Man! What an experience. I am finally almost done. First off the selection for sampling and trade is tremendous. I finally got a chance to taste some tobaccos that sounded interesting to me from reviews but that I had not purchased. I will be packing the box up tomorrow night (Thursday) for mailing on Friday. Will post the shipping and confirmation number as soon as I get it. So here goes.
PUTS
GLP Union Square
C&D Sunday Picnic
For sampling:
4Noggins Jesse's Own
Condor Flake
Seattle Pipe Club Plum Pudding
Cigars: Don Tomas Maduro
Torano Virtuoso
Indian Tabac Maduro
Gispert Maduro
Puros Indios Viejo
TAKES
Dunhill Light Flake
Dunhill EMP
SAMPLED
SHPC Va Cake, Low Country Santee, McCranie's Red Ribbon,
SHPC Great Hiatus, GLP Key Largo,
H&H Old Tartan, ERR,
Peretti D9575, Peterson University Flake.
Of all the samples the two that impressed me the most were SHPC Great Hiatus and ERR. I have never tasted Dunhill's 965 from either Murray or Lane or Orlik but if it tasted as good as the Great Hiatus I understand why so many folks lament its loss. The ERR just reminded me of the earth and really straightforward and delicious.
Thanks again to all who participated and for the wonderful tobaccos in the box. A real kudos to Mike for coordinating this and making this my first box pass experience a truly grand one. Standby for a treat Eggman.
Dave