Pics of your sticks!!

[Mathaious12]

That all-olor blend is something I recommend to people who tell me they want to order some leaf from LO, just as I recommend all-Corojo to those who say they want to buy from WLT. Did you get that blend idea from me/blisscigar?

Yes you did, and thank you for the recommendation.

 

[dubhelix]

Haven’t rolled any stogies since October, but I needed something to distract me from our local...troubles.

Red Front Viso binder and wrapper stuffed with Rene Seco and Cibao valley criollo Ligero.

 

[tullius]

our local...troubles

sounds like northern ireland. here's to freedom for all good people. nice smoke

 

[tullius]

no. 136 test burn: 1 coro seco 1 coro viso 1 coro ligero, condega seco binder, corojo osc wrap, 2 week rest

46 x 5.7

 

[tullius]

result: perfect draw, very good to excellent burn, very floral and extremely complex excellent cigar. still not near the best cubans had, but best roll to date. going to let the rest repose, be interesting to see what they're like in 6 mo, 1 yr, 2 yr.

 

[waikikigun]

result: perfect draw, very good to excellent burn, very floral and extremely complex excellent cigar. still not near the best cubans had, but best roll to date. going to let the rest repose, be interesting to see what they're like in 6 mo, 1 yr, 2 yr.

View attachment 29419

Considering that the best Cubans are often pretty bad at 1.5 years, it would be nice to see how this blend does at 2+, for sure. Maybe it's got less room for growth since it already doesn't suck, but still.

 

[zacRock]

Home roll number 6 about to be lit up.

 

[Chacocii]

Some closed foot 54 rings today.

 

[Mathaious12]

No. 12, for this one I intentionally wanted to see how tight I would have to bunch to get a to tight a draw without increasing filler case. The mission was a success, and it gave a better understanding of how much bunching pressure the binder can take.

It was still smokable, just had to double puff to get a decent amount of smoke. The ash also bent as it burned. Does anyone know what this is from, I'd assume it's uneven compression of the filler?


Matt

 

[MarcL]

60 X 4
from the center, 1 Criollo 98 Viso, 1/2 Condega Viso 1/2 Corojo 99 Viso , 1/2 Criollo 98 Seco fillers. PA and 1/2 Corojo 99 Seco binders with, Criollo 98 and Jalapa Rosado Wrappers.

 

[deluxestogie]

Oops! One of them got caught in the zipper!

Bob

 

[BigDave4321]

Hey Chacocii,

How did you do a closed foot?

 

[PressuredLeaf]

A little chilly today, but not too cold to smoke a home rolled!

This is my favorite blend I have made so far.
1 Coro Ligero
1 Nicaraguan habano viso
1 Coro seco
Nic binder
San Andres wrapper

Rolled 2 yesterday, smoked one today. The other will sit for a while.

Nice full bodies smoke, with med med-high nic (im pretty sensitive). Spicy, creamy, earthy, slightly chocolate. I think next time i'll try 1/2 ligero and up the seco. I like pepper and spice, but really prefer the desert flavors.

 

[waikikigun]

A little chilly today, but not too cold to smoke a home rolled!

This is my favorite blend I have made so far.
1 Coro Ligero
1 Nicaraguan habano viso
1 Coro seco
Nic binder
San Andres wrapper

Rolled 2 yesterday, smoked one today. The other will sit for a while.

Nice full bodies smoke, with med med-high nic (im pretty sensitive). Spicy, creamy, earthy, slightly chocolate. I think next time i'll try 1/2 ligero and up the seco. I like pepper and spice, but really prefer the desert flavors. View attachment 29451

Sounds like a nice combo. The Corojo and Nic Habano blend together super well.

 

[waikikigun]

I was headed around to the neighbors with their Chinese New Years banners freshly up for a photo of this morning's homeroll when I was accosted by another neighbor's bulldog, proving a much better photo op.

 

[Chacocii]

Hey Chacocii,

How did you do a closed foot?

Just trim the molded bunch to final length before applying the wrapper. Then use the wrapper that's hanging off the end to close the foot

 

[Mathaious12]

No. 13, first rolled with an actual wrapper leaf. Unspecified Nicaraguan wrapper, Olor ligero binder, and filler was 3 Olor secos 1 Olor ligero.

Interestingly the Olor ligero when used as a binder or wrapper have dominate rich chocolate flavors, whereas using the ligero as just a filler leaf crates a more subdued and subtle chocolate flavor.

 

[tullius]

no. 124 test burn: 1 rene seco 1 piloto viso 1 coro ligero, sumatra bind, conn wrap, 6 week rest.

got the foot end to mid section of wrapper too wet causing discoloration there: roller error not the wrapper

46 x 6.25

 

[Jb00]

How long do let yours dry? I’ve been rolling decent looking sticks and letting them sit on my desk for about a day and the wrapper always cracks as it dries.

 

[PressuredLeaf]

Sounds like a nice combo. The Corojo and Nic Habano blend together super well.

Agreed, the corojo seems to balance the spiciness of the nic habano quite well. I'm tempted to roll some with less ligero and more seco to see if I can tone down the spice and increase the creaminess.