What happened to The Great HBT Stogie Thread

[Sprouthog]

 

[6midgets]

@sprouthog do you have to cut both ends of a Cameroon?

 

[BrewinHooligan]

 

[Sprouthog]

@sprouthog do you have to cut both ends of a Cameroon?

Just the head. Foot is open.

BH:

One my last 55s from some samplers I bought in 2012. 5 years of rest has done them well.

 

[Sprouthog]

 

[ramonallones]

Had a upman londsdale 99 and partycorona 06 while watching g the dodgers get their ass kicked.

 

[Curtis2010]

Panajachel, Guatemala. Stogie and a brew at sunset.

Lago Atitlan here is an awesomely beautiful high altitude lake fringed by volcanoes. Staying at a friend's place here. You cant quite see the lake from here, but you get a nice backlit sunset view of the volcanoes.

Stogie is a reject from the little cigar fabrica near where I live in Panama. Its labeled "SantaMaria Panama". The wrapper is a little buggered up, but it draws fine and is quite tasty.

The beer I had to buy for just the name alone. Its a craft brew from El Salvador named "Hija de Pooh". This is a play on a Central American slang term "Hija de Puta"..." Daughter of a Whore". They list the style of beer as a Blonde Honey Ale...thus "Hija de Pooh" ...as in Winne the Pooh...Honey...get it? Well...I thought it was funny anyway. 😉 And its an OK beer too.

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[TwistedHops]

Belicoso Fino

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[GilaMinumBeer]

Still a little too strong for my taste. However this stick added some complexity to the brown ale I was sipping on. View attachment 419233View attachment 419234

I very much enjoy Sumatra.

 

[BrewinHooligan]

The green hornet is tasty

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[Curtis2010]

Guatemala City. Back in Guate City for one night and on to the Rio Dulce tomorrow. Having a (likely fake) Cohiba.

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[6midgets]

This Reserva Real was a nice stick. View attachment IMG_4094.jpg

 

[Curtis2010]

Guatemala City. Back in Guate City for one night and on to the Rio Dulce tomorrow. Having a (likely fake) Cohiba.

Meeh, definately a fake...lots of fake Cohibas here.

 

[Craftfan]

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[Sprouthog]

 

[Whut]

Cubans? No clue if fake or not. Hooligan or, anyone?

 

[TwistedHops]

Cubans? No clue if fake or not. Hooligan or, anyone?

Those Cohiba are definitely fake, the bands are misprinted, and if you got all of them from the same place, i would expect all of them to be fakes. Hard to tell on the montes, but the veins are really thick on the wrappers

Also... i would not smoke them!

 

[TwistedHops]

Real versions of above. Notice the square placement on the cohiba band, none are cut off.

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[Minky]

Thanks Minky. I have found Connecticut shade to be right in my wheelhouse. I think I still need time to develop my palate. I just got a sampler in that I ordered online that's all Connecticut wrapped sticks so hopefully I can find something that I like. So far I only really liked the Kuba Kuba.

Hey 6,
I had a My Father Connecticut last night. VERY nice. Put that one on your short list!

 

[BrewinHooligan]

Cubans? No clue if fake or not. Hooligan or, anyone?

Those Cohiba are definitely fake, the bands are misprinted, and if you got all of them from the same place, i would expect all of them to be fakes. Hard to tell on the montes, but the veins are really thick on the wrappers

Also... i would not smoke them!

I would have to agree, they don't look right. The Monte 2 heads are not near consistent enough and the wrappers all look suspect. I would definitely dissect at least one to see what's inside.

The new undercrown sun grown finally hit at the shop. Working a long shift so grabbed a double corona before realizing it's wrapped in Sumatra. It's not bad, but not sure I want to smoke this for 2+hrs

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[Backwoodsbrewing]

Great thanks a lot now my Doom is certain between Home brewing my Traeger grill and expensive cuts of meat you guys had to do this at 10 to 20 a shot for a good cigar I’m going to go broke and never retire

 

[Sprouthog]

 

[BrewinHooligan]

Great thanks a lot now my Doom is certain between Home brewing my Traeger grill and expensive cuts of meat you guys had to do this at 10 to 20 a shot for a good cigar I’m going to go broke and never retire

You're welcome! There are actually some sub $10 sticks out there very worth smoking and keeping in rotation. Warped La Hacienda and Illusione Rothschilde come immediately to mind but there are certainly more.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Something I've been craving and haven't had in a long time is the joya de Nicaragua. Especially the Antano
Dark. They're a good value. La Aroma de Cuba is in there too.

 

[TallDan]

You're welcome! There are actually some sub $10 sticks out there very worth smoking and keeping in rotation. Warped La Hacienda and Illusione Rothschilde come immediately to mind but there are certainly more.

Tons of stuff under $10/stick. Of course: online prices, buying in 5 packs or more. B&M's will be more.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

There's a lot of sites out there illustrating how to tell forgeries on cc's. I find it shocking that it's so difficult to fake. Except for the holograms. I figure setup a shop in Shanghai and make a fortune.

 

[Curtis2010]

Those Cohiba are definitely fake, the bands are misprinted, and if you got all of them from the same place, i would expect all of them to be fakes. Hard to tell on the montes, but the veins are really thick on the wrappers

Also... i would not smoke them!

It is surprising how many fake Cohiba bands are so badly done...its not like its a really complicated desgin.

 

[6midgets]

Hey 6,
I had a My Father Connecticut last night. VERY nice. Put that one on your short list!

thanks for the recommendation Minky I'll check it out.

 

[Rhaop]

It is surprising how many fake Cohiba bands are so badly done...its not like its a really complicated desgin.

Sounds i will need to research on how to spot fakes before i head to the Caribbean in the next year or so, was hoping to bring some cc’s home with me

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Real versions of above. Notice the square placement on the cohiba band, none are cut off.

I think you are confusing a massive glare as being cut-off.