SaintLuis

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  1. I couldn't wait, and I was rewarded for my impatience. They're awesome after just a few months. It's not a very strong cigar, so I'd be wary of aging for too long, and over mellowing.
  2. Bring lots of money. Sushi Roku is excellent. The mojito at Casa Fuente is excellent. (pretty close to Sushi Roku, FYI) Best secret is the happy hour at the top of stratosphere at Level 107. 2 for one martinis, and great pickies for apps. Nothing like two big ass martinis to get warmed up for a night on the strip.
  3. Is that rocks glass Tiffany? I have a really similar (identical?) set of the "plaid" collection from them. It's really nice italian crystal.
  4. Love my Padron Ashtray. It's pretty durable, and I leave it outside a lot without any of the design being comprimised, works for 1,2 or 4 no problem (unless you're all smoking Churchills)
  5. Is the leak audible? Does adjusting the valve change the leak at all?
  6. I'll be in Italy for two weeks next month. Rome, Capri, Ravello, Florence. I'll definitely check out the LCDH in Rome. Any other tips? Looks like this restaurant in Rome has a cigar lounge... http://www.elitetraveler.com/finest-dining/restaurant-guide/the-10-best-restaurants-in-rome/2
  7. Agreed. I had two fantastic Mojitos in there. They carry the OpusX Shark on occasion. Worth asking about. I don't think they set those out.
  8. The second pic being the one with a major canoe? Definitely. I'd have hit that sucker with a torch before it got that far along. I find that one or two tugs after the fix, the cigar immediately tastes "right" again. It's definitely a ratio thing.
  9. I think the burnline definitely affects flavor. As that ratio of wrapper to filler get's distorted, so do the flavors contributed from each leaf. On R/H, even 65 for some of my CCs can be a bit too wet. I actually find the most consistency and optimal flavor at around 62. As for storing at 70, then bringing them down to 62 to smoke, I question how well the cigar has adjusted to the lower R/H. I think it takes a long time (months upon months at a minimum) for a cigar to evenly adjust and stabilize with the broader R/H measured from the air. Water transfers quickly and easily through a gas, but very, very slowly through a solid piece of mass. In fact, I suspect the variation in R/H within the stick is why you had burning issues. The wrapper and binder elements of the exterior of the cigar had probably adjusted, as had the foot, but once you had delved 1" or more into hte smoke, you had all kinds of varying moisture affecting the burn. Same effect happens when I travel with cigars to a humid place. When I went to Puerto Rico earlier this year, I actually cut 3 or 4 of the sticks I planned to smoke over the next few days, and dry-drew them a few times a day to bring the local R/H through the entire stick. I actually had great success with minimizing typical burn issues like tunneling, that usually happen when I travel to a real humid place. Usually, even a minuto will be trash half-way through, impossible to keep from tunneling and turning bitter.
  10. I'm down to 9 remaining in my collection. Hoping to get some when I'm in Europe this fall. One of the all time greats for me. I've had such goodluck with them.

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