You do someone a low effort solid and he comes back swinging from the heels! @Pugman1943 not only overpaid for the bottle of Scotch that I was able to procure for him, he loaded up a travel humidor chock full of some ridiculous smokes! I won’t even get into the “surprise” that was included...

Nice! I’ve had a Bones lightning finish on my radar for some time.

Tough spot indeed. I had a good friend get really pissed at me when I delicately questioned the authenticity of a couple boxes of cigars he was given by a vendor. I couldn't count how many things were wrong. The bands had the wrong fonts, wrong colors, no embossing where there should have...

I made it back to Peretti’s over Labor Day weekend. I was hoping to pick up a Dracula Spigot 701 or 150. They had three or four in the line but not those shapes so I picked up this Peretti House Brand pipe. My daughter spotted it and said it gave her “Darth Maul vibes” and that one me over. In...

LMAO! I was sweating bullets all week! Glad it made it! Enjoy brother!

Unfortunately, the imperial pilsner is long gone. I think 2008 was the last year.

Port and cigars are an amazing pairing. When you are ready to step up from Sandeman, try Warre's Otima 10 year-old Tawny. It's a little more expensive (about $25 for a 500 ML bottle) but it's a wonderful and widely available port.

The Sam Octoberfest in the early-to-mid '90s was one of my most favorite beers of all time. It was dumbed down not long after to appeal to the masses and hasn't appealed to me since. I'm wondering if the Flannel Fest Dunkel may be similar to that old recipe. I may have to give this a shot. I...

Ferio Tego Elegancia. Unbelievable smoke. Medium-full bodied and complex smoke with a Connecticut Wrapper. I didn't know "complex" and "Connecticut" could exist in the same sentence unless you were talking about taxes.

Try the warranty for the hell of it. $7 processing fee. Worst they could say is "no".

Well, I didn’t find a Tabernacle Lancero today but picked up a Wiseman Toro. First time with this marca.

I have not tried a 2025. I'll check my local.

I never knew they did this. I just looked at the box I bought in March of 2024 and the date is September 2023. This is a dynamite smoke. It opened my eyes to the entire Lancero vitola.

Really nice. Gives me some ideas to consolidate my multiple travel humidors, my pipe roll, pipe tobacco and all the assorted accessories.

Wow! That really is a cool pipe. There is so very little on Joseph Phillips shop in NYC. I came up with one thread with someone looking for info on a pipe and in it I saw a pic of a tobacco tin. Couldn't find dates of operation or pics. I'm only getting a partial view, but I think there is a...

Interesting. I was on vacation last week and couldn't get any data remotely. My last reading was just before I left around 11:00 PM on June 27th. Comcast was working on the service just prior and they took down the services a few times, so I thought the Govees got kicked off the WiFi and...

I had one of these at a Michael Herklots meet and greet a couple weeks ago. Good enough to take advantage of the box deal they were offering. Dynamite smokes!

I tried a sample of this at a cigar event last week and really enjoyed it. The presenter said that his distributor slashed the price on it and he loaded up. He was selling it in his store for $59.99 US so I had to jump on it. White port and madeira finish is lovely. Not so “in your face” as my...

Wow! Sounds like a blast. I've been to Sisimbro in Naples, Italy which is a family-owned, LCDH affiliate. I still follow the shop on all the social media and have used their online shop for a few pipe purchases since. They do not sell Habanos online though.

It does not. Both H5051 and the H5179 are independent and are WiFi enabled.