The Cigar Thread. Smoke em' if you got em'.

[edslhead]

Big fatty La Gloria R paired with a 50 Beau wolf

 

[Ironbar]

Currently smoking this Davidoff. Thanks @Dwesson , it's a great smoke!

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Holy CRAP dude! Did you cut off a quarter of that cigar????

 

[cigars]

Holy CRAP dude! Did you cut off a quarter of that cigar????

No, it's (was...) a small figurado. Only about 3/8' was cut off.

 

[Ironbar]

No, it's (was...) a small figurado. Only about 3/8' was cut off.

My man, you didn't even need to lop that much!

 

[RaceyRaider3]

Aruba 2009 with a nice Cuban... cigar that is!

 

[cigars]

My man, you didn't even need to lop that much!

To get the most flavor you need a larger diameter to draw on. The result will be a cooler smoke. If you draw through a smaller diameter, you get more heat than flavor. Sometimes on a tapered cigar such as a figurado, pyramid, torpedo etc, you have to make a larger cut to get a decent diameter. Ergo, larger ring gauge cigar = cooler smoke, more flavor than heat. Smaller ring gauge cigars = more heat than flavor. Some people prefer a nice hot burn on a smaller ring gauge cigar such as a corona, petit or panatella. A lot of the folks that smoke the larger ring gauge cigars (48 and up) like the more flavorful smoke they provide, but they usually aren't aware why. I won't get into the complexities of the trumpet size/category.

 

[cigars]

Well alrighty then.
You mentioned long ash and I knew I could count on Diamond Crown (overrated, if you ask me) for that task. So, ever accommodating as I am, here you be. View attachment 604419

That's all talent right there! Nice.

 

[cigars]

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That looks like a great smoke!

 

[OldTengu]

Aj Fernandez Bellas Artes Maduro Toro. Probably my favorite cigar I've had this year, followed closely by the Camacho triple Maduro.

 

[CountryGent]

Silenced .22 and a Cohiba. Enjoyed the latter a bit ago.

 

[fredball]

Ok so I have never Smoked Cigars and don't smoke
what would make a great gift to a friend who does smoke them
not knowing what he likes in a Cigar ? ? ?

 

[eightyeight mag]

A gift card to cigar.com would be nice.

 

[BlindedByScience]

If there's a cigar event in the works, I'd like to be involved. Been a serious cigar smoker for quite some time....have "a few" here....

 

[ACO]

So I'm going to add my $0.02 here...

I was the Store manager for two local smoke shops for about 4/5 years. Was able to smoke pretty much any cigar I wanted. We had them from $150 down to $0.10/ea. This was back in the early 2000's. Went to trade shows and got sent a ton of samples over the years.

Cigars I loved:
Arturo Fuentes Short Stories
Drew Estates Atom Maduros
And Onyx Maduros

However, the one that I enjoy more than any are Avantis. They were like $0.75ea, and are a dry cured licorice charoot. What I loved was the flavor, the fact that they needed no maintenance, they were avalible in a 5 pack with each individually wrapped, and it was a short smoke for the most part.

Its all I smoke anymore. Affordable and fun. I take a 5 pack when I go hiking/shooting/camping. If I drop it, no big deal. If I have to put it out, no big deal. If I need to share, no big deal. They're perdect for me.

 

[Ironbar]

To get the most flavor you need a larger diameter to draw on. The result will be a cooler smoke. If you draw through a smaller diameter, you get more heat than flavor. Sometimes on a tapered cigar such as a figurado, pyramid, torpedo etc, you have to make a larger cut to get a decent diameter. Ergo, larger ring gauge cigar = cooler smoke, more flavor than heat. Smaller ring gauge cigars = more heat than flavor. Some people prefer a nice hot burn on a smaller ring gauge cigar such as a corona, petit or panatella. A lot of the folks that smoke the larger ring gauge cigars (48 and up) like the more flavorful smoke they provide, but they usually aren't aware why. I won't get into the complexities of the trumpet size/category.

Dude, every word of that paragraph sounds like something someone might read in an old issue of Cigar Aficionado magazine, and none of it is true.

 

[cigars]

Dude, every word of that paragraph sounds like something someone might read in an old issue of Cigar Aficionado magazine, and none of it is true.

Thank you very little. However, I tend to disagree.

 

[cigars]

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Silenced .22 and a Cohiba. Enjoyed the latter a bit ago.

Oh my goodness! That's quite the beautiful pairing.

 

[cigars]

So I'm going to add my $0.02 here...

I was the Store manager for two local smoke shops for about 4/5 years. Was able to smoke pretty much any cigar I wanted. We had them from $150 down to $0.10/ea. This was back in the early 2000's. Went to trade shows and got sent a ton of samples over the years.

Cigars I loved:
Arturo Fuentes Short Stories
Drew Estates Atom Maduros
And Onyx Maduros

However, the one that I enjoy more than any are Avantis. They were like $0.75ea, and are a dry cured licorice charoot. What I loved was the flavor, the fact that they needed no maintenance, they were avalible in a 5 pack with each individually wrapped, and it was a short smoke for the most part.

Its all I smoke anymore. Affordable and fun. I take a 5 pack when I go hiking/shooting/camping. If I drop it, no big deal. If I have to put it out, no big deal. If I need to share, no big deal. They're perdect for me.

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So I'm going to add my $0.02 here...

I was the Store manager for two local smoke shops for about 4/5 years. Was able to smoke pretty much any cigar I wanted. We had them from $150 down to $0.10/ea. This was back in the early 2000's. Went to trade shows and got sent a ton of samples over the years.

Cigars I loved:
Arturo Fuentes Short Stories
Drew Estates Atom Maduros
And Onyx Maduros

However, the one that I enjoy more than any are Avantis. They were like $0.75ea, and are a dry cured licorice charoot. What I loved was the flavor, the fact that they needed no maintenance, they were avalible in a 5 pack with each individually wrapped, and it was a short smoke for the most part.

Its all I smoke anymore. Affordable and fun. I take a 5 pack when I go hiking/shooting/camping. If I drop it, no big deal. If I have to put it out, no big deal. If I need to share, no big deal. They're perdect for me.

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Cheroots are underated. They are usually rich in flavor and don't require humidification.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Cheroots are underated. They are usually rich in flavor and don't require humidification.

What's a cheroot?

 

[cigars]

What's a cheroot?

Cigars made with long filler, dried tobacco, usually on the smaller side, like petit corona. They're generally not box pressed and have a rough, uneven shape. Think of the ones that Clint Eastwood would smoke in his spaghetti westerns.