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Scartozi
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Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch?
      #11785 - 18/03/04 12:39 PM

Please tell me that after a long day in the African wild you guys kick back with a good cigar and a glass of Port, or scotch, and tell stories of the day.

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Scartozi]
      #11811 - 18/03/04 05:02 PM

...trinidad longsdales (el lageto factory)...bolivar robustos...romeo y julietta churchills (pre 1990)...padron 1964 anniversary figurados...

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Scartozi]
      #11816 - 18/03/04 05:59 PM

I enjoyed a nice Bolivar No. 2 last night along with several Sumatran cigarettos. Paying the price today.

I like Cuban Bolivars and Montecristos. Cuaba are also good. Plus a whole bunch of others which the winery I used to work for sold in its cellar door.

As a sundowner I enjoy a nice cold anise or anisette spirit and Coke. Perhaps a Southern Comfort. Sometimes a vodka. I do like a Tawny or Vintage Port as well, but partake much too rarer. Must get back into drinking port. After dinner a Sambucca, black or white with three coffee beans and good coffee goes well with a cigar.

A very special fortified wine is a Pedro Ximines which I have several bottles of. A white fortified made from the grapes sherries are made from, but not made like a sherry, instead a white fortified. Very nice.

Cognac such as Remy Martin and Courvousier is also quite drinkable.

Haven't found a Scotch I enjoy yet.



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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: NitroX]
      #11824 - 18/03/04 07:07 PM

As for sundowner I am stucked to brandy and coke

The problem is that we always seems to run out of coke

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Scartozi
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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Scartozi]
      #11872 - 19/03/04 08:59 AM

I knew there had to be some cigar lovers on this website. As far as Port goes, I enjoy a tawny much more than a ruby. I also like Guiness, a good single malt scotch, and some wines. I'm going to have to try some of NirtoX's suggestions. I'm no wine conoisseur, I just try different ones here and there and try to keep track on the ones I like.

As for cigars I LOVE Graycliff and Davidoff's. But there are so many that I like, such as:
Onyx box pressed
Cohiba esplendido
Monticristo torpedo
Romeo y Julieta
Avo
CAO maduro torpedo
Afuente hemmingway's
Bolivar churchills

I'm not sure of you guy's experiences with cuban cigars but I'll take a good dominican cigar over a cuban any day. I have read that since the cuban economy is doing so poorly they aren't letting the tobacoo age properly and to me it shows.

NitroX: how do you make that drink with the coffee?

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: NitroX]
      #11880 - 19/03/04 11:36 AM

In reply to:

Haven't found a Scotch I enjoy yet.




That's because that old nasty wine has done went and ruined your taste buds! I told you that would happen.

Wine, a terrible thing to do to a grape!

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: DPhillips]
      #11885 - 19/03/04 12:38 PM

Chivas Regal "ROYAL SALUTE" 21 year old nectar is my choice and i am very partial to the PEDRO XIMENEZ "MUSCAT SUPERIOR" AFTER DINNER SYRUP.
Give me a good quality vanilla cigar to chew on as well.

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Scartozi]
      #11889 - 19/03/04 01:08 PM

In reply to:

NitroX: how do you make that drink with the coffee?



Through the lips .

The coffee is freshly ground, strong and deadly. A cigar and coffee is guaranteed to keep me up half the night.

I've never had a Dominican/Nicuarguan cigar. We only sold Cuban's and about 2 dozen different types. One reason is it did not matter what we ordered the distributor/importer just sent us whatever he felt like . Without the USA's legal import impediments I do not know if there is a market here for the other central American countries. Cigar smoking is not big in Australia.



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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Scartozi]
      #11894 - 19/03/04 01:46 PM

Prefer a good briar full of a nice shag escorted by a few fingers of The McCallan or Dalmore.

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Scartozi]
      #11902 - 19/03/04 02:07 PM

...recent batches of habanos have been spotty for a few years now, ever since the implosion of the former soviet union curtailed the flow of badly need currency in the early-mid 90s...tho i understand that the quality has improved lately...

...really cannot compare a pre-90 cigar to anything coming out of the dr, tho the padron 64 series from nicaragua is a first rate cigar nearly the equal of a habanos, imho...very rich, full-bodied and dark flavored, with a delightful earthy aroma...

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Scartozi]
      #12005 - 20/03/04 03:14 PM

A.Fuentes--English Market Selection 858's. Nice flavor and mild enough for the occasional cigar smoker that you hand one out to.

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Scartozi]
      #12068 - 21/03/04 04:39 AM

My favorite combo that I've had so far was a bottle of 30 year old tawny port and a graycliff cigar.

If you guys haven't had a graycliff cigar then you need to try one. They are mild, great tasting, and leave almost NO aftertaste. I first found this cigar when we had dinner at Graycliff (it's an old pirate house in Nassau in the carribean) After the dinner they came around with some cigars, literally rolled about ten minutes beforhand by one of the original rollers for Cohiba. Needless to say my dad, brother and I took a couple. Very Good!!!! I think I like them better than Davidoff. The bad part is I can't afford to smoke them all the time, espically with a 25 dollar a piece price tag, but I do enjoy them on special occasions.

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Scartozi]
      #12514 - 26/03/04 02:39 PM

I do not care for port myself but a good single malt is a must at the end of the day and I love a good cigar as well though I rarely have the time to invest in a smoke. This time of year is race season for me so many weekend nights are spent under the stars at the track of the week next to the grill with a good smoke and my 18 year single malt, the perfect end to a day.

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Scartozi]
      #12530 - 26/03/04 05:50 PM

I do not smoke or drink port however I enjoy single malt scotch and Highland Park 18yr old is my favorite; it is like honey. A good Pinot Noir or unoaked Chardonnay (from BC of course) is great with dinner and the rest of the evening and ANY cold beer is good after some hard work.

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: AdamTayler]
      #12943 - 02/04/04 10:32 PM

I like nearly all Ports. I would indeed say it is my drink of choice. I have been enamered with the Warres Otima lately. My favorite smokes are:

1) Bolivar Bellicoso fino cabinet selection
2) Monte cristo Robusto millenium edetions
3) Monte Crist #2

I do have a few Graycliffs. I actually picked theese up at
Graycliff in Nassau and they were hand rolled by Avelino Lara while we were at dinner. That was a very cool trip. We had a ocean front sweet at the Atlantis Royal Towers and took a limo to Greycliff for dinner. They bring a humidor around in the parlor and you can go have a smoke with your drink after dinner. I had a 100 year old Grand Marnier It was like going back in time to the 50's. They had a awesome humidor and did a few events a week with on site hand rolling. The Casino in the Atlantis has a Wicked good Cigar shop.

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: ChuckWagon]
      #12999 - 04/04/04 04:59 AM

The Atlantis humidor is excellent. I use to be a part of the fun run a speed boat excursion that ended at the Atlantis Casino and I looked forward to having a good smoke after days in the sun.

You should also if ever in Destin FL. check out the wine cellar and humidor at SEAGARS restaurant. The humidor was original built for the Shah of Iran and is a one of a kind out of this world no expense spared unit. Seagars is located in the Sandestin Hilton and a dinner in the wine cellar is one of the best dinning experiences you will ever have I assure you.


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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: NONE]
      #13017 - 04/04/04 10:02 PM

I'll keep that in mind. Several years ago I was a Executive Chef for Hilton.

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: NitroX]
      #15903 - 17/06/04 09:50 PM

Why Cigar Smoking is not big in Australia is because of the Prices Charged for Decent Cigars..
6-7 yrs ago I was in the USA TX and FLA for 6 weeks and smoked 2-3 Cigars a day average cost then was 89 cents to 1.40 USd, at 76 aussie cents to the Aussie dollar they were about a 1/4 of the price of equivalent sized Cigars in Oz. Granted they were not Cubans but they were not bad, as For Cuban Cigars they are heavy, heady, stuff, not to be smoked in a ute over a 25 k drive home from work.. Trust me on that one, I speak from experience..
Scotch Wet a mates baby's head with Johnnie Walker Blue Label $270 a bottle, nice stuff but not that much better than Glenfiddich at $48 a bottle Oz dollars quoted..
As for Port getting 40 Litres from Griffith in the next week at growers rates..
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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Luke]
      #60118 - 19/07/06 06:56 AM

La Gloria Cubana Series R and any good single malt or some tawny Port with some age on it..20+ yrs..

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Scartozi]
      #62119 - 05/09/06 02:50 AM

I started smoking Cuban cigars many years ago when I was in Moscow - they were cheap there especially if you bought them in the ruble shops. When I returned to India and then went to Singapore, I nearly died not from smoking but from the price tags on my favourite Cohibas. For a while I switched to some of the higher grade Henri Wintermans and then gave smoking up altogether. As I live in the USA now, Coihibas are an impossibility unless I visit Canada and pick one up.

A good combination is with a fine cognac after dinner. Somehow, I don't enjoy cigars with Scotch, but I am a Sassnach who prefers cheap Scotch like Cutty Sark and Irish whiskies like Bushmills to some of the premium stuff that comes out of Scotland.

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: mehulkamdar]
      #62181 - 07/09/06 01:43 AM

I agree, a fine Cohiba with friends is truley a delight after a good day on a lake or river, fishing for big rainbows, steelhead or salmon.

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Scartozi]
      #66832 - 12/12/06 03:21 AM

No cigar is worth 25 bucks....rather smoke corn silk or dried grapevine...LOL

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Tightloop]
      #66919 - 13/12/06 02:05 PM

A couple fingers neat of Laphroaig and you have all the Scotch and Smoke you'll ever want!

Cockburn's vintage ports are wonderful, but their non-vintage Crusted is always a winner, if you can find any...a smear of stinky cheese and slice of apple, and I don't need the cegar.

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: luv2safari]
      #66966 - 14/12/06 01:48 AM

Never drank any of that but two fingers of Glen Morangie would be just as good IMO...

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Tightloop]
      #67054 - 14/12/06 03:19 PM

Loop,

...every bit as good!! But the two are polar opposites in character. Every cabinet needs BOTH>>>

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