Foundation Highclere Castle Victorian Corona A beautiful dark chocolate brown, oily, smooth habano wrapper, well filled, tight seams, perfect cap. Overwhelmingly peppery to start, oak, Earth, spice, a bit of sweetness in the finish. Retrohales are all but impossible. Strong (but good)...

Since these are pretty new and I got the sampler I figured I'd start a review thread for them. These are a Noel Rojas blend that is exclusive to CigarPage, and being a fairly recent release there's not much info nor reviews out there yet. I'm usually wary of house brands but since the story...

You said you'd send me a few samples to try, not nearly a dozen, plus a couple jars, plus half a tin, plus a brand new 1.5 oz. pouch! You'll get yours, mark my words, you'll get yours.

A quick question from this pipe newbie. One of the nice things about a pipe is you can let it go out and relight without a problem. But how long can you let it sit before it starts to get nasty. I had a pipe going yesterday and was really enjoying it, but had to leave it and ended up being a...

For Christmas my Dad is taking my brother-in-law and myself on what looks like a killer fishing trip this coming June. We all enjoy smoking cigars, and often do so together, but I'm the only one that has access to ISOMs. I'd like to bring a box to share with them on the trip, as it's in Canada...

Purchased in AVB's 5 bottle buy recently. Bunnahabhain is an Islay distillery, but its standard output lacks the heavy peat influence of the southern Islay whiskies such as Laphroaig, Ardbeg and Lagavulin. In fact, the distillery's 12 year old is a very fresh, sea-influenced whisky that I enjoy...

1. If you were a dashing, young attorney from Iowa, had been set up with a lovely flight attendant from Utah* with whom you had spoken frequently but not yet met, were in Minneapolis for the weekend, and were taking this lady out Friday evening, but neither of you were terribly familiar with...

And make you pay dearly for the damage you caused to my front steps! Edit: Doh! In my holiday absence, I didn't see what happened around here, but now I find that I understand. Feel free to disregard this post. I'll comment in the appropriate threads shortly.

I was pulling your leg, not asking you to send me cigars. You'll pay for this! :laugh:

CI's Joe Cigar for today is Vegas Cubanas 6x50 for $30.00. Seems like a pretty durned good deal to me, if you happen to like these sticks. I've never had them, so I ordered some figuring this is a good time to try 'em!

Surly Furious. :thumbs: 16 oz. can. It's good. Really good. I don't have a camera, so I can't post pictures, but it's a nice dark amber pour with a very large head that takes several minutes to lower. Aroma is all hops - pine, citrus, floral, and finally some malt sweetness after you've become...

I noticed them on CI. I remember JFRs being a hit (I have one from a trade in my cooler somewhere, but I have not smoked one), and these say they're made in the same factory. Has anyone tried them? Are they any good? I can't find any information about them online, so I have no idea if Pepin is...

I am dogsitting my parents' Boykin Spaniel while they're in the Dells for business this weekend, and I was just reminded how much he seems to like cigars. Not the cigar itself, which he basically ignores, or the smoke, but the smell of it on me after I'm finished. He laid on a blanket I spread...

You may remember this thread from a few weeks ago about a Cheetos assault. Well, it appears that was only the beginning of a growing trend of culinary attacks in Iowa's great capital city. http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll...20004/1001/NEWS

I set up trades with Freebern and Seth last week, with my end being some Opus tins. They were supposed to send me equal value sampler-esque assortments, hopefully including a few Pepin sticks for me to try. Well, they must not have noticed the equal value condition on the trade, because when I...

I smoked a Private Stock #11 (I think - it was a robusto or Rothschild) natural the other day - I did a buy here and the seller had it on his wish list so I sent him one and bought one to try myself. If it was a #11 it should be 4 5/8" x 50. From what I can find it looks like Private Stock...

So I stopped by the B&M tonight to check on Opus tins (almost gone) and buy the box of 25 Padron 3000 maduros that I saw lying on the top shelf a while ago. Seeing as it's a box of 25 I figured it may have a little age on it. When I got home, I opened it up to inspect the contents, and thought...

Well, I just picked up this bottle of Macallan Cask Strength, so I thought I'd give it a try and post my thoughts for you fine folks. This is a 58.5% version, 750 mL, that I picked up at my local for $60.00. Incidentally, there is a thread of others' thoughts on this scotch here. Two important...

I stopped by my B&M, which is a liquorist/tobacconist, and damn fine at both, on the way home from work tonight, and picked up and smoked a Hoyo Dark Sumatra Espresso to smoke on the drive home. It was a wonderful smoke! I wanted to try it after reading some good reviews, but was a bit...