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Ashton San Cristobal

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alexgtp

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Just scored an Ashton San Cristobal Clasico 5x50.

I am hoping to smoke it on Saturday. And post a review.

Sorry for the bad pics but this camera is not to good with macro.


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Ooooooo.....they're shipping already. My wine coolerdor is full. My two desktop humis are full.

Does this mean I get to raise the terror level?
 
Michal said:
ThankYouForNotSmoking said:
Ooooooo.....they're shipping already. My wine coolerdor is full. My two desktop humis are full.

Does this mean I get to raise the terror level?
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Peter, how You are going to bring it all here? :D
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Probably just a 50count travel humidor at first and then more as I go back and forth. My family is going to be building a walk-in humi at our house near Chelm within the next 5yrs or so as part of our expansion, so eventually, I imagine most of my cigars are going to end up here (as well as quite a few more).

Btw, I'm coming on like Sept 20 - we've got to Herf before my classes start.
 
I was able to try a few of these at the show and was very dissappointed. We had 4 or 5 guys from different shops with us that were also very disappointed. I am a huge Pepin fan and carry everything he makes that's available to me. This will be with the Troya Clasico as one that I will not be carrying.

Al
 
Great, I was looking forward to these. I guess I'll have to try a few myself.
 
One man's crap is another's treasure...
I too, was looking forward to this smoke. I will take Al's opinion under advice, but still give one a shot. Nice to see a real pic of the smoke though, the promo pics make everything look good.
Rob
 
Rob_k said:
One man's crap is another's treasure...
I too, was looking forward to this smoke. I will take Al's opinion under advice, but still give one a shot. Nice to see a real pic of the smoke though, the promo pics make everything look good.
Rob
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Keep in mind that the humidity in Houston was about 90% and the cigar was very fresh. So I'm just judging this based on my experience. The cigar wasn't horrible, just didn't live up to my expectations.

Al
 
I just smoked one of these that I bought from my B&M today. I normally try to let new cigars rest for at least a week, preferably a month or more, because the B&M keeps them wetter than I like, but I just couldn't hold back on this one. It was all right, but it was very obviously too fresh. It burned uneven enough that I had to dip my finger in my water a few times to slow down one side and I touched it up twice, but I attribute that to being too wet. It was VERY spicy, hot spice dominated the whole cigar. It was definitely full-bodied and pretty strong in the nicotine department - I have a fair nic buzz going, but not getting sick or anything. Construction was perfect, with a nice, easy draw and tons of white smoke. That smoke was harsh - it stung my eyes and burned when I inhaled more than a tiny bit of it (reminded me of fresh AF SG's in that regard). IMO it has potential, and I will be buying several of each size my B&M puts out to let rest and try again later. Hopefully with a few months, the moisture will even out, the spice will tone down a little, and some other flavors will come into the picture.
 
I smoked the pigtailed one yesterday.
It reminded me of a La Aurora on steroids.
It had the same undertone, but wih a lot of spice(which I'm good with).

With age, the blend will probably mix very well.
For the money...it's a tough choice to buy boxes of - just to age.
 
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