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BOTL UPCOMING MAINTENANCE
Hi Everyone, as mentioned in my introduction post, BOTL needs quite a bit of updating, patching and whatever else I might come across. Over the next few weekends BOTL may be unreachable on occasion as I do migrations or updates, etc. Just be patient - we'll be back! I'll generally try to keep these maintenances until later in the evenings.
Show us your latest leaf purchase
- Thread starter BrewinHooligan
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Whatcha growin?? Those look pretty damn healthy
Just got this in today from WTL
1 lb PA Binder
1 lb Honduras Hanson Wrapper
1 lb Criollo 98 Video
1 lb Criollo 98 Seco
1 lb Criollo 98 Ligero
1 lb Besuki Wrapper
1/2 lb San Vincente Ligero
1/2 lb Piloto Cubano Viso
1/2 lb Dominican Viso
This may hold me for a little while.
1 lb PA Binder
1 lb Honduras Hanson Wrapper
1 lb Criollo 98 Video
1 lb Criollo 98 Seco
1 lb Criollo 98 Ligero
1 lb Besuki Wrapper
1/2 lb San Vincente Ligero
1/2 lb Piloto Cubano Viso
1/2 lb Dominican Viso
This may hold me for a little while.
I never watched that Criollo 98 Video, Captain Ron ... but I did enjoy your movie.
Never tried that Honduras Hanson wrapper, either... but I thought Sig was Norwegian.
Let me know if you discover some decent blend to bind in PA binder. I'm looking for a blend like that.
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Welcome back Ron!! You sure didn't mess around jumping back in.Just got this in today from WTL
1 lb PA Binder
1 lb Honduras Hanson Wrapper
1 lb Criollo 98 Video
1 lb Criollo 98 Seco
1 lb Criollo 98 Ligero
1 lb Besuki Wrapper
1/2 lb San Vincente Ligero
1/2 lb Piloto Cubano Viso
1/2 lb Dominican Viso
This may hold me for a little while.
LOL
Hanson was autocorrected from Habano. I thought I was catching them, missed a couple it seems.
As a side note, whenever I see Hanson, I immediately think... "puttin' on the foil coach!"
That is beautiful! I have seen how cigars are roll so I am curious. 1. Did you roll that without any equipment? 2. Is it cheaper to buy the tobacco and roll it yourself? 3. How would you compare the taste? Yard gar, high end?
So hidden in the bag of broad leaf was a 3 leaf sampler of "Maryland Long Pretty". And no kidding, it is damn pretty. The case was perfect to wrap with, and I happen to have 4 corona gorda's in need of a wrapper, so I gave it a try. I have absolutely no idea what it is, but here we go.
A half a leaf managed to wrap 2 with leaf to spare. It is thin, full of stretch, and smells wonderful. The color ranges from straw to a darker H2K towards the top of the leaf, so it may bother some more fussy Roller's, but I don't mind it. It's $12/lb from Larry. I can't wait to smoke one, that's a steal for wrapper.
1) All you need for "equipment" is the old lady's breadboard to roll on, a pizza cutter or ulu to cut your leaves with, and that's it. That right there is a good start. Maybe along the way, when you really get into it, then you roll some newspaper around your cigar to make an ersatz mold. Then you might haunt the antique shops or ebay for an old cigar mold, for like $35. Might even take a copper pipe fitting you score at Home Despot, sharpen up the end, and there's your cap cutter.
2) Well, of course it is. It's not the lady making a pittance of pesos... it's all the middlemen you're cutting out. I can make a 5 1/4" x 50rg perfecto lasting me an hour and a half, costs me 75 cents. To be fair, tho, most guys roll parejos... that's a heck of a lot easier, but may double the price.
3) I'll be honest, a little of both. Starting out, I prolly rolled more yard gars than anything. Now that I have a better handle on what I like to blend, I prefer a home rolled and aged Uppowoc Perfecto most 80% of the time. But that misses the point. How many times have you blown 8 or 10 bucks on a stick you say "that's really not for me"? Just the nature of cigar sampling, I spose. Takes a while to find the bought cigars you want to stash a box of. So it's the exact same for store bought as it is for home rolled. You just have to find out what you like, either way.
4) Plus, here's the thing: You are missing point number four. Number four is the most important of all the points. Number four is the part where you sit down among a beautiful selection of the most wunnerful aromas on God's good green earth, and stick your hands in up to the elbows, and get yourself into a magical trance. Rolling a half dozen sticks takes about the time it takes to smoke a wonderful stick, and is easily as satisfying; but with the added anticipation that you get to enjoy that product down the road.. A terrific couple of hours. You know how the finest stick you go sniffing your fingers the rest of the night thinking of that fine aroma? Same here. You have those baccy oils all over your hands and up in your sinuses. Oh my. Plus, and here's the deal, instead of making stinky ash heaps out of a beautiful stick, you're making eager anticipation, cause you know you get to smoke those beauties down the road when they get ripe.
You want a starter kit? Ping me.
Good mail day today.
1lb Nica Habano seco
1lb corojo seco
2lb corojo viso
1lb criollo ligero.
Need to do some creative accounting so I can order more binder, Ec Habano seco, and ct broadleaf from LO now so I can keep up my production.
1lb Nica Habano seco
1lb corojo seco
2lb corojo viso
1lb criollo ligero.
Need to do some creative accounting so I can order more binder, Ec Habano seco, and ct broadleaf from LO now so I can keep up my production.
I stopped a while with rolling because I got beetles in my tobacco, especially in my wrapper and binder. I think I got it in my latest shipment of wrappers from LO. I put everything infected 3 day in the freezer, but somehow they survived. So in burned everything. Lucky my filler in in airtight boxes. Needed fast some binder and wrapper and decided to drive to Danli. Ended up buying 50 lbs of tobacco, filler, binder and wrapper from Jamastran (Honduras) and Jalapa (Nicaragua).
Amazing the attention I got from them, I was even introduced to Don Placencia and had a nice chat with him.
Amazing the attention I got from them, I was even introduced to Don Placencia and had a nice chat with him.
Hell. I've been waiting all morning for one of you knuckle heads to see if @Jan Bynens could pick some up and ship it to us. But no one has.
Or is that bad etiquette. I don't really know. I'm still a noob when it comes to procedures.