• 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.

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  1. javajunkie

    Today's Smoke (2004-2022 Archive)

    last night, for fuente friday with my nerds, an 858 maddie and a casa cuba corona right off the truck, and a GoF carlito church that i have been afraid to burn for a while. all of them on point, and all of them with thanks: also got my guys to take a couple sticks off me, just to expand...
  2. javajunkie

    BOTL Pipe Newbie Sampler Thread

    just wanted to reiterate that mike DID in fact set the rules of this engagement. all i did was do my level best to follow through. enjoy, mike!
  3. javajunkie

    What's in your bowl today

    yesterday and the day before, some 3 nuns, then that rainy days and mondays, both in forever-stemmed cobs. the three nuns is solid, some spice like there is perique still in it (maybe dark fired in with the burley?), and that RDM keeps showing more lat every time i smoke it, but is still a very...
  4. javajunkie

    Barterhouse

    $80 is a fair tag for it, and it is supposed to be an old weller-stitzel barrel that they bought. also came out with rhetoric (same tag), and old blowhard (about $160 IIRC), which was a 26yr. i have heard goos things and bad about barterhouse, but haven't yet gotten feedback from people whose...
  5. javajunkie

    What cigar do you own that you're dying to smoke?

    i have a couple few i look at and think "WTF was that person thinking", and put them back... seriously, almost afraid to smoke them. but they will be gotten to, eventually.
  6. javajunkie

    Fausto?

    this post from the cigar deals thread got me thinking: coming off the IPCPR, it could be that places were holding off ordering until they could hit the show up, score deals or whatever? i know the only time certain core items get low in my store (mostly bourbon), are if we are holding off...
  7. javajunkie

    Cigar sharing etiquette

    the general consensus that i get is, we do not by and large allow guests free reign over our entire house, including our stashes, but sharing cigars is part of what we do. i cannot think of a person here who wouldn't LOVE to turn one of their friends or family members on in a BIG way. but the...
  8. javajunkie

    What cigar do you own that you're dying to smoke?

    win. thread over, this answer takes it! o) my problem is actually getting around to smoking them; pick one up, go "no, not yet", and put it back in the stash...
  9. javajunkie

    BOTL Pipe Newbie Sampler Thread

    joy shared is joy increased. o)
  10. javajunkie

    Pipe Restoration - Do's and Don'ts.........

    i would worry about stable rotation. i'm in the same boat, thinking about fixes involving my drill, but not entirely sold yet... FWIW there is SO MUCH you can do just knowing how to clean and polish by hand. maybe not showroom wet shine, but clean and proud.
  11. javajunkie

    Show/List your latest NC Purchase

    dude! are those maddies, or just outrageously dark for opi? i am used to seeing like a pumpkin color, and that's closer to 80% dark chocolate to my (admittedly poor) eyes... either or, you had to. no question. o)
  12. javajunkie

    Today's Smoke (2004-2022 Archive)

    i like new shit. the short short so far, Venn diagram, intersection of fuente hemmi, DPG black, and cruzado. I think. imma take some notes, see if my lazy ass can do a review...
  13. javajunkie

    What's in your bowl today

    just a reminder to any of us who might be able to have fun with it, sir, not just yourself. o)
  14. javajunkie

    What's in your bowl today

    ... only if you want to vent your frustrations. o) to be fair, though, we need dudes on the newbie sampler trade now, if any of y'all have the time.
  15. javajunkie

    What's in your bowl today

    de nada, sir, and glad you are enjoying it! o) and i GOTTA make sire to include CH or PA in more of my starters. it's nice to have a tobacco that is almost entirely impossible to f#@k up. even by me!
  16. javajunkie

    BOTL Newbie Sampler Thread 2.0

    got it, brother, and hit you up when it lands!
  17. javajunkie

    The 3 word story...

    slightly flame retardant
  18. javajunkie

    Peter Stokkeybye Bulk

    truth. not rock star stuff, per se, but damn decent in all respects. if you wanted to bulk up your cellar, the stokkebyes are a solid start.
  19. javajunkie

    BOTL Newbie Sampler Thread 2.0

    9405903699300229345637 flies to jonboy tonight, and i will pick up the next in queue this evening.
  20. javajunkie

    What's in your bowl today

    hey, josh! was that the stanwell harlekin?
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