Aladino Classic

Nov '23 Davidoff Classic Series Primeros Nicaragua Maduro. 4 1/8 x 34.

Cherry pie. Fresh from the oven.

$2.50 La Palina 03. You can get a nice wooden box of 20 today at Cigar Page for $60. An Ecuador Connecticut wrapper over Nicaraguan fillers and an Ecuador Habano binder. "Notes of cream, earth, and hints of spice" Medium. Light draw. A well behaved stick.

Sitting in our local cigar bar on Thanksgiving Eve

$2.70 La Palina 1896. Mellow Connecticut-wrapped stick - with a light draw and a good burn. Good early morning cigar.

Anyone remember the days of underpowered little ****box four cylinder cars ?

$2.70 Hoofty - a Raymond Pages stick. This one came with a fancy cedar wrap. These are typically five bucks. Medium+ Nicaraguan with an Ecuador Habano wrapper. Above average pepper. Light draw, and generally well behaved.

Montecristo original. I got a free fiver as part of a promotional purchase Ya can't get more el cheapo than that. :) A medium Dominican with medium spice - all rolled up in a shade grown Connecticut wrapper.

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Did you ever meet a stick that you just didn't like ? Rocky Patel Royale - from a large sampler sale. Under three bucks, of course. "#5 cigar of the year for 2014 and earned a 94-rating" Maybe I just got a bad one.

Undercrown Maduro - Drew Estate med/full

$2.34 Casa Torano. You can get a 20 box of torpedoes at Cigars International on sale for $59.99 today. Honduran, with Dominican/Nicaraguan long fillers- Nicaraguan binder - Ecuador Connecticut wrapper. Mellow/medium, with a bit of spice. A very good budget stick.

Gilberto Oliva Reserva Blanc. Super sale at $2.71 Nicaraguan filler - Habano binder - Ecuador Connecticut wrapper. A nice, smooth stick. Mellow+ The coffee cup was an impulse buy at the SPAM Museum in Austin, Minnesota for $12.

Gurkha Beast. $2.51 from a recent sampler sale. A full bodied Costa Rican stick with a Costa Rican Maduro wrapper over Columbian, Honduran, and Dominican fillers. Dominican binder. Tasty.

Starting working on a June '23 box of Aladino Classic sticks.