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I'm going to try an Ashton VSG Corona Gorda. Had one before but don't remember a whole bunch about it. This has been resting for about 16 months, so I'm looking forward to it.

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bbc020:
madurofan:
Beautiful weather down here in New Orleans .
it was 10 degrees Fahrenheit when I left the house today

It's not lookin' too bad for the rest of the week, 50s and 60s...I'm sure Ohio has other plans though...

cheyman

Had an RP Fusion for breakfast today. It had a couple of burn issues, as have all Fusions I've smoked..I only smoked it because it's named after my favorite, most awesome, excellent, razor blade made by Gillette....man that five bladed razor is the S.

zoom6zoom

The big brown truck brought my box of 5 Vegas Relics today so I had to light one up right away. They've got another winner here... hearty, flavorful, and lots of smoke. Pretty cool box, too. These are gonna be really hard to share.

urbino

cheyman:
Had an RP Fusion for breakfast today. It had a couple of burn issues, as have all Fusions I've smoked..I only smoked it because it's named after my favorite, most awesome, excellent, razor blade made by Gillette....man that five bladed razor is the S.

Hm. I've never had a burn issue with the Fusion -- but I've only smoked the Double Maduros. Well, actually, I think I smoked a regular Fusion sometime last summer, but I don't remember anything about it.

You like those 5-bladed ones? I tried 'em and went back to the 3-blade. The blades in the 5er just weren't stiff enough; it felt like they were pulling my whiskers out, rather than cutting them off.

alienmisprint

zoom6zoom:
The big brown truck brought my box of 5 Vegas Relics today so I had to light one up right away. They've got another winner here... hearty, flavorful, and lots of smoke. Pretty cool box, too. These are gonna be really hard to share.

I was wondering about those. I love the Gold, Miami, Classic, and A, so I imagine I would dig the relic as well. I had a Miami this morning, what a great way to start the day.

j0z3r

alienmisprint:
zoom6zoom:
The big brown truck brought my box of 5 Vegas Relics today so I had to light one up right away. They've got another winner here... hearty, flavorful, and lots of smoke. Pretty cool box, too. These are gonna be really hard to share.
I was wondering about those. I love the Gold, Miami, Classic, and A, so I imagine I would dig the relic as well. I had a Miami this morning, what a great way to start the day.

The Relic is totally worth looking into. I'd say it is easily the most interesting 5 Vegas I've had...and I've had them all save for the original Cask Strength.

Today I had an Oliva Special S robusto. I'm really liking this cigar, great flavor with a respectable strength, I'd say it is about equal in strength to the Serie V but a bit more smooth. Darn tasty.

Tumbler

It seems the relics are at a premium right now. I also have been wanting to check those out.

I had a Padilla 68 earlier and it was so tight - couldn't get it to draw - and when i did get it going, I had to be such a sucker for the smoke - it was bitter. I really like the Miami, and even the Habano - but the 68 just didn't get. I chucked it with about 1/3 left. That's tough for me. Fired up a special G, and it was very good.

I am having a 601 red Habano at the moment and it's pretty decent...

I had a Tat Miami yesterday - that was terrific... nuff said

alienmisprint

Just finished a Gurkha Symphony, and subsequently added another stick to my favorites list.

zoom6zoom

Finished off the day with a DPG JJ Maduro robusto.

Alien, if you like the other 5 Vegas, the Relic will knock your socks off. A box purchase will not be a mistake if you can find them. Unfortunately I don't believe our forum host carries them as yet.

kaspera79

alienmisprint:
Just finished a Gurkha Symphony, and subsequently added another stick to my favorites list.

hey alien, I don't hear much talk about the symphony around here, but that is one of my new favorites too. Everything about it is top notch. Damn thing is mighty tasty for a low price. I need to, as jozer says, go on a hunt.

urbino

Awww, yeah. Had myself a La Cuna 85 toro, this evening. The burn on this one was just a tad off, but it kept self-correcting. And the flavor. That's what I'm talkin' 'bout.

alienmisprint

Zoom-
Right on, I need to get my hands on a few of them. The local B&M's around here don't have much of a selection, and the only place I can find them online has them listed as on backorder. I'll keep my eyes on em though, as soon as they are in stock I will definately get a few.

Kas-
Yeah, I love it. I caught a special on them a little over a week ago. The one I smoked tonight has been in the humi for like a week and it was great. They are definately one of the best mild cigars I had had yet, and so much flavor for a mild at that. Awesome, awesome stick. It is a toss up between them and the Legend for my favorite Gurkha.

rwheelwright

Had a DPG JJ last night. It was pretty tasty. I had to put it down when I got to the gig and picked it back up on the way home. Not as good on the second light and I got some tar. It was a torpedo and a fairly easy draw so I was surprised to see any tar. I cut a little more of the end off and I ended up cracking the whole wrapper. Only had about 1 1/2 - 2 inches left so I didn't feel bad.

alienmisprint

Just got done with a CAO MX2. I have to admit I was a little stand-offish about this cigar. I didn't really care for the CAO VR and I was afraid it was going to be alot like it. But I was wrong, man this is a good stick. It is my favorite Maduro now, I like it more than the Onyx or 5 Vegas A. Awesome reccomendation Maddy, thank you so much for turning me on to this cigar.

PuroFreak

Well I haven't had anything the past couple nights but I did smoke a couple on Sunday. First one I smoked was a Royal Brigade courtesy of the great Duty. And he is pretty great for hooking me up with a couple of these! Awesome smoke! Great flavor all the way through! The wrapper on it started to come apart about half way through but I was able to hold onto it and finish it. After that I had my first 601. It was the Gree Ocuro and WOW! That was a great smoke! It had one of the strongest cedar flavors of any cigar I've ever had. Anyone else experience that with this one?

cheyman

I had an Ancient Warrior...nothing special. Burned very good, but was just a little to tight of a draw for my liking.

sdip

Alien

Hey - don't know if you are interested, but I have a couple of MX2's and just don't like them. Let me know if you want to make a trade and we can figure something out.

alienmisprint

Sdip- PM sent.

ShawnJ

Wow, MX2 is one of my favs. Sorry you didn't like it. Today I had a Carlos Torano Exodus 1959 Silver. This is probably my favorite cigar.

alienmisprint

I have never tried the silver, but the gold is definately one of my favorites. Have you had the gold before Shawn? Is it similar to the silver?

I just finished a La Vieja Habana Corojo. I had one of the Connecticuts about a week ago and was really unimpressed, but the Corojo was much better. Not on my favorites list, but for less than $2 a stick, not bad at all.

ShawnJ

I've never tried the gold, but I have one in the humidor. Box pressed (does the gold only come box pressed?) I'll try it this weekend. I might like the Silver so much because it was the first cigar I ever smoked. I just love it.

phobicsquirrel

cheyman:
I had an Ancient Warrior...nothing special. Burned very good, but was just a little to tight of a draw for my liking.

really, well that's a bummer. what taste did the thing have? I'm really on the fence about ordering a 5er.

cheyman

phobicsquirrel:
cheyman:
I had an Ancient Warrior...nothing special. Burned very good, but was just a little to tight of a draw for my liking.
really, well that's a bummer. what taste did the thing have? I'm really on the fence about ordering a 5er.

It had an occasional hint of coffee which was nice, but halfway thru it completely changed to a very strong taste and an unpleasant aftertaste which only lasted for a few minutes. It wasted as creamy as I hoped...def not my favorite Brazilian wrapper.

rusirius

Burning an El Mejor Espresso at the moment... This is one of those that tricks you into thinking it's gonna be strong and spicy with it's dark dark maduro wrapper and then curls up to you purrrrrring like a kitten...

This is the first one of these I've broken out... Have had 6 of 'em resting in the humi a while waiting for the right moment... I gotta say, I'm liking this little gem...

gmill880

cheyman:
phobicsquirrel:
cheyman:
I had an Ancient Warrior...nothing special. Burned very good, but was just a little to tight of a draw for my liking.
really, well that's a bummer. what taste did the thing have? I'm really on the fence about ordering a 5er.
It had an occasional hint of coffee which was nice, but halfway thru it completely changed to a very strong taste and an unpleasant aftertaste which only lasted for a few minutes. It wasted as creamy as I hoped...def not my favorite Brazilian wrapper.

Thats a bummer chey ...I've only had one but it was pretty darn good , maybe a second try is in order? Nothing for me tonight ...saving up for the weekend

gmill880

Why can i not get a line break? what the heck

dutyje

gmill880:
Why can i not get a line break? what the heck

You have to buy them like vowels in Wheel of Fortune...

Or, you could just copy this little bit of magic into your next post:

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gmill880

dutyje:
gmill880:
Why can i not get a line break? what the heck
You have to buy them like vowels in Wheel of Fortune...

Or, you could just copy this little bit of magic into your next post:

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gmill880

Thanks Dutyster
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