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 Colts, the cigarillos seemingly omnipresent at GC meetings, now come in a variety of
different flavours, rather than just regular and mild--and to add to the confusion, the classic Colts Mild
have been renamed Colts Rum and Wine Mild. Agog at the bewildering new choices,
bwilson passed up purchasing a pack of Colts Black Cherry in favour of new Colts Sweet
prior to the GC assembly of 12 MAY 07. What did the assembled bigwigs think?
Colts Sweet (C$7.74/8)
Preceding the Colts that night were the Italian mini-cigars smuggled out of
Fortress Europe a few months back in a daring daylight operation. Age doesn't seem to be affecting
them for the worse--they were pretty harsh to begin with, remain so today, and will likely
still be exactly the same by the time we're all dead. An associate of apayne's recently had returned from the same sunny Marxist
stronghold as our own kha visited last month, and presented him with some Cuban cigars that were smoked later on in the evening, overindulgence in which may be linked to a certain ugly incident that took place out in the GC Experimental Farm. In between came the Colts.
I personally liked them better than Colts Mild--there seemed to be more to them--though I still prefer Old Ports. Colts' number-one fan bwilson was quite strong in
his praise for the super-sweetened tobacco, and mild-mannered jnikolich also reacted
positively--call it a GC endorsement, then. After that, apayne broke out the Havana
Club rum and the gambling got underway.
Colts are a product of The Old Port Tobacco Co. of Longeuil, Quebec, bought in 2000 by
Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni, Denmark's largest tobacco company. The Danes have evidently
been a force for innovation, as the company's product line was stagnant for many a long
year prior to their takeover. Other new flavours for GC personnel to sample in the future: Colts Whisky,
Colts Cognac, and especiallly, Colts Aromatic, which were introduced by the company's
general manager thusly: "...Canadian consumers have re-discovered the exquisite pleasure
and the unequaled sense of relaxation that comes from a fine cigar." Oh, absolutely.
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Re: Little Horses (Score: 1)
by cscott on Friday, June 01 @ 07:26:44 EDT
(User Info | Send a Message) http://www.globecord.com | | Colts; a staple of GC gatherings. What someone should try to pick up for the next cottage weekend/camping extravaganza is a pack of Djarums [en.wikipedia.org], a tasty clove cigarette. I had them a few times in Toronto so I know you can get them there, although you may have to go to a tobacconist. A very different and sophisticated experience. |
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Re: Little Horses (Score: 1)
by cmansfield on Friday, June 01 @ 11:40:45 EDT
(User Info | Send a Message) http://www.globecord.com | | A cigarette that cures chest pains--that is different. I'd heard of those things but never knew quite what they were before now. Might be worth a try--products that are legal here but banned elsewhere (Ireland, New Mexico, et al.) are intriguing. |
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Re: Little Horses (Score: 1)
by riley on Wednesday, June 06 @ 16:10:25 EDT
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Aromatic Colts? Do they smell like little horses because last time I road through a pasture they weren't smelling so good. |
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Re: Little Horses (Score: 1)
by cmansfield on Wednesday, June 06 @ 23:34:27 EDT
(User Info | Send a Message) http://www.globecord.com | | That's true. Maybe they smell like the track--a heady mix of racehorses, jockeys, gamblers, beer, and betting-slip ink. This weekend's cottage retreat for GC Action Team The Outfit would seem a good time to find out definitively, but any tobacco reports that emerge will likely be more of the pipe variety. |
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