My mother-in-law passed away last week, so in deference to the family, I concentrated on doing my best to be a comfort and a help to my wife and her family. Cigars took a back seat to common sense and courtesy, so I don’t have a lot to report on this time. She lived a long and active life, but the last year was hard, with a diagnosis of mesothelioma and a stroke. When I smoked cigarettes she would bum one off me once a year, probably did that for almost 20 years. It was just one of those funny little things…never could get her to switch to a cigar, although she used to say that she once used cigars to break her cigarette habit, since she hated cigars!
I did manage to take a cigar for a walk Sunday morning, and I chose a Romeo y Julieta Habana Reserve that I bought last year when they had an offer for a sampler for something like $8 delivered. I like these cigars, but they sometimes aren’t the fist cigar I gravitate to if I’m cigar shopping. I opted for this cigar since I figured it was one of the better selections I had on hand for an early in the day smoke. It was quite a nice, mild and flavorful cigar that fit the bill nicely. It was a robusto that measured 5” x 54. If I were buying a RyJ, and it wasn’t one from an island we aren’t supposed to buy cigars from, I’d choose this line again.
Just a quick note about cigar smokers doing nice things for the community, a store local to me, although I don’t visit there nearly enough for whatever reason, recently held a golf outing and sent me the following in an e-mail:
Golf Outing Raises $13,240 for Fox Chase Cancer Center
G&G Cigar Company‘s 2nd Annual Golf Outing raised $13,240 for Fox Chase Cancer center for funding cancer research. The event was held at Downingtown Country Club. This check brings G&G’s total donations to over $43,000 to various charities.
We’d like to thank all of you for your support of this important event.
G&G Cigar Company Thanks you for your business.
I think it’s pretty cool when folks who are looked down upon by the more prudish in society do something nice, and it deserves recognition.
Last night I lit up a Hoyo de Monterrey Reposado en Cedros that I received at the IPCPR show last July when General Cigar announced the release. It should come as no surprise that the predominant flavor of the cigar is wood. Sweet wood. Lots of wood. Obviously (or not) this was to be expected given the cedar sleeve and the special “Immersion” process in which they age the cigars in cedar. Don’t misunderstand, I really enjoyed the cigar, it was very enjoyable and different from what I usually select. I’ve always enjoyed the Hoyo de Monterrey line and most of it’s extensions, and this one is pleasantly different.
Tonight I grabbed one of General Cigars new El Credito El Perrito War of Flavors, a cheroot-like cigar that’s made without a mold. These are rustic little cigars that was created by two supervisors in the El Credito factory in the DR. There’s lots of information out there on these, so I won’t regurgitate it here. It was a good cigar for a mile walk. It wasn’t particularly elegant, but it had a good flavor that will benefit from some age. If these are priced right they will be a nice shorter smoke, although it burned roughly the same amount of time as a robusto for me. Don’t wear a good shirt either as the ash was prone to dropping without notice! Thanks to General Cigars for providing me with samples to smoke!
That’s it for now, hopefully this weekend being Memorial Day weekend will give me an opportunity to have a couple cigars.
Until the next time,
CigarCraig
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Today was a great day, I received a package in the mail from General Cigar that contained my winnings from a recent ‘La Gloria Cubana Serie N’ photo contest. I usually let my smokes rest for awhile after traveling across the country, but today…I grabbed one of the LGC Serie N – JSB’s and hit the pavement for a walk during my lunch break. I work downtown, and there is no excuse for me to not chose to take a walk any day. I sit in an office all day and today I decided to get up and do some walking!
The LGC ‘N cigar is a rather strong, full body smoke and they have not let me down yet. I lit this sucker and immediately smelled the (fancy word here…) “greatness” this cigar has to offer. The flavor profile was busy, but I will let your own senses detect what you get from yours…but nonetheless, this one has many great aromas and flavors while smoking. I walked around the downtown Tyler area and with the nice weather, I really enjoyed smoking this cigar. I can say that it had no bad aftertaste, stayed lit well, drew pretty hard but overall it is one of the best LGC cigars I have had since they changed them many years ago. Now the ‘N has only been around about eight months or so, but I still choose this cigar as my favorite all around LGC.
The walk was great too…I enjoyed the scenery and the weather. I got my exercise in for the day while walking the 75+ minutes. I have boot camp on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays…so I try to get a walk in on the other days to help with my weight loss. If you have been reading my posts for some time, you’d know that I started taking a cigar for a walk to help me get off my rear and start to lose the 150+ pounds of excess weight that I have put on my body over the years. With this “walk plan”, boot camp (my Marine Sgt. Is whipping my rear-end) and by eating right…as of this past Monday (6-6), I have lost a total of 20lbs! Thats got me pretty excited…and more reason to get my cigar walks in every other day or so.
