any cigar smokers?

[SZWONDERS]

Rocky patel

http://www.rockypatel.com/cigar/1990-vintage/

always a great smoke, great bang for your buck.

[SpokeValley]

I love this forum!

Thanks for the shopping list gang. There isn't a single thing I could add here.

Ive been met with mixed reviews when Ive told cycling buddies that I really enjoy a nice cigar with a nice wine, scotch, or bourbon. And like others here, I ride for enjoyment (maybe obsession) with the healthy benefits so I definitely rationalize an occasional tryst with fine tobaccos.

Since I travel a fair amount for work, I have opportunities for a leisurely smoke away from home. Even though Mrs Valley and the teenage Valleys know I do occasionally partake, I don't have suffer comments of either.

Hey, I'm old enough to know better. I like to try the Cubans when in Canada.

[AngryScientist]

Originally Posted by SpokeValley

Hey, I'm old enough to know better. I like to try the Cubans when in Canada.

yea, i figure if i smoke half a dozen cigars a year, the health effects approach zero. probably breathe in more bad stuff walking down a subway platform or going through the lincoln tunnel than a few stogies a year.

[veggieburger]

My favorite cigar is the Romeo y Juliet Cedros #2. Nice and spicy.

However....the best smoke is a medium sized bowl of Solani White and Black pipe tobacco. It's such lovely stuff.

[Stephen2014]

My everyday mini cigars are Agio Meharis. Usually 1 a day.

[verticaldoug]

With today's announcement, it looks like everyone will be able to enjoy a nice cuban legally now.

[Saint Vitus]

^^^Was just discussing briefly this with a co-worker. An old friend (Frank DeMedio) is probably seething right now, he escaped Castro's regime after being locked up in the echo chamber with little more than his memories of working at Radio Cuba.

[SlackMan]

Related to the recent "Real Name / Across the Hall" fiasco, this thread is a good example of why someone might not want his or her real name in a thread. I am sure that many life insurance companies and disability insurance companies would love to find some reason to say that Joe Customer lied about his or her tobacco use, and then try to weasel out of paying a claim. I used to smoke pipes and cigars many years ago, but I do not partake at all now, in part for insurance premium reasons.

[Brainbike]

La Gloria Cubana
Hoyo de Monterrey
Arturo Fente
and Dunhill if and when I get the chance these days.
Big fan of Macallan- not as peaty as Laphroig, Lagavulin, etc.

Thoroughly enjoying this thread. Great bunch of people with like minds.

Ti
Scotch
Watches
Cigars,
Craft Beers
and the occasional post of other people's 911s with bike roof racks....ahh the community.

[djg21]

Originally Posted by verticaldoug

With today's announcement, it looks like everyone will be able to enjoy a nice cuban legally now.

It's not going to change much. Travelers may only bring up to $100 in booze or tobacco from Cuba back into the States. You could always get Cuban cigars in Canada and it wasn't really difficult to bring a few sticks back when driving across the border. Things won't dramatically change until Cuban cigars can be sold at retail in the US.

I still don't know what the fuss is all about. There are crappy cigars and good cigars grown and rolled in Cuba, just like there are good and bad cigars from Nicaragua and other countries in Central America. Take off the bands, and you wouldn't be able to tell where they came from.

[Stephen2014]

There are plenty of great Honduran cigars to be too bothered about Cuban.

[tlittlefield]

Actually now that the sanctions have been lifted between the USA and Cuba you cigar smoking forumites will be able to get all the Cubans that you want.

[redir]

One or two a year for me. I just walk into the smoke shop and the guy helps me pick one out, I have no idea what it is or if its good but I like them once in a great while. Always have them if traveling to places like Costa Rica and hopefully one day soon Cuba Woot!

[Stephen2014]

[djg21]

Originally Posted by tlittlefield

Actually now that the sanctions have been lifted between the USA and Cuba you cigar smoking forumites will be able to get all the Cubans that you want.

"There's an incredible demand for Cuban cigars," said Jeff Borysiewicz, the president of Corona Cigar company, one of the largest Cigar retailers in the country. "There's this whole mystique about them. Just look at how big the counterfeit market has gotten."

Yet the bold truth is that the Cuban cigar is not all that it's made out to be.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...-that-special/