Pics of your sticks!!

[waikikigun]

Perfection.

Thanks. Turned out to be a good smoke too. Always nice.

 

[JayT]

Another batch

 

[CobGuy]

Some great looking smokes on this thread since I last checked!

~Darin

 

[Knucklehead]

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Another batch

I like the looks of that dark wrapper. What is it?

 

[JayT]

I like the looks of that dark wrapper. What is it?

The Habano 2000 from WLT

 

[Jvergen]

Watching this with a fresh rolled yellow twist bud cigar.

 

[tullius]

nos. 204 and 205, my brother and I are smoking these tomorrow. All corojo save nic habano seco binder, 153 days.

46 x 5.6

 

[webmost]

Perectos rolled February 2016

 

[webmost]

February this year

 

[MarcL]

new mold new leaf $33 shipped 50x6.8

Ecuador Cameroon Wrapper
CV Corojo Oscuro Wrapper

 

[GreenDragon]

Last night's rolling session: Pelo D'Oro seco and ligero, CV Corojo viso, CV Black Ligero, double Sumatra binder, Nic. Rosado wrapper.

 

[Indianamac]

Wow !! The sticks in this old post look awesome !!! Can not believe this thread is still going after all my years away. I'm back to rolling, but way out of practice and will update soon !!

 

[Yvan the terrible]

Was rolling today and was hoping to stash a few away but this one caught my eye and ended up being a great afternoon break, life is good.

 

[MadFarmer]

First try with my first WLT order. I decided to forgo the wrapper until I'm slightly more adept at this. After rolling it felt too soft, but after paper molding and pressing it under the cutting board it feels better. (Note to self: don't have a Churchill as a model of it isn't a Churchill you require.) Planning to smoke it tonight, roll one smoke one. ;-)

 

[MadFarmer]

First try with my first WLT order. I decided to forgo the wrapper until I'm slightly more adept at this. After rolling it felt too soft, but after paper molding and pressing it under the cutting board it feels better. (Note to self: don't have a Churchill as a model of it isn't a Churchill you require.) Planning to smoke it tonight, roll one smoke one. ;-)

Haven't smoked it yet, but really, how do I achieve a tighter draw next time?

 

[tullius]

Haven't smoked it yet, but really, how do I achieve a tighter draw next time?

That looks pretty good for a no wrapper first roll!

Tighter draw is easy, just put in more filler and keep the size the same. Jokes aside, there is technique. I'll go into some of that after you have smoked your first cigar and still say the draw is too easy. C'mon, you know you want to.

Congrats on your first roll

 

[deluxestogie]

This is lovely leaf, from a careful and diligent finca. I believe these are Habano variety. Both the Peru seco and Peru ligero are properly and neatly frog-legged. The leaf is remarkably intact, and impeccably clean. Of the first 3 seco leaves I pulled from the bag, all of them were either wrapper or binder grade, even though intended as filler. Their color is consistent (a light to medium brown for the seco, and a dark brown for the ligero.

For this puro, I used a double seco binder (it's really thin), and a seco wrapper. The color and grade of the ligero made it tempting to use the dark ligero as wrapper, but after firing up this puro, I think the ligero would be too intense as a wrapper. Burn of the seco is excellent, though its flavor profile is predictably bland. Burn of the ligero seems similar to most other ligero (burns, but not great). The blend offers a rich aroma and nicotine of medium to full. Any more ligero in this would be too much nicotine for me.

The flavor itself is interesting. There seems to be none of the earthiness I detect in Habano from most other growing areas. It has a "dry" quality. I'll take a wild guess, and say that it was likely grown at a fairly high altitude. I would not be surprised if the Montecristo Peruvians contain a strip of this ligero for their punch.

I believe either the seco or the ligero would be at their best if blended with non-Peruvian leaf, to enhance the aroma profile, and add that missing earthiness.

Overall, a wonderful addition to WLTs long-filler offerings.

Bob

 

[waikikigun]

 

[MarcL]

 

[MadFarmer]

Like a fine whiskey delivered through a patio misting system, or a expertly crafted dessert smeared 1/8th of an inch thick on a silver platter this fine, fine blend of CB Valley and Peruvian seco and hint of Nicaraguan viso was simply spread too thin due to poor construction. Can't wait to get my rolling down to REALLY enjoy this!