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So two weeks ago now i got the required workouts in to achieve a #cigarSunday. It was fantastic! As you can see from the pics above it was a beautiful, brisk maritime spring day. Blue sky, a dappling of snow still covering the forest ground, birds starting to sing out their spring songs, and a crisp fresh breeze swirling around occasionally, dancing with the cigar smoke of my cigar. Ahhhhh. Delightful.
Now, not that I got enough work outs in anyway, but the following weekend we were plunged back into winters deadly maw. Thick white devil snow falling to earth like the ash from a distant volcano with all the skill and grace of a seventeen year old losing their virginity. What a mess of things this storm was.
#cigarSundays are seriously one of the only things that helps me get through winter, but when winter wont just get up and fuck off, it starts to get to a fella.
Okay enough of my complaining. Lets rewind to the good #cigarSunday.
So after receiving my Cigar of the Month club package I had a tough choice between the 5 cigars that were available to me. Thankfully the COTM people send along a companion booklet with a little write up on each cigar. The cigar i picked for this week was the Bahia Trinidad. Here is the write up from COTM:
The Bahia brand has been around since the cigar boom in the mid 1990’s and has been holding strong ever since. The Bahia Trinidad is a Nicaraguan puro crafted with a dark and oily Nicaraguan Criollo wrapper that’s been optimally fermented—tucked away for a cedar-nap for two years. The wrapper cloaks a blend of four-year-old Nicaraguan long-leaf Cuban seed tobaccos grown in the prime growing regions of Esteli and Condega. The end result is an aromatic, medium-bodied smoke with sweet tobacco flavors spiked with notes of cinnamon, cocoa and cedar. Look for a good draw and an even burn that produces a flaky snow white ash. After a great meal, enjoy this one for a good hour and a half with a full tawny port or a white rum.
Now while i did not go with their advice for a port or white rum, I selected friend of the show Highland Park 12 as my companion beverage, for many of the same reasons that they selected a port or rum. For me Highland Park 12 is a great balance between a smoky/spicy scotch and sweet/fruity scotch. It would be one that could be a helper to milder cigar and not over power it, or match the flavor of a stronger cigar.
While i agree with the flavor notes provided, it def did not last an hour, maybe I smoke faster, not sure, but it was at best 35-40minutes. Extremely enjoyable but I would also say more of a mild/medium flavor then down the center medium. Again crazy enjoyable, but I was expecting something different based on the notes provided.
The pairing worked great, and the weather, tunes, and chats with the departed made it a fantastic #cigarSunday.
As previously stated no #cigarSunday last week, but things are looking up in regards to work outs for this week, lets hope the winter fucks off enough to make it happen.
Sean "BigBoyRunning" Ryan
Now, not that I got enough work outs in anyway, but the following weekend we were plunged back into winters deadly maw. Thick white devil snow falling to earth like the ash from a distant volcano with all the skill and grace of a seventeen year old losing their virginity. What a mess of things this storm was.
#cigarSundays are seriously one of the only things that helps me get through winter, but when winter wont just get up and fuck off, it starts to get to a fella.
Okay enough of my complaining. Lets rewind to the good #cigarSunday.
So after receiving my Cigar of the Month club package I had a tough choice between the 5 cigars that were available to me. Thankfully the COTM people send along a companion booklet with a little write up on each cigar. The cigar i picked for this week was the Bahia Trinidad. Here is the write up from COTM:
The Bahia brand has been around since the cigar boom in the mid 1990’s and has been holding strong ever since. The Bahia Trinidad is a Nicaraguan puro crafted with a dark and oily Nicaraguan Criollo wrapper that’s been optimally fermented—tucked away for a cedar-nap for two years. The wrapper cloaks a blend of four-year-old Nicaraguan long-leaf Cuban seed tobaccos grown in the prime growing regions of Esteli and Condega. The end result is an aromatic, medium-bodied smoke with sweet tobacco flavors spiked with notes of cinnamon, cocoa and cedar. Look for a good draw and an even burn that produces a flaky snow white ash. After a great meal, enjoy this one for a good hour and a half with a full tawny port or a white rum.
Now while i did not go with their advice for a port or white rum, I selected friend of the show Highland Park 12 as my companion beverage, for many of the same reasons that they selected a port or rum. For me Highland Park 12 is a great balance between a smoky/spicy scotch and sweet/fruity scotch. It would be one that could be a helper to milder cigar and not over power it, or match the flavor of a stronger cigar.
While i agree with the flavor notes provided, it def did not last an hour, maybe I smoke faster, not sure, but it was at best 35-40minutes. Extremely enjoyable but I would also say more of a mild/medium flavor then down the center medium. Again crazy enjoyable, but I was expecting something different based on the notes provided.
The pairing worked great, and the weather, tunes, and chats with the departed made it a fantastic #cigarSunday.
As previously stated no #cigarSunday last week, but things are looking up in regards to work outs for this week, lets hope the winter fucks off enough to make it happen.
Sean "BigBoyRunning" Ryan
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