Aleppo Smoker Recap
By dandyman on Mar 11, 2008 in Cigar, Events, Featured
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Every year the Aleppo Shriners host a cigar night at their temple in Wilmington, MA. Like all Shriner events, all of the proceeds from the event go to charity like the Shriner’s Hospitals for Children. This past Friday, I was finally able to attend one of these cigar nights and after the time I had, I don’t think I’ll miss another one. It was a fun filled evening full of food, fun, whisky, and of course cigars.
The Loot
At conventions they call it swag, at weddings they call them favors, at the Aleppo Smoker the only word you can use to describe what they give you at the door is “Loot” because you feel like you ripped them off. Of course, you would have paid $100 to get in, but with the free Scotch, steak dinner, and entertainment you can’t help but feel like you took them to the cleaners. It says a lot about the organizers and the sponsors that even if you showed up with nothing but a ticket you would have, at your disposal everything you would need to enjoy some great cigars.
Humidor
The humidor itself is rather simple. It is essentially the kind of canister many of us have on our counters; designed to hold things like flour, sugar, and coffee beans. It has a circular piece of spanish cedar on the bottom and a simple, sponge humidifier. There is no hygrometer included, but its pretty easy to understand why not. The cheap hygrometers are pretty clunky and wouldn’t leave much room for the cigars. Still I’ve seen some pretty slim digital hygrometers that would work very well in there. This little humidor can hold about 20 medium sized cigars and will look great in my office.
Chateu Real Cutter
I can’t say enough good things about this cutter. It’s made of real heavy duty steel and I’m pretty sure you could use it like a set of brass knuckles in a pinch. It is a closed back cutter, however, so torpedo lovers will probably have to make two, maybe three cuts.
Cigars Cigars Cigars
My first thought when I saw how many cigars they were giving everyone was, “quanity, not quality”, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. Most of the cigars are from well known manufacturers with cigars from Punch, Partagas, and Gran Habano. They represent a wide array of shapes and sizes including a few monsters.
Rocky Patel - Decade
Probably the biggest surprise in the selection of cigars was this Rocky Patel Decade. While I haven’t seen the review myself all everybody kept talking about was that it received a 95 rating from Cigar Aficionado. This one is going in the humidor and it is going to stay in there a while. I’ve always been a bit of an impatient smoker, but I’m not lighting this one up until I can sit out on the patio, in comfort, for a good long time. I’d tell you to look for the review in late summer or early fall, but I know I wont be able to wait that long. Right now, Memorial day is sounding like a pretty solid plan.
El Tiante Cigars
El Tiante Cigars is a new line of cigars from Boston Red Sox legend Luis Tiant. Kevin Anderson of El Tiante was kind enough to give me a couple of natural and maduro wrapped cigars and I’m looking forward to smoking these out on the patio with the game on in the background.
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