Question of the week

This may be a little more thought than any of us want to put into this but how do we (you) rate your cigars?

Part two: Should we come up with a Standard grading system?

How I do it honestly is more how I feel about it at the end. I give everything a 5 just because it is a cigar and then add or take away points on how much I enjoy it.

Some things to consider:
Draw
Burn
Flavor
Apparance
Construction
Aroma

What other type of variables should there be? Any input would be appreciated.

Matt

febuary meeting

Hello everyone, It was good to see everybody last night, I think a good time was by all,sorry John didn't make it though. Thank you for the chilli pizza Joe. It was awesome!! This months cigar was the ROOM 101 GORDO,6 BY 60.8/10 I really enjoyed this cigar,very smooth with a wonderful aroma. Great flavors and the burn was pretty even. Getting them in the mail the day of the meeting was cutting it close though. ...HAPPY SMOKING EVERYONE..........Jeffro

Food, OCCS Evenings and Lent

Hope everyone is doing great. Just want to throw a couple of things out there. We’ll have chili pizza this Friday at Jeff’s. The chili will contain no meat so you can still enjoy if you are observing Lent.

Jeff has been kind enough to let us meet at his place again for this March’s OCCS evening—couldn’t think of a better place—thanks again Jeff. Again, the date of the March OCCS evening is still March 26th. This will also be during Lent and I just so happen to have several bags of bluegill filets (maybe some crappie too—not sure) in my freezer. How does a fish-fry sound? I could bring some fries or tater-tots too. Does anyone have a turkey fryer?

Sound good?

(No, I do not have a cigar chosen for March yet.)

Take care-
Joe

Question of the week

We may have discussed this in the past but haven't really talked about it on the blog.

Do you find yourself smoking the same cigars time after time or are you more of a variety type of smoker?

Myself, I tend to smoke the same things over and over. I like to buy boxes to save $ so I find myself smoking say a Serie V or a Rocky Patel Edge until they are gone. I usually save the singles for times when I know I have a couple hours to spare so I can give it a proper evaluation.

Matt

REVIEW: CAO LA TRAVIATA

i went by paradise liquers friday and saw thay had the new CAO'S. so i had to have one or two. i'd call these medium to full. lot of scicy flavors like pepper and a hint of carmel, some coffee notes. even burn throughout. very very nice aroma. for 5.50 a stick it reasonble . i would definately recommend this to everyone 8/10.i loved this cigar.i just might change to this one for febuaries pick........happy smoking everyone......jeff

OCCS is 2 YEARS OLD this Month!!

It's been two years since our first official meeting--held at Growler's, of course, on 2/1/08. In some respects, it feels as though we just had that meeting, but in other ways, man, a TON of stuff has happened since that night...

I'm very much looking forward to another great year of smoking cigars with friends, and i hope everyone is doing well.

Adam