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danmdevries Offline
#1601 Posted: Sat, Apr 27 2024, 5:35 PM EST
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82187 LA Aurora 1903 preferidos Connecticut with thanks to jeebling. I like LA Aurora, so let's see how they do CTs.

When I took off the footband a big chunk of wrapper came with it. But it took a light just fine. Draw is wide open. Flavors are mild but they're there. Toasted bread maybe a lil peanuts. No pepper on retro, weird for a Connie. It's very mild, very pleasant. Creamy texture. Couple ash drops later, it's a very good Connie. I'm enjoying it. Would've been better as my first cigar of the day or before I ate a giant bowl of brisket n rice with my homemade ghost pepper bbq sauce mixed in. But despite those things, it's still an excellent cigar. It can go on the short list of Connie's I would recommend.
KingoftheCove Offline
#1602 Posted: Sat, Apr 27 2024, 5:38 PM EST
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82188
CH Le Careme Hermoso
jeebling Offline
#1603 Posted: Sat, Apr 27 2024, 5:41 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
82187 LA Aurora 1903 preferidos Connecticut with thanks to jeebling. I like LA Aurora, so let's see how they do CTs.


I haven’t tried those yet. I believe that Connie’s don’t need to rest as long as the dark Maduro, Oscuro, etc., thicker leaf tobacco. If I’m wrong please correct me. Anyway, I’m looking forward to trying those.
danmdevries Offline
#1604 Posted: Sat, Apr 27 2024, 6:01 PM EST
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jeebling wrote:
I haven’t tried those yet. I believe that Connie’s don’t need to rest as long as the dark Maduro, Oscuro, etc., thicker leaf tobacco. If I’m wrong please correct me. Anyway, I’m looking forward to trying those.


If a CT shade is too spicy sometimes age can help with that but for the most part aging them leaves you with a whole lotta nothing. This one was great. Very mild start, then light and sweet, then ramped up gradually at the end with Dominican earthy tones and a good bit of pepper. I have some of these in broadleaf. Haven't tried yet tho. Many years ago ZRX1200 did a blind tasting with La Aurora and I believe it was the 1903 broadleaf and they were phenomenal.
MaduroJorge Offline
#1605 Posted: Sat, Apr 27 2024, 6:15 PM EST
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82189 Bolivar Cofradia
Huzza3045 Offline
#1606 Posted: Sat, Apr 27 2024, 6:16 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
82187 LA Aurora 1903 preferidos Connecticut with thanks to jeebling. I like LA Aurora, so let's see how they do CTs.



All of the sticks from the preferido line are fantastic, in my opinion.
325AIR Offline
#1607 Posted: Sat, Apr 27 2024, 7:04 PM EST
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82190 - Padron 1964 Anniversary Series maduro torpedo
82191 - Liga Privada No. 9 Flying Pig
MidnightToker( • )( • ) Offline
#1608 Posted: Sat, Apr 27 2024, 7:09 PM EST
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82192 - DE KFC
Plowboy221 Offline
#1609 Posted: Sat, Apr 27 2024, 7:14 PM EST
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82193- Don Pepin Vintage Edition
danmdevries Offline
#1610 Posted: Sat, Apr 27 2024, 7:45 PM EST
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82194 Ezra Zion Kashmir caramel with thanks to Jeebling.

I was/am looking forward to this one. It's a brand I wouldn't buy because of their whole short run limited gimmick. This one is total production 615 cigars iirc. So did they make it to be this cigar? Or was this a test batch reject from a factory they rebranded as their own? Is this like Caldwell lost n found? Can't imagine any cigar factory worthwhile contracting for such a short run. Maybe they roll their own. Maybe they have connections. I don't know the whole story about the brand other than manufactured exclusivity.

Wrapper is a matte CT shade. Draw is medium. First light pretty standard CT shade kinda dry, papery, nutty, with a hint of grassy. Burn at 1" is flawlessly sharp. Slight pepper on retro. There's some interesting background players slight maple syrup in the finish very slight. Maybe Aunt Jemima, not the real thing. Regular pancake syrup. But it's an overall dry texture and that note is faint and fleeting.

Slight strength progression but not much change in flavor. Getting a bit harsher in the final 2".

Overall a decent to good CT shade but there's so many decent to good CT shade cigars that this one didn't need to be made. One of only 600 single cigars that's not significantly different than 600 other brands making the same cigar. I enjoyed it but maintain my stance on Ezra Zion.
MaduroJorge Offline
#1611 Posted: Sat, Apr 27 2024, 8:24 PM EST
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82195 Oliva V melanio toro
jeebling Offline
#1612 Posted: Sat, Apr 27 2024, 9:20 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
If a CT shade is too spicy sometimes age can help with that but for the most part aging them leaves you with a whole lotta nothing. This one was great. Very mild start, then light and sweet, then ramped up gradually at the end with Dominican earthy tones and a good bit of pepper. I have some of these in broadleaf. Haven't tried yet tho. Many years ago ZRX1200 did a blind tasting with La Aurora and I believe it was the 1903 broadleaf and they were phenomenal.


Sounds like my kind of cigar. I’ll be pulling some out soon.
jeebling Offline
#1613 Posted: Sat, Apr 27 2024, 9:30 PM EST
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82196: Latitude Zero Signature BP Robusto (5.0"x54)
This cigar is well made. Dark and oily Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper. I had a slightly crooked burn line that needed touch up in back half of final third. Woody, earthy, peppery to start. Transition into 2nd third the Dr. Pepper flavor started peeking in. A touch of dark cocoa on lucky draws. Final third the Dr. Pepper flavor transitions to mild molasses with a slight twang. I think maybe it would improve with a few more weeks or a couple months in storage. The flavors are not strong and the leading characteristic is a full bodied, just sweet enough dark tobacco. Pretty good though I am not sure if I’ll buy more of these because I know I’ll have to hang onto them for several months to get them in top condition.
Stogie1020 Offline
#1614 Posted: Sat, Apr 27 2024, 10:13 PM EST
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82197 EZ 9 Year Anniversary
RobertHively Offline
#1615 Posted: Sat, Apr 27 2024, 10:58 PM EST
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82198- My Father La Opulencia 4.5x48
325AIR Offline
#1616 Posted: Sat, Apr 27 2024, 11:00 PM EST
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82199 - Warped The Devil's Hands
82200 - Punch Diablo Scamp
325AIR Offline
#1617 Posted: Sat, Apr 27 2024, 11:03 PM EST
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RobertHively wrote:
82198- My Father La Opulencia 4.5x48


One of my favorites. Good choice.
Palama Offline
#1618 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 2:34 AM EST
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#82,201 - JRE Aladino Corojo Corona

Last of a couple of 5ers from the small place. Wonderful. Luckily I have a few more.
Palama Offline
#1619 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 4:12 AM EST
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Damn double post! d'oh!
RobertHively Offline
#1620 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 8:55 AM EST
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325AIR wrote:
One of my favorites. Good choice.


I don't think many guys, here, smoke that blend.

I've been smoking them on and off for around 3 years now.

Have only had the short robusto size, but I'm on my second box. I think they're a really good smoke.

Mexican San Andreas wrapper done right imo. I like how the cigar slowly builds in strength too.
LeeBot Offline
#1621 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 9:19 AM EST
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jeebling wrote:
Sounds like my kind of cigar. I’ll be pulling some out soon.

I had the broadleaf double perfecto recently, one of the tubed ones, and it was fantastic. This is one of those cigars that is hard to find in a romusto size, and the romustos cost twice as much as the toro. I sort of want to try the toro because it's so much less expensive, but it's 54rg, and that just gives me a lot of pause. That the toros are easy to get, and cost half as much, tells me that people really prefer the romusto.


82202 - Blind Cigar #2 toro from Huzza. This was an excellent cigar, Huzza. Thank you! I'm calling it the premium without even smoking #3 yet. I'll happily be wrong though. If this is some $6 cigar, I'm buying some pronto, storage space be dammed.
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#1622 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 10:36 AM EST
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82202 - AF Don Carlos Presidente - thanks to PW for the really nice smoke ThumpUp
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#1623 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 12:11 PM EST
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82,203~ LP T52 Coronette thanks to KOC
82,204~ AF Hemingway UTSM thanks to Dan
325AIR Offline
#1624 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 12:31 PM EST
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82205 - Padron Serie 1926 #48 maduro
MidnightToker( • )( • ) Offline
#1625 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 12:40 PM EST
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*82207 - AB Magic Toast
Smoked at church
jeebling Offline
#1626 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 1:26 PM EST
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82208: Room 101 Muzzle Loader Gordo 6 x 60
Beautiful Habano wrapper and impressive construction. Lots of barnyard on the nose and kickoff. Routine earthy and woody, second third the Dr. Pepper retro of dark Mexican ligero and spicy strength of Nic ligero show up w/nothing really breaking out. Final third body and strength increases but flavor profile tastes like non-descript Habano wrapper and dark tobacco twang. I had expected more flavor out of this. I will call it Habano yard ‘gar.
danmdevries Offline
#1627 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 1:35 PM EST
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82209 Ezra Zion Tantrum with thanks to jeebling.

Box pressed lancero medium brown matte wrapper. Draw is medium. First light nutty, peppery, dry but sweet. Nice mix of spices on retro. Settles to a very pleasant sweet nutty creamy smoke with a little pepper and assorted spices on retro. There's a little ligero metallic tingle in there but it's faint. Turned a little less sweet and more earthy spicy with more ligero presence in the last 3" but overall quite nice.

This was an excellent cigar. Well made and I enjoyed it. Took it down to the nub. Strength went to 11 in the final bit. Looked it up and their description is pretty spot on. Starts off aggressive, chills out in the middle, then punches you in the teeth at the end.
tonygraz Offline
#1628 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 2:21 PM EST
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82210 - Unclaimed Maduro robusto grande
danmdevries Offline
#1629 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 2:27 PM EST
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82211 La Barba Red with thanks to jeebling.


Starts off fairly bitter. Wet cedar. Slightly astringent. Open draw. Inch in, less bitter, more cedar. Quite muted. Being a Caldwell product I didn't have high hopes, it's living up to my expectations. Burn issuescame up after 2". Multiple attempts to correct left me with one side burning fast, one side a 2 inch long spear of glowing red rock hard coal that never turned to ash. What little flavor was there has left and it fell into the firepit.
danmdevries Offline
#1630 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 3:23 PM EST
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82212 La Gloria Cubana Wavell with thanks to jeebling. LGC was a go-to brand of mine back in my shpo days. I remember riding my motorcycle to the shpo and they were having a LGC event. That was in 2010 and the first time i smoked more than 1 cigar in a sitting. May be a trip down memory lane. Maybe not. I only smoked the dark wrapper ones. This looks like a habano.

Lit it up. Dry woody flavors. No memories here. Pleasant. Nothing to excite or disappoint. It's not bad. Typical General Cigar fare. I finished it.
325AIR Offline
#1631 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 4:19 PM EST
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82213 - La Colmena Black Honey belicoso
Plowboy221 Offline
#1632 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 4:40 PM EST
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82214- El Septimo The Raphael
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#1633 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 4:56 PM EST
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LeeBot wrote:

82202 - Blind Cigar #2 toro from Huzza. This was an excellent cigar, Huzza. Thank you! I'm calling it the premium without even smoking #3 yet. I'll happily be wrong though. If this is some $6 cigar, I'm buying some pronto, storage space be dammed.


Who knows. Could be the premium, could be the yard gar Think

You’ll have to smoke that last one soon and post your reviews and I’ll let you know.
MidnightToker( • )( • ) Offline
#1634 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 5:47 PM EST
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82215 - Tabernacle broadleaf maduro
After steak cigar
danmdevries Offline
#1635 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 6:09 PM EST
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82216 La Herencia Cubana with thanks to jeebling. I don't have high hopes, I remember these being stupid cheap on cbid when I first came here. I did buy a LHC core branded cutter for like $5. But that's the extent of my knowledge on the brand. Low threshold for tossing this one but I'll try anything once.

Lit it, wide open draw. Dry. No flavors other than just like a generic burning tobacco. Theres smoke, a burn on retro, but that's about it. I'll give it an inch or so to bring anything to the table.

It did not. This one's going on the bad list. Dry generic burning tobacco.
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#1636 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 6:12 PM EST
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82217 - Punch Dragon Fire
RobertHively Offline
#1637 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 6:20 PM EST
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82218- My Father La Promesa 5.5x54
danmdevries Offline
#1638 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 6:37 PM EST
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82219 Montecristo Perlado with thanks to jeebling.

First light is the usual CT shade notes. At 2" it's needed a touchup and a relight. Could use another touchup but I don't think I'll bother. It's a CT shade from General. I'll leave it crooked. Closing in on halfway it's still doing nothing special. Mildly sweet, inoffensive, unremarkable. I'd consider finishing it because it's not bad, but I'd like something that's better than not bad to close out the night. To be fair, a CT shade as cigar 4 or 5 of the day isn't fair either. But I have no desire to be fair to STG.
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#1639 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 6:46 PM EST
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82220 - Rocky Patel Number 6 is about to be cut and lit
325AIR Offline
#1640 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 6:48 PM EST
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82221 - Unknown II by Kyle Gellis of Drop Cigar Club - 5.25x48 Nicaraguan puro
danmdevries Offline
#1641 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 6:53 PM EST
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82222 My Father la Gran Oferta lancero with thanks to jeebling. I was once a huge fan of MF. Maybe still am, but I've not bought much from them lately, trying other things. Got in a rut and was smoking them almost exclusively. So I like MF, I like lanceros. Fingers crossed.

First light dry habano. Crap. It backs off after an inch. Fairly typical my father notes. Cream, coffee, pepper lil woody. My tongue is suffering from excessive smoking today so I'll miss nuance I'm sure. But it's already exponentially better than the last two simply on the merit that there's something there. Draw is good, burn is straight enough. Date on jeebs sticker is 4/24 and MFs usually need some rest to shine. But it's got the pepin pepper, dark earthy notes, coffee n cream no sugar the bitter woodiness and astringency stuck around but not enough that I have to back out early. Smoked the whole thing.

It's decent, but not a profile I prefer. If you like habano wrapper, go for it.
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#1642 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 7:31 PM EST
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82223 - Mystery cigar "Fred the Bull" from blind review trade - thanks Jake
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#1643 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 9:15 PM EST
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82224 - Macanudo Insparado Green robusto
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#1644 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 9:49 PM EST
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82225 -- AVO Heritage lancero with about 10 years rest...these were pretty good many moons ago and I was pleasantly surprised to find it.

first half was pretty good...got harsh and leaked a bitter tarry residue that wasn't pleasant on my tongue/lips...tossed with about 1/3 left
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#1645 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 10:06 PM EST
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82226 tatuaje tattoo from drginc thank you sir!
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#1646 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 10:14 PM EST
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B.harrington.21 wrote:
82220 - Rocky Patel Number 6 is about to be cut and lit


Looking forward to your thoughts on this one
Herfing
jeebling Offline
#1647 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 10:14 PM EST
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82227: Mystery cigar #3 with thanks to LEEBOT
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#1648 Posted: Sun, Apr 28 2024, 10:17 PM EST
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82228 Stolen Throne Crook of the Crown
Palama Offline
#1649 Posted: Mon, Apr 29 2024, 2:28 AM EST
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#82,22NINE - Guardian of the Farm Maduro Nightwatch
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#1650 Posted: Mon, Apr 29 2024, 6:46 AM EST
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Palama wrote:
#82,22NINE - Guardian of the Farm Maduro Nightwatch


I keep looking at those. Worth buying?
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