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post #1 of 1180
11/23/11 at 4:09am
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I asked the wife if I could smoke indoors
She said No! No! No!

So I just enjoyed an hour and fifteen with an*ARTURO FUENTE DOUBLE CHATEAU SUNGROWN cigar, Outside. I give it a 90

Out of whiskey but soon... Soon.

Cheers all!
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post #2 of 1180
11/23/11 at 7:32am
Romeo y Julieta Numero Dos...

One thing I miss about the Tampa area is going down to Ybor for a fresh one rolled right in front of me.
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post #3 of 1180
11/23/11 at 7:48am
Laura Chavin of various sizes & denominations, including their plain cigarillos
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post #4 of 1180
11/23/11 at 9:46am
Lapponia Lakka - cloudberry liqueur - still hoping for a US distributor.
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post #5 of 1180
11/24/11 at 4:06am
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A very chilly Thanksgiving sunrise with a

Rocky Patel 1990 Vintage Toro

*Happy Thanksgiving!*

Stay safe!
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post #6 of 1180
11/24/11 at 7:38pm
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post #7 of 1180
11/24/11 at 9:14pm
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Allowed myself a small glass of Chivas 18 after a long day.
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post #8 of 1180
11/24/11 at 11:52pm


Had a glass of my fave Spanish Brandy Cardenal Mendoza Carta Real last night to go with a rolled Gauloises Beige cig. I know Flor de Selva Petits Cigares would be more stylish to go with, but the mood strikes differently at the moment.
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post #9 of 1180
11/25/11 at 3:36am
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Watched the sun rise with a
Camacho Corojo Churchill natural cigar
From MikesCigars.com in Miami, Fl

A really fine and well made, medium priced stick.
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post #10 of 1180
11/27/11 at 2:47am
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Yesterday morning I had a
Flor de Oliva Churchill cigar
Which was a miraculously great smoke considering the price of $2.00 per stick
From The Tobacco Depot in Clearwater, Fl

After lunch I really enjoyed a
La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor Magnifico dark natural
Which was superb at $7.50 ea.


This morning a
La Flor Dominicana Air Bender Chisel natural
Save you money!
not a bad smoke but the final 3rd came unwrapped
$8.30 ea.
Both above from www.seriouscigars.com
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post #11 of 1180
11/27/11 at 9:01am
Slightly off-topic remark: my favorite spirits, with or without tobacco (or coffee, tea, chocolate, desserts etc.) on the side, include

Among cognac: (even if they are rather mass-market, far more than exclusive, elitist cognac manufacturers, in fact, they are the "big five" of this branch) Courvoisier, Hennessy, Remy Martin, Camus, Martell
Among blended scotches: Teachers and JW Black Label
Among single malts: Ben Riach
Among non-cognac brandies: Busnel Calvados, Scharlachberg, Metaxa, Vecchiaromagna

Looking forward to trying J&B Jet scotch, Lheraud cognac, Soberano brandy
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post #12 of 1180
12/2/11 at 4:03am
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Smoked a great cigar this morning. A La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero 660 Natural. Burn your fingers on the nub because you won't want to put it down goodness! $7.25 ea. From www.seriouscigars.com

Cheers!
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post #13 of 1180
12/2/11 at 1:04pm
The wife doesn't let me smoke cigars indoors either but she will put up with the pipe.

Had a great pairing Wednesday night that may have been better than any other cigar spirit I have had.

Drink was a healthy amount of Caol Ila 12 yr Single Malt. Smoked out of my British Racing Green Peterson the tobacco was a concoction of some W.O. Larsen 1864 Blend that I had infused 2 weeks ago with a bit of Old Grandad 112 Bourbon.

Heavenly!
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post #14 of 1180
12/3/11 at 2:26am
Mmmm Coal Ila's are great

Had some JW Green and Black with a friend - lovely.
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post #15 of 1180
12/3/11 at 2:36am
Speaking of single malts... Three days ago I opened another one of my hoarded Glen Scotia 14 years bottles. It is one of my absolute favorites, still, after all these years! Am still into the Gauloises beige ('tabac blond') handrolled when treating myself at night.
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post #16 of 1180
12/4/11 at 3:21pm
An after dinner "large" glass of California Orange Muscat Electra wine.
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post #17 of 1180
12/5/11 at 9:49pm
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Smoked an Alec Bradley Family Blend robusto today. This would be my desert island first choice.
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post #18 of 1180
12/6/11 at 11:11am
Tonight is a top quality apple schnapps, matured in oak casks and made from Idared apples only... much in the style of premium Calvados. I might grant myself an extra sip of the Pere Magloire XO afterwards. Smoke? Still the Gauloises...
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post #19 of 1180
12/14/11 at 4:49am
I went to a Christmas market here and was amazed to see quite some Austrian whisky (partly single malt) being offered. I bought a half-bottle for further testing of a non-single malt (surprising for me!), which was called 3/3 due to the different grain used. I am not often excited about such 'trendy innovations', but this one piqued my interest.
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post #20 of 1180
12/25/11 at 8:46am
Again the non-smoker nature in me won over, so today I enjoyed some budget bourbon (ok, some might call it low-quality, industrial spirit, nondescript etc., but I actually like it): Western Gold Bourbon - Lidl's dirt cheap house brand - straight up
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post #21 of 1180
12/25/11 at 4:25pm
Bit o Ardbeg Blasda to round off the evening.
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post #22 of 1180
12/31/11 at 10:44pm
Baklava for dessert,
Nivole Moscato d'Asti served chilled.
Monte Cristo Torpedo #2

Happy New Year.

Mario
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post #23 of 1180
12/31/11 at 11:22pm
Red Diamond Merlot, 2006 (Washington State). Dreaming of cigars.
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post #24 of 1180
1/1/12 at 1:04am
Just discovered J&B Jet (12 years), again without any tobacco
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post #25 of 1180
1/5/12 at 3:16pm
My spirit of the day was Jack Daniels but when I finished ha bottle I went onto Jamesons. I didn't meand a fll bottle of Jack btw lol
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post #26 of 1180
1/6/12 at 5:30pm
A glass of Havana Club 15 year on the rocks with a twist of lime.
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post #27 of 1180
1/7/12 at 8:31am
An almost entirely off-topic recommendation to the Basenotes bons vivants: just discovered that Lindt Excellence dark chocolate with 85% cocoa is the ideal companion of upscale tobacco, but mainly of fine spirits (both belnded and single malt whiskies, brandy, cognac etc.) and of desert wines
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post #28 of 1180
1/7/12 at 2:56pm
A glass of Ipsus Pantelleria Passito desert wine
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post #29 of 1180
1/22/12 at 7:11pm
Evan Williams 10 year old bourbon.
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post #30 of 1180
1/22/12 at 7:29pm
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The Balvenie DoubleWood 12 Year Old Scotch cut with room temperature spring water 5/1 as I watched the NY Giants win their playoff game vs the 49ers in overtime.
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post #31 of 1180
1/22/12 at 10:50pm
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The Balvenie DoubleWood 12 Year Old Scotch cut with room temperature spring water 5/1 as I watched the NY Giants win their playoff game vs the 49ers in overtime.

Ah, it's a good old faithful whisky that one. Nice and malty Balvenie
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post #32 of 1180
1/23/12 at 10:03pm
A little Makers 46 with my pipe smoking some MacBaran Vintage Syrian.
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post #33 of 1180
2/8/12 at 10:58am
10 year old cherry Eau-de-vie
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post #34 of 1180
2/8/12 at 2:49pm
I'm drinking Jamesons tonight
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post #35 of 1180
2/17/12 at 11:45pm
Couple o'days ago...
EL DORARO 12 y.o. Guyana rum with Cuban Partagas D. No.4 (good robusto).
The drink was quite deep and sweet one (in a Serge Lutens sort of style, you know... in between Chergui and Chene), the smoke itself was well, a Cuban smoke (power woody-animalic), but the couple of them was quite unusual
...say, like woody chypre (out of smoke) with noticeable sweetness (from drink) with character of SL Fumerie Turque.

It's been a nice relax after work.
Regards, Odor.
(well, what a fun it is, trying to describe drinks and smokes through fragrances! )
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post #36 of 1180
2/18/12 at 5:59am
Jack Daniels Old No. 7
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post #37 of 1180
2/19/12 at 6:20am
Yestarday, at the meeting with long-time-not-seen University friends,
MOSCATEL de SETUBAL DOC (Portugal fortified Muscat wine) Colheita 2004 - wonderful mature dessert wine with just perfect balance between fruity-sweetness and woody-bitterness. It's like Serge Lutens would release imaginary Eau-de-... for some of his powerful orientals like Arabie and Chergui. It's very pleasant, it has character but never overpowers the senses, that feature makes this perticular Moscatel fit quite broad variety of unknown tastes.

Nobody was allowed to smoke inside, so I got out for a little walk with some beautiful Costa-Rican corona stogie with maduro wrapper. After first 1/3 the smoke got into a strange dialog with frosty air (-15C), like "drinking smoke with ice"

Regards, Odor.
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post #38 of 1180
2/19/12 at 6:32am
Wow, Odor, sounds fantastic (apart from the -15 C )!
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post #39 of 1180
2/19/12 at 10:24pm
Had an El Cobre the other day, made by Oliva. Awesome.
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post #40 of 1180
2/19/12 at 10:29pm
Still working on that Glen Scotia 14 yo. Single Malt bottle... with a Gauloises tabac blond!
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post #41 of 1180
2/21/12 at 12:24pm
Graham's Six Grapes Reserve Port - quite full-bodied Port, but not as hearty as LBV.
The only two fragrances that come to my mind concerning Port wines, are Ungaro III and Shiseido Basala. Probably not exactly in the smell itself, but more in solid and sort of syrupy character.
Perfectly blended itself into a tasty smoke of Carlos Torano Exodus 1959 50 Anniversary belicoso.

Regards, Odor.
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post #42 of 1180
2/22/12 at 11:11pm
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Graham's Six Grapes Reserve Port - quite full-bodied Port, but not as hearty as LBV.
The only two fragrances that come to my mind concerning Port wines, are Ungaro III and Shiseido Basala. Probably not exactly in the smell itself, but more in solid and sort of syrupy character.
Perfectly blended itself into a tasty smoke of Carlos Torano Exodus 1959 50 Anniversary belicoso.

Regards, Odor.

That's a good smoke.
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post #43 of 1180
2/24/12 at 10:29pm
Feb 23 is a sort of "men's day" in Russia, officially named "Motherland Defender's Day" (celebrated nationwide, everyone has a day off this day). So, on Feb 22 all male colleagues took greetings from lady colleagues at the office and attended small vodka party arranged in there as well.

That way, on Feb 23 itself, attending local cigar club, I couldn't drink anything hard and switched to wine.
It was Protos Roble (Ribera del Duero, Spain) - Tempranillo, 2008 - a wine of character with peppery and leathery undertones.
The smoke of Oliva "V" Churchill Extra made it a festive celebration (though I liked Double Robusto a bit more).

Regards, Odor.
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post #44 of 1180
2/26/12 at 6:03am
A friend of mine invited me to a rum tasting party.
There was about 5 of the variety: Demerara (El Dorado 12 yo), Martinique (La Mauny VSOP), Cuba (Legendario Elixir de Cuba and Anejo) and one another he intentionally kept secret.
After first step of tasting cigars were allowed... long and pleasant tasting night was nicely spiced with two Cubanas: Hoyo De Monterrey Double Corona and Ramon Allones Gigante.

Regards, Odor.
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post #45 of 1180
3/1/12 at 10:10pm
Had a fresh Bell's Hopslam....this year is AMAZING.

Finishing the evening smoking a pipe with a tin I just picked up Peterson's University Flake.
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post #46 of 1180
3/4/12 at 8:32pm
Smoking my Bjarne Freehand with Peterson University flake using a new pipe loading method for flake tobacco I found on youtube </pipenerd>

Accompanied by a Caol Ila 12 yr single malt. The smoky flavors of the scotch go well with the Latakia in the blend.

Wife thinks it is stinky though.....she likes my more aromatic smokes
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post #47 of 1180
4/9/12 at 5:25am
Yesterday, I tasted Glenfiddich 12yo. for the first time
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post #48 of 1180
4/9/12 at 5:46am
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The Glenlivet 12 year old.

Maybe the best Single Malt value @$54.99/1.75 at Total Wine in this area.
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post #49 of 1180
4/9/12 at 1:49pm
Lapponia Mesimarja Brambleberry liqueur from old stock - smooth and wondrous
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post #50 of 1180
4/12/12 at 11:02pm
A quiet evening with Old Pulteney 17 year and a movie tonight
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post #51 of 1180
4/14/12 at 12:55pm
Enjoying an affordable, unassuming blend this evening: Grant's Family Reserve
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post #52 of 1180
4/14/12 at 3:11pm
Pama Pomegranate Liqueur on the rocks
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post #53 of 1180
4/16/12 at 7:44pm
A weird combo of Cuban Ramon Allones Gigante (animalic leathery and woods) and Chateau de Beaulon 5 year Ruby Pineau des Charentes (a fine aperitif/dessert wine with a character of ripe fruits and berries) yesterday.
The day before that it was Cuban Vegas Robaina Unicos with some dry oloroso Sherry. Good pair.

Regards, Odor.
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post #54 of 1180
4/16/12 at 10:33pm
I had a Treasurer cigarette with a dram of Glenmorangie Lasanta last night.
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post #55 of 1180
4/19/12 at 1:02pm
CAO Mx2 Belicoso with a good full-bodied Australian Shiraz wine. Nice relax after work

Regards, Odor.
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post #56 of 1180
4/22/12 at 1:54am
5 Vegas Miami Torpedo (turned out to be a kind of bland-peppery smoke) with a deep and hearty Sangiovese red wine from Chile. Not wanting to spoil myself a night, I just had to have another smoke. A small but tasty Flor Real Robusto from Costa Rica was glad to be of help.

Regards, Odor.
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post #57 of 1180
4/22/12 at 6:49pm
Harvey's Bristol Cream on the rocks with a wedge of lemon
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post #58 of 1180
4/23/12 at 2:12am
Cuban Partagas Short.
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post #59 of 1180
4/24/12 at 2:39am
Montecristo No 5 Cuban Cigar.
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post #60 of 1180
4/25/12 at 1:23pm
Uma Caipirinha made with Brazilian Cachaca
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