That's my normal staple. I've tried it with cognac and that's good too. Anyone know of a nice brandy?

I know lots of 'em. How much you wanna spend? :D

Maybe $45 a bottle.

I would suggest a 12 year old Macallan and a # 1 Montecristo...close to your budget but just a tad more expensive...but something to look forward to...a

That's my normal staple. I've tried it with cognac and that's good too. Anyone know of a nice brandy?



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Err... English please?

Cigar? Toss it in a can, it is so tragic.

Maybe $45 a bottle.
Courvoisier.

Courvoisier.

Very good cognac recommendation EW :yes:

I'm luckier than most, I have 10 brothers and sisters-in-law in Canada. They keep me supplied with #3 Montecristo Habanas, occassionally throwing in a Romeo & Julieta or Upman. I'm not much on cognac, I prefer a nice Napoleon Brandy like a Jules Dumet VSOP. Another pleasant thing to drink with your cigar is a nice tawny port like Presidential (http://www.wine.com/wineshop/product_detail.asp?PProduct_ID=SYM119492_0&Nu=p_family_name). I prefer the 20 year, myself. BTW, I'm lucky enough to have a wife who lets me smoke my cigars (but not cigarettes) in the house, as long as they're cubans!

This summer while I was in Israel, my buddy grilled a HUGE steak dinner. Some of the best steak I have ever eaten. Afterwards we relaxed with a couple of Cuban cigars and shots of Arak, straight from Jordan.

Ahhh...I really miss that evening. There really is something wonderful about the taste of Cuban cigars.

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Sad thing is, when that dusty old Cold-War relic bites the dust, Western companies will go in there & "improve" everything-and since Cuban Cigars are one of the few things Cuba has to trade on, they will be the most "improved". After the cost accountants, efficiency experts, marketing gurus,manufacturing optimisers, etc, etc, all the pointy-pencil pointy head types get thru w/them, they won't be Cuban cigars anymore. What a shame.-Sandy G.

I'd probably enjoy them, if I could just get past that rank odor :yuck:

Rank?! You are loony-tunes, dude! :yikes:

I am a VERY occasional cigar smoker (a few times a year), but in my life I have never tasted a smoother, more dignified cigar. They smelled WONDERFUL! Not pungent at all.

Actually, we each smoked two cigars because they were so damn good. I still have the rings in my wallet.

Rank.....smelly, stinky, smells like a cow pie on fire :lmao:

As an ex-pat American, one of the things that keeps me in London ( besides an English wife) is the fact that I can walk 50 yards down the street and buy the world's best cigars! Try a good cuban with a snifter of Hennessey XO. Pure heaven!!

Ray

Hmmm... All these alcohols and so little time. Anyway, the stuff I get is hand-rolled by a friend of mine. He's a 5th generation cigar roller. His family has a few tobacco planations in Central America, they took the Cuban seed and started. There's really nothing like smoking a cigar right off the rolling table.

I've got nothing against cognac, but I'm with Kam on the stogies. I got a cat that pinches those things off and buries em in a litter box where they belong.

Best cigar I ever had was at a bud of mine's wedding. Don't remember what it was, except it was almost black it was so dark, but was so mild, even I could about inhale it. Just had beer & champagne, neither really conducive to enjoying a good cigar, but a lot of pretty girls showing off their pulchritude kinda, sorta made up for it...<grin>-Sandy G.

Hi lordof(s)pain!
cientos tres naturalmente!
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when i am on the canarias i always have some bottles :)
sure there's better, thats for all days

and into my lungs i let only the exhust of Cohiba Robustos
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since i don't smoke anymore since 1999... once or twice a year
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Helge

Hmm... that brandy you linked to looks interesting. Last night I smoked a nice torpedo. This Friday my friend will let me compare a Cohiba esplendido and his esplendido. I know that his smell better. :)

Like always, not the length makes it... the Robustos has a larger diameter and is much better to smoke :)
helge

Aye, robustos are very fine indeed. I bought one for a friend of mine when his daughter was born about a month ago. Very good cigar but a little weaker than I prefer.

...but a little weaker than I prefer...

and exactly what i like - due to i don't smoke since 5 yrs its not too weak for me :)

i always miss the right "ambiente" for it - a Havana Club Añejo (http://www.spirituosenworld.de/produkte/rum/details/havana_club_anejo_especial.html) and some woman like Danay (http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/3330/cu147do.jpg) around... on Playas del Este... would be right time right now - like November 1995 (http://img284.imageshack.us/img284/6659/cuba026colfcversionx9er.jpg)!

helge

I'd probably enjoy them, if I could just get past that rank odor :yuck:
Do you think that smell comes from fifty-something year old women licking and rolling the tobbac on their hairy legs?!?... :yikes:

Ah, the esplendido my friend made was far superior to the Cohiba. It was made even better beacuse they were both FREE!

As an ex-pat American, one of the things that keeps me in London ( besides an English wife) is the fact that I can walk 50 yards down the street and buy the world's best cigars! Try a good cuban with a snifter of Hennessey XO. Pure heaven!!

Ray

You know how to enjoy my friend.I've never had a Cuban cigar,but many times A fine cigar with Hennessey while soaking in a hot tub,Oh Yeah :thmbsp: ....David

Err... English please?


You are the one into Brandy. . .That my friend is a fine Russian Brandy. . .Cheap too. . .

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De Nobili cheroots and Old Overholt. Actually! I used to, but for some reason I gave them up....

Consider Armagnac. Less known, relatively less expensive, and certainly drier than most VS-VSOP Cognacs which are sweeter and in many cases achieve their color less through age in oak than through a sprightly dash of caramel coloring. Very good Armagnac can be had @ $30—Arizona generally has good and various distribution of even the “farmhouse” producers (which are outstanding values and usually of higher quality than the bulk of mass-distributed marques). For a good real cigar that won’t break the bank try Macanudo.

I gave up on the booze almost 15 years ago, cause it was beatin the livin crap out of me.

But I love a good cigar and partake about 5 nights a week. My favorites, though expensive are Davidoff's and Opus X. My daily smokes are Montecristo's (never smoked one I didn't love) and Hoya de Monteray Excaliber (boxpressed). I also enjoy a good Punch every so often.

Consider Armagnac.
I do. Whenever I can. Janneau is nice, Larressingle is much better, and if you can get hold of a Cerbois vintage...:banana: :banana: :banana:.

I'd consider trading my AU-X1 for a 1942 Cerbois (I said "consider" :scratch2: )

:smoke: back to the cognac. consider HINE TRIUMPHE, a little pricey but a dash goes a long way (smoooooooth) :thmbsp: . cigar? i havent had one since highschool! are they that great? i like the smell of a pipe at a distance, maybe not for me. :smoke:

Bullwinle, the cigars that are being mentioned are premium cigars. It's not like going into a conveinient store and buying a Roi-Tan. A good cigar is one of lifes mystical pleasures. If you are ever curious, look for a Montecristo and your local tobacconist. A very mild and relaxing smoke. Also, I suggest you don't inhale them.

Before I gave up the smokes, I used to really enjoy a MonteCristo #1, or a Coheiba (I think that's how it's spelt). I also picked up an aged cigar once (I can't remember the name) which was a very dark purple-brown colour and tasted superb.

But like www, I've given up one and can now only concentrate on the other (don't get me started on single malts :D)

Courvoisier.

Yes, the Ladies Man highly recommends this. :D

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Well, last night my wife and I decided that we could open one present each to celebrate the transit strike coming to an end. I unwrapped a longish, narrow box, and I found out that my wife is a rare jewel indeed. That lovely woman bought me a bottle of 18 year old Glenfiddich! We each poured ourselves two fingers (neat) and I lit up a Montecristo. Heaven!

Well, last night my wife and I decided that we could open one present each to celebrate the transit strike coming to an end. I unwrapped a longish, narrow box, and I found out that my wife is a rare jewel indeed. That lovely woman bought me a bottle of 18 year old Glenfiddich! We each poured ourselves two fingers (neat) and I lit up a Montecristo. Heaven!

You are a lucky man.

I gave up on the booze almost 15 years ago, cause it was beatin the livin crap out of me.

But I love a good cigar and partake about 5 nights a week. My favorites, though expensive are Davidoff's and Opus X. My daily smokes are Montecristo's (never smoked one I didn't love) and Hoya de Monteray Excaliber (boxpressed). I also enjoy a good Punch every so often.


Nice selection of cigars. Have some opus x on hand, but I always think them a little overrated and exspensive when compared to some of fuentes other offerings, like the Don Carlos, or Hemmingways ( from the little short story, up through the rest of the signature series) are even more full bodied than the Opus X, and while expensive also, arent as steep as the opus X! Definately agreed on the Montecristos, Cuban or Dominican. El Rays are also one of my favorites. Nice port, like Ramos Pintos 20 or 30 year, dark chocolate, creme brulee make a cant miss combo for me.

enjoy,
Russellc

Cubans are great tasting and very strong, just poorly made. get a Fuente opus x or padron 1026. much better smokes fer the money. :smoke:

err 1926 rather. :stupid:

Cubans are great tasting and very strong, just poorly made. get a Fuente opus x or padron 1026. much better smokes fer the money. :smoke:
Poorly made? Not my Cohibas, Romeo y Julietas nor my Montecristos!

I gave up on the booze almost 15 years ago, cause it was beatin the livin crap out of me.

But I love a good cigar and partake about 5 nights a week. My favorites, though expensive are Davidoff's and Opus X. My daily smokes are Montecristo's (never smoked one I didn't love) and Hoya de Monteray Excaliber (boxpressed). I also enjoy a good Punch every so often.

So does Mike Tyson :D

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Dalmore is a very good 12 year single malt scotch at about $36.00 a bottle. They also have a bottle called cigar scotch which is a blend of 10 and 20 year old which would put it at about 15 year. I've never had it but in the scotch rating book, its rated slightly higher than the 12 year at the same price. I find that hard to believe cuz the 12 year is awesome. If anyone has had the cigar scotch, how is it? Regards

Poorly made? Not my Cohibas, Romeo y Julietas nor my Montecristos!
Agreed. Cubans are after all just cigars....some of them suck, most are not genuine, but the good ones are fabulous. My first cuban was a montecristo A, which is a hugh torpedo. I smoked it hard for a good hour, then turned green!
Wow, what power.

Russellc

by poorly made I mean that the inconsistancy in craftsmanship. I have had many experiences with uneven draws, some with partagas and montecristo, more so on bolivar. maybe it's just my luck. :dunno:

by poorly made I mean that the inconsistancy in craftsmanship. I have had many experiences with uneven draws, some with partagas and montecristo, more so on bolivar. maybe it's just my luck. :dunno:

Seems like the only cigar I have never had a problem with was macanudo. (spelling) Not my favorite, and way over priced for what it is, but very well put together at least. For the money, the don Carlos (fuente) and the signature torpedos ( also fuente) seem to be fairly consistent. Most companies use their best rollers for pyramids and other specialty shape cigars. I have had a few "pop aparts" of fuentes with the churchill and other "normal" shapes, and during the big "cigar craze" of a few years ago, found some patched ones in a box or two.

Russellc

I tend to find better craftsmanship consistancy in dominican's, but then it all comes with the whole "you get what you paid for" thing. I too have found some probs with Fuente, but never in the Don Carlos and Hemmingway lines (knock on wood). The same goes for the Opus and Anejo lines. I like to enjoy Ashton VSG Robusto's with nice cold Newcastles, and save the Padron Anniversaries for Scotch and Cognac.

It's our third wedding anniversary today, and look what my wife gave me! She had one of her sisters in Canada send them down!
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I've never heard of a Cacinque, but it smells sweet (unlit) with a hint of cocoa.

NICE!

Russellc

Man Boggy, you are a lucky man... One of these days I'm gonna get me some relatives that live in Cuban cigar country:D Enjoy 'em buddy, and Happy Anniversary!

Man Boggy, you are a lucky man... One of these days I'm gonna get me some relatives that live in Cuban cigar country:D Enjoy 'em buddy, and Happy Anniversary!
Iponically, cuban cigar country is everywhere except the US! But fakes abound, if they are cheap, they are not real. cubans are not cheap even in cuba, they get no cheaper once shipped elsewhere. When I was in central america, I saw more fakes than real!

russellc

Russystems

Courvoisier.

No, no, no. It's to Cognac what Johnny Walker is to Scotch: light, bland, too easy to drink.

Hennesy and Martell are much better houses to spend your money. Of the "major" houses, try the Remy Martin VSOP.

Seriously, don't waste a fine cgar on a bland Cognac.