Humidor/Cigar Update
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So @Swaye was getting so hard up for Opus X, he was about to send me on a mission to the White Wakanda Cigar Emporium to pick up some Opus X singles and ship to the Camelot Court Estates. My cigar guy here, always has one box of Opus that you can buy a few singles from. I can't buy $500 orders though. Mrs. Snow is OK with my cigar habit as long as I'm not buying in bulk.DHD said:
Snagged this sampler from perfectcigarblend.com today. It was $495. I priced these individually and the sampler was about a $125 value. (Note that I'm calling $500 worth of cigars a "value". "Value" is clearly in the eye of the beholder).
Once these come in, the humidor will be mostly set for the next few months. Or, until I get the urge to buy more, next week. Adding to the stash is more addicting than the nicotine.
A couple of favorites for the last few months have been these:
Fuente Rosado Magnum R 56:
My Father Fall 2021 Exclusive Toro:
And, gonna add this video of 3 guys discussing how to light a cigar. I found it both interesting and helpful. I also found the entire mood/attitude/discourse strangely relaxing. I'd like to hang with these guys, just so I could feel both fascinated and completely out of my league.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=KxTQXmZo9Lc
As everyone knows, I am @BearsWiin but with a shitty pretend jerb. -
Glad to hear everyone is on the same quest, but I think we're all playing catch-up to Swaye. He's taking the HH cigar club to an entirely new level and I'm just doing my best to pretend to keep up.
My next mission is to try to track down some Padron Black Labels. I got one in the CRA sampler, and it was spectacular. A few online places claim to carry them, but they also claim to be constantly "sold out". I've read that they can only be bought directly from Padron, but I'm determined to track them down.
I'm lucky because when my wife sees me arranging, stocking and then re-arranging the humidor, she mocks me and asks, "playing with your cigars again?". I just nod and grunt and act like the stupid white guy that is the main character in every TV commercial these days. As long as I'm not getting any grief about the cost or cancer, (I mean, shouldn't she be concerned about my health at some point???), I'm good with playing the part.
Here's a story:
I have two nephews. One is 19, the other is 17. (No pics. It's pride month, so I'm not gonna' assume that none of you wanted pics.)
I told the 19 year old to stop over and I'd walk him through his first cigar experience. My only caveat, don't tell your mom. (I don't need any shit from my sister ... also, no pics). He agreed. It's all gonna stay top secret between he and his uncle.
So, I walked him through his selection (which I limited to stuff that I thought he could handle) and how to cut it, and how to light it, and how to smoke it. He ended up picking a Padron Demaso no. 12. Nice choice for a first cigar. Overall, he was a good sport about it and seemed to have a good time having a "grown up" experience. He hinted about wanting to try some of my scotch selection, but that was a no go as I don't cross the "minors drinking at my house" line.
10 minutes after he leaves, I get a call from my sister who is furious. I told her, "tough shit, he's an adult and you should stop treating him like a pussy ... and he's also not trustworthy". The "trustworthy" part is what pissed her off the most. She asked me why he wasn't "trustworthy". I told her to ask him why he's not trustworthy and while she was at it, she could let him know that he would NOT be asked back at age 21 to sample my Glenlivet XXV.
I don't know about you guys, but I can remember having an "off color" experience or two with my dad, or my uncles, or both ... mostly while on hunting trips ... and the LAST fucking thing I'd do was go home and tell my mom about it. Not only would that betray my dad or my uncles, it would also cement their opinion of me as a momma's boy.
I'll save my story about my 17 year old nephew for my next installment.
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Story tim with @DHD is a new segment in this thread. Good chit. Also, you have me curious about the Padron Black Labels. Might see if my guy can either get them, or knows how to get them.
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I smoked my last Opus X today. It was a party in my mouth/throat cancers regions.
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Update: My guy says Padron Black are impossible to get. They were only made twice. There will be one in the 2022 CRA so you can buy a couple of those but otherwise impossible unless Purotrader or the like has some pop up.
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Reading this thread and the set ups you guys have are awesome and collector aspect of it seems fun, but cigars are gross. I don’t get how you guys enjoy them so much. I’m a smoker too, but hate cigars. I’ll enjoy a wood tip black and mild from time to time.
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Acquired taste is all I can say, and I suppose some people never get into them. Took me years of smoking 10-20 a year to really start understanding it, then more years of smoking 100-500 a year to really get" it. Now nothing in the world smells better to me than a cigar.RoadDawg55 said:Reading this thread and the set ups you guys have are awesome and collector aspect of it seems fun, but cigars are gross. I don’t get how you guys enjoy them so much. I’m a smoker too, but hate cigars. I’ll enjoy a wood tip black and mild from time to time.
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Cheap cigars are gross. Premium, luxury cigars are proof god loves us.RoadDawg55 said:Reading this thread and the set ups you guys have are awesome and collector aspect of it seems fun, but cigars are gross. I don’t get how you guys enjoy them so much. I’m a smoker too, but hate cigars. I’ll enjoy a wood tip black and mild from time to time.
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Hey Swaye, thanks for the update on the Padron Blacks. I'll officially end my quest.
Got that Opus sampler coming in tomorrow, and I added some Carrillo Inch and Dunbarton Sobremesas to the order so those will get sorted and added to the humidor as well. Now, if the weather will just cooperate, it would make enjoying all of these a lot more fun. -
They smell great.Swaye said:
Acquired taste is all I can say, and I suppose some people never get into them. Took me years of smoking 10-20 a year to really start understanding it, then more years of smoking 100-500 a year to really get" it. Now nothing in the world smells better to me than a cigar.RoadDawg55 said:Reading this thread and the set ups you guys have are awesome and collector aspect of it seems fun, but cigars are gross. I don’t get how you guys enjoy them so much. I’m a smoker too, but hate cigars. I’ll enjoy a wood tip black and mild from time to time.
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I've been thinking on those Sobremesas for awhile. Let me know how they go! Weather here has been a dream. Lots of My Father and Julius Caesars happening here lately.DHD said:Hey Swaye, thanks for the update on the Padron Blacks. I'll officially end my quest.
Got that Opus sampler coming in tomorrow, and I added some Carrillo Inch and Dunbarton Sobremesas to the order so those will get sorted and added to the humidor as well. Now, if the weather will just cooperate, it would make enjoying all of these a lot more fun. -
If you're bashing Swisher Sweets, Backwoods, or White Owls, I'm fucking out.YellowSnow said:
Cheap cigars are gross. Premium, luxury cigars are proof god loves us.RoadDawg55 said:Reading this thread and the set ups you guys have are awesome and collector aspect of it seems fun, but cigars are gross. I don’t get how you guys enjoy them so much. I’m a smoker too, but hate cigars. I’ll enjoy a wood tip black and mild from time to time.
We've all been there, man. And will be again. Guaranteed. -
I smoked plenty of Swishers in HS. I ain't never going back. Narsty.TurdBomber said:
If you're bashing Swisher Sweets, Backwoods, or White Owls, I'm fucking out.YellowSnow said:
Cheap cigars are gross. Premium, luxury cigars are proof god loves us.RoadDawg55 said:Reading this thread and the set ups you guys have are awesome and collector aspect of it seems fun, but cigars are gross. I don’t get how you guys enjoy them so much. I’m a smoker too, but hate cigars. I’ll enjoy a wood tip black and mild from time to time.
We've all been there, man. And will be again. Guaranteed.
I haven't smoked worse than Macanudo level since freshman year of college. -
Then you haven't lost your car keys and wallet at 2:30 a.m. in Fremont when the only sustenance available are green chili burritos at 7-11, you're jonesing for a cigar and Swishers are all you can afford with $11 & change left in your pocket.YellowSnow said:
I smoked plenty of Swishers in HS. I ain't never going back. Narsty.TurdBomber said:
If you're bashing Swisher Sweets, Backwoods, or White Owls, I'm fucking out.YellowSnow said:
Cheap cigars are gross. Premium, luxury cigars are proof god loves us.RoadDawg55 said:Reading this thread and the set ups you guys have are awesome and collector aspect of it seems fun, but cigars are gross. I don’t get how you guys enjoy them so much. I’m a smoker too, but hate cigars. I’ll enjoy a wood tip black and mild from time to time.
We've all been there, man. And will be again. Guaranteed.
I haven't smoked worse than Macanudo level since freshman year of college.
You privileged white SOB. -
I have a cuntry club membership. Me and all the Kalifags can sit around smoking cigars and scheme about how we can further ruin White Wakanda.TurdBomber said:
Then you haven't lost your car keys and wallet at 2:30 a.m. in Fremont when the only sustenance available are green chili burritos at 7-11, you're jonesing for a cigar and Swishers are all you can afford with $11 & change left in your pocket.YellowSnow said:
I smoked plenty of Swishers in HS. I ain't never going back. Narsty.TurdBomber said:
If you're bashing Swisher Sweets, Backwoods, or White Owls, I'm fucking out.YellowSnow said:
Cheap cigars are gross. Premium, luxury cigars are proof god loves us.RoadDawg55 said:Reading this thread and the set ups you guys have are awesome and collector aspect of it seems fun, but cigars are gross. I don’t get how you guys enjoy them so much. I’m a smoker too, but hate cigars. I’ll enjoy a wood tip black and mild from time to time.
We've all been there, man. And will be again. Guaranteed.
I haven't smoked worse than Macanudo level since freshman year of college.
You privileged white SOB. -
I hope it's not Broken Top. Those fuckers gave me grief when I walked my husky down their precious cart path with 6" of snow on the ground.YellowSnow said:
I have a cuntry club membership. Me and all the Kalifags can sit around smoking cigars and scheme about how we can further ruin White Wakanda.TurdBomber said:
Then you haven't lost your car keys and wallet at 2:30 a.m. in Fremont when the only sustenance available are green chili burritos at 7-11, you're jonesing for a cigar and Swishers are all you can afford with $11 & change left in your pocket.YellowSnow said:
I smoked plenty of Swishers in HS. I ain't never going back. Narsty.TurdBomber said:
If you're bashing Swisher Sweets, Backwoods, or White Owls, I'm fucking out.YellowSnow said:
Cheap cigars are gross. Premium, luxury cigars are proof god loves us.RoadDawg55 said:Reading this thread and the set ups you guys have are awesome and collector aspect of it seems fun, but cigars are gross. I don’t get how you guys enjoy them so much. I’m a smoker too, but hate cigars. I’ll enjoy a wood tip black and mild from time to time.
We've all been there, man. And will be again. Guaranteed.
I haven't smoked worse than Macanudo level since freshman year of college.
You privileged white SOB.
"No dogs means no dogs." Even though its December and the course is a fucking ice sheet. Fuck Off. -
Uhm yeah FTG. Broken Top is for crusty oldes.TurdBomber said:
I hope it's not Broken Top. Those fuckers gave me grief when I walked my husky down their precious cart path with 6" of snow on the ground.YellowSnow said:
I have a cuntry club membership. Me and all the Kalifags can sit around smoking cigars and scheme about how we can further ruin White Wakanda.TurdBomber said:
Then you haven't lost your car keys and wallet at 2:30 a.m. in Fremont when the only sustenance available are green chili burritos at 7-11, you're jonesing for a cigar and Swishers are all you can afford with $11 & change left in your pocket.YellowSnow said:
I smoked plenty of Swishers in HS. I ain't never going back. Narsty.TurdBomber said:
If you're bashing Swisher Sweets, Backwoods, or White Owls, I'm fucking out.YellowSnow said:
Cheap cigars are gross. Premium, luxury cigars are proof god loves us.RoadDawg55 said:Reading this thread and the set ups you guys have are awesome and collector aspect of it seems fun, but cigars are gross. I don’t get how you guys enjoy them so much. I’m a smoker too, but hate cigars. I’ll enjoy a wood tip black and mild from time to time.
We've all been there, man. And will be again. Guaranteed.
I haven't smoked worse than Macanudo level since freshman year of college.
You privileged white SOB.
"No dogs means no dogs." Even though its December and the course is a fucking ice sheet. Fuck Off. -
Anyone that smoke a swisher is a sick fuck. Those are for rolling blunts.
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I've had the Sobremesa Brulee' in the humidor pretty consistently for the last couple of years. They are very good. Little bit of a sweet taste to start, but then consistently satisfying. The latest order was the Sobremesa Gran Imperiales. With the weather getting nicer, I wanted something a little longer lasting.
All of the Dunbarton/Saka stuff seems top notch. -
Sounds like somebody's never been stranded in Fremont an hour after last call, hungry and jonesing for a smoke.RoadDawg55 said:Anyone that smoke a swisher is a sick fuck. Those are for rolling blunts.
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Yeah Dunbarton is good stuff. My new guy doesn't carry it though. It's the one thing I love he doesn't have. But small batch cigars usually has lots of it.DHD said:I've had the Sobremesa Brulee' in the humidor pretty consistently for the last couple of years. They are very good. Little bit of a sweet taste to start, but then consistently satisfying. The latest order was the Sobremesa Gran Imperiales. With the weather getting nicer, I wanted something a little longer lasting.
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No I have. I bum a cigarette off someone else like a normal human being.TurdBomber said:
Sounds like somebody's never been stranded in Fremont an hour after last call, hungry and jonesing for a smoke.RoadDawg55 said:Anyone that smoke a swisher is a sick fuck. Those are for rolling blunts.
Get out more often, Roady.
I probably wouldn’t be hungry. I won’t spell out why, but those who know will know. -
Smokers are fucking bums. Get better friends.RoadDawg55 said:
No I have. I bum a cigarette off someone else like a normal human being.TurdBomber said:
Sounds like somebody's never been stranded in Fremont an hour after last call, hungry and jonesing for a smoke.RoadDawg55 said:Anyone that smoke a swisher is a sick fuck. Those are for rolling blunts.
Get out more often, Roady.
I probably wouldn’t be hungry. I won’t spell out why, but those who know will know. -
Cigarettes are delicious. But, agree, smokers are fucking bums.TurdBomber said:
Smokers are fucking bums. Get better friends.RoadDawg55 said:
No I have. I bum a cigarette off someone else like a normal human being.TurdBomber said:
Sounds like somebody's never been stranded in Fremont an hour after last call, hungry and jonesing for a smoke.RoadDawg55 said:Anyone that smoke a swisher is a sick fuck. Those are for rolling blunts.
Get out more often, Roady.
I probably wouldn’t be hungry. I won’t spell out why, but those who know will know. -
Don't abandon your class, Yellow.YellowSnow said:TurdBomber said:
Smokers are fucking bums. Get better friends.RoadDawg55 said:
No I have. I bum a cigarette off someone else like a normal human being.TurdBomber said:
Sounds like somebody's never been stranded in Fremont an hour after last call, hungry and jonesing for a smoke.RoadDawg55 said:Anyone that smoke a swisher is a sick fuck. Those are for rolling blunts.
Get out more often, Roady.
I probably wouldn’t be hungry. I won’t spell out why, but those who know will know.CigarettesCigarillos are delicious. But, agree, smokers are fucking bums. -
I'm not making this up. I really do think cigarettes are enjoyable and delicious. But, yes, they are a betrayal of my class.TurdBomber said:
Don't abandon your class, Yellow.YellowSnow said:TurdBomber said:
Smokers are fucking bums. Get better friends.RoadDawg55 said:
No I have. I bum a cigarette off someone else like a normal human being.TurdBomber said:
Sounds like somebody's never been stranded in Fremont an hour after last call, hungry and jonesing for a smoke.RoadDawg55 said:Anyone that smoke a swisher is a sick fuck. Those are for rolling blunts.
Get out more often, Roady.
I probably wouldn’t be hungry. I won’t spell out why, but those who know will know.CigarettesCigarillos are delicious. But, agree, smokers are fucking bums.
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What would the West Bendians say if they caught you smoking outside Timbers?YellowSnow said:
I'm not making this up. I really do think cigarettes are enjoyable and delicious. But, yes, they are a betrayal of my class.TurdBomber said:
Don't abandon your class, Yellow.YellowSnow said:TurdBomber said:
Smokers are fucking bums. Get better friends.RoadDawg55 said:
No I have. I bum a cigarette off someone else like a normal human being.TurdBomber said:
Sounds like somebody's never been stranded in Fremont an hour after last call, hungry and jonesing for a smoke.RoadDawg55 said:Anyone that smoke a swisher is a sick fuck. Those are for rolling blunts.
Get out more often, Roady.
I probably wouldn’t be hungry. I won’t spell out why, but those who know will know.CigarettesCigarillos are delicious. But, agree, smokers are fucking bums.
You'd be ruined.
Do that shit in Prineville or Madras. -
You were talking about smoking a swisher or a white owl. Those are strictly for emptying out and using the wrap. I didn’t know anyone actually enjoyed them.TurdBomber said:
Smokers are fucking bums. Get better friends.RoadDawg55 said:
No I have. I bum a cigarette off someone else like a normal human being.TurdBomber said:
Sounds like somebody's never been stranded in Fremont an hour after last call, hungry and jonesing for a smoke.RoadDawg55 said:Anyone that smoke a swisher is a sick fuck. Those are for rolling blunts.
Get out more often, Roady.
I probably wouldn’t be hungry. I won’t spell out why, but those who know will know.
To each their own, but smoking those is frowned upon. Not saying I’ve never done it, but a cigarette compared to those is a no brainer. -
I'll take my chances with the 7-11 clerk and cheap cigars vs bumming a fag off some homeless bum at 2:30 a.m. in Fremont.RoadDawg55 said:
You were talking about smoking a swisher or a white owl. Those are strictly for emptying out and using the wrap. I didn’t know anyone actually enjoyed them.TurdBomber said:
Smokers are fucking bums. Get better friends.RoadDawg55 said:
No I have. I bum a cigarette off someone else like a normal human being.TurdBomber said:
Sounds like somebody's never been stranded in Fremont an hour after last call, hungry and jonesing for a smoke.RoadDawg55 said:Anyone that smoke a swisher is a sick fuck. Those are for rolling blunts.
Get out more often, Roady.
I probably wouldn’t be hungry. I won’t spell out why, but those who know will know.
To each their own, but smoking those is frowned upon. Not saying I’ve never done it, but a cigarette compared to those is a no brainer.
And the first 3 minutes of a swisher is yummy. A sweet, you see. They are newsprint after that.
But still better than a cigarette bummed off a bum.
Exception: Drum roll-your-owns. Those I'll never mock. Thank you Uma and Tarantino for that. -
Great sale going on right now at Cigar Page (I've had good experiences with them) for loose singles. Awesome way to create your own sampler. Most Padrons have been picked over, but lots of good choices left.
https://www.cigarpage.com/sunday-singles-action.html?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CP-K1-20220612Su4-Bonus-Meet-local-singles (XBUa22)&_kx=4hJumtM9J0yWvDskubtRl5DHj23--UjWJRM4djALNq4=.MwExHP
