Surrogates Crystal Baller

27 pieces of 4mg White Ice Mint Nicorette... so far.

Two more Skinny Monsters put to the flame tonight. The Mummy and The Wolf this time around. Pretty decent smokes, but not decent enough to get more.

Finished off the Skinny Monsters last night and today with The Face, Drac, and Frank. I thought all of them were good, but not good enough to get any more. The Jason was the best and I could take it or leave it.

LGC Wavell maduro from the late 90's. :-)

Celebrating a win. Fly Eagles Fly!

Last few days:

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Tonight a Casa Fernandez Miami Aganorsa Leaf toro

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Started with a Crux Epicure which was fairly mild but still tasty. I have yet to smoke a Crux that I haven't liked. I probably won't get any more, but I definitely won't have a hard time reaching for the 4 I have left.
Right after finishing the Crux I blindly grabbed a smoke out of my singles drawer and came out with an older Oliva torpedo with a blue cloth band. I don't know anything about it, but it was pretty tasty.

Tatuaje Pudgy Monsters Frank and my blind pick afterwards was a La Aurora Midwest Exclusive Lancero.

Tatuaje Broadleaf

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Johnny O fresh rolled Oct 3017 - got two Johnny O’s of different sizes in November and let this sit in the bottom of the cigar cooler drying out and staying cool, around 60 dry F, to make sure no creepy crawlers spawn. I had them in a plastic bag isolated on the bottom all by their lonesome.

This is my first Johnny O and I’m impressed! Pretty strong Cigar with a strong tannin leather flavor. Draw is great and I presume my drying them out helped the draw but since this is my first, I can only speak to this one Cigar.

Would I buy any? Yes, but they seem a bit pricy and I wouldn’t say it’s better then a Tatuaje, AJ F, Viaje, or Casa Fernandez Cigar but it’s certainly quite good. I oils see why smoking hem fresh is good and I could see how four years of aging would be a nice experience but that is pure speculation on my part.

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After that Johnny O Cigar, which ended quite full in my opinion, I opted for a Viaje Ghost Pepper. I have no idea why I’m smoking a second cigar but playing a game on the iPad so here I go.

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601 Robusto. First time in a few days the temperature has been cooperative enough for me to have a smoke.

Oliva V Double Robusto

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La Flor Dominicana Andalusian Bull. Not as strong as other LFDs I've smoked, but good construction and flavor, albeit a bit one-dimensional.

I just finished a Tatuaje Pudgy Monster Drac. It was pretty good. If the construction were only better, I wouldn't mind a 5'er.
I just lit up an Illusione Epernay. The size is the "Le Grande" from the look of it. Initial puffs were similar to a PLPC that Pnoon gifted me recently. Milder than that was, but that burnt marshmallow is pretty tasty. Hoping the rest of this cigar is just as nice.

I wish I had a nub tool. That Epernay was great.

Tonight’s cigar is the Tatuaje Avion 11 which is certainly a candidate as one of my top 10 favorite cigars.

I smoked the AJ Enclave a few nights back and the next night an AJ Enclave Broadleaf and to be honest they are both great so neither got an edge up on the other. This Avion beats them both hah.

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Started off with another Pudgy Monster. The Face this time....meh. Then I lit up a San Cristobal Elegancia which wasn't bad. I won't look for a fiver, but it was a good smoke.