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I didn't see the date of the event in the flier and wanted to make sure it could be found in this thread. The date is October 11, 2008. HERE is a link to some more info.
Good luck with groovy event! I'm looking forward to having a great time.
LOL. That reminds me of a day I was golfing with a friends father. I was looking for a cigar and he said "Brien has some Garcia Vega's here. Do they go bad." My response . . . "No, they don't go bad. They start out bad".
Yeah, those resort Cuban's are slightly less Cuban than me and I'm full blood Italian!
I ran through some more of those examples and did find the ones with 3 rows, so I guess it could be one or the other. It looks like the gold font is 3 lines and black font is 2.
LOL! I guess some of them have black text! My memory must really have been slipping because it looks like it's only 2 rows of dots above Cohiba.
Here is something I just found on comparisons between real and fake.
Two really easy ways to tell if a Cohiba are real are:
On real ones, there are EXACTLY 3 rows of dots equally spaced above the word "Cohiba" on the label. Fakes will either have the third row cut-off by the text box with Cohiba in it or you'll see the slightest hint of a fourth row. Really...
Drew Estates are cured with oils (like Chrism oils if you happen to remember your Baptism!). A good shop will bag them separately from the rest of the cigars you buy. Be prepared for a different but nice type of smell and a great taste.
I don't get around to smoking 'em as often as I'd like but when I do, here are a few of my fav's:
Drew Estates Acid - All good, but Blondie and Roam are my favorites
Ashton VSG's
REAL Cohiba's - not the "hey look a Cohiba for $9.00!" Cohiba's
Romeo & Juliet
La Gloria Cubano (Cheap but really...