Sunday 14th August 2011

[Stevieboy]

Sitting in the Kopparberg bar in Edinburgh with a JL Seleccion Suprema bought from Mitch's empire on the Royal Mile....astoundingly good cigar

[Puff Scotty]

Go Steve the JL SS is one of the best I've had from JL...

Bolivar Campana for me, along with the Bajun Foursquare spiced rum I bought yesterday...well tasty as the "yoofs" might say...

[spacemonkey_no9]

RyJ Belicosos now and a BBF lined up for later

[sbthang]

Evening Gents.

After a world-beating oven-roasted piece of 21 day Aberdeen Angus rib-eye (bloomin' awesome) accompanied by pan-fried gnocchi (also bloomin' awesome) and a few dirty mojito's, I retired to the garden for a nice short smoke; a Davidoff Entreacto. A brief review:

A delightfully short NC (3.5" x 43r) that was just ideal for the time window available - pre-draw gave me dark chocolate and mint (bizarre - and confirmed by my wife) and it lit perfectly...medium draw, with lots of wood aromas for the first inch (a tad bitter) but surprisingly little smoke. The second inch opened up into caramel and dark coffee with luscious amounts of smoke. I was careful not to 'oversmoke' and limit the speed and depth of my 'draws' - It only ashed once at around the half-way mark and the ash was strong and grey...burn was even throught. The third inch developed the mocha-coffee theme further and when the nub was too short to hold, I reluctantly consigned it to the ashtray.

Overall, this is a good cigar; ideally suited to a time-window of around 30 minutes, and for such a short stick, welcome transitions in flavours and aromas...I've got a few more in the humi and look forward to the next outing.

Steve

[HabanoSy]

Long, busy day...!!!

Finally managed to sit down/relax very late evening with a PL Petit Corona and a coffee...

Cheers, HabanoSy