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Well
CigarFest 2: Clash of the Stogies is a wrap. Hosted at the Smoking Troll Bar
and Grill at a camp in the woods of Maine the Members of the Dead Ringers Cigar
Club gathered for their annual cigar event, where they stuffed their faces and
smoked many cigars, There was a cigar grab, and a cigar swap and a Whiskey
tasting and a Longest ash competition, a grand time was had by all.
For me it
started at 6:30 A.M. browning the chicken and getting the crackpots of food
going, arranging tables and chairs, dusting off Chief Wooden head our Cigar
Indian and mascot, gathering up the boxes of cigars for the swap and the bags
for the grab bags. At Noon time the first person arrived and that is when it
all started, the food, whiskey, wine and beer flowed like water and the ice tea
was perfectly chilled. Instead of giving you a dull minute by minute rundown I
will keep to the highlights.
The event
was sponsored for the Dead Ringers Cigar Club By the following.
- The Smoking
Troll Bar and Grill
- M&C
Realist Consultants LLC
- The Sherburne
& Sherburne Deck Construction Company
- Marchant
Methane Corporation
- A. Looney
Rescue Services
- The McLaughlin
Snuggie Ninja Services
The menu was
vast we had:
Homemade hand cut French fries, chicken
fingers, Chinese sausage, multiple cheese and cracker patters, cashews, Dips,
Venison chili, Burritos, teriyaki wings, BBQ Chicken thighs, Rum Soaked
Pineapple, 3 different salads and so many other things, too many to go on about
The Cigar Roster for the swap was the
following:
- Gurkha Park Avenue Maduro
- Puros Indios Reserva Maxima 2003 - Maduro Toro
- Carlos Torano Hogshead - Toro
- 5 Vegas Gold Robusto - Natural
- Gurkha Master Selection Torpedo #2
- Baccarat Rothschild Natural
- 5 Vegas Series 'A' Special Edition Animal
- Tabak Especial Cafe con Leche
The Whiskey
List was narrowed down to a small list, but in my mind perfect choices were
made here.
- Crown Royal
Black Label Reserve’
- Gentleman
Jack by Jack Daniels
- Jameson 12
year old Irish whiskey
- Jameson
Black Barrel Reserve’ Whiskey
The Winner
of the Longest Ash contest was none other than the head of The B.B.E.
Enterprises and Cigar Club member Paul “The Brain” Linscott Jr. He won hands
down while smoking a 5 Vegas Series 'A' Special Edition Animal. All the other
participants could not top his 3 and 1/8 inch long ash. Most dropped their ash
due to laughing and eating and one lost it as he went to put it in the tray.
Congratulations Paul!
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| Paul "The Brain" Linscott winner of the Longest Ash |
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| The Longest Ash 3 1/8 inches |
We doubled the number of attendees from last
year from 8 people to 16, with 6 being women and gained two new members to the
Cigar club. The event last year lasted 6 1/2 hours, this year is went 12 hours
and 15 minutes from first guest arriving to the last two leaving at 12:15. There
were over 40 cigars smoked in that period, 3 bottles of Whiskey emptied several
others were almost emptied or half gone and we lost count of the number of
beers consumed. There were also nine tongue scrapers and toothbrush sets given
out that day as door prizes.
The next morning several members got together
and we used the leftovers to make a huge breakfast for whoever was hungry or interested
in eating after the previous day’s events.
We have got some great feedback from
participants and some great ideas for next year’s event. I will have some
reviews up in the next coming days/weeks on all the cigars we sampled at the
event and I will try and get some of the members to give me their thought on
them, but for now here are some of the highlights of CigarFest 2: Clash of the
Stogies
Thanks for reading and if you have questions
or comments send them along to us here. See you next time ~Cigar Ash~
Thanks to all that made it a great time.
