What are you smoking or What do you enjoy smoking (Pipe & Cigar Thread)

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

I use a punch. I used to straight cut but I like the punch better. Less tobacco eaten that way.

 

[fullmetaljesus]

Yea, I prefer pinch as well. Plus it slows the burn down a bit allowing you to enjoy it a bit more.

 

[Bigtanker]

K. Hansotia & Company
Sherpa limited reserve.

This was one of the 10 cigars for $15 with the carry case I got from CI a while back. This thing is really good. Nice and mild.

 

[1775usmarine]

Ordered 50 RG Santiago Churchill Connecticuts from thompson cigar for 10% off and free shipping using the veteran discount came to 86 and some change.

 

[Bigtanker]

Had no idea the stick I posted about above was a Gurkha. $40 for 25 too.

 

[Expat]

Smoked an Oliva 2nd today during the garden work... box is starting to look empty... I think someone is smoking them up.

 

[ghuns]

Smoked an Oliva 2nd today during the garden work... box is starting to look empty... I think someone is smoking them up.

I have a similar problem with my bourbon collection. How'd all these bottles get so... Empty.

 

[Bigtanker]

I wanted to try a Diesel Whiskey Row. The have a cask (grey ring) and a Sherry cask (pink ring). The place I go to had the cask but not the Sherry. So I just bought it. Haven't smoked it yet but it has a different (good) smell. I suppose they use old bourbon barrels to age the tobacco in. I'll let you know when I try it.

Interesting article about the Sherry Whiskey Row .

https://www.leafenthusiast.com/leaf/cigar-review-diesel-whiskey-row-sherry-cask/

AJ used a blend of Nicaraguan Habano filler, a Brazilian Arapiraca binder from the Alagoas region, and a Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper. The Brazilian binder leaf was aged in Rabbit Hole’s Pedro Ximénez Sherry barrels. Not noted on the press release is the fact that the barrels starts as Pedro Ximénez Sherry barrels, before going to Kentucky to provide additional aging for Rabbit Hole’s Straight Bourbon Whiskey…so the tobacco will pick up characteristics of both beverages that have spent time in the barrels

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

I await you review, BT.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

Restocking the RyJ vintage and a Drew Estate robusto I liked and ran out of. Cigars Int'l.

CI Legends: Drew Estate Pack of 5 XGE-PM-1001

Romeo y Julieta Vintage Pack of 5 RVA-PM-1017

Romeo y Julieta Vintage Pack of 5 RVA-PM-1017

 

[Bigtanker]

I await you review, BT.

It's lit. Report in an hour....

 

[Bigtanker]

My report.

Not a bad cigar at all. I'd put it on the lighter side of medium. A little earthy but no overly so. But the strangest thing is the aftertaste. It's really good. Most cigars, at least for me, leave a "burnt" (best I can describe it) flavor when I'm done. This one has a very pleasant aftertaste. Almost sweet, but it's not sweet when I'm smoking it. I'm interested in the Sherry Cask one now.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

 

[Ingomike]

I use a punch. I used to straight cut but I like the punch better. Less tobacco eaten that way.

I have found that I really like knife cutting the best. I get good draw and very little tobacco in the mouth as the sharp knife just cuts the crown. A lot of the tobacco folks get in the mouth is from the cutter crushing the end.

 

[Bigtanker]

I think a guillotine cutter works best with a torpedo cigar. I'm preferring a punch for now.

 

[Bigtanker]

I enjoyed a CAO Columbia tonight. It was one of the bundle cigars I got in a deal up-thread. Mild and smooth. For a couple dollar stick, it's a winner.

 

[Expat]

I got notice that CI has some 2 buck sale going on... have to see what I might like.

 

[Bigtanker]

I just got another catalog in the mail today. Always good deals too.

 

[Expat]

Item Description		In Stock	Price		Qty	Total
	REO Chairman Pack of 20 Item # REO-PM-1008		In Stock	$39.99		1	$39.99
	Rocky Patel Strada Torpedo Box of 20 Item # RP6-PM-1011		In Stock	$39.99		1	$39.99
	Gurkha Warpig Robusto Pack of 15 Item # GWP-PM-1020		In Stock	$29.99		1	$29.99
	Honey Bourbon Honey Bourbon Item # JKYPBBEEF-1006		In Stock	$0.00		1	$0.00
	Rocky Patel Vintage '90 Mini Belicoso Pack of 10 Item # VKI-PM-1043		In Stock	$34.99		1	$34.99
This is what I will be smoking the next month or so. Except the honey bourbon thing, that was some free jerky.

 

[MCgrease08]

I just got another catalog in the mail today. Always good deals too.

Thumbing through one right now.

At this young stage in my cigar journey I am mainly looking at cheap samplers to find flavor profiles I like. There are a couple of options with cigars around $2-3 each.

I also look for bundles where they throw in free accessories like a torch lighter, cutter or travel humidor.

Until now I generally never had more than 4-10 sticks at a time, but since I've started looking at bundles, I'm to the point where I need to invest in a desk top humidor at the very least.