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Tonight I am smoking a Tatajue Halloween Monster

I had an Arturo Fuente maduro tonight. Smoking it was meh but it had quite a pleasant aftertaste.

Tat pudgy monster short robusto with the white band. It's okay nothing to write home about.

That was the Tiff. Same opinion here on that one. Fasten your seatbelt for the others though!

Smoked a LaGloria Cubana #2 last tonight with a Summit Octoberfest - what else is there to even say. Sheesh that little island can still put out a solid cigar!

The only one from the island that I remember is the Monte #2. I have had others while overseas, but do not remember what they were.

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Originally posted by petr:
The only one from the island that I remember is the Monte #2. I have had others while overseas, but do not remember what they were.

Monte #2 is my gold standard (I'm sure someone will quickly come in and disagree), but that LaGloria really gave it a run for the money. Tonight I try a lancero version of the same cigar

Tonight I am sitting at CI and smoked a Tatuaje Jekyll. Wow! What a great cigar! Pepper, cocoa, just a great combination of flavors. $13 a stick. Now I am smoking a CI Blend lab YH-456. Another wonderful cigar.

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Originally posted by petr:
Tonight I am sitting at CI and smoked a Tatuaje Jekyll. Wow! What a great cigar! Pepper, cocoa, just a great combination of flavors. $13 a stick. Now I am smoking a CI Blend lab YH-456. Another wonderful cigar.

I so agree with you on on the Jekyll...I bought a box from our B&M...they go in the "good" humidor!

I am a novice, but to date, my favorite is a Fuente maduro. In fact, I have a hankering for one now.

Man O'War Virtue this evening. I couldn't wait any longer! I am about an inch in and so far a smooth, creamy smoke with a little sweetness and almost pretzel flavor. So far so good with this one.

Last night I picked up the new CI Legends Oliva cigar so I'll be reviewing that in the near future. Next week I plan on getting the Legends sampler of all 8, not including the Oliva. So stay tuned! Same bat channel. Same bat time.

About a third of the way in and it has flavor characteristics of a Monte #2. Sweet, grassy with a hint of something I can't put my finger on yet.

Starting in on the 2/3 mark and I got a bit of chocolate going on at the moment. This stick has had numerous flavor transitions in it. It makes you want to take a puff just to see what is next!

The Virtue is drawing to the end. The final 1/3 has become a bit peppery with espresso notes. Almost a pepper bomb! I like pepper in my sticks so it does not bother me. Final thoughts. Construction was wonderful as I only needed a slight touch up once towards the end. Strength is mild to medium in body. Flavors...oh my!! One of the few cigars I have had with numerous transitions in it. All good ones at that. I would give this stick a solid 8 out of 10. Mainly for the transitions. I would recommend this to anyone and have already mentioned it to my brother. Thanks Lee for the wonderful experience!

Liga Privada #9 and Surly Octoberfest tonight -

Hey, not sure how much time is left on this, but JR is running their Halloween special this week -

I always order, usually takes just 2 or 3 of the cigars to more than pay for the it.

https://www.jrcigars.com/list/weekly-special

Thanks for the link. I got this email from CI today.

http://www.cigarsinternational...s/weekend-spotlight/

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Originally posted by petr:
Thanks for the link. I got this email from CI today.

http://www.cigarsinternational...s/weekend-spotlight/

And "thank you!" for the link. I just pulled the trigger on this one. Don't get to smoke as much during the winter, these will keep me busy as there are a few I've not tried.

What a deal! Split a box with another member here and am right now smoking a Tatuaje 2014 TAA.

A bit more spicy than I normally enjoy, but man am I liking this! Could be partly due to the fact that I live in MN and it's 60 degrees towards the end of October!

Perdomo ESV. Torpedo. Not a fan of the torpedo sizes, not smoky enough for me. The first 3rd is really too mild but I just started the second 3rd and some spice is starting to come out. Overall a good flavor, very mild though. I might smoke the next one with just water as my pumpkin spice beer is overwhelming.