Cigar and Rum tasting, London 20/7/09

[SDavis]

We are holding a Cigar and Rum tasting evening on Monday 20th July in the Courtyard of the Bluebird restaurant, 350 Kings Road, London.

The Partagas Serie P No.2 Will be presented by H&F's Simon Chase, and four different types of rum will be on offer.

Full details can be found here - http://cigars.co.uk/news/cigar-and-rum-tasting-bluebird-chelsea

We held a similar evening there last year which went down very well, I hope some of you are able to attend :smile:

[Stogiedog]

Thank you for the kind invitation, however due to a prior engagement I am unable to attend.

[whisky77]

Looks like that will be a great little event SDavies.
Does not get much better than a fat partagas and some rum to wash it down with.
Hope the evening is a success mate.:smoke:

[Rennie]

Chocolate,Rum and Cigars has to be a winner!

[Deano]

Gonna go myself. Anyone else up for it? Bluebird is a great venue. Been there a hundred times more than any other place in London.

[cohibaIV]

Hmmmm Tempted:cowboyic9:

[Pantomimehorse]

Im now going to this too

[Deano]

Dale, me and Panto defo going. Want me to pick u up a ticket at same time?

[cohibaIV]

Ye, sod it.....cheers mate.

[Deano]

Ok will buy all three on tuesday morning (next time the lass is back in I think), so if you don't want it, pm me before then or you'll have a ticket!

[Deano]

Me, CohibaIV and Panto all booked in. I think Rennie is coming with someone else too.

They've increased the rum's from 3 to 5 and I hear that more suppliers are trying to get in on the act. So allll good.

[snooky]

Im in , look forward to meeting you guys on the night , not met anyone before so if you could all wear red roses or long pointed hats , that would make it easy, cheers.

[Pantomimehorse]

ah yes the usual method of " we will be the ones smoking a phat one" wont really work this time will it :smoke: you can check out the old herf thread pics or if you want to meet up before hand or something I dont mind

[snooky]

Thanks Panto maybe someone will pm their mobile. Regards

[Rennie]

I will be there..............and so will the wife :(

[HabanoSy]

You lucky guys living up in London, a stones throw away from all the action...!!!

Just envious really...

Cheers, HabanoSy

[Pantomimehorse]

yes but Habs your only a trains 'throw' from the action :41:

[cohibaIV]

I will be finishing work around 4.30, so if anyone wants to meet up before hand...just name the place..:41:

[Pantomimehorse]

Im on for that, I dont know of anywhere nearby though, dont really know that part of town

[Deano]

I will be early but not [that] early, mabye 5.30-6. The Bluebird will be open anyway, so I'll go there. You know my mobile right? If not PM me.

[Pantomimehorse]

just had a look on street view and it seems there arent many pubs or bars right near the place to meet at so prob best we just all meet at the bluebird bar... Im going to get there for 5.30 at the latest prob before that see you boys there

[TJCoro]

I will be finishing work around 4.30, so if anyone wants to meet up before hand...just name the place..:41:

Cool! I understand :lol: Ray Jay may be in the hizzy:lie:. Keep an eye out for him, won't you senor :rock:cohiba IV? :wink:

:bandit:

[Deano]

Organiser stated this:

"Please could you try to arrive at 6:45pm and we will aim to get started by 7:15pm at the latest. If you arrive after that you’ll miss out on your free rum cocktail!

We have also have a back up plan in the case of rain, so if the weather does let us down on Monday, please don’t think we’ve cancelled the event."

[cohibaIV]

Organiser stated this:

"Please could you try to arrive at 6:45pm and we will aim to get started by 7:15pm at the latest. If you arrive after that you’ll miss out on your free rum cocktail!

We have also have a back up plan in the case of rain, so if the weather does let us down on Monday, please don’t think we’ve cancelled the event."

Sounds good, and hotel booked..:41:

[Deano]

Hotel? Feck me!

[cohibaIV]

Well, last train to Crewe is at 1000pm so I thought feck it...Whats the point going all the way home and missing half the night at that time. :der:

At least I will get a lay in, in the morning before going to work...:biggrin1:

:41:

[HabanoSy]

Hotel booked - Well, last train to Crewe is at 1000pm so I thought feck it...Whats the point going all the way home and missing half the night at that time. :der:

At least I will get a lay in, in the morning before going to work...:biggrin1:

:41:

Outstanding behaviour CohibaIV, a true BOTL devoted to the herf cause (more than I can say for some... ahem!!!)

I like your style, I really do...

Impressed, HabanoSy

[HabanoSy]

Hope all you guys going to the HERF event tonight have a truly great time...

Smoke a cigar and drink a Rum (or two) for me.

Have a good one, HabanoSy

P.S. Looking forward to reading your post event posts...

[bnelly]

Get going early on them P2s - take a *long* old time to enjoy one of them :pop2:

[Deano]

I got a spare P2 with me, but I doubt I'll need it!

[Pantomimehorse]

never had a P2 before , but brought 4 spare sticks with me, maybe being over ambisous!

[Rennie]

Are you going to smoke all them tonight!!!!

[Pantomimehorse]

better to have a stick and not need it than to not have a stick and errm need it?:41:

[SDavis]

Hope you all have a great evening, I can no longer make it but I look forward to hearing all about it tomorrow.

[Deano]

Gonna bein town really early now so anyone going early drop me a line

[HabanoSy]

...SO

How did your evening go at the Bluebird then gents...?

How did those of you who had never tried the SP2 find it? and what Rums did you try?

Look forward to hearing how it went...

Cheers, HabanoSy

[bnelly]

Always a good sign when no-one's in a fit state to post until lunchtime :pop2:

[Deano]

Urgh. 5 different rums to taste, plus a Mojito on entry, plus Dale (CohibaIV) making me drink even more rum. Head aches.

Great night though.

[Rennie]

YUP!............I have a headache too!

[SDavis]

Glad you had a good night guys :)

[HabanoSy]

LOL!!!

Headaches all round eh boys...!!!

Glad you had a good night and hopefully a few more of the guys headaches would have eased by this afternoon/evening and we can hear a little more about it...

Cheers, HabanoSy

[snooky]

Well, a great night, a real pleasure to meet you guys, 5 different rums followed by a few pints of real ale ! Hope you enjoyed your lay in Dale.
I made the last train, though there were no taxi's to take me the 10 mile journey home...wangled a lift in a Bentley Continental to my door, not a problem for someone who can get a free hand rolled Cuban !
:smoke:

[Pantomimehorse]

yes nicely played Snooky on the cigar front, was good to meet you all a top night!

[cohibaIV]

Yep, really good night, bit dodgy this morning but nothing a Maccy Dees did'nt sort out...

And a very large hand rolled (in front of me) cigar....:41:

Great to meet you all last night...:rock:

[cj121]

Sounds like a great night all round there chaps:rock::biggrin1:

[Deano]

Got a bunch of pics and several rolling videos which I'll put up when I get 10 mins - probably at the weekend.

[Pantomimehorse]

oh dear....

[SDavis]

There are a few pictures up on the site now for those that went, just go to the gallery section - www.cigars.co.uk - I look forward to seeing yours Deano...

[nicwing]

Do I see that there was a UK Cigar Forum Table, respect boys, looks like a really nice spot.

[Deano]

Yeh there was :)

[Deano]

Added my pictures on the forum here:

http://www.ukcigarforums.com/album.php?albumid=81

(Also changed the upload page to allow 10 uploads at a time now...)

[Pantomimehorse]

thanks Dean, was a good night... that rum sure does have a kick!

[EvilNoodle]

Really Really gutted I missed this. Sounds like it was a top event!

[Pantomimehorse]

Evil, the woman in charge of the event did say they were looking at doing similar events with different drinks and cigars so Im sure there will be another chance :smoke:

[EvilNoodle]

Fantastic I will keep my eyes peeled!

[cohibaIV]

Wonder if the Double Corona I had rolled would be ready to smoke yet...?

http://www.ukcigarforums.com/picture.php?pictureid=743&albumid=81&dl=1248517977&thumb=1 (http://www.ukcigarforums.com/album.php?albumid=81&pictureid=743)


Cant be far off..

:biggrin1:

[monkey66]

1-2 years so probably yes.