Official Cigar Appreciation Thread

Welcome to every day of my last two summers, except it's single malt scotch and usually a pipe.

If I had any single malt scotch, I would have had that. Unfortunately, I am currently out and too poor to buy another bottle of good quality single malt.

Still, the falling snow was awesome.

Yeah, it sounds pretty great. The best part about experiences like those with friends is where neither of you say anything for ten minutes. I've got a buddy who is my roommate now and we've always had that. Not every time we step out, but once a week or so, we'll both sit and smoke our pipes in dead silence for a while. It's great.

I <3 comfortable silences. Expecially with cigars.

Maybe the ultimate win?

Though a solitary smoke is amazing at times.

For instance, right now I am in Jamaica with the 'rents, and it's about midnight. Half an hour ago, I stepped out quickly and watched a tropical storm from the terrace, with a Panter (I know, shitty) half-cornona (I know, tiny) and a couple of bottles of Red Stripe and some Capsa&Rusko playing. Amazing.

<3

Bought three cigars + a cutter for me and two friends to smoke on new year's. I can't remember off the top of my head what they are (all three are different) but they smell greeaaaaat.

One of them is dark, and the other two are medium. I just remembered that one of them is a Montecristo but I still can't remember what the other two are. I'll check later (they're in my car).

Yeah, it is cuban. All three of them are. They were around $20 each.

It doesn't criminalise you, but it does tax the shit out of you. They're just ordinary coronas. Don't seem too tightly wrapped though.

Just checked, the other two are Padron and Hoyo de Monterrey.

Yes, I had it on Friday night. It was nice, much nuttier and smoother than anything I've had before.

Turned 18 today, grabbed a friend and went to a local cigar store. I asked for something mild and was recommended a Rocky Patel Vintage 1999. Then we drove around and went to a park. It was good Although I think I should have gotten something a little bit stronger.

The worst thing was that the wrapper started to come apart around the middle which was a bit of a pain in the ass. But after it burned past that it was easy going again.

So last week I picked up a small vanilla flavoured cigar. Half corona, I think.

Anyway, in about an hour and a half I'll be meeting up with a bunch of people and heading to a 10pm-5am dubstep night called Subdub. It will be amazing, I've been to it before (on every month) it's probably the best place atmosphere-wise I've ever been to. So real and raw. One hard-dnb-dubstep room, one bigger dub-reggae-roots-step room.

The clincher?

The massive outside area, full of people on all kinds of uppers, everybody understandably friendly, sharing whatever they have, having the most amazing chats with random people... (I don't know how this place stays open - the bouncers sell coke, mdma, meth in the toilets. It's nuts).

Point is, at around midnight I'll set aside half an hour or so just to smoke this thing outside. I considered going for my massive new Supremo-size cigar, but I figured that would be a bit extreme. It should still be a lovely smoke though, probably end up passing it around quite a bit to get some curious people into cigars, which will be a nice feeling too I think.

I kind of want to get another cigar but that last one was like 8 bucks with tax so I dunno. What are some other mild-mediumish cigars that are good for nubs and maybe aren't expensive as balls?

I had a Alec Bradley SCR today. It was quite good except it also started coming unraveled. Goddammit.

Also, me and my friends were all smoking what were supposedly very strong cigars, but none of us felt any sort of effect from the nicotine. Is this normal or are we just manly as fuck?

I don't know what my friends were smoking, but I had an Alec Bradley SCR. I think both of my friends were smoking Alec Bradley cigars too, but different ones. Actually I know one of them was a Maxx EGO or something like that. It was like 9.5 inches lol.

Haha. I don't know if I want something that strong, I was just wondering.

any of you guys ever had an Onyx? Its towards the darker side and pretty strong, definitely one of the best I've had.

You always look so grimy in your pictures.

Are you Italian?

should i get

http://www.cgarsltd.co.uk/classic-humidor-cigar-capacity-p-8106.html

or

http://www.cgarsltd.co.uk/prestige-chalet-cherry-humidor-cigars-capacity-p-8027.html

really REALLY need a humidor now. a few canarian cigars i got are drying the fuck out.

this humidor don't have a hygrometer or any humidifying solution with it though, does it?

how easy/cheap/whatever are they to get seperately?

also the main reason for getting a humidor is to store what i've already got, and this would leave me no room for that, hence worsening them even more =[

Hey quick question in this old-ass thread. I smoke cigars pretty rarely (maybe once-twice a month) but my grandmother somehow got a bunch of those grape flavored ones for free. I don't have a humidor, nor do I plan on buying one, so how long will they last if they're kept in the plastic tubes and a closed ziploc bag? I'm just hoping they don't become infested with those little bug things.

Never kept cigars in those tubes more than a month. But never had a problem with bugs or dry cigars.

Don't know for sure, but i guarantee a month from experience.


Also...maaaan, i really want one so bad right now. Where you live, maybe it's closer than my closest 7/11

I can get these same exact things for $.99 at my local smoker's discount store but hopefully they last long enough to enjoy at least a couple. I'll hand them out to homeless people.