urbino:

Nooo! Don't say that. Post it, please. I mean, you've already taken the trouble to put it together, you might as well post it.

no i was gunna put it together as i went.

and in all reality how am i gunna smoke down the humidor if i keep winning and buying smokes? eh?

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dutyje:

I've got a re-worked list that I think is a pretty nice improvement/alternative, taking care of what I see as the only flaw. I'm going to stick to my guns on my original, but I'll post up a revision after this thing is over. Surely some of these super-knowledgable cigar freaks (kuzi, maddy, kas, jozer, smoke...etc, etc...) can take it to another level. I also have to say jozer's original list was pretty amazing as well.

it is an impressive list ya got. what makes it even better is the delivery.

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Joe The list you compiled and the way you presented it was outstanding. You can sell anything. nice job. I took notes and plan to pick up some off your list. Ooops I did it again. I will ask you to fill in my birthday list in February.

OK I feel really bad that I killed this whole stinking thread. If y'all aren't gonna play, the least we can do is come up with candidate great smokes for that list.

First, as kas recently pointed out -- the cigar.com cuban label is an excellent cigar.. I've had the corona size, Urby, which is right up your alley, and again is an EcSu wrapper. At $2.5/pop they're a steal of a smoke.

Other premium considerations with an EcSu wrapper would be an Ashton VSG or the Cohiba XV (Extra Viejo). It's your birthday, for pete's sake, spoil yourself with 5 VSG Illusion (6.5 x 44) and 5 Cohiba XV 645 (6 x 45).

More reasonably priced EcSu would be the Hoyo de Monterrey Dark Sumatra and the Punch Rare Corojo.

The CX2 is going to be so Cameroon-crazy you can't go wrong. And the Nub Cameroon has received so much praise here lately you'd be a fool not to order it.

On the maduro front, the 601 Green would be a good bet, and the Carlos Torano Virtuoso on your original list has gotta be good.. and nobody brought up the RP Edge yet?

I'm sure Maddy can step in with the premium maduro selections. You could drop a box or two in favor of picking up 5-packs of some of these great candidates.

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I thought the Rare corojo had a corojo wrapper?!?

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Punch Rare Corojo has an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper. Although I was apparently wrong about Cohiba XV -- it stands for Extra Vigoroso -- still with an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper.

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Then why the hell is it called a Corojo that makes no sense.

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it was blended and created before the corojo was used in cigars outside of cuba. it was blended to taste like a corojo.

the corojo is so rare it doesnt even exist.

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dutyje:

First, as kas recently pointed out -- the cigar.com cuban label is an excellent cigar.. I've had the corona size, Urby, which is right up your alley, and again is an EcSu wrapper. At $2.5/pop they're a steal of a smoke.

A typical corona has the skinnier proportions I tend to like, but they're just too dang short. I'd have to smoke 'em two at a time to feel like I'd really smoked anything.

The HdM Dark Sumatra has caught my eye. Didn't know the VSG or the Punch were Sumatrans. I do like the Nub Cameroon quite a bit; I'll definitely pick up some more as part of one order or another; I dunno if it'll be this one or not, though. The 601s I've had didn't do much for me, but I haven't tried the Green yet. That's the Oscuro, right?

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Yeah, green is the Oscuro.. All of what I rattled off in that post is stuff I haven't tried, but I was in a brainstorming kind of mood. Those all came from my list of "stuff I have a hunch I'll like". The cigar.com coronas are 6.5 inches long. The cuban label I had lasted 55 mins and carried decent body. They do smoke relatively quick, as mentioned in the house blends thread.

Edit: the corona lasted 55 mins smoking it down to scraps

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Urb -

Here's my rec's

 

Gran Habano 3 Siglos Robusto   113.95

Rocky Patel Sun Grown Robusto  102.95

Perdomo Reserve Cameroon Figurado  119.95

Hoya de Tradicion Epicure  101.95

CAO Cameroon Robusto  128.95

Cusano 18 Paired CT Robusto  79.95

Padilla 1968 Torpedo  134.95

 

Happy Birthday

dip, I have a 5er of the 3 Siglos ... are they that good?

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I picked up some 3 Siglos on a recommendation in "Pick Joe's Smoke" ... haven't tried one yet. Shipped one to urby in a trade, but I don't know if he's ever tried this cigar.

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madurofan:

dip, I have a 5er of the 3 Siglos ... are they that good?

Maddy, this is one I keep buying in fives but my next box purchase will be the 3 Singlos. I like this one alot

kaspera79:

madurofan:

dip, I have a 5er of the 3 Siglos ... are they that good?

Maddy, this is one I keep buying in fives but my next box purchase will be the 3 Singlos. I like this one alot

The best part is that when he reads the box he'll finally learn how to spell Siglos (sorry, Kas!)

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