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- Not A Nice Person - 11-29-2006
These have been endlessly reviewed, including by me, so I won't belabor their fine points here.
I'll just say that Rocky was here for the official grand opening of my local B&M's new location, and naturally, they ordered in a bunch of fresh stock for the event.
And BOTL, the current stock is amazing. Oily wrappers, great draw, thick, luxurious smoke, razor sharp burn, and that amazing RP Sungrown flavor---all burly leather, pepper, cedar, and spice---in spades.
If you haven't had one in awhile, go buy a fistful NOW. The one I've got burning is the best I've had in some time.
NANPââ¢
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- Bluesman455 - 11-29-2006
sungrown seconds at Famous kick ash!!! for half the price!!! [rob]
- Not A Nice Person - 11-29-2006
Bluesman455 Wrote:sungrown seconds at Famous kick ash!!! for half the price!!! [rob]
I've had a bundle of those. They're good, but they're NOT the same cigar.
NANP
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- Rubie - 11-29-2006
I got a box of these off Cbid for $50 bucks about a year or so back. Great cigars.
- jeht2000 - 11-30-2006
tried my first one a couple of days ago. Was a tad stronger than i expected but very good. the sweetness people talked about didn't kick in till midway and then was still on the light side. will have to see what a month in the humi will do
- Bluesman455 - 12-07-2006
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I was at the Rocky factory in Honduras recently and was told that the seconds are actually thirds. The selects are actually the seconds. Actually it is based mainly on color and consistancy of construction.
Here's a shot of the quality control room. You will notice that certain bundles have the cigars turned the wrong way. These are the selects and seconds (thirds). Each bundle is marked with the rollers name and they do not pay them for the rejects.
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- Bluesman455 - 12-07-2006
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I just got back Saturday from a tour of Rocky's place in Honduras. We visited every facet of the growing and manufacturing of cigars. It was truely an incredible experience.
Here are some of the raw pics. Give me some time and I'll have them up on our website.
We stayed at a villa supplied by Rocky http://www.metrocigar.com/honduras/PA250010.JPG
Here's some tobacco fermenting http://www.metrocigar.com/honduras/PA250017.JPG
Here's some tobacco that just came in and is going to be fumigated http://www.metrocigar.com/honduras/PA250020.JPG
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Here's one of the sorting rooms http://www.metrocigar.com/honduras/PA250029.JPG
Here's where they sort the wrapper. In natural sunlight http://www.metrocigar.com/honduras/PA250037.JPG
Couple of armed guards at the gate. Saw lots of these http://www.metrocigar.com/honduras/PA250040.JPG
The rolling room http://www.metrocigar.com/honduras/PA260041.JPG
Checking ring size prior to wrapping http://www.metrocigar.com/honduras/PA260049.JPG
Quality control. You will notice that in some bundles the cigars are turned around. These are the rejects. Each bundle has a tag identifing the roller. http://www.metrocigar.com/honduras/PA260055.JPG
Packing the boxes. They even put the bands and cellophane on by hand http://www.metrocigar.com/honduras/PA260057.JPG
Rolling some nice maduros http://www.metrocigar.com/honduras/PA260060.JPG
Box making http://www.metrocigar.com/honduras/PA260076.JPG
http://www.metrocigar.com/honduras/PA260077.JPG
The drying room http://www.metrocigar.com/honduras/PA270090.JPG
http://www.metrocigar.com/honduras/PA270085.JPG
Sewing fresh leaves one by one http://www.metrocigar.com/honduras/PA270092.JPG
The fields http://www.metrocigar.com/honduras/PA270094.JPG
Got tons more pics but you will get an idea. Each cigar you smoke has been touched over one hundred times by different people.
Roscoe
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- Bluesman455 - 12-08-2006
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- wingo - 12-08-2006
Sweet stuff there Bluesman. Just had an OWR corojo tonight! Going to try the Maduro sometime this week. Thanks for sharing.
- Maduro_Scotty - 12-08-2006
I absolutely love these. Smoked a pair with a friend of mine whose never had one before, I insisted on the RP sun grown over anthing else and he was glad I was that pushy about it. He chose to buy a couple of the sticks himself to take home. For their price, I'd pull the credit card any day.[smokin4]