Recent content by Xenocrates

About nine tenths of the family and friends I will be with on Thanksgiving are non, if not anti, smokers. But, I'll be bringing down some extra fuerte sancho panza cordobas and I'll see what happens.

I personally prefer butane lighters that have a soft flame to torch butane lighters - easier on the leaf, and the torch isn't strictly necessary unless you're in the wild out of doors; there, they do certainly have their place. I am a big fan of the Dupont, Dunhill, and Savinelli/IM Corona...

They are pretty great - the regular line of cabaiguan have been a hallmark of my personal top ten of sticks domestic and ISOM combined, and these blow the regular line out of the water. One of the best sun grown wrappers I've smoked, as far as unique flavor is concerned. I'd like to smoke one...

Insert standard "OMG first review" comment here. As I start writing this it's about 2:12 AM and rather than be sensible and go to bed to get a nice long sleep during my day off, I've been up messing around in Mac's new Logic Studio all night - decided to retreat to the smoking lounge (IE: my...

Good review, and great smoking buddies - I smoked my first Guajiro sized SC yesterday as well - I also experienced a substantial loss of the typical San Cristobal nuances you mentioned - it remained a good tasting stick until I let it die a dignified death with about 3/5ths of an inch left, but...