After the meal.... A Cigar Anyone?

[irloyal]

For the last couple of years I have decided to start enjoying a Cigar. Usually AM and PM provide a good time to spend an hour with or so after a meal with my mate, a friend, a drink and a cigar.

I know, those stinky things, but I went on a quest for the "GREAT CIGAR", and actually found that cigars do have a flavor to be enoyed as well as providing a time frame to sit back, and pair the nicotine indulgence with friends and a drink. There are even boutique cigars infused with herbs and spices that make an aroma that many people enjoy.

You don't huff down a cigar like a cigarette. You quietly enjoy the experience and pair it with anther joy. A discussion, a drink, a sunset, a book, etc. You need at least 45 minutes to savor any cigar, and some you have to commit as much as 2 to 2.5 hours.

My favorites run to a medium/hearty smoke. Nougats of carmel, chocolate, coffee and spice need to be present in the flavor. I have found that I prefer a Nicarraguan (sp?) tobacco and maduro wrapper. Padron's are my go to cigar, with the 1926 Anniversary Serie topping the list. These are best paired with a red wine or a good coffee and after a BIG red meat meal.

How about the rest of you?

[JMFVET]

Yes!
My fav Cohiba XV. Closest thing I've had to a real Cuban Cohiba and the real Cuban are definitely the best....

[comfortably numb]

No thank you.
And thanks for not lighting up in my foursome too.

[irloyal]

No thank you.
And thanks for not lighting up in my foursome too.

I never got the whole Golf and Cigar thing. The cigar just gets in the way.
Btw, I ALWAYS ask if people mind if I enjoy a cigar, except at my house, where people are INVITED to join me and Enjoy a cigar.
And I always smoke outside except at Cigar Lounges where they use good air circulators. I won't smoke inside without an air circulator since it affects others.

[Frank Capua]

I enjoy the smell of a good cigar more when somebody else is smoking it.

[Snow61]

Back on topic....being female, I don't do cigars. They're those stinky things for me.

[railroad]

I share George Carlin's view of cigars. NSFW, or polite society for that matter.

http://youtu.be/rY1eXnbB1Mg

[cheeseczar]

There was a time I had a line on real Cohibas and smoked them often. No more, however. Once I put the cigs away that was it. All it would take for me is one puff and I'd be back on the stuff. Like Frank, I do enjoy the smell of them.

[fasteddy]

Very well said irloyal!! I too find the enjoyment of my cigars enhanced when the time is shared with good company and a good drink. My wife and I were in Savannah several weeks ago. Each evening we would sit in "our" square, with a drink, a book, and me with a cigar. I don't smoke specific brands, I just ask the person in the cigar store for a recommendation in the $7-$8 range and go with it.

[irloyal]

Yes!
My fav Cohiba XV. Closest thing I've had to a real Cuban Cohiba and the real Cuban are definitely the best....

I really enjoy an occasional Cuban. Cohiba's are good, but I like H Uppmans. I've found that Davidoff's are REAL CLOSE, but at $12 to $50 a stick, they are pretty pricey.

[fasteddy]

I went in a cigar store in Bangkok a couple years ago and asked the clerk if they had any Cubans. He looked at me funny a couple seconds and then said "Sir, they are ALL Cubans".

[irloyal]

...snip
Back on topic....being female, I don't do cigars. They're those stinky things for me.

I'll bet you'd like the aroma of a Drew Estate Isla Del Sol (coffee infused) or an Acid Kuba Kuba or Blondie. My wife is not a big cigar fan, but she actually likes the aroma of these, and they are a pretty decent smoke too.

My wife shares time with me when I have a cigar. We often sit on the porch and discuss the day (or just watch it go by) while I have a smoke. I love it when she takes an unlit cigar from me, pulls the cutter out of my pocket (OOHHH!) and cuts the cigar for me.

[Snow61]

I'll bet you'd like the aroma of a Drew Estate Isla Del Sol (coffee infused) or an Acid Kuba Kuba or Blondie. My wife is not a big cigar fan, but she actually likes the aroma of these, and they are a pretty decent smoke too.

I did always like the smell of my Grandfather's pipe tobacco growing up.

[window]

I used to, but referring to the booze thread, if I have a little too much, I start inhaling. That's never good; you'd think I'd learn. So, I just enjoy the smell if someone else has one.

[LowRyter]

I enjoy them. Mostly have Partagas Robustos and Macanudo Maduro Diplomats. But I like all good handrolled cigars.

[irloyal]

I enjoy them. Mostly have Partagas Robustos and Macanudo Maduro Diplomats. But I like all good handrolled cigars.

Yes, the Partagas is a nice smoke. It's good after any meal, I especially like it with Hawaiian Coffee. If you like Partagas I imagine you like Davidoffs too?

[Neshaminy]

It cost my father $1200 of 1965 dollars to find out I was allergic to the rope hangin' under that schnazz of his........it was a miserable existence for me but he took em outside after that.....when I get near one my sinuses still start to swell and the eyes get scratchy, so I'll pass......and I'll pass anyone burnin' one.

[Indy-hp]

There was a time I had a line on real Cohibas and smoked them often. No more, however. Once I put the cigs away that was it. All it would take for me is one puff and I'd be back on the stuff. Like Frank, I do enjoy the smell of them.

Jeff,

That's what I thought, too, but I tempted fate and tested myself and I was able to enjoy a cigar with some business associates in a cigar bar a few months ago even though I quit smoking 4.5 years ago.

It was enjoyable, but my clothes REEKED the next morning, and I didn't have any strong desire to do it again, thankfully. I might smoke one a few times a year if the opportunity presents itself, but that's it for this ex-smoker.

[LowRyter]

Yes, the Partagas is a nice smoke. It's good after any meal, I especially like it with Hawaiian Coffee. If you like Partagas I imagine you like Davidoffs too?

i've always wanted to try Davidoffs. Perhaps I'll cya at the track & we can exchange? I plan to camp in Lot 1A.

In my humidor I have Montecristos, A Fuetes, H Uppmans among others. Along with a couple boxes of Partagas and Macanundo Diplomats,

[lutesk]

I like the Lagroria Cubanas, but I think they priced themselves out of their original market. Try a Montesino. Easy to find, they smoke even, and you know you're smoking a cigar. Relatively cheap too.

[LowRyter]

so any campers up for a cigar night at the track during race weekend (Thur - Sun) ?

[irloyal]

I'm skipping Indy this year. I'll be watching on TV from a beach at about 7am.

Anybody going to Texas? If so I'll be happy to coordinate a Cigar meeting in Denton.

[irloyal]

Low,
My Humidor currently has:
La Vieja Habana Maduros - Nice everyday smoke. $2.50 each. Nicaraguan Long and short filler with a nice Brazillian wrapper.
Davidoff 2000 - A few for that time when I desire a Cuban like smoke
Padron Londres Maduro - My regular favorite
Padron 5000 Maduro - A really good box press
AF Short Story - I have these in the Dominican and the Dominican Maduro
Drew Estate Blondie - For going out in public and I want to have a really nice aromatic cigar
Isla Del Sol - Another Drew Estate blend with coffee infusion
Padron 1926 - Best Smoke ever. Always a couple in the humidor, but at $25 each they don't come out too often.
CAO Brazillia Go's - Another nice maduro.
CAO Italia - Mild to medium with hints of spice

[FTHurley]

Right about now I could use a Cohiba, a glass of Lagavulin 16, and a nice ... you know what, I'm going to keep the rest of that to myself.

[LowRyter]

I'm skipping Indy this year. I'll be watching on TV from a beach at about 7am.

Anybody going to Texas? If so I'll be happy to coordinate a Cigar meeting in Denton.

loyal, I might be up for that. I usually go to Texas for the Sat nite race. Haven't firmed it up yet because I've been doing so much planning on Indy.

Hawaii is nice but it ain't Indy.

[irloyal]

Yup, but Indy aint Indy this year, I picked a good year to go to hawaii in May. Indy is back on the slate in 2013

[irloyal]

Found a nice cigar in Kauai. Island Prince. They are Kauai grown tobaccos and rolled in Nicaraugua. Some puro's, and a few blends with a Nic maduro wrapper or a Dominican Connecticurt wrapper. I smoked several on the Islands and brought a few back for the humidor. If you are interested they are avaialble on-line and worth the $10 -$15 price tag. They go great with a Koko Mocha and a Hawaiian sunrise.

[fasteddy]

We have friends that bring me a cigar back from Hawaii every year. This year's version was VERY good, may have been the ones you are speaking of. Not sure, as I didn't keep the band, but I do recall the price tag was $15 and I thought it was worth evey penny.

[LowRyter]

I'm skipping Indy this year. I'll be watching on TV from a beach at about 7am.

Anybody going to Texas? If so I'll be happy to coordinate a Cigar meeting in Denton.

Looks like I might be heading up there. So what do you have in mind for Denton?

[jandj]

I enjoy the occasional CAO Box-press Cameroon wrapper.