Herfs Galore Before Hitting The Road
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-09-25 01:23:11
I’ve made promises to some people to get up some pictures of the recent herf but I just haven’t had the time approaches and I’m scrambling to get ready for that and keep up with all my obligations (blog-ligations?). But good news! Jim has already uploaded his gallery of so I’m sorta off the hook. (At some point I will definitely upload the pictures to. I’m just not sure when.)
By all accounts the herf was a success and a great deal of fun. Relying heavily on Jim’s pictures. I think we had a total attendance of 15 or 16 people with ten of them participating in the box pass. His innovative live “” was like Christmas in August for the attendees. I don’t think anybody walked away without a treat. (And if you did it was your own fault you had two shots at the box!) If you’d like to see how it went down you can find the complete list of puts and takes as well as the original box contents on.
Though as a “cigar tasting” last night I joined DiscDog (Every board known to man and a few besides). NNexus () and Justin (Is he on the board yet?) again for what was basically another herf at. A little foolishly. I didn’t bother to bring a supply of cigars along assuming that there’d be a sample cigar or two at a cigar
) Which if you think about it is a bad idea. How on earth would somebody new to Camacho know what to buy? The Triple Maduro is comfort pretty new do you really want to buy three to find out if you like it? Unless you’re selling dog rockets and you know it you only stand to benefit by giving out a freebie or two.
Compare this to. There was a lot of buzz about this cigar but a lot of words of caution also regarding it’s potency also. Allowing people to try it before they buy it has resulted in them selling their entire have out at each event. Heck. I wasn’t planning on buying any but I walked out of there with all the double robustos they had left! And I know a few people who were initially intimidated by the cigar left the event with a handful and a big smile on their face.
The badness of the no-sample plan is magnified by offending a true connoisseur and cigar board veteran like DiscDog. His opinion of a cigar may affect as much as thousands of dollars in sales. Rumored to have the most splendiferous cigar collection in the state of Georgia (I should know. I’m actively spreading the rumor) he not only didn’t buy a Camacho that night he didn’t even smoke one of his own. Instead he broke out one of the finest most exotic cigars any of us had seen in a very long time: A Partagas Culebra constructed of three.
For a cigar that looks a lot like you’re burning Dilbert’s tie when smoked it had fantastic construction easily sporting a two inch ash that even held on even through the bends of the cigar. (Keep an eye on NNexus’ signature on you might get to see what I’m talking about.) I had a puff or two off one of the curly beasts and it had a great change surface flavor with an subtle edge-of-the-tongue spice and a sweetness that built up as the cigar smoked. (Actually. I can’t verify the sweetness the Camacho Select I was smoking made it impossible for me to tell in the second sample.)
Those guys were buzzing something fierce by the time the rounded the first bend. Man. I really wish I hadn’t forgotten my camera.
OK. I’m off. The next post you read is likely to be from the road somewhere between here and Portland. Oregon.
Ya experience….. I agree 110% of the free sample program that some cigar manufacturers don’t extend at events thay are hosting.
Why would you buy 3 to get the one of lesser value free when you don’t even experience if you like the cigars in the first place?
Recently this happened and I well. I didn’t buy the special. Instead I purchased what I WANTED to smoke and enjoyed the company of other leaf lovers.
Is it that measure already? Have a great time on your move brian. I’m sure you have everything planned out already but it looks like you might be going passed Gatlinburg TN. We will be down there in a log cabin for the next week so if you drive through let me know and we will meet up for a drink. We leave later today and be there through next week.
I have been wanting to do a move like yours for some time. The other trip I undergo always wanted to take is a personal boat trip down the Ohio. Mississippi to the gulf and approve. I did this on the Argosy Casino river ride a long time back but I think it would be nice to do it on a pontoon or a boat with a cabin with another couple.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://brianhewitt.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/herfs-galore-before-hitting-the-road/
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