That time o' year....CA Top Ten of 2013

bruceolee · 12-17-2013, 04:49 PM

Tom we all want to be loved and i think i have a great sense of style. I'm just MAN enough to explore my feminine side. Plus do you know how hot it gets down here? A nice summer dress really keeps the vinegar smell to minimum if you know what I mean.

Whipper Snapper · 12-17-2013, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by bruceolee

Tom we all want to be loved and i think i have a great sense of style. I'm just MAN enough to explore my feminine side. Plus do you know how hot it gets down here? A nice summer dress really keeps the vinegar smell to minimum if you know what I mean.

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icehog3 · 12-17-2013, 05:32 PM

bruceolee · 12-17-2013, 05:35 PM

Apologies for the thread hijack! I don't care much for a cigar of the year or top ten list at all. I think the industry puts way too much stock in lists and ratings. The hype of "buy our cigar it's a 94 rated smoke by CA" What does that even mean? I guess people just love putting stats on everything. Growing the tobacco, Aging it, Rolling it, and finally the finished product. I enjoy the mystery of why a cigar tastes so good. Why is it that a cigar tastes pretty good fresh but in 5 years of aging it can become simply amazing and ethereal? I don't know honestly but then you go through the thoughts of "well, if it tastes good after 5 years buried in my humidor what will 6 years taste like?" There's a joy in the mystery of not knowing all the time. I remember some group tested the PH and chemical profile of the soil in the pinar del rio province and then tried to recreate it in a lab and grew tobacco in that synthetic soil and then made cigars from that soil. Why? I guess people want to quantify mystery sometimes. I do not and I guess that's just me.

12-17-2013, 04:49 PM	#1
bruceolee King of Rants Join Date: Aug 2009 First Name: Jason Location: South Florida Posts: 1,227 Trading: (1)	Re: That time o' year....CA Top Ten of 2013 Tom we all want to be loved and i think i have a great sense of style. I'm just MAN enough to explore my feminine side. Plus do you know how hot it gets down here? A nice summer dress really keeps the vinegar smell to minimum if you know what I mean. __________________ “When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed, and calm, refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God, and have blessed His name.” Spurgeon

12-17-2013, 05:32 PM	#3
icehog3 Admiral Douchebag Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tom Location: Clermont, Kentucky Posts: 71,935 Trading: (60)	Re: That time o' year....CA Top Ten of 2013 __________________ Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!

12-17-2013, 05:35 PM	#4
bruceolee King of Rants Join Date: Aug 2009 First Name: Jason Location: South Florida Posts: 1,227 Trading: (1)	Re: That time o' year....CA Top Ten of 2013 Apologies for the thread hijack! I don't care much for a cigar of the year or top ten list at all. I think the industry puts way too much stock in lists and ratings. The hype of "buy our cigar it's a 94 rated smoke by CA" What does that even mean? I guess people just love putting stats on everything. Growing the tobacco, Aging it, Rolling it, and finally the finished product. I enjoy the mystery of why a cigar tastes so good. Why is it that a cigar tastes pretty good fresh but in 5 years of aging it can become simply amazing and ethereal? I don't know honestly but then you go through the thoughts of "well, if it tastes good after 5 years buried in my humidor what will 6 years taste like?" There's a joy in the mystery of not knowing all the time. I remember some group tested the PH and chemical profile of the soil in the pinar del rio province and then tried to recreate it in a lab and grew tobacco in that synthetic soil and then made cigars from that soil. Why? I guess people want to quantify mystery sometimes. I do not and I guess that's just me. __________________ “When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed, and calm, refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God, and have blessed His name.” Spurgeon