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‘98 Vegas Robaina Classicos - 6 1/2 X 42 Lonsdales - from the glory days (at least MY glory days) when Lonsdales were available from almost all of the Cuban marcas. This one was very early production as they were just introduced in late 1997. So many flavors! Standouts were tart cherry, heavy...

Amen!

An all time classic. I smoked boxes of these back in the day. One of my first favorites along with the 1926 and Ashton VSG. Throw in the Fuente Cuban Beli and you have my Mount Rushmore of old school NC cigars.

Gorgeous! 🤤

‘04 Cohiba Robustos - this from a classic @bfreebern retaliatory strike way back in ‘06 according to my notes. Brandon was one of the first good friends I made on this fine board. We had tons of fun trading, bombing, splitting & passing. Anyhoo….on to the smoke. It’s been a long while since...

This is finally my BILLS year! And you can trust my judgement because I’ve only been saying this since 1989 😩

Love that cutter!

Same! Only I’m an older metalhead so it was university for me 😁

‘98 Partagas Charlottes - Carlotas 35 X 5 5/8 This one along with the divine Cohiba Exquisitos turned me in to a rabid Panatelas fan back when I smoked mostly Churchills and Robustos. These are just an absolute joy to smoke. Still full of pepper and warm spice but oh so delicate on the palate...

2000 Partagas Piramides EL - has to be one of the sticks they’re smoking in heaven.

Red Storm Rising is such a great read. My favorite Clancy.

‘03 Hoyo Piramides EL - Lately I’ve been digging deep through my boxes looking for gems from many years ago. I had forgotten these for a long time. It’s been years since I smoked one. The better EL’s smoked great fresh including these beautiful cigars. Cocoa, espresso, mocha goodness. Another...