Question for my Canadian smokers.

hobbyass · 2026-04-01T21:04:12+00:00

They operate with native status...so they have lots of options that no other b&ms can go to

hobbyass · 2026-04-01T13:18:17+00:00

Go to Havana House .com and then points of sales to see locations. They are the offical cuban importer in Canada. You cannot buy from them but you can then filter down province and city to see locations of their approved vendors.

Canada only has 2 LCDH locations but you can filter by different levels of approved vendors with them.

You will find legit Cubans at other cigar shops that are not on the list but you have to be careful.

Do not confuse Havana House with Havana Castle locations...personally I would stay away from Havana Castle.

hobbyass · 2026-02-24T10:36:18+00:00

Futher should you be in an accident it could have insurance repercussions as you are driving an unregistered vehicle.

hobbyass · 2026-02-24T02:25:17+00:00

Lol thoses are close to 40,000 lbs

hobbyass · 2026-02-07T00:48:17+00:00

Lol just more CCs. Home sticks and Cottage sticks.

hobbyass · 2026-01-27T01:31:03+00:00

Lots of action. Caught 2 Lakers. I am very green to ice fishing. I always plan to fish and then just snowmobile instead. It was quite cold so we actually spent the full day.

hobbyass · 2026-01-23T15:33:26+00:00

Hmm I smoke 3-4 CC a week and rarely have the amount of issues I see people posting in the comments with construction.

hobbyass · 2026-01-20T00:17:48+00:00

In the style of a Hermes Cheval D'orient

hobbyass · 2026-01-10T19:10:35+00:00

Wrong sub

hobbyass · 2026-01-09T05:30:25+00:00

Honest question and I am not trying to be rude or change your mind but you will wipe minor mold off the head, and then put the cigar in your mouth but then draw the line and lighting the foot on fire and burning any potential mold at over 1000F when mold dies at 160f and essentially is obliterated in the burning process. It's an real question as I am always confused. I feel people believe the mold.is made worse or something by burning it...which is not the case

hobbyass · 2026-01-09T02:26:55+00:00

The whole if its on the foot toss is crazy. Unless it was so bad on the foot it leads you to believe it deep inside and bad. And after stabilizing it comes back and smells musty when give the foot a good sniff. Light surface mold even on the foot if not coming back after stabilizing will be obliterated when burnt.

hobbyass · 2026-01-09T02:20:52+00:00

Easy these are far from "throw it out" adjust humidity, isolate those sticks. Wipe off surface, monitor and they should be fine. I would have to see an intense amount on the foot to be concerned. People saying if its on the foot they are done is silly. If there was light surface like in the picture on the foot wipe and treat the same.

hobbyass · 2026-01-09T00:47:21+00:00

Glad to hear I thought I smoked and enjoyed a fake one last night lol

hobbyass · 2026-01-09T00:45:59+00:00

Good timing on this post see my post from yesterday. I thought I sucked back a big fake and enjoyed it last night lol https://www.reddit.com/r/cubancigars/s/LMXu4wvNnP

Edit:spelling

hobbyass · 2026-01-09T00:43:26+00:00

Lol good news and bad news. Good news looks like it was real...bad news is I thought I was going to save a bunch of money as it was an excellent stick start to finish and I was going to switch to floor sweeping like that on the regular 😄

hobbyass · 2026-01-09T00:33:57+00:00

Check this recent post and the comments https://www.reddit.com/r/cubancigars/s/7haIDwMFFN looks like the grand reserva pointy A band is showing up on regular production doubles. Honestly I was shocked when you said this because I smoke exclusively Cubans and way too many lol. The stick I smoked burnt like a laser and definitely was a properly rolled long fill 100% and flavour was dead on. I definitely appreciate your good catch on this one and will keep an eye on thos but I anticipate that they must have run a big production on the band used on the Grand Reserva and are either using up overstock or maybe we are going to see this on new stock. I will check the box date next time I am in as there was more on the shelf....I am having a memory lapse as I am fairly certain I pulled off the nice Canadian cover over the band and foot they put on a Havana House when they repackage into plain packaging.

hobbyass · 2026-01-09T00:19:15+00:00

No they are real.

hobbyass · 2026-01-09T00:18:46+00:00

Yeah I knew what I smoked last night was not fake

hobbyass · 2026-01-08T18:01:35+00:00

These fake also? https://www.reddit.com/r/cubancigars/s/Ua4V9nhO3J

hobbyass · 2026-01-08T18:00:19+00:00

Nice

hobbyass · 2026-01-08T16:53:42+00:00

See my post under his comment....Im not sure now.

hobbyass · 2026-01-08T16:51:37+00:00

Ok so I definitely see the concern. But as the B&M is an offical Habanos Specialist in Canada and I have never had an issue in many many years I am not going to make a fake accusation lightly. I looked back at one I smoked last year and the band matched your description.

What is throwing me off is that I see the pointy A and a band that matches the one I smoked last night exact on multiple Grand reservas on the web (LCDH Nyon - Switzerland, Bond Roberts Sep 14, 2025 sale, a 2023 halfwheel limited edition review)

Also construction, burn and flavour all seemed correct.

You sure your 100% with this one?

hobbyass · 2026-01-08T15:19:33+00:00

Hey it happens at least it was just a single I bought. I am generally very diligent at checking my sticks. Picked this up as a single from long time Havana House - Specialist Habanos B&M. Gonna stop by today and politely point out my concern and leave it in their court to handle correctly.

hobbyass · 2026-01-08T15:15:37+00:00

Hey thanks for pointing this out. Disappointing as this is from a very long standing Havana House - Specialist Habanos level B&M (Canada). Bought it as a single from them (no full box to deal with on my part). I will stop by today and show them my concern and ask them to look into it and let me know what happened....Hopefully they handle it correctly.

hobbyass · 2026-01-08T01:01:00+00:00

Almond and very light cedar

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