Curly J

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On Dec 8, 2019:

  • Curly J replied to "Beer Snob Discussion" at 08:30 am
  • posted by O-Trap

    I'll try it.  Could be okay.

    I might try that too because Little Kings. Don't think I'll be buying a lot of it because it's not my style.

    While I'm posting...Jungle Jim's has their Barrel Aged Beer Bash in January, cough cough Justincredible, I'm going again. Not just Bourbon barrel, but wine, rum, tequila barrels and the such.

     

  • Curly J replied to "Whisky thread" at 08:20 am

  • I've been drinking Buffalo Trace at cigars for 2 reasons. It's cheaper per shot than Woodford and it's hard to find bottles of it. People line up for it where I buy liquor when they know it's coming in. To think 5 years ago it was always on the shelf and a cheaper alternative to my Woodford. Good Bourbon at a good price point.

  • Curly J replied to "Cigar thread" at 08:00 am
  • posted by gut

    I report no success with the osmosis recharge method.  I got MAYBE 20%.

    Trying again doing 1 pack at a time instead of 3.  Can't see how that is going to matter.

    I'm not even going to try to recharge a cheap thing to buy. Plus I just have them in my Wynodor because I had them on hand. I have beads and gels in there that do most of the work. I've got at least 5 gel tunes, 3 gel jars, and to big bags of beads. Just checked my humidity packs and they are still soft. I actually am a little on the high side of humidity right now. Waiting for it to calm down hopefully.

     

On Dec 6, 2019:

  • Curly J replied to "Beer Snob Discussion" at 10:07 am
  • posted by justincredible

    Little Kings aren't bad at all.

    Just read that they are going to rebrand Little Kings to add Agave Lime and Blood Orange...not sure what to think about that. I also didn't realize it was once available in 48 states.

     

On Dec 5, 2019:

  • Curly J replied to "Cigar thread" at 07:37 pm
  • posted by justincredible

    I was pretty bummed when I realized I couldn't make it tonight, but I'm definitely looking forward to the My Father event next Friday. I'll keep watching the Fairfield events calendar.

    Next week it's Tre J's official kick off of The Negotiator. (Which I already bought a box)

    And I was wrong about the LA Coalition. It's nationwide, not just exclusive to Ohio. Only the Buckeye Land. Just double checked with Miguel...and it's good smoke 

     

  • Curly J replied to "Cigar thread" at 06:09 pm

  • Currently having a My Father's La Opulencia. Very  nice. I did some research on it a few minutes ago. It was ranked top 5 in a couple of cigar polls. I really like their cigars. Any one in Cincy area they are the feature cigar at the event at Jungle Jim's Eastgate. I won't be there, but thinking I may know someone who is going...

    Tonight's feature is Crowned Heads. They have worked with other cigar manufacturers to develop a couple of blends that you can only get in Ohio. Last year it was Buckeye Land. They just released a new one for Ohio only called La Coalition. I'm having that one next.

  • Curly J repped a post in "Cigar thread" at 05:46 pm

  • I think I’m going to have that Tabak Especial you gave me tomorrow morning. It smells great, I’m really looking forward to it. 

On Nov 30, 2019:

  • Curly J replied to "Beer Snob Discussion" at 01:07 pm
  • posted by BRF

    So I went to my go to place for sweet Italian sausage for my wife to make her excellent spaghetti sauce and I look over on the beer shelf and see an 8 pack of Little Kings from good old Hudepohl- Scheonling in Cincinnati. 
     

    After trying craft beer after craft beer, these ones were great with my leftover turkey sandwich on toast with mayo and dill pickle. 
     

    Would do again. 

    It was a few years ago but they had samples of it at Jungle Jim's. I tried one then bought some. It actually tastes better than it used to. The owner of Christian Moerlein bought the branding and brought it back. 

     

On Nov 28, 2019:

On Nov 27, 2019:

  • Curly J replied to "Cigar thread" at 06:49 pm

  • Having an Alec Bradley Gatekeeper tonight. Nice medium body cigar with a light draw. I've liked about every cigar I've had from them. It pairs well with the coffee stout that I'm drinking.

On Nov 24, 2019:

  • Curly J replied to "Thanksgiving plans" at 03:37 pm

  • This will be the first year our family won't be together since 1990. My Mom passed last July. My sister, who always hosted, is going to visit my Aunt in Georgia last I heard. We thought The Wife and I would have a "Waffle House" Thanksgiving, but found out last night we are going to a Cigar Buddies' home for turkey day. 

On Nov 23, 2019:

  • Curly J replied to "Cigar thread" at 11:29 pm

  • Got to meet the Illustrious Potentate Justin tonight at Cigars. Gave him a couple of sticks. Hope he won't be a stranger. It's been about 6 years since I saw him. Next time I'll have a Tre-J's gift pack for you. I did buy a box of The Negotiator tonight from them. Nice 35 minutes smoke. Their is a huge story behind that cigar that only Jay can tell you.

    Thank Ms Incredible once again for letting her away from you. I had a great time.

On Nov 11, 2019:

  • Curly J replied to "Cigar thread" at 01:20 pm

  • Funny you mentioned Chillin' Moose. I had one last Thursday. Looking at the wrapper I removed from it right now. I've had this one a few times and really enjoy it.

On Nov 9, 2019:

  • Curly J replied to "Surgeries" at 05:36 pm

  • I had chest surgery as a 9 year old. I was born with a concave sternum and as I got older it grew inward. That took 6 hours to complete. 

    I broke my collar bone in 3 places and destroyed all the soft tissues back in 2010. I have a cadaver Achilles tendon holding it all together. That tendon was $8000.00. Still bothers me to this day...pain and numbness.

  • Curly J replied to "Cigar thread" at 05:26 pm

  • Jungle Jim's finally has a dedicated cigar room, so no more sitting out in the cold on Thursday Nights. It's called Oscar Station that includes a huge bourbon bar. They have their top brands hanging from an old dry cleaners rack that rotates around the bar. Prices for those range from $16.00 to $120.00 for a 1.5 ounce pour. They do have lots of good bourbon that are lowed priced too. (Buffalo Trace, Woodford, Wellers)

    They are having a big event there Saturday November 23rd with multiple cigar vendors. Believe there will be a band and huge deals I'm sure. I think it runs from 4pm until 9pm. Yes you can bring your own cigars. 

On Oct 6, 2019:

  • Curly J replied to "Cigar thread" at 11:09 pm
  • posted by justincredible

    Damn, that's a hell of a smoke.

    I'll definitely make it up on a Thursday soon. I can't this Thursday, but maybe the next one.

    Actually for the next 2 weeks they are having it on Wednesday night.

  • Curly J replied to "Cigar thread" at 02:23 pm

  • I feel like Darby by keep posting on this thread without others posting between my posts. 

    Had the PDR AFK-75 Thursday at cigar nite. That sumbitch lasted from 5:15 until 8:00. Nice smoke. That's the one I won a box of 24 a few weeks ago. Now I'm sad that I gave so many away that night. Still have about 4 or 5 of them left though.

    They are saying that the new cigar lounge, at Jungle Jim's, will be done in November. Hoping to see Justincredible there since Golf Season will be over by then. It's going to be called Oscar Station. A play off the Oscar Event Center which is where we currently herf. 

On Sep 26, 2019:

  • Curly J replied to "Cigar thread" at 06:51 pm

  • Tonight it was a Vicarias Black first. Now smoking a CAO Flathead 660. I've always liked this stick since it first came out. Ricky Rodriguez did a nice job on this one. 

On Sep 9, 2019:

  • Curly J replied to "Beer Snob Discussion" at 12:00 pm
  • posted by OSH

    The beer fast goes clear back to 1600s (maybe longer), it's not all that bad. A brewery worker in Cincinnati just did this fast during this past Lenten season too. 

    Only did the Diet Coke after I broke the fast, which I stated in that post. 

    His name is Del and works for 50 West. I know him. I talked to him a few times during his fast. He said he put on weight over the winter knowing he was going to do the 48 day fast. He did make international attention doing the Monk fast. I just saw him a couple weeks ago a a Jungle Jim's Beer event.

On Sep 6, 2019:

  • Curly J replied to "Cigar thread" at 12:32 pm

  • I was the big winner last night as I won the only box of cigars in the raffle. PDR A. Flores AFR-75 San Andres Maduro. Gave about 10-12 of them away to some friends.