Your Favorite Cigar Smoking Location

Of all the places you have smoked cigars, what place stands out as your favorite--and why?

Do you remember what you smoked, the occasion (if any), the time of day, the time of year, what you ate beforehand/drank with (if applicable), and who you were with (if anyone)?

Will you/can you duplicate this experience--and if so, when do you plan to?

Adam

Veins, good or bad?

I've hada few cigars where veins are present on the wrapper. I have not noticed a direct defect to the smoking experience of any of these cigars because of the vein. I read Matt's review of the Cain Maduro Torpedo and wondered if you all would give me some insight on the vein. Personally, the veins haven't bothered me yet, so what's the story? iS it purely asthetic?

-Joe

Cain Maduro Torpedo (6x54)

Joe, once again thank you for picking this up for me.

I don't know what trippel fermented means, but this is what the website says: "Triple Fermentation is a process by which we bring the tobacco up to temperature three seperate times. This was imperative in making Cain because of the mission to make a Straight Ligero cigar."

Anyway, whatever they did, they found a winner! On the inspection, the wrapper looked a little rough with a large vein running down one side and the head of the torpedo looked a little rough. However, the flavor, oh the flavor was supreme! Tons of spice with the aftertaste of the maduro sweetness. Beautiful draw with no relights. Not too tight, not too loose. Lots of leather, earth and some cedar on the "roll" and boy did the "roll" make my eyes water. Just an all around enjoyable cigar. I would give this a 10 but the wrapper still kind of holds me up. This is a strong 9.9/10

Matt

Cain F Review

Well, I'm still still drooling and a little buzzed, but here is my review.

After cutting, the prelight draw was fantastic and left my lips and tongue tingling-I could tell that this was going to be a spicy cigar. After lighting, the first 5 minutes were very full bodied, peppery and spicy, yet very smooth. Upon exhaling through my nose for the remainder, the peppery-spiciness was in full force, but not harsh or dry. The solid, even-burned light grey ash held together for two inches before falling away. The black pepper was the strong taste throughout, but there were also notes of leather, earth and a sweetness in the far background. A highly enjoyable cigar that left a clean palate. Down to the nub, this cigar was an EXTREMELY smooth smoke.

Before smoking, I had an enchilada meal from the Mexican restaurant down the street, a brownie and a cup of coffee. I'm glad I did because this stogie left me buzzed a little light headed and satisfied. Waring!-May cause a knotted stomach. I'm now ready for a nap.

There are two downsides to the Cain F: 1) it is limited and cannot be bought as a single cigar, 2) for some reason I've already stated that I will share my stash with Matt, Jeff and Adam. I hope you all enjoy as well.

Burn=10.
Draw=10.
Strength=10.
Construction=10.
Taste=10.
Price=$8 ($39.xx pretax for the five pack, but free with a box purchase of the regular Cain habano or maduro-which JRs was kind enough to mix and match me a sampler box.)
Size=Robusto 5 x 50
Burn time=Approximately 1 hour (pretty good for a robusto)

Overall Rating=10

(The picture of the Cain cigars to the left are the maduro and habano torpedoes and 6 x 60s surrounding the F. Click on the picture for Cain's website.)

Thanks

I just wanted to take a minute to say thanks to Adam, Jeff and Joe for Saturday night. Adam for hosting the poker and Jeff and Joe for the great samples of cigars. I posed my thoughts on the Nica Libre and Autum selection but I still need to enjoy the AJ Fernandez.

Thanks again.

Matt

Review - Old World Corojo Honduran, Habano Toro

Old World Corojo Honduran, Habano Toro - I had this while playing golf with Adam last week and have been meaning to post this but have been busy, sorry for the delay. I have been a fan of the maduro for a LONG time now but after this experience, I may switch.

This is a big, box pressed toro with a flawless, seamless, veinless wrapper. Oily to the touch and no hard or soft spots throughout. Prelight aroma of leather and grass (that could have been the golf course). Great even draw with a light ash. Aroma of peat, earth and dusty books. Spicy, medium bodied. VERY refined.

9.5/10

Matt

question of the day

I think I may have asked this Friday, but I can't remember what everybody said.

WHAT IS THE ONE CIGAR THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE IN YOUR HUMIDOR?

Mine? Easy, the VSG.

Matt

Perdomo Lot 23 Maduro Toro & the September OCCS Night

Another great OCCS meeting. Jess and the cubans were awesome as usual, Matt Holliday hit a walk-off home run to help bury the Cubs even further and we had some super fellow patrons.

Perdomo Lot 23 Maduro Toro - This was the cigar of the night. It had a dark, thick maduro wrapper which had some veins and a bit of a rough texture. Slightly oily as well. The band was bigger than usual, but the design was cool. Overall, a good looking cigar. After the cigar was cut, the pre-light draw was great and had tootsie-roll and earthy hints that led to believe that this would be a rich cigar. After lighting, the cocoa, coffee and earthy flavors were there in full force. It was very rich and medium bodied. The cigar held its rich flavor down to the nub. The light gray ash was solid and held very well. Very rich and thick smoke with every draw with an even burn the whole way. If you're in the mood for a well-made rich cigar, this is it. At less than $3 a stick on cigarbid, this was a great value.
9/10

Thanks again for coming out. Looking forward to next month's meeting.

-Joe

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CAO MX2

I just read that CAO is discontinuing the MX2. I have only had one or two and enjoyed them, but it was never one of my go too's (I guess I am not the only one otherwise they would have kept making them).

Anyway, if you like them, get them while you can...

Matt

REVIEW: RP Edge Lite Torpedo <6 x 52>

Let me first say that I had no intention of buying and smoking an Edge Lite. I stopped in the Discount Smoke Shop on Manchester with my Uncle Dave before hitting the Par 3 Golf Course last Sunday morning (he buys his pipe tobacco there). They actually have a decent size walk-in humidor with a good selection. Anyway, I immediately went for the good old standard RP Edge, and I mistakenly picked up an RP Edge Lite (hadn't had my coffee yet, still kind of in a fog).

I was nothing short of pissed when we arrived at the golf course and I went to cut my RP Edge and realized it was an RP Edge Lite. Needless to say, since I had no other options, I cut, lit, and smoked it--and enjoyed every puff.

I noticed very little, if any, similarities between the Edge Lite and the regular Edge (I think this cigar could have been marketed under its own name). The Lite was well made, had a great draw, even burn, with very creamy smoke-but it lacks the spice of the Edge. I would say the Edge Lite is a medium strength, full flavor cigar, and I highly recommend it. 9/10

Adam

size does matter

i read an article the other day that made me think about the size of my cigars i choose. In this article it stated that a larger ring gauge cigar has different flavors than a small ring gauge cigar. take the same cigar in two different sizes and notice the difference. A longsdale or corona has less filler so you will pick up more of the wrapper than the filler,thus larger ring gauge,like a toro or a belicoso , you will taste more of the filler than the wrapper. pretty cool info and i am eager to try this experement. the article came with my cigar of the month club. hope somebody learns something from this. Bring a whole new perspective on ring gauge and how it affects your favorite smoke. HAPPY SMOKING EVERYONE......JEFF