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IWinchester
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by IWinchester » Mon Mar 06, 2017 3:06 pm
First time with a Balmoral. Anyone else tried these yet? I'm finding very soft flavors of nougat and nuts. Should maybe have smoked it earlier in the day to capture it all...

Also got a nice manicure from my 7yo daughter...
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kurtdesign1
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by kurtdesign1 » Mon Mar 06, 2017 3:34 pm
Zedman05 wrote:Last nights Delight.
Tat TAA 2015
Great cigar. Love em. What else can I say.
Every night after I finish my cigars I leave the garage door open almost half way to air out the garage. I go in the house and let the fan run to allow air to circulate. Last night I came back 15 mins later to find someone had come under the door and went into the wifes vehicle and taken some stuff from her car. This is a front attached garage.
Ballsy fuckers. Nothing of any value other than prescription sunglasses taken, but they had our garage door opener. I guess unplugged it is until it gets reprogrammed. Idiots. I hate people who have no respect.
Aww, that's a kick in the teeth. SonofaB. That absolutely sucks brother. Good luck with the process.
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kurtdesign1
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by kurtdesign1 » Mon Mar 06, 2017 3:34 pm
IWinchester wrote:First time with a Balmoral. Anyone else tried these yet? I'm finding very soft flavors of nougat and nuts. Should maybe have smoked it earlier in the day to capture it all...
Also got a nice manicure from my 7yo daughter...
I've not had one but love that sense of delicacy in a cigar. I might seek one out.
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IWinchester
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by IWinchester » Mon Mar 06, 2017 6:52 pm
kurtdesign1 wrote:IWinchester wrote:First time with a Balmoral. Anyone else tried these yet? I'm finding very soft flavors of nougat and nuts. Should maybe have smoked it earlier in the day to capture it all...
Also got a nice manicure from my 7yo daughter...
I've not had one but love that sense of delicacy in a cigar. I might seek one out.
Might be worth it, but at over $10 each maybe not. It was pleasant, but I'm not going to seek another one out.
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Kip
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by Kip » Mon Mar 06, 2017 7:23 pm
IWinchester wrote:Might be worth it, but at over $10 each maybe not. It was pleasant, but I'm not going to seek another one out.
^This. I smoked them before and shortly after initial release, and never really put them on my radar.
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Stewmuse
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by Stewmuse » Wed Mar 08, 2017 12:38 am
Man, Iwas really looking forward to this, as my previous experience was really enjoyable" this one, however, had a pretty tight draw and I was about halfway through before it finally opened. Unfortunately, I was at my destination and had to set it down. rats! Maybe, I am hoping, it will be somewhat worthwhile after I relight it tomorrow. Not holding out too much hope, though...
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by f.sinagra » Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:21 pm
Earlier today...

I really like these little guys. Creamy, but with a nice bite on the retro. Good smoke output.
Now...

Bella's Artes. Good aroma, good construction, nice pepper, really woody. Solid medium. Wanted more out of it tho. Gonna buy a couple more; sit on them and hope something good happens to them.
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Maybe it's like becoming one with the cigar. You lose yourself in it; everything fades away: your worries, your problems, your thoughts. They fade into the smoke, and the cigar and you are at peace. - Raul Julia
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Stewmuse
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by Stewmuse » Thu Mar 09, 2017 12:26 am
I've been smoking a lot of Brazilian tobacco (mata fina and a Braz habano), so I thought I'd take a step back from that tonight. This cigar was way milder than I was expecting. Even though it has a CT wrapper, this cigar usually has a bit of stoutness to its flavor. Tonight's version was decidedly flat. I've had the box of them just a few months now, and I had one of these just a few weeks ago. I do hope this is just an anomaly...
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by Zedman05 » Thu Mar 09, 2017 12:12 pm
Stewmuse wrote:I've been smoking a lot of Brazilian tobacco (mata fina and a Braz habano), so I thought I'd take a step back from that tonight. This cigar was way milder than I was expecting. Even though it has a CT wrapper, this cigar usually has a bit of stoutness to its flavor. Tonight's version was decidedly flat. I've had the box of them just a few months now, and I had one of these just a few weeks ago. I do hope this is just an anomaly...
Do you think your palate is maybe trained now for a bit more oomph ? Now that cigar is flat, where if you were to smoke stuff on the lighter end for a while, you would think those had enough ?
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by Stewmuse » Thu Mar 09, 2017 5:43 pm
Zedman05 wrote:Stewmuse wrote:I've been smoking a lot of Brazilian tobacco (mata fina and a Braz habano), so I thought I'd take a step back from that tonight. This cigar was way milder than I was expecting. Even though it has a CT wrapper, this cigar usually has a bit of stoutness to its flavor. Tonight's version was decidedly flat. I've had the box of them just a few months now, and I had one of these just a few weeks ago. I do hope this is just an anomaly...
Do you think your palate is maybe trained now for a bit more oomph ? Now that cigar is flat, where if you were to smoke stuff on the lighter end for a while, you would think those had enough ?
We'll see Zed. I'm gonna fire up an Oliva CT Reserva later tonight. That might tell me a bit more...
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