CigaRobbie Crew

From time to time I like to assemble the CigaRobbie Crew over at my place for a real man's night, this time I had: the basketball game on the plasma; Johnny Cash playing at a delightful pitch on the entertainment center, and a bevy of single malt scotches, complimented with California and Bordeaux wines. The final missing piece a large assortment of fine handcrafted cigars for us to smoke all night long!

I wanted it to be perfect so I laid out three cigars for each of us to swill our pallets around. 1. Padilla Signature 1932 which commandeered a 93 rating in Cigar Aficionado which is billed as a high priming of Cuban-seed fillers in addition to a rich coffee colored wrapper. Cigar No. 2, Oliveros's XL Bold, with great complexities also a Corojo wrapper cigar. And third one was a surprise from CigaRobbie to his esteemed guests, it was a obscure labled cigar from Texas by the name of Adrian's Cigars, the creator Michael who'd contacted me earlier in the week and wanting me to rate his cigars up against the "big boys", no problem I told him, and he sent me thirty cigars, ten each of his three different lines: a Connecticut Shade, a Havana 2000, and the Maduro. I had the Havana 2000 displayed for the crew as a blind tasted un-banded wonder.

Our pre-dinner cigar was the unknown beauty as we watched the game combined with laughter, and all the sports conversation we almost forgot about the cigar, but this cigar demanded the attention! Between the three of us we have almost seventy years of cigar smoking experience and the CigaRobbie Crew throughout the process kept asking, "what are we smoking?", My reply, "in due time my friends," I could tell from the inquisitive nature that they (Adrian's Cigars) were going over well, plus the added excitement  of not knowing what they were smoking. I heard statements like: Graycliff, Perdomo, and Padron's... Nope, no and nada?" Was my reply! I had to eventually come clean, as we sat at the dinning room table savoring our filets and twice baked potatoes, Mmmmmm, Delicious! By the time we had retired to my patio in full view of the TV while we sipped our single malt scotches we were well into our second cigar, the Padilla 1932, just another great treat. The conversation had gently swayed from the best quarter back ever to the best actor, this conversation always sparks debated with this group. The libations flowed and the cigars got smaller and smaller.

Looking back on it now, I don't really remember smoking the Oliveros, I knew it must of been good as I saw the small butt reminates sitting in my H. Upmann ashtray, I smiled, relishing of the past night. I truly enjoy and treasure these times of fellowship as we debate cigars, sports, girls and politics. They are what keeps me going, the economy maybe bad... But the CigaRobbie Cigar Parties are still going, Oh by the way the whole crew loved the Adrian's especially for the price point. Enjoy my friends, and smoke 'em, if you got 'em!

Check out Adrian's Cigars here: http://www.smokeadrians.com/