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Can anyone please recommend a couple of quality pipe brands. My best friend started smoking a pipe a couple months ago and I'd like to get him one for Christmas. I'm looking at under $200, hopefully in the $150 area. Thanks.

hey guys, my best friend's wife called me last night because she wants to buy him a humidor for his birthday. are there any places you might recommend that sell good quality humidors? i've made purchases from cheaphumidors.com myself. he's not a novice smoker so he would want somthing besides...

I'm buying my boss both a chardonnay & a sauvignon blanc for a holiday gift, and I would like to keep each bottle within a $20-25 range. Seeing as I really don't drink white wine myself, anyone have any recommendations? thanks!

any preferences when smoking a cigar?

what is the difference between a "standup" wine and just a regular wine? my local liquor store has a website where you can browse different wine varieties. They have different categories for pinot noir and they have standup pinot noir. They also have similar categories for zin, cabernet...

my wife an i host turkey day at our house every year. this year i want to have one single wine to offer with dinner. last year (as a wine rookie) i had different bottles on hand for the dinner. my guests prefer red wine, and from what i've heard you probably want to go with something fruitier...

been using a generic three flame torch that i bought from my local liquor store (around $10). problem is the fluid on the torch lastsan extremely short time, i sometimes cannot get one cigar lit before it runs out of fluid. i'm guessing that it might be a faulty lighter. are there any...

we've never been, but we enjoy wine very much and would like to know if anyone knows of any wineries not to be missed. we'll be in rohnert park, but of course will be driving around the whole area. ironically enough, we don't drink much california wine (we're more south american, aussie, and...

and i bought some single malt for my groomsmen. since i do not know a whole lot about scotch i asked the local liquor store scotch guru (dmitri) for help in finding one. i wanted to keep myself at the $50-70 range and he recommended and i bought the: Aberlour 15 Year Old Sherry Finish sure...

just got this new hygrometer: new hygrometer and i salt tested it and found it to be about 6% off (69% vs the salt test of 75%). i double checked it with my old hygrometer which i already knew was off about 2% abd that reading is correct (unfortunately). i've read about being able to adjust...

after 2 weeks and one lost shipment i finally received my new humidor. it's the 125ct tuscany which should suit me fine. as for seasoning it, from what i've read the preferred method is to not wipe it down, but to just put a glass of distilled water inside and let it season that way. any...

hi all, i need/want to upgrade to a new humidor. i currently have a 50 cigar humidor that i found on the cheap at a cigar store but the seal is pretty much crap (i've seasoned it numerous times). anyway, are there any brands and/or retailers that someone might recommend for someone looking to...

this might be a stupid question. ok can i buy more than one of the heartfelt beads tubes and only use one at a time. i.e. store the rest for future use? hope it makes sense. thanks

hi everyone. well i'm a casual cigar smoker (about 2-3 a month) i bought your typical 50 cigar humidor (been treated and had it for more than 3 months) at my local cigar shop (cost ~$50). i have the jell humidifier and some humidifier pouches in my humidor. these typically keep the humidity at...