Rafael Gonzalez Perla

[Simon Bolivar]

Aye, think your right Puff but I would rather smoke some of my cheaper aged machine mades than the Perla I had. Still I will try a few more to get a better picture of it but only when I can buy them cheaper ie when visiting Spain.

[PeeJay]

Aye, think your right Puff but I would rather smoke some of my cheaper aged machine mades than the Perla I had. Still I will try a few more to get a better picture of it but only when I can buy them cheaper ie when visiting Spain.

I would have thought they were too small and too ordinary for your tastes Simon

[Simon Bolivar]

No, I have always kept a complete range so Light, med, full, small, thin, fat, large, expensive & not so expensive smokes. Althouygh I have a few sticks worth mor ehtan ?40, I didn't pay that for them! My avge stick cost E8.78.

I currently hold a box of RG PanX, an excellent fishing smoke. When I started smoking these they were a euro each, now their a wee bit more but wish I had brought more of these when I used to visit Spain for family hols. Good after a yr or two, like 'em even more with a bit more age. ERDM DT's 3 boxes '90, '05 & '10. R&J Londres '07. Belinda Princess '97, last box, will be sorry when they go, never liked the latest offerings from this brand.

[butternutsquashpie]

Then why are import beers increasing market share year on year in Canada, frankly my experience of Canadian beer is that it's generally utter swill much as the vast majority of US beer is. .

That I agree with. I never talk about standard Canadian beer in good taste.

But I recently found out that one of our iconic (notice the denotative adjective) standard taps: 'molsen Canadian' is actually American! Moving on, the shift is primarily due to an ad campaign away from Canadian beers and have people move toward standard imports like heniken, Stella, and corona. Where a premium can be charged. Also doesn't help with American advertising.. Coors light mystery mansion, bud's king of beers t-shirt and hat give away, etc while their prices are still the same as the Canadian filth equivalent. And the only ads Canadian standards can afford are on the radio or 2x2 block on the 7th page of the daily shopper.....
To downgrade demand is to downgrade quality and supply. Unless you're one of the larger companies that were shite to begin with. Most Canadian big brews have faded out now and found a niche. That's what always happens here now.

VTG, one day, come down here and il show you around the restaurants with prized microbrews. They're almost brewed right at your table and some are available at the government controlled liquor store in 4 or 6 packs
guarantee THAT won't be swill

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[Puff Scotty]

Just accept the absolute fact that Canadian & American beers are shite & move on....

[monkey66]

Just accept the absolute fact that Canadian & American beers are shite & move on....

Don't sit on the fence Puffy ...speak your mind

[butternutsquashpie]

Just accept the absolute fact that Canadian & American beers are shite & move on....

yea yea, GENERALLY

probably viewing it as a statistician, so the microbrews are irrelevant on a world stage

[tippexx]

Glad yours was better than mine PJ, mine cost E4 but was only worth half that. To soft (underfilled) not as good as the RG PX IMHO. Of course you can't judge a vitola by just one cigar but I won't be rushing to try a second.

I dissed it too Simon. Cheap, but not a particularly good Perlas IMO .... and not a particularly good RG either with nothing in the taste and character even remotely close to the CE, Lonsdales or Slenderellas.

[Simon Bolivar]

Ahh Slenderellas...Now there's a stick you don't hear about often, just for those in the know

[Moon Dancer]

Ahh Slenderellas...Now there's a stick you don't hear about often, just for those in the know

RG Slenderellas, smoked a few in my younger days, and good they were too. But could be plugged more often than value dicatated. Not seen of heard of them for many moon's. Obviously just kept for the off shore workes

[Simon Bolivar]

Hi Moondance, Never had a pluggesd one but some are tighter than others. I find keeping them 63-64%, helps the draw. There are some still available if you know where to look. Brought a box from Mitch's auction, with a friend so did a split.

[Puff Scotty]

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[ValeTudoGuy]

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Wow, what a peculiar size cigar. Are they like a double Panatella? They look perfect to have with a couple long cups of coffee!

[tippexx]

Are they like a double Panatella?

Nope, they're like this .... 28guage x 175mm .... an' Dave's just showing off!

[ValeTudoGuy]

Yikes 7" at 28RG, how long do they tend to smoke for?