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Cigar Skunk Story 1...
14 years ago
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Gather round ladies and gents, it's story time. :3
Our first story comes from
CigarSkunk .
This tale was so delightful, I had to put it first.
"Living in FL I can swing on down to "Ybor City" (Orlando's version of South Street) where there are bars with old Cuban guys
in the corner that hand roll the bar's cigar stock right there in front of you.
A good cigar is no different then a good wine - the raw mats have to be aged for at least a year, it takes an expert to make it and once it's rolled/bottled that's about as good as it gets.
Funny cigar story - my buddy Herb is a Civil War buff and he scored a Confederate trunk from an estate auction. Upon rummaging through it he discovered a CW era cigar box and though "kewl, just found CS' b-day present!" He picked it up and heard stuff moving around inside and upon opening it, discovered a handful of cigars. Unable to believe his luck he hit up some experts and had it confirmed - 150 year old cigars.
Of course I had to smoke one so I devoted a humidor to carefully reconstituting one over the course of about two weeks and once it was restored to as good a shape as it could get, I settled back and fired the sucker up.
Turns out the 150 year old cigar hadn't been aged long enough!
Apparently the the Northern troops were coming and the tobacco couldn't be moved so the locals must have said to hell with it and just rolled the suckers prematurely."
Looks like all things aren't exactly what they appear to be these days is it? Still the coming of age is a good thing, especially for a good stick :9
Wonderful story CS. :3
If any of you have a story to tell, let us know. We want to hear. :3
Just drop it in a note please.
Our first story comes from
CigarSkunk . This tale was so delightful, I had to put it first.
"Living in FL I can swing on down to "Ybor City" (Orlando's version of South Street) where there are bars with old Cuban guys
in the corner that hand roll the bar's cigar stock right there in front of you.
A good cigar is no different then a good wine - the raw mats have to be aged for at least a year, it takes an expert to make it and once it's rolled/bottled that's about as good as it gets.
Funny cigar story - my buddy Herb is a Civil War buff and he scored a Confederate trunk from an estate auction. Upon rummaging through it he discovered a CW era cigar box and though "kewl, just found CS' b-day present!" He picked it up and heard stuff moving around inside and upon opening it, discovered a handful of cigars. Unable to believe his luck he hit up some experts and had it confirmed - 150 year old cigars.
Of course I had to smoke one so I devoted a humidor to carefully reconstituting one over the course of about two weeks and once it was restored to as good a shape as it could get, I settled back and fired the sucker up.
Turns out the 150 year old cigar hadn't been aged long enough!
Apparently the the Northern troops were coming and the tobacco couldn't be moved so the locals must have said to hell with it and just rolled the suckers prematurely."
Looks like all things aren't exactly what they appear to be these days is it? Still the coming of age is a good thing, especially for a good stick :9
Wonderful story CS. :3
If any of you have a story to tell, let us know. We want to hear. :3
Just drop it in a note please.
