February - March batch

First, I would like to welcome uncle Bryan (Greg's brother) to the club. Nau mai, haere mai ki te Hikari Hereteki o Aotearoa. As you can see above, Bryan is a warm and trustworthy gentleman who will make a great Heretic (he can also draw smoke with one ear and blow smoke-rings out the other - a talent reserved for audiologists).

As to this batch, apart from Bryan who has a special starters cocktail, these are the cigars you will receive.

• 2 La Gloria Cubana Puritos (cellophaned)
• Vegueros Seoanes: I have heard better things from many of you about these, and have shared a good one meself with Scott. Luck of the draw (ha ha).
• Ramon Allones Small Club Corona: these are fruity and smoking well now (box date May 2010 so very young).
• Trinidad Reyes - no need for introductions anymore, but this is a newer 09? box
• Montecristo Especial no.2: a special cigar and expensive to boot. Very mild, very rich, have it after a light meal, no strong drinks, and you'll see it is a gem. 
• Partagas Serie D no.4: this is pure Partagas flavour, robusto-style. Medium-Full body. This one is very young (Apr.'10) and I haven't tasted any of this box yet so you'll have to let me know!

Enjoy!

Chainsaws and Vegueros - Christmas in the Wild

 

Back before Christmas, Scott and myself Went Bush to go and find some christmas trees. Well ok, maybe that was just an excuse to go ape$hit with his chainsaw and scare some old ladies. The trick is to find the ones (pine trees not old ladies) that the Rangers haven't already cut down. We did get one in the end after getting sweaty traipsing round the hillside in hot humid weather.

Seeing as it was a heretics outing involving oily machinery, I took along a Vegueros Seoanes with a nice wrapper. As has been noted these have a leafy grassy green flavour to them with a hint of Unleaded 95 on the nose and a touch of 2-stroke motor oil on the arse. It was well suited to the occasion and more surprisingly was a smooth, palatable, and well-constructed cigar. You still have to be in the mood for the flavour profile on offer - fortunately for us, the chainsaw was revvin', the grannies a-screamin', and the 2 stroke smoke mingling with our own. Sweet harmony to the senses. Yeeahaarrr!