Anatomy Of A Fine Cigar

[mrkalashnikov]

I was just perusing this great webite and thought I would share. I never realized the making of Habano cigars involved such long & tedious preperation. Interesting stuff too, on the history of the Cuban cigar industry:

http://www.habanos.com/article.aspx?aid=27

Btw, drop down to the lower right of the page and click on "English" for the translation.

[El Jefe]

Yes, its very involved.

If we had been on the ball in the 19th century, Cuba would be a state or at least an American possession.

[TEN-32]

I thought this was going to be an Edmundo review.

[El Jefe]

I thought this was going to be an Edmundo review.

Heh,

[mrkalashnikov]

I thought this was going to be an Edmundo review.

Check your PM box.

[TEN-32]

MrK, a pleasure as always. I'm on the first third of this Edmundo. Liking it but my sense of taste and smell are a bit off due to seasonal allergies. I ended up with a Dickel Rye to go with it. Tennessee via Indiana.

[El Jefe]

Nice. The Dickel rye is not bad juice.

[TEN-32]

I was torn between this and Templeton. Both produced by LDI for their respective labels. The difference is the Dickel is filtered through sugar-maple charcoal. Mash bill is 95% rye 5% malted barley. Zero corn. Its an interesting rye. Worth the $25 all day.

[El Jefe]

I was torn between this and Templeton. Both produced by LDI for their respective labels. The difference is the Dickel is filtered through sugar-maple charcoal. Mash bill is 95% rye 5% malted barley. Zero corn. Its an interesting rye. Worth the $25 all day.

Yeah, LDI only uses one rye mashbill, every body gets the same stuff, but aging and whatnot can have a profound effect as you know.

[mrkalashnikov]

Glad you're likin' it.