Pics of your sticks!!

[greenmonster714]

Very nice webmost.

 

[deluxestogie]

I think I used to write my name that way a while back.

Bob

 

[webmost]

Those really do look fine. that band reminds me of something.. red dot.

 

[Leftynick]

Lol. CohiBOB.

 

[MarcL]

 

[deluxestogie]

Flawless.

Bob

 

[Charly]

Mouthwatering !

 

[deluxestogie]

No excuse, Sir!

For some cigars, there's just no excuse. This sorry thing began as a 3 leaf cigar. Just 3 leaves: Baldió Vera, WLT Nicaragua Habano ligero and BigBonner's Havana 142. Half the Baldió Vera was used as a binder.

The Nicaragua ligero leaf was unusually large. The Baldió Vera is always large. BB's Havana 142 was truly huge. I proceeded anyway.

The binder cracked a bit at the head. Then, I attempted to use a WLT Ecuador Shade wrapper that already had a few small holes. It likewise split at the head. Neither the wrapper nor the binder were capable of decent compression of the bunch.

With a busted up head, I scavenged through my cap scrap bag, and came up with what I believe is WLT Habana 2000. It would have entirely wrapped a robusto. In this instance, it managed half the cigar.

Result: a trombone of a cigar in 5 leaves and 2 tones. It smokes smoothly, burns well, draws beautifully. It's what happens when you let just anybody blend and roll a cigar. It's why we can't have nice things.

Bob

 

[greenmonster714]

Wow. That's just like one out of the cigar shop. Your rather good at that Marc.

 

[greenmonster714]

No excuse, Sir!

For some cigars, there's just no excuse.

Result: a trombone of a cigar in 5 leaves and 2 tones. It smokes smoothly, burns well, draws beautifully. It's what happens when you let just anybody blend and roll a cigar. It's why we can't have nice things.

Bob

Looks good to me. You ever throw in perique or latakia in your cigars. Or is that like a super big no no?

 

[deluxestogie]

You ever throw in perique or latakia in your cigars.

I do not. I also don't add chilies to my Quiche Lorraine, nor bacon in my milkshakes. Both may taste excellent.

Bob

 

[MarcL]

 

[Charly]

I do not. I also don't add chilies to my Quiche Lorraine, nor bacon in my milkshakes. Both may taste excellent.

Bob

LOL

I am tempted to try one day adding a few perique leaves in a cigar.
I already used bright leaf with semois, and as long as it is not the major part of the cigar it can be pretty good (I use it mostly for binder/wrapper since my semois leaves are really really small...)

 

[deluxestogie]

Why, thank you Marc. I guess that's like the Academy Awards. You don't need to be the best picture to win Best Picture. You just need the right connections.

Bob

 

[deluxestogie]

This trumpet stogie is filled with two huge leaves of Long Red, spiced with 1/4 leaf of WLT Paraguay Flojo viso, double-bound in WLT Besuki, and wrapped in WLT Ecuador Shade.

Bob

 

[webmost]

This trumpet stogie is filled with two huge leaves of Long Red, spiced with 1/4 leaf of WLT Paraguay Flojo viso, double-bound in WLT Besuki, and wrapped in WLT Ecuador Shade.

Bob

That Ec Seco is a nice lookin leaf. How's it taste?

 

[deluxestogie]

Long Red, PA Red, Little Dutch and Dutch (Ohio) exhibit a similar flavor profile, with the PA Red and Little Dutch being richer. But the leaf size and yield of Long Red and Dutch (Ohio) approach double that of their smaller siblings. Generally all four are dark leathery with wood, and virtually no earthiness or sweetness--though the top leaf, if really dark oscuro, may be sweet.

For this haphazard cigar, the Long Red provided the expected wood and leather. The touch of Flojo viso gives it a little peppery edge and a slight earthiness.

I suspect that Flojo, like Silver River, Bolivia Criollo Black and sometimes Colombian Garcia, contains a bit of some terpene. I wouldn't be surprised if Paraguay Flojo and Bolivia Criollo Black were the very same variety. The two countries share a common border.

Bob

 

[greenmonster714]

Nice to know some info on a few of those strains you mentioned. I've got lil Dutch, Penn red, silver r, and the Bolivian blk growing. Hope to get some nice cigar leaf outta those.

 

[Charly]

Agree with GreenMonster, thank you Bob for sharing these informations about the flavor profile of these strains
Like GreenMonster, I am eager to see how my tobacco with become this year !!
And nice figurado by the way

 

[webmost]

Long Red, PA Red, Little Dutch and Dutch (Ohio) exhibit a similar flavor profile, with the PA Red and Little Dutch being richer. But the leaf size and yield of Long Red and Dutch (Ohio) approach double that of their smaller siblings. Generally all four are dark leathery with wood, and virtually no earthiness or sweetness--though the top leaf, if really dark oscuro, may be sweet.

For this haphazard cigar, the Long Red provided the expected wood and leather. The touch of Flojo viso gives it a little peppery edge and a slight earthiness.

I suspect that Flojo, like Silver River, Bolivia Criollo Black and sometimes Colombian Garcia, contains a bit of some terpene. I wouldn't be surprised if Paraguay Flojo and Bolivia Criollo Black were the very same variety. The two countries share a common border.

Bob

Yabbut...how you like that WLT Ecuadorian shade?