Hi Chris,

Thanks, I agree, the wife's fine and that's all that counts.

How do you keep things so neat and free of ash! You're my hero.

And that's the best use of Escudo I've ever seen (just kidding).

Pete

[FireTom]

Giving the Swamp Rat a try for round two tonight. The Candela wrapper definitely tames the campfire flavor but I'm still not a big fan.

[Megacab5.9]

Padron 2000 in the morning with coffee and an Aging Room Quattro F55 after a nice succulent T-Bone steak in the evening.

[rodwha]

A bit late as I smoked this last week, which was sent to me by @Zitro_Joe and paired with Laphroaig 10:



As you can see it was well aged! Thanks Joe!

[Bruck]

Had a Balmoral at an outdoor event hosted by one of the local tobacconists. Good time, music, food, company, but the Balmoral didn't move me.

[WNYTONY]

Today's smokes

[Bruck]

Hey, where is everybody? Did I miss the rapture?

Anyway, having a Rolling Thunder 50 Cal that I picked up today. Never heard of it, but there it was in the walk-in humidor, big as life. Who could possibly not buy a cigar called 50 Cal???

It's not too bad BTW.

[LazyLightning]

Hi Chris,

Thanks, I agree, the wife's fine and that's all that counts.

How do you keep things so neat and free of ash! You're my hero.

And that's the best use of Escudo I've ever seen (just kidding).

Pete

Pete,
As for the cleaning question, it basically boils down to a case of OCD. Before I have my first pipe or cigar of the day, I go out and wipe down the little table on the back porch as well as all the accessories. I really need to upgrade my cigar ashtray, ATM I am using the Escudo tin to collect ash for pipe mud. Seeing as I already have 2 16oz jars full you would think I could stop, you would think... LOL

Beautiful day today, low 70's slightly overcast couldn't resist having a two cigar day. Decided to give the Chillin' Moose Too a try, I thought it was pretty good, especially at that price. I still like the originals more, but will get theses again to switch things up from time to time

After dinner treat was a L'Atelier La Mission 1955 from @jhedrick83 , great stick, need to get more soon.