Partagas 898, A Love Letter

[eggopp]

I'll admit it, I didn't have you down as the poetic type eggy. Very Byron-esque...

Eh?? whos Byron-esque? i best go research him

[Soulmanure]

Eh?? whos Byron-esque? i best go research him

Aye, you're a natural. I almost went for an ode myself, but I think yours is a perfect expression of the agony of existing without an 898. I don't know how you BOTLs stand it, really.

[eggopp]

OK all 898 owners... own up so we can come and smoke em at your house!!

At cgras there ?12.49 for unvarished and ?13.49 a varnished.. but i havent got a clue what the difference is,,... anyone know?

[senor_robusto]

reckon as soon as i can get a couple of quid together i'll probably go for a box of 10!!!! been eyeing these up for quite some time!!! by the sounds of it they sound on a par with bolivar gold medals strength ways (well, they're both lonsdales/ dalias)!!!!

alex

[El Catador]

Ahh Soulman look what you've started!

You've even managed to bring the poet out in eggy (Fine work by the way).
Tried unsuccessfully to get hold of a couple today, darn it.
I better get my finger out now, hadn't I.

[Big J]

reckon as soon as i can get a couple of quid together i'll probably go for a box of 10!!!! been eyeing these up for quite some time!!! by the sounds of it they sound on a par with bolivar gold medals strength ways (well, they're both lonsdales/ dalias)!!!!

alex

Alex, if you like the PSD4's and Boli Gold
Medals, your going to love the 8-9-8's.

[bambini]

OK all 898 owners... own up so we can come and smoke em at your house!!

At cgras there ?12.49 for unvarished and ?13.49 a varnished.. but i havent got a clue what the difference is,,... anyone know?

I know it's to do with the box being varnished or unvarnished, and that this supposedly affects the taste as they age in the box (varnished providing a better aging environment), but having never tried an 898 I couldn't say anything more.

898 is on my list, and one day I shall own one (but not for very long )

And can I just say that I thought this was a wonderfully passionate review, Soul, and a beautiful poem, eggy. I'm moved by the proficiency with which the English language is wielded on this forum

[Simon-JG-hr]

OK all 898 owners... own up so we can come and smoke em at your house!!

At cgras there ?12.49 for unvarished and ?13.49 a varnished.. but i havent got a clue what the difference is,,... anyone know?

I can't claim any credit for this one, just combining posts from tippexx and soul earlier in the thread:

8-9-8 Barnizados Dalia 170 x 43 "Varnished"

8-9-8 Sin Barnizar Corona Grande 155 x 42 "Unvarnished" (no longer in production)

So the unvarnished is slightly smaller and no longer in produciton (I think someone also mentioned that they stopped production in 2002 - apologies for forgetting who mentioned it... )

[daverave999]

I may have to try these. Anyone know if the 10 box is 3-4-3 packed?

[Soulmanure]

Anyone gotten around to these revelations yet? No? Hmmm, maybe I should have one whilst I wait to hear back on your most difficult search?

Wait, wait, your situation reminds me of something, you searching Brits...almost have it...it's........it's

[mackem keith]

Hmm i have one left in the singles humi bought as a single quite a number of years ago so it has some age on it though im unsure of the box year i may just have to fire it up hopefully i will have better luck with this one as previous have been plugged i will be sure to revisit this thread and report my findings

[Soulmanure]

Hmm i have one left in the singles humi bought as a single quite a number of years ago so it has some age on it though im unsure of the box year i may just have to fire it up hopefully i will have better luck with this one as previous have been plugged i will be sure to revisit this thread and report my findings

I wonder if the plugged ones are those that are out of production. I've been smoking the varnished Dalias: http://www.cigars-review.org/Flor-de...Barnizados.htm

Haven't had a plugged one yet, and they are from the 08/09 period of production.


The Coronas Gordas are of the older, out-of-production format: http://www.cigars-review.org/Flor-de...n-Barnizar.htm

[Simon-JG-hr]

Thank you soul - very tenuous link I think you've concocted there between our search for 8-9-8's and Arthur's quest for the Holy Grail... However tenuous though, I thank you - any opportunity to see such a classic exchange as that is to be greatly received.

I fart in your general direction. (Just not all that funny - until John Cleese dresses up as a mad, French, medieval solider and says it in the most ridiculous accent known to man...)

[Soulmanure]

Thank you soul - very tenuous link I think you've concocted there between our search for 8-9-8's and Arthur's quest for the Holy Grail... However tenuous though, I thank you - any opportunity to see such a classic exchange as that is to be greatly received.

I fart in your general direction. (Just not all that funny - until John Cleese dresses up as a mad, French, medieval solider and says it in the most ridiculous accent known to man...)

I suppose I'm always looking for a reason to use a Python reference, and I thank you for the vaguely wafting fart.

But I beg to differ; it is not tenuous given that this is the Holy Grail of cigars, methinks.

[Simon-JG-hr]

Oh, I've no doubt that the 8-9-8 ranks up with the greatest of religious relics, but not quite with the Grail. Surely that would be a status reserved for something of far more mythological status - like a genuine glass-topped Cohiba box...