New guy here from Orange County, CA

[homebrewjourneys]

Hey guys. Introducing myself since is seems like the thing to do on these forums.

Been a super casual cigar smoker since I graduated from college in 07. Smoked maybe an average on once a month but I have been keeping a decent humidor going for about 4 or 5 years. Recently found out that I have 2 very legit cigar lounges 10min from my house and it has amped up my cigar consumption and interest a bit. Found these forums through Instagram trying to figure out why almost every cigar guy on there had the hash tag #botl on their cigar photos. And now I'm here.

Some favorite smokes so far:

Opus X
CAO extreme (old versions, still got 2 left)
Rocky Patel 1992's

And a bunch more I can't think of at the moment.

Also I'm big into craft beer if anyone else is on here. I'm sure there are. Got a nice craftbeer cellar of about 300 bottles going and I do some trading of beer on beeradvocate so I figured I would get into some cigar trading here eventually too.

Cheers!!!

Corey

 

[sean]

Welcome, brother. Not sure if you are familiar with San Diego, but I used to work at Hamiltons when I was doing my under grad. Love me some beer. If you are ever down this way, feel free to hit me up. We got a good bunch of dudes (on and off BOTL) who herf regularly.

 

[homebrewjourneys]

Hamiltons is awesome. Go down to SD about once a month to hit up the beer scene.

 

[Nas]

welcome from AZ like to see new members from cali

 

[mcroom]

Hello Corey. :welcome: from Chattanooga. I am sure you will enjoy it here. We are glad to have you join us.

 

[Ducttapegonewild]

Welcome, from the Great State of Texas!!

 

[ChefBoyRG54]

Welcome from Michigan

 

[jonesry09]

Welcome from MN!!

 

[TonyRome]

Welcome from Detroit! You know any of those housewives of Orange County from the TV show lol

 

[Jesse]

Welcome to the site from Whittier.

I work down the street from Noble Ale Works and go there about twice a month to try out there new selections. What local lounges do you go to? The only one I know of is in downtown Fullerton, is there another one closer to Anaheim?

 

[UpInSmoke]

Welcome!

 

[irie]

welcome man! What lounges do you usually frequent?

 

[rdomfoto]

Hi Corey and welcome from Chicagoland.

 

[homebrewjourneys]

Welcome to the site from Whittier.

I work down the street from Noble Ale Works and go there about twice a month to try out there new selections. What local lounges do you go to? The only one I know of is in downtown Fullerton, is there another one closer to Anaheim?

welcome man! What lounges do you usually frequent?

Theres 2 in Lake Forest about 2 blocks from each other. One is the Tobacco Barn. They have Shuffle Board and poker and an electronic golf simulator. They have a quiet lounge for doing work and one with TV's and for Play that's bigger. Cool place. And the other is Club Aficionado which has a full bar and tons of TV's with a projector for sports. The latter carries some more high end cigars which is cool. And i work right near there too so Pretty Awesome.

 

[srduggins]

Welcome from Garden Grove.
Hey Jesse - Check out Embassy Cigars in Yorba Linda or Anaheim Hills.

 

[jwintosh]

howdy!! let us know when you come down! some great stops in San Diego (that's So Cal for Sean)

 

[irie]

Theres 2 in Lake Forest about 2 blocks from each other. One is the Tobacco Barn. They have Shuffle Board and poker and an electronic golf simulator. They have a quiet lounge for doing work and one with TV's and for Play that's bigger. Cool place. And the other is Club Aficionado which has a full bar and tons of TV's with a projector for sports. The latter carries some more high end cigars which is cool. And i work right near there too so Pretty Awesome.

awesome! I am at the barn all the time, ill say hi if i bump into you. I work right up the road from them as well.

 

[Jesse]

Welcome to the site from Whittier.

I work down the street from Noble Ale Works and go there about twice a month to try out there new selections. What local lounges do you go to? The only one I know of is in downtown Fullerton, is there another one closer to Anaheim?

welcome man! What lounges do you usually frequent?

Theres 2 in Lake Forest about 2 blocks from each other. One is the Tobacco Barn. They have Shuffle Board and poker and an electronic golf simulator. They have a quiet lounge for doing work and one with TV's and for Play that's bigger. Cool place. And the other is Club Aficionado which has a full bar and tons of TV's with a projector for sports. The latter carries some more high end cigars which is cool. And i work right near there too so Pretty Awesome.

Okay, your way down south Orange County.

Welcome from Garden Grove.
Hey Jesse - Check out Embassy Cigars in Yorba Linda or Anaheim Hills.

Thanks for the info, I'll check it out.

howdy!! let us know when you come down! some great stops in San Diego (that's So Cal for Sean)

I'm going to change it up for Sean to So Cali. haha

 

[homebrewjourneys]

Theres 2 in Lake Forest about 2 blocks from each other. One is the Tobacco Barn. They have Shuffle Board and poker and an electronic golf simulator. They have a quiet lounge for doing work and one with TV's and for Play that's bigger. Cool place. And the other is Club Aficionado which has a full bar and tons of TV's with a projector for sports. The latter carries some more high end cigars which is cool. And i work right near there too so Pretty Awesome.

awesome! I am at the barn all the time, ill say hi if i bump into you. I work right up the road from them as well.

Cool, Yeah im a big bald dude. Only been there about 3 times so far to hang but ill be going more often for sure.

 

[homebrewjourneys]

howdy!! let us know when you come down! some great stops in San Diego (that's So Cal for Sean)

Will do. I now will have to add cigar shops to craft beer shops in my stops while in SD. Im down at Stone and Lost Abbey often so ill need your help in finding the good shops.