ManInBlack
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- Mar 12, 2009
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I don’t post very often at all. But I visit this forum daily and have greatly enjoyed the time that I have spent here since joining a little over a year ago. I have learned an enormous amount from reading many of your posts. And I have certainly expanded my smoking horizons significantly.
For me, smoking cigars is about camaraderie. Of course, there are those times when I will take a cigar and a book out onto the front porch. But, for me, the most memorable cigars are always associated with good friends and good times. I think that is one of the primary reasons why I enjoy this forum so much. It is clear that many of you associate cigars and camaraderie in the same way that I do.
To thank all of you for my first year here, I want to give away a couple of fivers. One will be a Fuente fiver (WOAM, BTL, SS, Opus X PerfecXion X, Anejo No.48). The contents of the other fiver will be determined later. I’ll explain in a moment.
I smoke CCs primarily. But I have been trying to expand my range of late. As I am heading down to Rhode Island in a couple of weeks, I have the opportunity to buy some nice NCs. As you may already know, we pay a lot for good NCs up here. Padron 1964 Exclusivos run about $55 for a single at my local B&M. And I have seen Opus X selling for more than $70 for a single. So, a trip south of the border is a good opportunity to buy some cigars. Thanks to Walt (Klipsch) I have the name of a good B&M to visit. Now I need a shopping list. This is where you (and the contest) come in.
I am looking for your NC recommendations. The contest is open to members in good standing with at least one month at CP and is limited to one entry per person. To enter, post the name of the cigar that you suggest I try as well as an explanation of your choice (the explanation is important). Cigars can only be suggested once each. On April 20th, I will draw a random number. Whoever made their suggestion in the post with the matching number will get the Fuente fiver. I will mail that fiver out to you from your side of the border when I arrive in Rhode Island on the 22nd (If a Canadian happens to win, I will mail the fiver before I leave).
I am not much of a “touch of cocoa with a hint of toast and orange peel” kind of guy. I can’t even identify the taste of granola smoothie. But I know what I like and I know what I don’t like. Hopefully the following list will give you enough reference points for making your suggestion.
Likes: I don’t have a single favourite vitola that I smoke regularly. With coffee, I love the Partagas Shorts. I also smoke a lot of Robustos. My absolute favourite CC is the Juan Lopez No.2. I am also a big fan of Short Churchills and RASS. I really like BBFs and most Bolivars. Lately, I have been smoking bigger cigars whenever I have the time. Favourites include Partagas Lusitanias, Partagas Salomones, and Sir Winstons.
I do have some experience smoking NCs. When I first joined here, Wes888 sent me some great cigars in a newbie sampler trade. Of the NCs that I have tried, my favourite by far is the Padron 1964 Exclusivo Maduro. I actually have a box of Family Reserve No.45 on its way to me right now. I quite liked the Rocky Patel Olde World Reserve Toro Maduro. I have also enjoyed all of the Opus X that I have smoked, especially the Reserve D’Chateau.
Dislikes: The NCs that I have disliked have all either been very peppery (examples: Padilla Obsidian Belicoso or Perdomo Patriarch Maduro Torpedo) or very mild. I like full flavoured, well balanced cigars.
I will likely not be able to try all of the cigars suggested in this thread. But I will try to lay hands upon a good number of your suggestions. Once I have tried all of the cigars that I purchase on this trip, I will send out a second fiver (contents yet to be determined) to whomever suggests the cigar that I most enjoy from the lot. So, be persuasive in making your suggestion! Obviously, I do not know exactly when the second fiver will go out. But you have my word that it will, once I have finished smoking the selection that comes back with me from this trip.
Thanks in advance for all of your suggestions. And thanks again for the first of what I hope to be many years here.
For me, smoking cigars is about camaraderie. Of course, there are those times when I will take a cigar and a book out onto the front porch. But, for me, the most memorable cigars are always associated with good friends and good times. I think that is one of the primary reasons why I enjoy this forum so much. It is clear that many of you associate cigars and camaraderie in the same way that I do.
To thank all of you for my first year here, I want to give away a couple of fivers. One will be a Fuente fiver (WOAM, BTL, SS, Opus X PerfecXion X, Anejo No.48). The contents of the other fiver will be determined later. I’ll explain in a moment.
I smoke CCs primarily. But I have been trying to expand my range of late. As I am heading down to Rhode Island in a couple of weeks, I have the opportunity to buy some nice NCs. As you may already know, we pay a lot for good NCs up here. Padron 1964 Exclusivos run about $55 for a single at my local B&M. And I have seen Opus X selling for more than $70 for a single. So, a trip south of the border is a good opportunity to buy some cigars. Thanks to Walt (Klipsch) I have the name of a good B&M to visit. Now I need a shopping list. This is where you (and the contest) come in.
I am looking for your NC recommendations. The contest is open to members in good standing with at least one month at CP and is limited to one entry per person. To enter, post the name of the cigar that you suggest I try as well as an explanation of your choice (the explanation is important). Cigars can only be suggested once each. On April 20th, I will draw a random number. Whoever made their suggestion in the post with the matching number will get the Fuente fiver. I will mail that fiver out to you from your side of the border when I arrive in Rhode Island on the 22nd (If a Canadian happens to win, I will mail the fiver before I leave).
I am not much of a “touch of cocoa with a hint of toast and orange peel” kind of guy. I can’t even identify the taste of granola smoothie. But I know what I like and I know what I don’t like. Hopefully the following list will give you enough reference points for making your suggestion.
Likes: I don’t have a single favourite vitola that I smoke regularly. With coffee, I love the Partagas Shorts. I also smoke a lot of Robustos. My absolute favourite CC is the Juan Lopez No.2. I am also a big fan of Short Churchills and RASS. I really like BBFs and most Bolivars. Lately, I have been smoking bigger cigars whenever I have the time. Favourites include Partagas Lusitanias, Partagas Salomones, and Sir Winstons.
I do have some experience smoking NCs. When I first joined here, Wes888 sent me some great cigars in a newbie sampler trade. Of the NCs that I have tried, my favourite by far is the Padron 1964 Exclusivo Maduro. I actually have a box of Family Reserve No.45 on its way to me right now. I quite liked the Rocky Patel Olde World Reserve Toro Maduro. I have also enjoyed all of the Opus X that I have smoked, especially the Reserve D’Chateau.
Dislikes: The NCs that I have disliked have all either been very peppery (examples: Padilla Obsidian Belicoso or Perdomo Patriarch Maduro Torpedo) or very mild. I like full flavoured, well balanced cigars.
I will likely not be able to try all of the cigars suggested in this thread. But I will try to lay hands upon a good number of your suggestions. Once I have tried all of the cigars that I purchase on this trip, I will send out a second fiver (contents yet to be determined) to whomever suggests the cigar that I most enjoy from the lot. So, be persuasive in making your suggestion! Obviously, I do not know exactly when the second fiver will go out. But you have my word that it will, once I have finished smoking the selection that comes back with me from this trip.
Thanks in advance for all of your suggestions. And thanks again for the first of what I hope to be many years here.
