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At the Aston Cigars site the Classico size of their new San Cristobal line is labeled as a 5 x 50 robusto. My initial thoughts were that this cigar wasn't a true robusto but rather a hermoso no. 4 (5 x 48). Drawing fine lines I know but that was my initial impression. Looking over the cigar...

After much curiosity and some sage advice from the fellow simians on this board I trotted down to the B+M today to try my first La Flor Dominicana. I bought six DL-600s and one L-300. After not smoking for 5 days (I was on a biz trip) I was really itching for a smoke and the L-300 looked good...

I've always respected the fact that this brand of cigars doesn't use the word Cuba, Cubanos, or Havana in either its brand name or the name of any of their lines of cigars. Dominican cigars are nothing to sniff at so why harken to the similarities to another country's cigars? I've never smoked...

I am smoking my first Aston Puro Sol today and well I'm fairly disappointed in the construction. I picked up the stick and clipped off the belicoso type head smoothly. I ran my finger along the cut head, as I always do, to wipe away any debris and the wrapper began to unravel. I quickly...

Does anyone know of a good B+M in the area of Kilgore/Tyler/East Dallas area? Also is Tyler, TX a nice place to live? Might be a moot point if I do not get the job.

I just smoked my first Padron Anny 1964 tonight and well while I was smoking it I counldn't help but feel that I've had the smoke before. I began thinking that the rich, spicy, complex, rasin-y, alchohol-ly taste of the 1964 was for me very similar to the Anejo experience. To me the flavor...

If you like the CAO Brazillia or the Bucanero Salsa you'll love the Saint Luis Rey Rothchilde (5x54). When I first started with the hobby I tried anything that CA had rated well. I found a B+M and I bought a bunch of different cigars. The Non Cuban SLR was one that I remembered from CA so I...

And is it me or does the VSG line taste suspiciously like the Opus X line... I know some of the raw materials are exactly the same and rolled by the same people but you'd think that AF would make the blends more distinct. Thoughts?

Dipped into my humi today for a Partagas Short. Nice little cigar with a redish wrapper, slightly toothy with those fertilizer nodules. (see attachment) I noticed that the cigar was packed a little looser than normal and the draw was very easy. As I smoked I noticed that there was a faint...

Size: 5 5/8 x 46 CoO: Nicaragua Tuesday I went ahead and bought a box of Tatuaje Brown label Noellas. While on the phone to the vendor I asked him to throw in a couple of the red label Nobles (robusto) so that I could give them a try. Well a scant two days later the FedEx truck pulls up and...

I am fairly unfamiliar to Don Pepin's cigars, I've only had the Tatuaje which I think is excellent. Can my fellow BOTLs rank the top lines and vitolas which Don Pepin makes?

This is friggin hilarious... http://www.tobaccoworldcigars.com/movie_06_1114.htm It starts fairly normal with a rating on the Oliva S, then Basso waxes poetic on CA's rating system, cigar bloggers, and the proper way to cut a cigar. "Amen brother!" is all I can say. This guy is a straight...

I was browsing the pics of CA's "Big Smoke" in Las Vegas when I noticed this photo of Rocky Patel shaking an guest's hand. It appears that Rocky is a Free Mason. There are a lot of Free Masons in the Army so often times I have my hand shook in a similar fashion, with the fore finger to the...

I was wondering if anyone has tried this product. (see link) http://www.venta-airwasher.com/index.html It is a German made, and award winning, humidifier and air purifier. (the German made point is big with me, I used to work as a camera salesman so I really appreciate products that come from...

If anyone uses Boveda humidification packettes I have a question. Having problems getting my humidor up in RH. Always seem to be hovering in the low 60% although I've got six 69% packettes in my humi. I guess you would call my humi a 150-200 ct desktop humidor which is fairly well made. I...

Anyone know what happened to the guy who runs/ran http://www.mycigarblog.com/blog/ Great site but it looks like he hasn't posted anything for about a year. I also read humiblog.com which is a great site and I believe "EZ" slums around this section of the jungle.

smokey after taste out of your mouth? Brushing your teeth and tongue only goes so far. I find that sweet tea takes some of the funk out but not enough. Thoughts?

Okay I just spent an hour freezing my arse off smoking in the garage. No, not very dignified but that is the only place that I'm allowed to smoke. How does everyone here cope with the winter months? I can't imagine wearing gloves and fumbling with a burning stick. Oh, and does anyone think...

Woah, what a nice smoke shop! Never been into the smoke shop before today, the shop is in a swanky part of Nashville and I live about an hour away. The shop is decidedly high end with a lot of gold, palladium, and silver lighters by Dupont and Dunhill on display. Up Town also has a nice...

Question. Just smoked one of these tonight and my first thought was that it tasted like a mixture of CAO's Gold and Black cigars. Mild and vanilla-y like the Gold, cedary like the Black. Got me to thinking that all three cigars must be from the same manufacturer, that the Davidoff blend was...