Guide to Cigars

Have read this book by Jane Resnick, "International Connoisseur's Guide to Cigars".

This is the third book on cigars I have read now. I like the size of it to carry as a reference, especially since someone tried to pass off honduran cigars as Cubans. Gives a great summary of size and labels, and includes pictures. I have found that you can get the best prices off of Ebay for books on cigars.

Padilla 1932 Signature

Cigar Afficianado has this to say:

RING GAUGE: 48

Lovely to behold, this dark cigar has a lush draw and even burn. It's delicious, with rich wood notes, earth and leather, all wrapped around a core of spice. A delicious and complex cigar.
LENGTH: 7"
FILLER: Nicaragua
BINDER: Nicaragua
WRAPPER: Nicaragua

Camacho Corojo

WRAPPER:
Authentic Corojo (Jamastran)
BIN DER:
Authentic Corojo (Jamastran)
FILLER:
Authentic Corojo (Jamastran

Gurkha Estate Selection

This cigar smells very strong when you first open it, however is suprisingly more mild than I would have thought. The end has all the filler sticking out and not cut off evenly. This makes it a lot easier to light, plus lets you taste the filler without having the wrapper involved for the first few puffs. Not a bad cigar and the outer wrapper does have a nice twang to it.

Wrapper: Dominican Binder: Dominican Filler: Nicaraguan, Dominican

You can go to http://www.gurkhacigars.com/about.htm to read more about how

the wrapper is infused with cognac, but fun smoke. Now I have to try their beauty and then the beast. When I was in England, I had the chance to see some real life Gurkha's. The story is they can never draw their famous knives without drawing blood, even if they have to cut themself.

Bolivar Dominicana

John smoked this last night. He will give his review, but the amazing part is he felt this one got better and more flavorful as he smoked it. Or it was the Bourbon talking.

Absinthe and Cigars

Well, I read an article that Absinthe is coming back to America. After having been banned for a number of years, some distributors found a way to bring legal Absinthe here. I am scheduling an ABC party for Absinthe and Bourbon Cigars as soon as I get my bottle in from New York.

We also are scheduling a field trip to Kentucky Gentleman Cigars and will have a write up as

soon as we do. The Absinthe Web site is at http://www.drinklucid.com/. Enjoy.

Now I have to get some glasses and spoons from Ebay. Jeez, hobbies will kill you.

Your cigars Here

Well, my friends wanted a spot to post notes on various cigars. This is a good place to leave your comments, and then I will make a regular post out of them.

Our First Fake Cubans

Well, John(my future son-in-law) and I went down to the flee market to pick up a boat load of Kentucky Black Gold cigars. We both enjoy them, especially the price. Well, the vendor said his source has dried up and could not find any more. We decided to visit the other cigar store in the market. The "Roll-n-Smoke". This is run by Mike Winfield. He showed us some "genuine" cuban cigars. We picked up a Punch Habana and a Hoyo de Monterey. They were OK cigars, but since we have not smoked any real Cubans yet, how do you tell. We are still planning the Canadian Road Trip one of these days.(Not that we would bring cuban cigars back illegally of course, but would enjoy them across the border, because we are loyal law abiding citizens).

I went online and looked up the labels. Here are real Punch and Hoyo labels:

Here are the labels from our fakes:

You can tell the difference looking at the crowns in the labels. Cigar Afficionado has a great site that shows fake and real labels.

www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Counterfeits/Counterfeit_Gallery/0,3390,,00.html

Enjoying a smoke

Here is a pic of me and my son-in-law and future son-in-law enjoying a good smoke and shots of B&B.