Puro Pot Pass III

[Tdre977]

Me too, I have been practicing for months.

-Buzz

Looks like practice makes perfect, good job buzz!

[mrtr33]

So, with EdgeMan (temporarily?) out of the pass, I'm up after Eville. And, as promised, you'll be able to make a sig tag for me. Go ahead and make it embarrassing - I don't care. Just make sure it's legal. I'm going to win, anyway, so all of this is a moot point........

For uniformity purposes, it would be cool if the style of the fonts and sizes were kept intact. I use a font called "Eight Track" for the title and the year, another font called "Pericles" for the country of origin, and another font called "Base 05" for the Winner/Loser title. "Eight Track" and "Base 05" are freely available at dafont.com - "Pericles" is a Windows font. If you want, I can e-mail this font to you.

For sizes, for vertical images, I've been going with sizes around 360px X 460 px. Horizontal tags are just opposite of that, but you know, they grow/shrink as the image allows. I do most of the work in PhotoShop.

I suppose, if you wanted me to, you could send me the photo you wanted, and I could make the tag myself......but I know that wouldn't be any fun. Let me know if you have any questions, and have fun at my expense!

[Eville]

Just got the pack a few minutes ago. The prize is at it's new, permanent home in my humidor along with the puro. I will likely knock this out later tonight if the weather holds out.

Edit: Almost forgot, mrtr33, I already have your puro and the new, 3-cigar prize pack boxed up and ready to go. Go ahead and PM me your addy and I will get that out first thing in the morning.

[Eville]

Smoking this puro now. A few things about it, nice solid feel, no major soft spots and smooth with only one vein that is noticeable. It measures 5x50 and has a Colorado shade wrapper. I couldn't discern much of a prelight taste. Upon lighting was an initial kick of black pepper followed by mellow woodsy and earthy notes. Right off the bat I am thinking Nicaraguan. Into the second third and the wood and pepper is coming out much more strongly than the earth. This one is strongly reminding me of a certain cigar I smoked about a month ago but just a little different. Could be due to the different size or the fact that I only let this one rest for about 8 hours after traveling. Back to the puro now into the final third. Wood notes are picking up even more, about the only thing that is coming through.

I am going to go with my initial guess and say that this was a Nicaraguan puro, and reminded me strongly of an Oliva Serie O I smoked about a month ago. If I'm right, I enjoyed this size more then the other one, so I might need to get some more. Thanks for the smoke, Buzz!

[buzz]

Smoking this puro now. A few things about it, nice solid feel, no major soft spots and smooth with only one vein that is noticeable. It measures 5x50 and has a Colorado shade wrapper. I couldn't discern much of a prelight taste. Upon lighting was an initial kick of black pepper followed by mellow woodsy and earthy notes. Right off the bat I am thinking Nicaraguan. Into the second third and the wood and pepper is coming out much more strongly than the earth. This one is strongly reminding me of a certain cigar I smoked about a month ago but just a little different. Could be due to the different size or the fact that I only let this one rest for about 8 hours after traveling. Back to the puro now into the final third. Wood notes are picking up even more, about the only thing that is coming through.

I am going to go with my initial guess and say that this was a Nicaraguan puro, and reminded me strongly of an Oliva Serie O I smoked about a month ago. If I'm right, I enjoyed this size more then the other one, so I might need to get some more. Thanks for the smoke, Buzz!

Glad you enjoyed it bro, I too thought they tasted like an Oliva.. and was hoping that would fool you! That was a Joyas de Panama, 100% Panamanian, my friend. Dang that was mean of me choosing such an obscure stick, I feel really bad

For those interested, I have only found these cigars available from their website: www.joyasdepanamacigars.com (or you can buy them locally in Oregon). They only have 5 sizes and one wrapper shade, but in my newbie opinion they are worth checking out. If nothing else just to see what a cigar from Panama is like.

-Buzz

[mrtr33]

Sig tag sent.

Better luck next time. Those Panamanian smokes sound enticing, if they have subtleties of Nicaraguan cigars. Very interesting.

Please post your puts, and let us know when you ship out! I'm up next and I'm ready!

[Eville]

Oh that was cold, buzz! Still a great smoke though, I might have to pick up some more.

Puts:
Cubao no. 4
CAO Brazillia toro
Camacho Corojo Monarca

If no one objects, I will ship out tomorrow.