Oldies but goodies.

In my hiatus I have done alot. Had alot of good wine, great beer, and AMAZING cigars.

Wine - Some of my friends did a tasting of Virginia wines. They were okay, nothing really stood out as great. There was a pretty good cab that I can't remember the name too. I had a GREAT Pino Noir the other day. Medium bodied with a very full mouth presence. Its hard to explain but it was as if I could almost chew on the wine with all the "flavor" it had. Other than that, not much. I really need to have more wine.

Beer - One word, OKTOBERFEST!!!!!! Cap. Ale had some great beers during oktoberfest. Paulaner Lager is a smooth crisp lager that puts anything that coors, bud, millers pisses out to shame. It's an anytime beer, kind of like Carlsburg Pilsner. Had some other Oktoberfest beers which was pretty good. Other than that, I've had my regular Spaten Oktoberfest and Samuel Adams Oktoberfest, both regulars in my opinion. I'm sad the beer holiday is over but now the winter ones and some pumpkin ales are in season. Dogfish head, a GOD of beers, makes a great pumpkin ale called Punkin. It has very slight pumpkin/nutmeg/cinnamon flavor to it without sacrificing any of the ale flavor. Then on the other end of the spectrum we have a GLORIOUS pumpkin ale known as Southern Tier Pumking. Now this is a real treat. It tastes exactly like a pumpkin pie, the smoothness of the pumpkin, sweetness of brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. With the first sip, the flavor reminded me of a full stomach, football on the TV, and beautiful heaping slice of delicious pumpkin pie. This beer is something special and I highly recommend that you go find it, try it, agree about how good it is, and by everything single bottle you can find, that's what I am going to do. I still enjoy the occasional treat of Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA, which if you have not tried go do it now. My friend who home-brews made a ridiculously good scotch ale. It was sweet with a full bodied flavor to it with a great smoothness to it. He has another batch in the works and I cannot wait for that. That's about it for beers, looking forward to the winter lagers, especially Samuel Adams Winter Lager.

Cigars - Now let the insanity ensue! Let me start with my TOP TOP TOP two cigars from the past month, probably for the rest of my life. I had a 1492, now for those of you that know, this was a real treat. This is an extremely limited production cigar. About $500 a piece, yes one cigar, not a box. That was real trip, the one flavor that stood out to me was black tea flavor and from what I hear and what I have smoked, there is nothing like it out there. I've also had 70's Monte Dunhill. That was a great cigar, a yeasty bread flavor to it that like with the previous pino, felt like you could really chew on. Had the pleasure of having a Vegueros, not sure about the vitola. Even though some people don't like it, I really enjoyed it. It had a great hay/grassy flavor to it. Also tried a 1995 Punch Margarita that I really enjoyed. Nice full bodied cigar come from such a little guy. Other than that, nothing special, had some La GLoria Cubana Medaille D'or No.4, Los Statos, and some other ones that I can't remember.

Hookah - Had two new flavor just the other day. Tried mint which has a minty coolness to it when you take it in with a very minty finish to it. That was really nice. Also tried rose which was pretty good. It reminded me of potpourri at first but that quickly went away replaced with a pleasant floral sweetness to it. The rose was good but I don't know that I'd buy it again. I really liked the mint and will probably be looking to buy some of my own. I am actually out of my Al Fakheer Double Apple and need to look for a replacement, probably something from the Starbuzz line. If you have any suggestions let me know.

So that is a my last month or so of stuff that brings about my death that much quicker. I promise to stay up to date in the future. I think my next cigar is going to be an Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur 1066-Dark Knight. Also got some more beers and wines to come soon.

So until then nothing beats good drinks, good smokes, and good company. So enjoy life a little a try a little of each.

I'm back.