Puro Pot Pass II

[badwhale]

(I know I'm not participating in this pass)

I think what Mark & others would argue is that an online shipment, is from (assumed) humidity temp controlled environment, in the mail, and to your humidity temp controlled environment. One fluctuation.

The pass, assuming each person doesn't win, has the same gang of cigars getting that fluctuation during each pass.

Will

[bigwhiteash]

Like Will says.. a pass spends several days in the heat, as opposed to one or two with an online purchase. It's especially bad given the speed that passes are normally turned around. If the cigars were held for a week or so at each stop, the possibility of damage would be lessened.

[Artyman1200]

Gotcha...

[gifters]

Newbie just subscribing to this thread, Its been a good read so far and I'm glad I'm not getting a sigtag.

Maybe I'll play this someday but not when I don't even have a humidor, gotta walk before I can run

[Eville]

Got the pot today. I will get that beautiful lancero smoked ASAP so I can permanently add the rest to my stash

[JFellows]

Good luck

[Eville]

The puro was a dark, oily, lancero. Construction was good, very firm throughout with a couple of little soft spots near the middle. It had a very fragrant, sweet smell pre-light and the pre-light draw produced more of the same. The draw was, more or less, perfect throughout. Upon lighting I was graced with a ton of pepper and spice. Very full flavor, I loved it. However, it mellowed out substantially after the first third. It didn't really change much after that, just consistent creamy, though largely bland smoke. It was still enjoyable, however, and combined with the only 2 Rolling Rocks I had with it I was pretty buzzed afterwards. I enjoyed this stick greatly down to the last 1/2 inch or so.

As for the country of origin, the spice and pepper leads me toward Nicaragua. I thought maybe Cuban at first, but I have never known a Cuban to mellow out so dramatically. Being that Nicaragua is where I see the majority of non Cuban puros, I will make that my guess. I believe this stick was from Nicaragua.