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UKCF annual herf at The Prince of Wales, Moseley

11 Aug

If you like cigars and aren’t a member of UKCigarForums, pop on over and join.

Saturday 6 August 2011 was an attempt to get as many forum members possible meeting in one place. That place was The Prince of Wales pub in Moseley, Birmingham. A superb venue obviously designed to cater for smokers (greatly helped by Keith the landlord being a cigar aficionado himself), with such a mixed crowd that nobody need feel out of place. Apologies for the quality of the photos…

UK Cigar Forum Annual Herf 2011 image 1

Considering the majority of the London contingent were either on holiday or content to stay inside the M25, we did quite well on numbers!

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Golofina vintage cigar

28 Jul

I bought this a while back as part of a vintage cigar sampler. I believe the Golofina is a puro ie. rolled entirely from tobacco from one country; in this case, Jamaica. This particular cigar is believed to be from the 1950s, and has been in my humidor since 17 November 2010.

Golofina vintage cigar

The reason why I decided on this one today (28 July 2011) was because I was doing my occasional check of all my cigars, to see if any are showing signs of storage problems. Unfortunately, there was the slightest touch of blue-green on the cap of this, so I thought I’d whip it out of there quick-sharp and smoke it. I realise everyone must be horrified at the thought of me smoking a mouldy cigar but it really was the slightest touch!

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Weekend cigars

26 Jul

Only a couple this weekend.

Alec Bradley Spirit of Cuba Corojo: smoked 24 July 2010; in humi since 14 November 2009. Age unknown. Little to recommend it. Didn’t even bother to finish it.

Partagas Chico: smoked 25 July 2010; in humi since 20 March 2010. Age unknown. Pleasant enough while out in Cardiff Bay.  Bit difficult getting it lit in the wind that day!

 
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Saturday 22 May 2010 cigars: Cain and Georges Reserve

27 May

It was a lovely sunny day and we were off to the park so I thought I’d take along something I hoped to be a bit special. I’d smoked the last Cuban I had available the night before so I thought I’d go for a Cain Habano wrapper (in humi since 1 December 2009). I received this as part of a Cain sampler pack and I’d not got round to ‘sampling’ one yet. From the reception these had received on various websites I was expecting to be surprised by a Non-Cuban.

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Friday 21 May 2010 cigars

24 May

Started with a Chinchalero Picadillo, in the humidor since 9 August 2009.

This was actually quite nice for a sunny afternoon in the pub! I think I may have to re-evaluate these. Going on the strength of this one, I’d probably get more if they were a bit cheaper. I love the turquoise band too.

Later on, I went for a Romeo y Julieta Cazadore (July 2006; in humi since 27 February 2010). I’d read that these were the strongest Cuban currently in production so I was a certainly intrigued. I’m not a fan of the RyJ Short Churchill or the 2009 LE Duke as they have a floral aspect that I don’t like but people had suggested this wasn’t so noticeable in the Cazadores so I thought I’d give them a try. Others had described them as tasting like Twiglets, which I’d very much agree with. It was strong, but not harsh.

 
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Cigars International Red Label torpedo

08 May

I thought I’d try another NC and this was it. Been in the humidor since 25 November 2009. No idea of age other than that.

Smelt alright and had a good draw. Unfortunately it all went downhill once I lit it. There were chocolate and leather tones, but it was overly harsh for my taste. Burnt well though!

 
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Catch-up post…

22 Apr

Due to my excessive slackness at posting recently I’m going to put them all in here.

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De Giri Luna Perfecta

22 Apr

Smoked 20 March 2010. Been in humidor since 10 February 2010.

This was received as a taster from a new Indonesian cigar producer, De Giri.

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Rocky Patel Vintage 1992 Torpedo (second)

02 Feb

I thought I’d give this a go as I’d heard good reports on the seconds ie. indistinguishable from the proper one.

I don’t have a lot to tell you in all honesty. Construction and burn were good, taste wasn’t particularly exciting though. Maybe the next one will be…

 
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Perdomo Lot 23 Toro

20 Jan

OK, so this intrigued me. I’d heard some good reports about this non-Cuban, so I thought I should get round to trying one. Time in humidor unknown as I have three the same from different deliveries, but it should be a month or so minimum.

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