Cigars, Coffee, Scotch, Sun, Music, Lascaux's Dirty Pretty Things

[Lascaux]

Hello!

Just got my humidor from http://humidoro.de/
70ct, very pleased with it and humidoro's service!

Hygrometer's been callibrating today and I warmed the humidor in with a bowl of hot water:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/MidnightLamp/SNC00182.jpg


In it so far:
Cohiba Esplendido
Cohiba Robusto
2 x Cohiba Siglo IIs
Montecristo Edmundo
Montecristo Tubos
Partagas D No. 4
Ramon Allones small corona
a couple of Upmanns
and a mystery cuban that I forgot the name of!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/MidnightLamp/SNC00181.jpg

I'm relatively new to cigar smoking and so I will be slowly trying anything and everything I can get my hands on (whilst being a poor musician) :smile:

Tomorrow I will try the smaller upmann!

Lascaux

[daverave999]

Welcome! Nice looking starter selection you have there.

[Boss Hog]

Looks very nice, much better than the one I had when I started.

Welcome

[ACMCC]

Welcome Lascaux, nice selection, try a few Jose L Piedra's if your on a budget - best VFM Cuban on the market, it's what the Cuban's smoke, try here: http://www.1001cubancigars.com/shoppingCart.php?action=prodItems&catsId=1&brandId=9
be careful though some have a mighty kick, the cazadore's especially...:cowboyic9:

[Lascaux]

cheers for the recommendation, just ordered a box of the cazadores and a box of quintero nacionales from puro,
i know they wont touch the cigars i have sitting in my humi but they'll get me through summer festivals nicely!

[Jithell]

Yo, this is the place to be:smile:

[nicwing]

Hi Lascaux, welcome to the Forum.

You'll enjoy it here, I had no idea how much I didn't know untill I signed on.

[Deano]

Welcome! Thanks for showing off your stash too

[Robusto]

Hi Lascaux.

I love your cave drawings in the Dordogne.

Nice cigars there. It's great to kick off with a line of well-heeled Havana bastards in a humidor like that. All nestled quietly and ready to be sniffed, pre-drawn and torched.

Are you a musician?
Are you?

Bryan

[nicwing]

cheers for the recommendation, just ordered a box of the cazadores and a box of quintero nacionales from puro,
i know they wont touch the cigars i have sitting in my humi but they'll get me through summer festivals nicely!

Which festivals are you heading to Lascaux?

Looks like it's going to be a hot summer so ideal, the smell of a fine havana migling with all the other festival smells, warm grass, burning grass,and sweating bodies a heady cocktail!

[Kdot]

Greetings Lascaux, some good looking smokes there.

[Mr Moore]

alright mate

[cj121]

Hi Lascaux, in there with a fine selection mate. Way to go, although you're going to have a reputation to live up to now you know:biggrin1:

[Lascaux]

Hi Lascaux.

I love your cave drawings in the Dordogne.

Nice cigars there. It's great to kick off with a line of well-heeled Havana bastards in a humidor like that. All nestled quietly and ready to be sniffed, pre-drawn and torched.

Are you a musician?
Are you?

Bryan

i too love my cave drawings! especially the bird-head man next to bison ;p

yes i am a guitarist
current project is
http://www.myspace.com/pattiplinkoandherboy

i also do live and recording session work, and classical guitar for weddings/corp stuff

tried that unmarked cigar and it was very nasty, very loose and harsh. win some loose some!

[Stevieboy]

A belated welcome Big Lad!

That's some fine smokes you've got there...none of which would be amiss in any true gentleman's humidor :thumb:

[Robusto]

i too love my cave drawings! especially the bird-head man next to bison ;p

yes i am a guitarist
current project is
http://www.myspace.com/pattiplinkoandherboy

i also do live and recording session work, and classical guitar for weddings/corp stuff

tried that unmarked cigar and it was very nasty, very loose and harsh. win some loose some!


I will check your MySpace out later.
There are a few pro and semi-pro players on here.
Clearly intelligent ones if they are into cigars.
I play keys and that makes me doubly intelligent. :biggrin1:

[the mothman]

Hello and best wishes Lascaux.

[nicwing]

I play keys and that makes me doubly intelligent. :biggrin1:


Ppppphhhhttttt! :eviltongue:

[Robusto]

Drummers usually shag the most. Pretty rare commodity.

Keys players are intellectuals and usually think non-stop about shagging but have to self-serve. Very rare commodity.

Singers usually fancy themselves something rotten. Replaceable.

Guitarists are usually far too loud. Loads of guitarists. No problem to replace with an excellent one.

Bass players usually think they are pivotal. Loads waiting in the wings.

Sax players usually get all the ladies' attention. Usually good looking bastards, too. Loads of squeaky, non-musical ones around.


To provoke comment... :smoke:

[nicwing]

Drummers usually shag the most. Pretty rare commodity.

Keys players are intellectuals and usually think non-stop about shagging but have to self-serve. Very rare commodity.

Singers usually fancy themselves something rotten. Replaceable.

Guitarists are usually far too loud. Loads of guitarists. No problem to replace with an excellent one.

Bass players usually think they are pivotal. Loads waiting in the wings.

Sax players usually get all the ladies' attention. Usually good looking bastards, too. Loads of squeaky, non-musical ones around.


To provoke comment... :smoke:

Bloody hell, Leo's got it made, he's a sax and piano playing drummer, he's a made man (of only 9) I will make sure he eats 3 square meals a day, he's going to be busy when he gets to 18 :smoke:

[daverave999]

Drummers usually shag the most. Pretty rare commodity.

Keys players are intellectuals and usually think non-stop about shagging but have to self-serve. Very rare commodity.

Singers usually fancy themselves something rotten. Replaceable.

Guitarists are usually far too loud. Loads of guitarists. No problem to replace with an excellent one.

Bass players usually think they are pivotal. Loads waiting in the wings.

Sax players usually get all the ladies' attention. Usually good looking bastards, too. Loads of squeaky, non-musical ones around.


To provoke comment... :smoke:

Well my girlfriend plays sax professionally and she always seems to get an awful lot of male attention. Not just from me either. ;)

[Lascaux]

Drummers usually shag the most. Pretty rare commodity.

Keys players are intellectuals and usually think non-stop about shagging but have to self-serve. Very rare commodity.

Singers usually fancy themselves something rotten. Replaceable.

Guitarists are usually far too loud. Loads of guitarists. No problem to replace with an excellent one.

Bass players usually think they are pivotal. Loads waiting in the wings.

Sax players usually get all the ladies' attention. Usually good looking bastards, too. Loads of squeaky, non-musical ones around.


To provoke comment... :smoke:

i agree with a lot of that actually haha, especially keys
drummers are jack the lads
good piano players with a good ear for voicings are very hard to come by
guitarists, well i hate them all! except maybe marc ribot, martin taylor, hendrix and barrios mangore :der:



been a'chompin and at the moment im liking the light cubans, el rey & upmann. so much flavour, and so subtle. just had an upmann junior corona and loved it - any larger upmanns anyone can recommend, or any other similar cubans?

the cohiba II and IVs ive tried so far, realised they've been far too dry smoked straight out of nasty shops.
the esplendido i had was very very very nice:smoke:

[Robusto]

Nic.
Keep that boy away from filth. Stop him.

[Robusto]

Love Darn It Max, Lasc.

[Lascaux]

cheers man!
finishing up recording our new EP next week, will have more up to date stuff than the myspace

im gonna go for a nice selection of cuban singles soon
on my list so far:

upmann magnum 50
upmann magnum 46
el rey del mundo choix supreme
hoyo petit robusto
siglo VI
punch punch
trinidad reyes
ramon allones SS
partagas P series 2

what am i missing? :)

[daverave999]

San Cristobal El Principe
Hoyo Epicure 1 or 2
Upmann 2
Bolivar Royal Corona or Belicosos Finos

if you fancy a few more to add to the list. ;)

I've only smoked a couple of those but they seem to be well regarded. Have you seen the cigars-review.org 'listed by rank' page (http://www.cigars-review.org/topcigars.htm)? :D

[Lascaux]

cool i added the epicure to the list. tried a ramon corona today at my favourite coffee shop in brighton and i wasnt impressed, found it very samey and bland.

[daverave999]

That surprises me. Do you know how old it was? I've always found them to be quite rich. I can understand the 'samey' comment though-not much progression in my admittedly limited experience.

[Stevieboy]

cool i added the epicure to the list. tried a ramon corona today at my favourite coffee shop in brighton and i wasnt impressed, found it very samey and bland.

Hi Lascaux - was it the SCC? I've recently bought a box from 08 and to be honest I thought they were a bit samesy too. Try the RASS or RA Gigante if you haven't before....totally different smoke. I LOVE the RASS :rock:

[Lascaux]

yeah the small club corona, i'd describe it as rich but not complex, it was one taste. it burnt a bit unevenly too, found it hard to light in brighton wind.
no idea on age, it was bought from g smiths on charing cross road, then stuck in my humi for a few days, felt nice and springy and smelt good.

i've got a RASS on order :)

[Stevieboy]

i've got a RASS on order :)

Nice one Big Lad! You'll be in heaven with them :rock::rock::rock: