82028 Quintero Breva

82030 - Padron 5K NT

82031 - Warped Corto c/o Tiver

Liked it enough, I bought a fiver. Been really enjoying Warped stuff lately.

Ah yes, I remember Palama was giving Sky Moon pretty high praise at some point. I’ll definitely give them a try if I see a good sale come across.

82033 Warped Devil's Hands. Starts off dry and spicy. Watering eyes from the first retro. Quickly settles into a sweet and spicy play. Texture more creamy less dry. Rich silty soil and minerals along with sweet spiced nuts. Fantastic cigar I can't wait to see how they progress with time if I can keep from pulling them out. So damn good. Smoked this one till my fingertips and lips couldn't handle the heat.

82035 Camacho Connecticut with thanks to jeebling. Going in, I've never had a big band Camacho I've liked.

First light pretty basic Connie. First ash drop, basic Connie. Little sweet bread, little grassy, little pepper on retro.

Halfway it's a pretty basic Connie.

Finished as a pretty basic Connie. Could have just about any brand name on there. Nothing special but nothing bad, it's a pretty basic Connie.

82039 - Esteban Carreras 211

82041 CAO Flathead 660 with thanks to jeebling.

I've not had one of these in ages. They came out back in my shpo days, probably at the end around 2013ish. I picked up a few of them and thought they were great. But I also was mostly smoking the big cigar brands, not the boutiques, so my tastes were different then.

First off, this cigar is too big. 6x60 is not my thing. But I'm gonna smoke it because it's the next one in line. The box press does seem to help hide the girth but like women's clothing that supposedly hides their girth, theres still a fat chick underneath. First light kinda harsh, dry, peppery. But it settled down. Draw is perfect, burn is perfect, ash is solid. Dirt and leathery with some metallic sharpness I presume is some ligero in the blend. Maybe MSA maybe just a harsh broadleaf I can't tell. Used coffee grounds. But it all works well together. Being a STG product I wanted to chit on it but it's pretty good. Not my preferred profile but I can appreciate it.

I smoked it fast, but it didn't care. It's a decent to good cigar. No big transitions throughout but beyond the halfway point it got a slight bit sweeter. I wouldn't buy one but I'd smoke another. Hour twenty smoke time, I smoked it fast. I did put it down with a good bit of length left because an inch or so past halfway it lost its luster and got boring.

Glad it was ok, Danm. This cigar is in my top 5 currently. You are right about the girth though. Recently I’ve been preferring a 48 or 50 gauge vitola.

82043 = Original Cubans robusto

82044 - LFD Double Ligero Maduro 452

Even in this smaller offering this will knock the piss out of you if you not ready.

^Right on, thanks JGRAZ

I was thinking the same thing. I've only had one Intemperance, but it did not do it for me. I've liked the other RoMa Craft I've tried.

^ That's interesting. I know the one I tried was ROTT because I was at the mothership and bought it and smoked it there.

82046: RP Decade 46: For some reason I have 2 pairs of these (2 46's and 2 lonsdales). Decided to smoke the newer ones first to let the Lonsdales get even older. NH this vitola. Solid. Cedar and pepper to start, then transition to pepper with a hint of sweetness (like cherry cordial) then finishes back to the cedar, pepper and a cinnamon finish.

Happy Anniversary CMD!! Wishing you and yours the best

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The Whiskey Rebellion is actually one of the Intemperance that I haven't tried, and I do have a few sitting so that's good news to look forward to. Another I've heard good things about is the Volsted, haven't tried that either and have a few as well

As to not being able to guarantee the same tobaccos each time, that explains why they have just changed the CroMagnon blend. Haven't tried the new but I've been actively buying up what old I can find, and afford.

Foundation Cigars is having growing pains as well and having to change some of their blends. Nick Melillo has recently moved his HQ to Connecticut and is beginning to farm more of his tobacco. I’m hoping this is something that he can manage and that he gets the tobacco he wants.

Happy Anniversary !!

82050- Byron Reserva 4 Años

Had a diesel lancero awhile back that I really liked

82053 Diesel Whiskey Rebellion with thanks to jeebling.

First light already has a body and the pepper is subdued. Definitely a better cigar than the last one. Fairly dry texture, bitter nuts, woody. All the habano wrapper things I dislike. Uncharacteristic of AJF this thing will only burn on one side. Multiple touchups and can not get it to stay straight. The main band is rather large and at 2" I already had to remove it and of course it's glued to the wrapper. Took off about a 1" square maybe that's the issue but the binder is intact. The side that won't burn is the side with the hole.

Doesn't seem to adversely affect it though, flavors got better. More rich texture, some caramel sweetness, the bitterness and dry wood has left. Touchup number 4 I lightly purged and saw no smoke escape the wrapper void so I don't think that's the issue. Still a dry texture

Overall decent, had to put in too much effort with touchups. Habanos aren't my jam but it tastes true to style. Didn't pick up anything to indicate barrel aging though. I expected something unique to pop out but it was just a generic oily habano all the way. The burn line did correct at about 2" remaining.

That has been my experience as well. I haven't found an AJ cigar I really love though, but several that were good. I did pick up a couple El pulpo, well see how he does with a $10+ cigar...

82055 - Melanio Maduro romusto
80256 - Battleground Armistead corona from PapaWhiskey. Thank you, PW! First Battleground I have had, interesting.