I've had a few from a box of May 05 and mine are definately not ready. The first half is great then at midpoint they taste green and wet, burn poorly and so on..really weird, this sick period stuff.

Nice work Gary, I may do the same.

the only 5 bottles of significance I own and in no particualr order: Lagavulin 16 Talisker 18 Macallan 15 Caol cask Hennesy XO

3+ yrs seems like a long, long time.

The corona gigantes is the churchill size (I think)..I found it more refined than the BBF. I'd recommend the immensa, since I believe you like the dalia size.

Hey Wilkey..how much age do you think the BBF needs before smoking? I have a very young box, I'm thinking to start smoking them once they've got a couple years on them.

Neat was definately the way to go.

Well I ended up having a shot of each (4) with the party...started with the Macallan, then the Caol, then Talisker and finally the Lagavulin by the time I was near the nub..all were fanastic but I liked the Lagavulin best, followed by the Macallan. We'll see if my tastes change as I get through...

thanks...I've yet to try those two, do you recommend em neat?

As for leaving them in the tubes, this was discussed here before and I don't think there was a consensus decision on this..I'd recommend popping the cap off and leaving em in the tube.

Hey guys, I'm pretty new to scotch but quickly becoming addicted...I'm about to spark up one of my fave sticks, but don't know which scotch will best compliment it..I just picked up a few bottles today, here is what I have on hand: Lagavulin 16 Talisker 18 Macallan 15 Caol cask thanks in advance.

Derek, Is their a price limit (set by Canada Customs) on the 50 duty-free smokes? thx.

Oct 05 are far from ready imho..a classic smoke, when it is on.

one of my faves...can't understand when people say these are over-rated? But then again, the higher price tends to raise expectations.

I have 3 basic styles I enjoy most, here are my faves in those styles: IMPERIAL STOUT stone expedition old rasputin avery the czar old yeti BELGIAN Westy 12 & 8 Rochefort 10 & 8 Chimay blue Abbeys des rocs brune PALE ALE Stone ipa Dogfish 90min Fullers 1845

At what age or you guys finding them great?

He is very open to taking photographs with you (as long as you have an opus x in hand=) and signing autographs. Really a gentleman, imho.

As far as caps go, I was looking at boli pics on some of the reputable dealers here, and while I couldn't make out a triple cap or not, they did have rounded caps.

I thought you were trying to decide which HDM box to purchase. My choice would be the epi 1, but if I only had 30-40 mins to smoke nothing wrong with the petit robusto.

Not so much a preference...the petit robusto would be smoked in about 20 mins less, it's a nice cigar for driving or whenever time is tight (which is often). A robusto vs corona gorda are more comparable.