Review These Pass II Reviews

**ashauler** · 09-29-2008, 10:04 AM

Originally Posted by derivation

Yeah, I am extremely surprised too at the 1932 also. Chalk it up to not letting it rest long enough or just getting a dud. I may be more surprised that the Cusano had a sun grown wrapper. I'm usually not a big fan of sun growns, but I did really enjoy that cigar. I'll be looking for more of those.

Glad to have participated.

I'm liking the LXI quite a bit myself, at under $5 its a pretty good smoke.

**bigwhiteash** · 10-06-2008, 08:50 AM

I chose bag #1 because it contained cigars of the closest match in construction and appearance. Both cigars being of the Robusto vitola, and wrapped in medium brown habano type wrappers.

CIGAR "A"

This cigar was quite firm to the touch, with a few prominent veins, otherwise very smooth.
Good prelight draw, leaving a slight woody/grassy sensation. Burn was as straight as can be, with a very bright white ash left by the wrapper, and holding on about an inch and a half. Overall, this cigar seemed pretty one dimensional, staying with the wood / hay flavors pretty much all the way until the final third, where I started getting the unpleasant ammonia sensation... into the ash-can.

CIGAR "B"

Firm construction, not quite as smooth as "A", but not toothy at all. Again, a good draw and burn, leaving behind a flaky gray ash. Somewhat spicy on the palate, building in strength from medium to medium-full. Smoked this one down to about 1-1/2" when it also became a bit on the bitter side. I did have an issue during smoking where bits of tobacco kept pulling out of the cut head, arousing suspicions of a mixed filler cigar. Later I dissected this smoke, and found it most likely to be the case.

I enjoyed smoke "B" more out of the two, and neither was a bad cigar, but the mixed filler thing leads me to believe that cigar "A" was the higher value.

**ashauler** · 10-06-2008, 09:14 AM

Should have prohibited surgery in the rules......sneaky bastid:

A = Cuvee Rouge Robusto 6.25
B = Fumadore Robusto 2.10

Nice job!!

Originally Posted by bigwhiteash

I chose bag #1 because it contained cigars of the closest match in construction and appearance. Both cigars being of the Robusto vitola, and wrapped in medium brown habano type wrappers.

CIGAR "A"

This cigar was quite firm to the touch, with a few prominent veins, otherwise very smooth.
Good prelight draw, leaving a slight woody/grassy sensation. Burn was as straight as can be, with a very bright white ash left by the wrapper, and holding on about an inch and a half. Overall, this cigar seemed pretty one dimensional, staying with the wood / hay flavors pretty much all the way until the final third, where I started getting the unpleasant ammonia sensation... into the ash-can.

CIGAR "B"

Firm construction, not quite as smooth as "A", but not toothy at all. Again, a good draw and burn, leaving behind a flaky gray ash. Somewhat spicy on the palate, building in strength from medium to medium-full. Smoked this one down to about 1-1/2" when it also became a bit on the bitter side. I did have an issue during smoking where bits of tobacco kept pulling out of the cut head, arousing suspicions of a mixed filler cigar. Later I dissected this smoke, and found it most likely to be the case.

I enjoyed smoke "B" more out of the two, and neither was a bad cigar, but the mixed filler thing leads me to believe that cigar "A" was the higher value.

**bigwhiteash** · 10-06-2008, 09:24 AM

Hahaa...

I've been wanting to try the Cuvee Rouge, since the Cuvee Blanc is my favorite, (read.. "only one I can stand"), Connecticut shade cigar.

If I hadn't got the bits of tobacco, I would have guessed wrong, But I DO love some Fumadores

**logan37** · 10-06-2008, 09:30 AM

nice work bigwhiteash!

**CAJUNBLAZE** · 10-06-2008, 10:39 AM

Good job bigwhiteash!!

We will have to call you DOC bigwhiteash.

Rich

**sammis** · 10-11-2008, 09:05 AM

Hi All

I took bag #3, two Torpedo vitolas.

Smoked cigar A last night and really enjoyed it.

It had a maduro wrapper, lightly veiny. Good tobacco smell prelight, medium draw.

It didn't develop much smoke but what there was had a good smell to it. It lasted me slightly more than 1.5 hours. Only had one time about half way through it that it almost went out. I'd say that it was a full bodied smoke and it had a great finish. Probably shouldn't have smoked it so close to going to bed because I got some really weird dreams from it

Altogether, very enjoyable smoke and Cigar B has its work cut out for it

I'll be smoking it tonight.

sammis