This is a funny topic because the longer I smoke the less practical choices exist. Granted I basically don’t buy cigars anymore so maybe I am sleeping on some newer stuff, but the drive towards more profitable big ring cigars has been happening for a long time. I miss having a variety of thinner...

So I’m getting more cigars? Man you know how to host a pass Gary, it’s like punctuated equilibrium layered with confusion and mystery.

I agree with all this, BBF is top of the current pack of production (in general imo, not just for the Bolivar marca). That said…. I miss thinner RG bolivars the most. Like the new gold medal, idk… maybe a 48 rg is fine but maybe call it a golder medal instead for $100 a cigar or whatever? Or...

Happy birthday!

Frank - you are supposed to jump off before you hit the tree. Keep coming back :D

Thanks all, was a very mellow day with a lot of brisket.

I haven’t eaten at many steak houses in NYC because of Lugers, I just keep going back. Plus their bacon……

Papaya king obviously

This is old but whatever. Hard to tell without having it in hand, I have several counterfeit HDM samples with bands exactly like that. Again, hard to say without cigar in hand but the shape also looks a little funky with an uneven taper. The good news is this is from March, so if you don’t have...

21?

27?

But your list says 23 is available? This seems rigged, are you being confusing for the right reasons? …..15

Are you from the post office?

That place is nice

Some good food out this week… Flounder meunière from girl and the fig, easily one of the best pieces of fish I have ever eaten. Whatever they called this at Glen Ellen Star, it is an SRF Denver cut “American Wagyu”. I never had this cut before, it was very good but not as good as the fish...