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Cigar Banter => Daily Cigar Deals Discussion => Topic started by: CigarBanter on January 18, 2026, 12:05:01 AM
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What's up cigar enthusiasts?! Any cigar deals on the various internet sites that are worth talking about? Join in this discussion and perhaps learn something along the way. Warning: don't proceed if you have thin skin but don't be afraid to post either... And welcome aboard!
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JoeCigar:
Door (A) - Don Rafael 8-Cigar Sampler / $19.99
includes:
2 - Don Rafael Natural (5.5” x 50)
2 - Don Rafael Maduro (5.5” x 50)
2 - Don Rafael Gold (5” x 50)
2 - Don Rafael Nicaragua (5.5” x 50)
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JoeCigar:
Door (B) - Carlos Torano Noventa Santiago (5.0"x49) - 10 / $24.99
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Cigar.com:
Door #1 - Room101 Breakfast in Portugal Toro (6.0" x 50) - 10 / $34.99
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Cigar.com:
Door #2 - Crowned Heads Meat & Three Toro (6.0" x 52) - 10 / $44.99
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Cigar.com:
Door #3 - Mark Twain Riverboat Robusto (5.0" x 50) - Box of 20 / $69.99
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Morning Tony.
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Sis has some good offerings today.
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Halfwheel has their top 25 of the year out. Interesting list. Large number I know nothing about.
https://halfwheel.com/top-25-cigars-of-2025/
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Also 2025 Readers Choice.
https://halfwheel.com/2025-readers-choice-awards-the-winner/460070/
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Halfwheel has their top 25 of the year out. Interesting list. Large number I know nothing about.
https://halfwheel.com/top-25-cigars-of-2025/
Have only had four of them including El Pulpo The Squid, West Tampa Devil Crab, 601 La Bomba INdependance Day and the Perdomo Legacy Conneticut.
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Also a contest to enter at Halfwheel.
https://halfwheel.com/contest-win-the-top-25-of-2025-sampler/460622/
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Today is Sunday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2026
with 347 to follow.
The moon is new. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mercury and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus.
On this date in history:
In 1871, William of Prussia was declared the first German emperor. His reign ended upon his death March 9, 1888, and he was succeeded by his son, Frederick III.
In 1919, world leaders gathered in Paris to begin a peace conference after the end of World War I. President Woodrow Wilson used the negotiations to push his idea of an international peacekeeping organization, the League of Nations.
In 1935, an additional 98 individuals were sentenced, 19 to prison and 79 to exile, for playing a role in the assassination of Sergei Kirov as Josef Stalin ruled unchallenged throughout Soviet Russia.
In 1969, as he prepared for the peaceful transfer of power, President Lyndon Johnson put his faith in history that his record of public service and accomplishments would serve as a fitting legacy.
In 1983, the International Olympic Committee restored Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family. They had been rescinded for Thorpe's having played professional baseball. He won gold medals in 1912 in the pentathlon and decathlon.
In 1990, authorities arrested Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry on narcotics charges after he was caught on camera smoking crack cocaine by a woman who agreed to record him in exchange for a reduced sentence on a previous charge.
In 1997, Norwegian Borge Ousland completed a 1,675-mile trek across Antarctica. It was the first time anyone traversed the continent alone.
In 2007, Venezuelan lawmakers voted to allow President Hugo Chavez to rule by decree for 18 months.
In 2010, Mehmet Ali Agca, who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 and was later forgiven by the pontiff, was released from a Turkish prison.
In 2013, Algerian forces freed more than 600 hostages held by Islamist militants at a gas plant in In Amenas.
In 2022, Indonesia's parliament passed a bill to formally relocate the capital of the country from Jakarta to a location in Kalimantan state -- and name the new government center Nusantara.
In 2024, after a mission that lasted 33 times longer than scientists expected, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter took its final flight on Mars. The unmanned vehicle took 72 flights, traveling nearly 11 miles over nearly 1,000 Martian days.
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Morning, boyos.
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Today's Birthdays
Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. They include:
American orator/statesman Daniel Webster in 1782;
Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girls Scouts, in 1860;
writer A.A. Milne in 1882;
comedian/actor Oliver Hardy in 1892;
actor Cary Grant in 1904;
actor Danny Kaye in 1911;
inventor Ray Dolby in 1933;
filmmaker John Boorman in 1933 (age 93);
Northern Irish politician/Nobel Peace Prize laureate John Hume in 1937;
St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame member Curt Flood in 1938;
musician David Ruffin (Temptations) in 1941;
musician Bobby Goldsboro in 1941 (age 85);
actor/filmmaker Kevin Costner in 1955 (age 71);
actor/musician Mark Collie in 1956 (age 70);
actor Mark Rylance in 1960 (age 66);
actor Alison Arngrim in 1962 (age 64);
actor Jane Horrocks in 1964 (age 62);
comedian/actor Dave Attell in 1965 (age 61);
actor/musician Jesse L. Martin in 1969 (age 57);
actor/wrestler Dave Bautista in 1969 (age 57);
actor Becca Tobin in 1986 (age 40);
actor Ashleigh Murray in 1988 (age 38);
actor Hunter Doohan in 1994 (age 32);
NFL player Tee Higgins in 1999 (age 27);
musician Thomas Raggi (Måneskin) in 2001 (age 25);
actor Samuel Joslin in 2002 (age 24).
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Today's Over/Under is 9
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Nice win by the Broncos yesterday...but at a big cost. Bo Nix breaking his ankle will unfortunately end their playoff run next week without him.
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Today's Over/Under is 9
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Nice win by the Broncos yesterday...but at a big cost. Bo Nix breaking his ankle will unfortunately end their playoff run next week without him.
I imagine you are right. As for the Bills, it feels like this was their best chance to finally get to the SB.
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Looking like Texans/Pats might be a snow bowl today, according to forecasters.
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Morning Tony.
Good morning, ClemsonDave.
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Sis has some good offerings today.
I was thinking the same.
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Halfwheel has their top 25 of the year out. Interesting list. Large number I know nothing about.
https://halfwheel.com/top-25-cigars-of-2025/
Interesting. Navigating the list isn't so easy. I wasn't able to see past #11. This list sounds a lot like the commercial lineup for The Cigar Authority podcast.
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Halfwheel has their top 25 of the year out. Interesting list. Large number I know nothing about.
https://halfwheel.com/top-25-cigars-of-2025/
Have only had four of them including El Pulpo The Squid, West Tampa Devil Crab, 601 La Bomba INdependance Day and the Perdomo Legacy Conneticut.
I like the idea of only ranking new cigars.
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Also a contest to enter at Halfwheel.
https://halfwheel.com/contest-win-the-top-25-of-2025-sampler/460622/
I entered. Why not?
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Morning, boyos.
Howdy, SnowyDave.
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Nice win by the Broncos yesterday...but at a big cost. Bo Nix breaking his ankle will unfortunately end their playoff run next week without him.
Agreed. I wanted the Bills to win, but you can't show up for only one quarter, turn the ball over a bunch of times, and still expect to win.
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Looking like Texans/Pats might be a snow bowl today, according to forecasters.
I'm expecting it will be the more interesting of today's two games. I think it's a battle of quarterbacks because I can't imagine there will be much running.
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How's that for some post whoring?
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Today's Birthdays
Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. They include:
American orator/statesman Daniel Webster in 1782;
Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girls Scouts, in 1860;
writer A.A. Milne in 1882;
comedian/actor Oliver Hardy in 1892;
actor Cary Grant in 1904;
actor Danny Kaye in 1911;
inventor Ray Dolby in 1933;
filmmaker John Boorman in 1933 (age 93);
Northern Irish politician/Nobel Peace Prize laureate John Hume in 1937;
St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame member Curt Flood in 1938;
musician David Ruffin (Temptations) in 1941;
musician Bobby Goldsboro in 1941 (age 85);
actor/filmmaker Kevin Costner in 1955 (age 71);
actor/musician Mark Collie in 1956 (age 70);
actor Mark Rylance in 1960 (age 66);
actor Alison Arngrim in 1962 (age 64);
actor Jane Horrocks in 1964 (age 62);
comedian/actor Dave Attell in 1965 (age 61);
actor/musician Jesse L. Martin in 1969 (age 57);
actor/wrestler Dave Bautista in 1969 (age 57);
Becca Tobin in 1986 (age 40);
actor Ashleigh Murray in 1988 (age 38);
actor Hunter Doohan in 1994 (age 32);
NFL player Tee Higgins in 1999 (age 27);
musician Thomas Raggi (Måneskin) in 2001 (age 25);
actor Samuel Joslin in 2002 (age 24).
Today's Over/Under is 9
Six. And I should know what Daniel Webster looks like because that was the name of my elementary school, but I don't.
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How's that for some post whoring?
PWs everywhere would be proud.
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Gotta say, I'm not a big fan of the 3pm start time for NFL playoffs, especially the week before the conference championships.
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Connections: Sports Edition
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Halfwheel has their top 25 of the year out. Interesting list. Large number I know nothing about.
https://halfwheel.com/top-25-cigars-of-2025/
Interesting. Navigating the list isn't so easy. I wasn't able to see past #11. This list sounds a lot like the commercial lineup for The Cigar Authority podcast.
I found you have to go back to the page with the full list, click on #11 then you can go the rest of the way.
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Nice win by the Broncos yesterday...but at a big cost. Bo Nix breaking his ankle will unfortunately end their playoff run next week without him.
Agreed. I wanted the Bills to win, but you can't show up for only one quarter, turn the ball over a bunch of times, and still expect to win.
San Francisco didn't even do that. I don't know how that MASH unit played so well against the Eagles...I expected this last week from them, but the Eagles decided all they needed to do was punch the clock for a win.
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Not many today...
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and...
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Holy turnovers Batman!
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Halfwheel has their top 25 of the year out. Interesting list. Large number I know nothing about.
https://halfwheel.com/top-25-cigars-of-2025/
Interesting. Navigating the list isn't so easy. I wasn't able to see past #11. This list sounds a lot like the commercial lineup for The Cigar Authority podcast.
I found you have to go back to the page with the full list, click on #11 then you can go the rest of the way.
I'll check again when I can. I don't think I noticed the full list anywhere. That would have been helpful enough.
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Halfwheel has their top 25 of the year out. Interesting list. Large number I know nothing about.
https://halfwheel.com/top-25-cigars-of-2025/
Interesting. Navigating the list isn't so easy. I wasn't able to see past #11. This list sounds a lot like the commercial lineup for The Cigar Authority podcast.
I found you have to go back to the page with the full list, click on #11 then you can go the rest of the way.
I'll check again when I can. I don't think I noticed the full list anywhere. That would have been helpful enough.
It wasn't obvious to me using the mobile site, that I had to click here to see the whole list.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20260118/84461a59149bc779c32bb07e1fe96a96.jpg)
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I'm 1 for 3 this weekend. Let's see if the Bears can make me .500.
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After only seven years, the Patriots are going back to the Superbowl.
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Looks like it'll be an NFC year and the Seahawks take the whole thing this year.
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Looks like it'll be an NFC year and the Seahawks take the whole thing this year.
It sure appears that way. Don't know that anyone left would be able to stop them, or get past that defense.
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If I'm the Bears coach, I'm telling Williams to put his mouth guard in properly on every play. It seems to me that he's telegraphing the play ahead of time, cause every time I've seen him leave it hanging from the corner of his mouth, it's because they're running and he doesn't anticipate getting hit.
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That Bears TD was nuts.
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Well, that was a helluva game.
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Halfwheel has their top 25 of the year out. Interesting list. Large number I know nothing about.
https://halfwheel.com/top-25-cigars-of-2025/
Interesting. Navigating the list isn't so easy. I wasn't able to see past #11. This list sounds a lot like the commercial lineup for The Cigar Authority podcast.
I found you have to go back to the page with the full list, click on #11 then you can go the rest of the way.
I'll check again when I can. I don't think I noticed the full list anywhere. That would have been helpful enough.
https://halfwheel.com/top-25-cigars-of-2025/
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Looks like it'll be an NFC year and the Seahawks take the whole thing this year.
I would be in agreement with that.
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Halfwheel has their top 25 of the year out. Interesting list. Large number I know nothing about.
https://halfwheel.com/top-25-cigars-of-2025/
Interesting. Navigating the list isn't so easy. I wasn't able to see past #11. This list sounds a lot like the commercial lineup for The Cigar Authority podcast.
I found you have to go back to the page with the full list, click on #11 then you can go the rest of the way.
I'll check again when I can. I don't think I noticed the full list anywhere. That would have been helpful enough.
It wasn't obvious to me using the mobile site, that I had to click here to see the whole list.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20260118/84461a59149bc779c32bb07e1fe96a96.jpg)
Or just scroll down.
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Halfwheel has their top 25 of the year out. Interesting list. Large number I know nothing about.
https://halfwheel.com/top-25-cigars-of-2025/
Interesting. Navigating the list isn't so easy. I wasn't able to see past #11. This list sounds a lot like the commercial lineup for The Cigar Authority podcast.
I found you have to go back to the page with the full list, click on #11 then you can go the rest of the way.
I'll check again when I can. I don't think I noticed the full list anywhere. That would have been helpful enough.
It wasn't obvious to me using the mobile site, that I had to click here to see the whole list.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20260118/84461a59149bc779c32bb07e1fe96a96.jpg)
Or just scroll down.
Although I guess it presents itself differently on the phone compared to the computer.
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I'm 1 for 3 this weekend. Let's see if the Bears can make me .500.
I went 1 for 4. And that's why I don't bet.
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Halfwheel has their top 25 of the year out. Interesting list. Large number I know nothing about.
https://halfwheel.com/top-25-cigars-of-2025/
Interesting. Navigating the list isn't so easy. I wasn't able to see past #11. This list sounds a lot like the commercial lineup for The Cigar Authority podcast.
I found you have to go back to the page with the full list, click on #11 then you can go the rest of the way.
I'll check again when I can. I don't think I noticed the full list anywhere. That would have been helpful enough.
It wasn't obvious to me using the mobile site, that I had to click here to see the whole list.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20260118/84461a59149bc779c32bb07e1fe96a96.jpg)
Or just scroll down.
Although I guess it presents itself differently on the phone compared to the computer.
Yeah, but I found it eventually.
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Not much time left, gotta keep up with the post count. Hope we get a Jam soon.