MEGA Review: Carolyn (Cubao Maduro No. 5)

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last words:

badwhale: i think some age might help these take off the initial edge and mellow the flavors together.

buzz: great smooth spicy cocoa taste when paired with coffee. I've had this cigar with scotch before and was disappointed.

craig: a very good cigar. I had the cigar with some good fresh-ground coffee, so that may have enhanced the cigar's impact.

egq: horrible.

heftysmokes: it might be the abbey, it might be the fact that i'm freezing my balls off, maybe i just feel off. I think if i gave this another shot i'd enjoy it a lot more.

irish79: best of the bunch so far.

logan37: i would take this girl out to a steak dinner.

mangyrat: not a bad cigar but one min after i let it go out i was looking for something stronger it left me wanting more.

memphisfred: sorry but i didn't get to finish it, however i did clip it and will save it and try the rest of it another time.

mizicke5273: this was a very good cigar and i am looking forward to the revealing of it's identity. I'll be picking some up to smoke again.

nhab: had to leave at 2/3 for dinner date, but it was getting very smooth and toasty. Wish i had time to finish it.

slcraiders: purely awesome cigar, imho!!!

tachycoventry: this was bad, but that isn't to say it was cheap. The kinky friedman comes to mind with being a pricey smoke that still sucked...

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PICTURES:

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EDITOR’S NOTE:
These cigars were purchased from RMR Cigar (www.rmrcigar.com). They were running a 30% off special so we were able to pick them up for $85.05 (box of 20). The cigars came nicely packaged in a cool looking distressed-wood hinge-top box. The lowest box price from the December 2010 CigarCyclopedia's Comparison Shopper is $121.50, coming out to $6.08 per stick. The average price guess was very close at $6.32. The closest guess for this round belongs to Irish79! Remember, the prize pack goes to the person who is closest overall (all 5 cigars). Here are the current standings:

| PARTICIPANT:... | AMANDA | BETTY. | CAROLYN | DAWN.. | EMILY. | TOTAL. |

| nhab .......... | $ 1.98 | $ 1.02 | .$ 1.35 | $ ---- | $ ---- | $ 4.35 |
| slcraiders .... | $ 0.11 | $ 5.72 | .$ 1.35 | $ ---- | $ ---- | $ 7.18 |
| EGQ ........... | $ 1.98 | $ 3.58 | .$ 2.56 | $ ---- | $ ---- | $ 8.12 |
| TachyCoventry.. | $ 6.68 | $ 1.02 | .$ 0.92 | $ ---- | $ ---- | $ 8.62 |
| Irish79 ....... | $ 4.12 | $ 5.72 | .$ 0.00 | $ ---- | $ ---- | $ 9.84 |
| Mangyrat ...... | $ 4.12 | $ 4.93 | .$ 0.92 | $ ---- | $ ---- | $ 9.97 |
| MemphisFred ... | $ 4.12 | $ 4.93 | .$ 0.92 | $ ---- | $ ---- | $ 9.97 |
| Mizicke5273 ... | $ 2.77 | $ 4.93 | .$ 4.01 | $ ---- | $ ---- | $11.71 |
| Tdre977 ....... | $ 4.31 | $ 1.50 | .$ 6.08 | $ ---- | $ ---- | $11.89 |
| badwhale ...... | $ 6.68 | $ 2.66 | .$ 2.56 | $ ---- | $ ---- | $11.90 |
| craig ......... | $ 8.00 | $ 2.66 | .$ 3.48 | $ ---- | $ ---- | $14.14 |
| logan37 ....... | $ 5.04 | $ 5.72 | .$ 4.01 | $ ---- | $ ---- | $14.77 |
| heftysmokes ... | $10.20 | $ 7.06 | .$ 0.92 | $ ---- | $ ---- | $18.18 |
| Alcibiates .... | $10.20 | $ 2.50 | .$ 6.08 | $ ---- | $ ---- | $18.78 |

Good luck with the next round guys! Here's a hint: It's in my sigtag.

-Buzz

[JiveTurkey]

taste (3/3):

badwhale: need to give it a purge. Tunnel fixed itself. Mostly the same flavors. Oil, acrid leather and very woodsy. Getting more intense now.

Ya think!?!?

[Tdre977]

Dropped the ball getting my review in, life has been hectic lately, I've smoked the #5 before with the Sumatra wrapper and enjoyed it, look forward to giving this one a go.

[craig]

I've liked the OR Cubao's that I've smoked, so it isn't surprising I liked Carolyn.

Another wide variation of opinions for a DPG-made smoke! I wonder how much of it is us and how much is the factory? Perhaps Dawn and Emily will answer that ...

[ashauler]

I've liked the OR Cubao's that I've smoked, so it isn't surprising I liked Carolyn.

Another wide variation of opinions for a DPG-made smoke! I wonder how much of it is us and how much is the factory? Perhaps Dawn and Emily will answer that ...

The evidence of how thin he is spread, imho. Rocky Patel syndrome.