It was good so I think I’m safe.

The first third is softening with age and the back 2/3 was top notch. This one was from an ‘09 box, so 15 years on it and starting to show its age. That’s sort of a mixed bag because it means they are worth smoking and I can’t just sell them to Chinese collectors for a stupid mark up.

God damn that’s a good call on the QdO Imp. It’s been a long time since I saw/smoked one of those, another terrible discontinue by the commies.

I don’t own 3 Churchills but I made my choice

Like… 3 types of cigars or 3 specific cigars? Because those are really different answers.

It’s dead

Happy birthday!

Happy bday!

They are in fact, as good as you remember (sorry) All this talk is making my feel a certain kind of way about turning the 4 in my open box into 3.

The solution is light them on fire, the opportunity cost only matters if you think of the cigars as commodities. I think of them like food, I’m not going to the French Laundry and bringing that shit home to put in the freezer for a rainy day to recoup some cash.

I’ve never seen a clasp like that on a PL cab, that is wild. Based on just what we can see of the wood and clasp this pre-dates the 60s for sure, so basically any time pre-embargo. I am guessing the seleccion central designation means it was for domestic consumption, since PL was primarily...

Dear Clint, Best wishes in these trying times.

The 06+ release is my favorite “production” cigar ever, I think it is superior to the Wolters release from 2004. Now what I really want to try is one of the 70s or 80s BGM but I haven’t ever even seen one. If there is a white whale, that’s it.

I had one of these for years and it was great. I can’t remember exactly how it got destroyed but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t my fault.

I’m astonished you got anything out of them, what a nice result

I like it when the commie spam bots bump old pass threads, good excuse to see some old names.

I was actually impressed, the Ecuadorian wrapper works very well with the blend. I forgot I was smoking a WOA for a minute and ran it a bit too hot, but as long as I was patient it was on point.

Finally trying one of the rare pinks for 24 years @grateful1. If it sucks it’s your fault.

Trying one of these finally

Have you tried the most recent BGM before this (06-09 I believe?) I haven’t tried the new ones yet but curious how they compare.