Damn! You caved and bought at current prices!? Glad I still have most of a '19 cab but won't buy more.

Mebbe, as the saying goes, “Everything in moderation”?

Anyone want to trade a couple Por Larranaga Petit Coronas for AF Anejo? I have No 48, 50, and 60 in storage ready to go. I also have some OpusX you might be interested in. I just want to try a couple PLPC before laying out 6 and change for a box of 50. Let me know if interested. Thanks

LGC Medialle D'Or #4 2015

Just a superb cigar if smoked slowly. Sorry that these were discontinued years ago.

Vegueros Tapados '20

Correct. The #1 and #3 were discontinued.

Smoke it. It was a gift.

Even when they first came out they were priced out of my range. I would smoke it. Buckwheat gifted me a 1987 Dunhill Cabinetta. They stopped making them in 1991, I think. I smoked it and even shared it with echo4alpha and xibbumbero.

Best cigar I have ever smoked. Freshly rolled Taboada was #2... I don't know what he rolled me, but it was whatever he was smoking.

Agreed. Smoke it. My MO is always smoke a gifted cigar no matter how good or bad. I have been through almost two boxes of the Behike 52. Can't say they are the best I have had but they were a pleasure for the $16.40 I paid. (long story)

And I also agree that the Taboado that xibbumbero gifted me on our TJ trip was in my top 5 at least. BTW where is that old fire dog?

I think I wrote about this many years back but here goes:

I bought the 1st 10 ct box of Behike 52 something like 10-12 years ago from the Aussie place. I paid $328. At the same time I bought a box of Fonseca for a buddy who wanted a milder, cheaper Cuban. Since these were times that US Customs would intercept contraband boxes they shipped the Fonseca one day and the Behike the next day which was typical.

I was able to track the shipments as far as Customs receiving them in Los Angeles, but they stopped there. After about 35 days I contacted the Aussies and they confirmed they were "lost". They made good on their end, reshipped and I received both boxes about 14 days later.

After smoking 4-5 Behikes over the next 6 months, one day I went to my mail box and there was the original box of Fonseca. The very next day the box of Behike arrived. No notice or letter from Customs, just both boxes were help up for exactly 6 months and then cleared.

I contacted the Aussies and gave them the details and being 6 months old they said just keep them. The Behikes came in a beautiful lacquered black case that was sealed in an unusually very heavy cello and was then wrapped in a strong butcher paper and then wrapped in typical shipping bubble wrap and taped securely. They were then placed in a sealed shipping envelope.

When I opened the Behikes they were soft and moist. It was just like they had been shipped yesterday. Every bit as good as the ones I already had in my humidor.

So 20 Behikes for $328. I still have a few.

Ramon Allones Small Club Corona

HUHC 2019

H. Upmann Connoisseur No. 1
GSO MAY 07

From a box split with Burner 9 years ago.

Cohiba Robusto
REG JUL 19

From a 2020 split with Shaun341.

It was AWESOME! But gotta remember, it was only the 3rd one I’ve ever smoked so don’t necessarily have much of a base to compare. I tried one last year and while good, last nights cigar was definitely much better. Everything was perfect too. Construction, burn, smoke output, no touch-ups. Made me really regret not getting more…like just saying “Frank it, I’ll just get a box or two.”

Hindsight is, of course, always 20/20.

Man, iffin’ you find someone who’s willing to part with their Cubans with fair pricing, you better scoop ‘um up ‘cause fo’ sure if you don’t, someone else will.

Montecristo No. 4 cc. With many thanks to Delta1

I didn’t get much on the nose or cold draw. Beautiful little stick, solid, nice seems, flawless burn and comfortably firm draw. Creamy, buttery, cappaccino froth with a sprinkle of white pepper on kickoff.. Wow, what a special treat. In the middle the pepper is barely there on retro but the creamy flavors are still there and joined by a slightly sweet toasted grain flavor and iit reminds me of the long finish of a nice heavy dark beer. A bit of leather joins the mix just past the halfway mark. Tight hold on ash. Cool smoker. Outstanding. This was one of the best cigars I’ve ever smoked. Thank you, Delta1. What a wonderful gift!

rfenst, I did taste cocoa. I thought it was creamy cocoa like cappuccino froth but I could have described it better as creamy cocoa. It was excellent.

Punch RS#12 from OPM March '09