Padron 45th Anniversary

[badwhale]

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This is a tandem review with my wife

Padron 45th Anniversary
Drink(s): Bell’s Expedition Stout (me); Water (wife)
Tunes: Some miscellaneous stuff playing.

Wrapper: Nicaraguan
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan
Draw: Me: Light / Wifey: Light (too light)
Burn: (Both) Good
Misc: About 60-90min smoke

Pre-light (Me): Box press. Dark Colorado-maduro shade wrapper. Lightly veined, but a but lumpy. Sweet leather / tobacco scent. Leather taste on cut prelight flavor.
Pre-light (Wifey): I do like the burgundy on the label. I think the smell is enticing. Doesn’t have the “feet smell” that some cigars have. Stings the palate on the prelight cut, but no funny taste.



Light: Easy. Spicy. Light draw; Wifey: Airier than expected. Easy draw. A bit smoky.

1st 3rd (Me): Dark, woodsy, leather. Rich and full body. Spicy, but well balanced. Baker’s chocolate now. Burny on the nose exhale.
1st 3rd (Wifey): Too light / airy. Not any distinct flavors. Overwhelmed by smoke.



Ash (Me): Stacks a nice dark gray. Ash bubbles present. Holds on for about 1”
Ash (Wifey):A fine ash.



2nd 3rd (Me): Very rich. Oily, leather, tobacco flavors. Smooth and creamy. Woodsy notes. Very rich flavors. Can’t stress that enough. Pretty nice.
2nd 3rd (Wifey): Beefed up now. Flavors developing more. Mesquite flavor.



3rd 3rd (Me): Woodsy, rich, dense, full body, creamy & spicy. Nice.
3rd 3rd (Wifey): I fell slightly nauseous now with a cold sweat type feeling. Flavors are irrelevant to how crappy I feel right now.



Overall impression (Me): I thought it was a pretty good smoke overall. It did seem like they were just shooting for straight up strength, rather than finesse. Was it worth 20 – 25 bucks? Probably not. Maybe I should have another sometime, but for me, other pardons satisfy at a fraction of the cost.
Overall impression (Wifey): Couldn’t finish. Too strong, but lacking in real flavors. It was like smoking strong air. Not enough flavor.

Will (& Wifey)

[Smoked!]

Nice duel review. Twenty-five bucks? May I borrow this quote: "I fell slightly nauseous now with a cold sweat type feeling. Flavors are irrelevant to how crappy I feel right now."?

[buzz]

Nice reviews, I've been wondering if the price was worth it.

-Buzz

[badwhale]

These were from the split on here, so in fairness, they were 19.50 each, without sales tax.

Will

[buzz]

I would think that a little aging would help with those.

-Buzz

[badwhale]

They're supposedly already made with umteen years aged tobacco. I've also heard that the '26s for example, don't age well, not that I tried it.

[bigwhiteash]

Nice job on both sides!

Great cigars,for sure.

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[ggiese]

That's an AWESOME review!!!

My wife would describe that cigar EXACTLY the same way.

...although she does love smoking Opus X - and is particularly fond of the xXx's (e.g. "Power Rangers")!!! Go figure!


But I gotta know, Will - what the heck is with the socket wrench and nose hair clipper in photo #3!?! Inquiring minds just gotta know!

[ggiese]

They're supposedly already made with umteen years aged tobacco. I've also heard that the '26s for example, don't age well, not that I tried it.

I would say that the '26's have a great flavor straight from the factory - very difficult to improve upon. But - I do find they mellow somewhat with age. They're still a very nice cigar after they've laid around for a while, but not a significant change from when they are young. Honestly, though, there are only a few "domestic" cigars I would say benefit from aging. Generally - "domestic" cigar manufacturers age the tobacco well before they create the cigars, making them very nice straight out of the box.

Cuban's, on the other hand, were typically rolled "fresh" and left to the consumer (or retailer) to age. In recent mind, I've not seen many of the boxes coming with that telltale ammonia smell that used to be fairly common with their young cigars. Cuban manufacturers have made great progress in recent years to better age their cigars before they hit retailers shelves - so they're much more smokeable straight from the box.

[badwhale]

That's an AWESOME review!!!

My wife would describe that cigar EXACTLY the same way.

...although she does love smoking Opus X - and is particularly fond of the xXx's (e.g. "Power Rangers")!!! Go figure!


But I gotta know, Will - what the heck is with the socket wrench and nose hair clipper in photo #3!?! Inquiring minds just gotta know!

Same day I posted in the motorcycle owners thread

[ashauler]

I would say that the '26's have a great flavor straight from the factory - very difficult to improve upon. But - I do find they mellow somewhat with age. They're still a very nice cigar after they've laid around for a while, but not a significant change from when they are young. Honestly, though, there are only a few "domestic" cigars I would say benefit from aging. Generally - "domestic" cigar manufacturers age the tobacco well before they create the cigars, making them very nice straight out of the box.

I agree. I do find it interesting that the '26's don't "improve" drastically with aging, but the lonnies and others in the thousand series do, at least imho. A 1 or 2 year old lonsdale maduro is a fine, fine smoke, much better than OTT imo.

[buzz]

the lonnies and others in the thousand series do, at least imho. A 1 or 2 year old lonsdale maduro is a fine, fine smoke, much better than OTT imo.

Perhaps this is because you are aging them in your humi, which employs a strawberry-scented oust fan?

Wait, I think I'm in the wrong thread...

-Buzz

[cinda]

Perhaps this is because you are aging them in your humi, which employs a strawberry-scented oust fan?

Wait, I think I'm in the wrong thread...

-Buzz

He isn't going to like that remark...

[ashauler]

He isn't going to like that remark...

It's o.k. Cinda........consider the source.

[buzz]

It's o.k. Cinda........consider the source.

I ended my sentence with a question mark... I couldn't remember if it was strawberry or peach.

Or is it snozberry?

-Buzz

[ashauler]

I ended my sentence with a question mark... I couldn't remember if it was strawberry or peach.

Or is it snozberry?

-Buzz

I hope you have a good junk mail filter, prepare yourself to hear from lots of men and boys if not.

[buzz]

I hope you have a good junk mail filter, prepare yourself to hear from lots of men and boys if not.

Dang, you fight dirty! Ok, I admit it - Jamie doesn't employ a strawberry-scented oust air fan in his humi... now stop sending me the spam

Completely unrelated, I have a great idea for a Christmas present for the poodle...



-Buzz

[heftysmokes]

I hope you have a good junk mail filter, prepare yourself to hear from lots of men and boys if not.

Don't do that, Jamie. He's going to have a heck of a time figuring out which are spam and which are legitimate emails!

[ashauler]

Don't do that, Jamie. He's going to have a heck of a time figuring out which are spam and which are legitimate emails!

Damn, you're right, I guess I didn't think it all the way through.

Sorry for the hi-jack whale!!

[buzz]

Don't do that, Jamie. He's going to have a heck of a time figuring out which are spam and which are legitimate emails!

- I just set up my auto-email-forwarding... guess who'll be sharing my joyous spam experience?

-Buzz