I had started working on a Week In Smoke for this week, but as I was drinking my coffee, a blend from Counter Culture called Apollo, a thought occurred to me- I’ll bet the Puro Vintage I smoked last week would go pretty well with it. So I dropped my pen (or keyboard), grabbed one, turned on the video camera and lit it up. Changing horses midstream means posting this later than usual, but I think it turned out well. Besides, I think the La Aurora Puro Vintage 2006 Edición 111 Aniversario is a cigar that deserves a proper review anyway.
So in brief, the Puro Vintage 2006 is a Salomon featuring exclusively tobaccos harvested in 2006, and was released this year to celebrate La Aurora’s 111th anniversary. The larger size and increased difficulty of the vitola carry a pretty significant price tag ($18.60), but it turns out this edition is actually considerably less expensive (by nearly $7) than the last Puro Vintage I lit up- the 2003. And for the rest of the details, click the play button below. Enjoy!
Size: 6 1/2 x 60
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Havana
Binder: Brazil
Filler: Brazil, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua
Smoking Time: 2 1/2 hours
Beverage: Water
Source: Sample or Gift
Price: MSRP $18.60
Never mind cigars. Start a new site called briansbeard.com . #beardenvy uuuhhhhhh
Stay tuned, it just keeps getting sexier.
We all need to chip in and get Tom one of these:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooly_Willy
…and yes, very impressive.
Tom and I are both members of the Asian (non/sorta) Facial Hair Club for Men.
I’ll throw in a dollar.
I have no idea where this beard came from. Until the last year or so, all I could pull off was a (barely) passable goatee.
That cigar sounds nice. Thanks for the shout out, B!
No problem. Congrats on the first show!