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Ode to Acid

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In the past I have railed against the health horror of smoking cigarettes, a habit I kicked in 1977. Then, when I first retired in 1996, I felt so good and relaxed about my new life style that I celebrated by discovering cigars. Every once in awhile I'll order some, enjoy them, then not think about it for six to nine months before getting the urge again.
I got the urge this week and just ordered a small sampler of Acid cigars by Drew Estate. I normally would not plug any product but these are such exquisite smokes that I can't resist. These are unique in the cigar industry. These are Nicaraguan made using special tobaccos and infusions that produce a sweetish, unusually aromatic cigar.
Perhaps the fact that I am just finishing up the 1,000+ pp 3rd volume of Churchill's Manchester biography has influenced me to want a cigar. The Great Man smoked them throughout the day. Today, when you hear someone reference a Churchill cigar, it is the size of the stick they're talking about. Although there are always some deviations here & there, the normal Churchill cigar is 7.0" x 52. The first number signifies length; the second is what's called ring size, i.e., how big around it is.

One does not inhale a cigar so I'm not worried about the few that I smoke. I don't smoke them inside, of course. Most of these I will enjoy while sitting under a juniper tree reading and sipping ... an appropriate beverage.

posted on May 29, 2013 7:07 PM ()

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Turns out he HAS tried them, many years ago, he says: "Not cheap, but very, very good," and he has this look in his eye remembering.
comment by troutbend on May 31, 2013 7:16 AM ()
No, they're definitely not cheap. Running $6 to $10 bucks a stick on average. They were $3 when I first had one. First they hook you; then they up the price.
reply by steeve on May 31, 2013 10:40 AM ()
I've shared this with Mr. Tbend in case he hasn't tried them. Some cigar smoke is really stinky, but he says those are the ones that taste the best. We haven't really discussed cigars since he got here, so this will be a good conversation starter.
comment by troutbend on May 30, 2013 9:44 PM ()
Congratulations on relishing the pleasure of a good cigar/
comment by elderjane on May 30, 2013 1:12 PM ()
I'm hoping your area is free of tornadoes these days.
reply by steeve on May 30, 2013 1:38 PM ()
TMI about cigars. They may be pleasurable to you, but I can't be around one without getting severe respiratory distress. I do enjoy an aromatic pipe though.
comment by tealstar on May 30, 2013 10:21 AM ()
I once had two pipe smoking brethren. I couldn't get into an elevator with either of them b/c their clothing was so rank with the sour smell of pipe smoke. I suppose that is similar to any sort of old smoke odor, whether it be cigs, cigars, or pipes.
reply by steeve on May 30, 2013 1:37 PM ()
You, Bob Davis and me. Ahhhh. Last night I enjoyed one with a snifter of Springbank single malt and all the Universe slowed down.
comment by jondude on May 30, 2013 6:44 AM ()
You got it, man.
reply by steeve on May 30, 2013 8:56 AM ()
Geez.. I haven't smoked anything since 1990 but you make it sound good!
comment by jjoohhnn on May 29, 2013 11:07 PM ()
Just cigars, tho. I wouldn't touch a cigarette for anything. You might as well ingest poison.
reply by steeve on May 30, 2013 8:58 AM ()
A year and a half later I am still tobacco free but I still enjoy the smell of tobacco. Maybe I will try a cigar? Maybe not...
comment by dragonflyby on May 29, 2013 9:29 PM ()
Cigarette smoke is, as my little girl once told me, yukky. But a good, hand-rolled aromatic cigar is something else again.
reply by steeve on May 30, 2013 8:59 AM ()

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