You don't have to comment... I am very aware of the secret, as I've pulled it out of multiple blenders won't say who though. congrats brother and enjoy.
I was going through some old threads. You indeed rocked the boat couple time-:) Good luck and looking forward to explore your Habano site. I have collected some great aged stuff recently. So much to share. Good to see you bro. Hope you come to visit Nicaragua while I am here. I am leaving end of this year.
catfishbluezz:
You don't have to comment... I am very aware of the secret, as I've pulled it out of multiple blenders won't say who though. congrats brother and enjoy.
I was going through some old threads. You indeed rocked the boat couple time-:) Good luck and looking forward to explore your Habano site. I have collected some great aged stuff recently. So much to share. Good to see you bro. Hope you come to visit Nicaragua while I am here. I am leaving end of this year.
catfishbluezz:
You don't have to comment... I am very aware of the secret, as I've pulled it out of multiple blenders won't say who though. congrats brother and enjoy.
Oh! No I didn't know. This is a very sad news. I exchanged a lot of messages with him. He was always interested about pictures from me specially about my Cuba trip. I am so shocked. I appreciate for sharing it with me. I just don't know what to say. He was simply a good man.
Bigshizza:
Welcome back! You know our friend Beatnic passed away in January, just wanted to let you know.
Your welcome Jesus. The blend came out just the way I wanted but the problem is one rare, very aged and source of the tobacco in it. It is so limited that it is hard to make it in a huge quantity. However, I am working on it. Even AJ loved the blend very much and said he has no idea how to improve it further. It gives me a lot of confidence to my ability. He said in one word- Dulce de leche means caramel. It is all about intense complex flavors, aroma with long finish. Harshness is out of question since all tobaccos are at least 5-10 years aged. It is resting now for the final go. AJ doesn't BS. He straight told me to change the binder for the other blend however I refused because it will compromise the strength I wanted to. He laughed and said- ok Master blender...it's your call. Sometime he is very funny but one good thing about him is, he will always tell you the truth and will express his honest opinion.
Your welcome Jesus. The blend came out just the way I wanted but the problem is one rare, very aged and source of the tobacco in it. It is so limited that it is hard to make it in a huge quantity. However, I am working on it. Even AJ loved the blend very much and said he has no idea how to improve it further. It gives me a lot of confidence to my ability. He said in one word- Dulce de leche means caramel. It is all about intense complex flavors, aroma with long finish. Harshness is out of question since all tobaccos are at least 5-10 years aged. It is resting now for the final go. AJ doesn't BS. He straight told me to change the binder for the other blend however I refused because it will compromise the strength I wanted to. He laughed and said- ok Master blender...it's your call. Sometime he is very funny but one good thing about him is, he will always tell you the truth and will express his honest opinion.
big chunks:
Thanks for sharing Rip, the cigars look amazing
I can't wait for your review on it, also fantastic photographs as always rip
Your welcome Jesus. The blend came out just the way I wanted but the problem is one rare, very aged and source of the tobacco in it. It is so limited that it is hard to make it in a huge quantity. However, I am working on it. Even AJ loved the blend very much and said he has no idea how to improve it further. It gives me a lot of confidence to my ability. He said in one word- Dulce de leche means caramel. It is all about intense complex flavors, aroma with long finish. Harshness is out of question since all tobaccos are at least 5-10 years aged. It is resting now for the final go. AJ doesn't BS. He straight told me to change the binder for the other blend however I refused because it will compromise the strength I wanted to. He laughed and said- ok Master blender...it's your call. Sometime he is very funny but one good thing about him is, he will always tell you the truth and will express his honest opinion.
big chunks:
Thanks for sharing Rip, the cigars look amazing
This is so much cooler than the ccom design your own blend...too bad they can't sell this experience! Looks awesome, Rip! As always.
AJ is coming to my house Sunday afternoon. Please let me know if you have any question you would like me to ask him. It just happened randomly through a local friend. AJ invited me to visit his factory thorugh my friend and I also extended my invitation to him for a cigar to my place. He accepted it right away. What a nice guy.
This is the coolest thing I've read in awhile! I'm a huge San Lotano fan...last November at the Tobacco World party I smoked and drank whiskey with the president of AJ's company (i think it was the president...the guy looks like the dude on his webpage). Anyway, he gave me a free san lotano habano. It was awesome, great guy, great smokes. Hope to meet AJ some day.
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