Review These - Reviews

[Mizicke5273]

Your right! #2 was the more expensive of the 2.

#1 - 5 Vegas Cask Strength
#2 - Diamond Crown Maximus #5

Glad you enjoyed doing the reviews.

[bigwhiteash]

Review of cigars from Sporadic Metonomy

Cigar #1
Robusto, 5 X 54 or so, looks like corojo wrap, nicely built, smooth with minimal veins, firm to touch.
Cut cleanly, perfect draw, pleasant taste of tobacco and mild spice. Lit with the Colibri torch. Initial taste of strong pepper, but quickly evened out to familiar corojo goodness. Ash is fairly tight, light gray, I broke it off at about 1-1/4”. Burn is slightly uneven, but never became a problem. I did have some odd wrapper issues with this stick, it developed a series of small cracke in a spiral about 1/4 “ from the ember. It didn’t affect smoking any, but I’ve just never seen this. This stick had a nice peppery coffee like flavor, plenty of smoke, and nice burn. Reminds me of the few Pepin cigars that I’ve had.

Nubbed it, nice cigar!



Cigar #2
Toro, 6 X %0 or so, Maduro. Toothy, bumpy, oily, and firm to touch. Sweet cocoa aroma at the foot. Nice looking, well constructed cigar. Again, a perfect draw, with sweet tobacco flavors predominant. Lit with the torch, the first ¼” was a bit harsh, but quickly mellowed into the sweet earthy maduro taste. Ash is bright gray and held on fairly well. This cigar has a very short finish of cocoa/coffee, leaving no aftertaste… very nice! I did have some burn issues, but with a couple touchups, they were easily corrected. I really enjoyed the smooth dark chocolate flavors, and very nice aroma of this cigar.

Burn issues aside, I’m going to say cigar #2 is the more costly stick
But both of these will have a place in my humidor, Thank you

[Sporadic Metonomy]

Great reviews but Wrong! Lucky for you though.

Cigar #1: La Tradicion Perdomo Cameroon "R" MSRP: $5 to $7
Cigar #2 La Floridita Toro Maduro MSRP: $1.50 to $3


Glad you liked the smokes! Both had been aging for about a year now. Those La Floridita bundles are CHEAP at Famous-Smoke

[bigwhiteash]

Nice!

I do like finding good cigars in the lower price range

fooled again, though

[Maduro Man]

Cigar #1…Pre light, on first appearance this stick seemed like it may have had little mold dots all over it. Upon closer inspection It turned out to be just signs of a well seasoned stick. This stick was a true Maduro.(Thanks Spiffy)After toasting this baby it lit perfectly and the first few draws were great. Lots of thick white smoke! I enjoyed this stick with 3 fingers of crown on the rocks. What an ice pairing for a great smoke.
The stick burned even through out and the taste kept changing from spice to mellow wood back to spice.(Never made me sweat) and was mellow for the pallet. All in all I enjoyed this stick. Will smoke and review stick #2 tomorrow night. In addition to posting my opinion as to what stick was the better smoke and what stick was the more pricier.

Thank again Spiffy for the pleasure of enjoying this stick.

[spiffykyle]

Thanks bigwhiteash for the sticks. Here is the review for cigar #1.

This was a toro sized stick with a dark smooth wrapper. It felt solid, didn't give too much, and in general looked of good construction.

I enjoyed a Dr. Pepper with this smoke.

After the cut the pre-light draw was just a tad loose for my liking, but the flavor was right on.

It lit up very easily and once lit, the draw was pleasant as well. First thing I noticed is that this seems to be a rather mild smoke, maybe at the milder end of medium. I'm not seeing as much smoke coming off the cigar as I am used to. I don't know if its because it was chilly outside today or what. The cigar didn't change much throughout, just a steady mild, woody flavor.

Slight burn issues but nothing that effected the experience.

I would probably enjoy this as a morning smoke with some coffee.

Review #2 should be up tomorrow.

spiffy

[spiffykyle]

Thanks bigwhiteash for the sticks. Here is the review for cigar #1.

This was a toro sized stick with a dark smooth wrapper. It felt solid, didn't give too much, and in general looked of good construction.

I enjoyed a Dr. Pepper with this smoke.

After the cut the pre-light draw was just a tad loose for my liking, but the flavor was right on.

It lit up very easily and once lit, the draw was pleasant as well. First thing I noticed is that this seems to be a rather mild smoke, maybe at the milder end of medium. I'm not seeing as much smoke coming off the cigar as I am used to. I don't know if its because it was chilly outside today or what. The cigar didn't change much throughout, just a steady mild, woody flavor.

Slight burn issues but nothing that effected the experience.

I would probably enjoy this as a morning smoke with some coffee.

spiffy

Review for cigar #2 from bigwhiteash

Another Toro sized, maybe a little bit longer. Dark, slightly toothy wrapper. Not quite as firm as #1 but not squishy at all. I thought I felt a little plug a few inches in though.

Smelled nicely of sweet tobacco. The pre-light draw was tight, probably due to the plug.

After lighting it was indeed a tight draw. It was very windy outside today, hopefully this won't cause burn problems.

I paired this stick with an Arizona Sweet Tea. This was another mild/medium cigar, perhaps closer to medium than #1. One I worked my way past the plug the draw became tolerable. The cigar crept steadily towards medium as I went along, so by the end I could definitely taste some spiciness.

Another breakfast cigar in my book.

I enjoyed both of these cigars and would probably keep a few in my stock for those mornings that I have time to enjoy one. Its difficult for me to decide which is the pricier one. I am going to say that #1 was the more expensive stick.

Thanks bigwhiteash! How'd I do??

spiffy

[Maduro Man]

Cigar #1…Pre light, on first appearance this stick seemed like it may have had little mold dots all over it. Upon closer inspection It turned out to be just signs of a well seasoned stick. This stick was a true Maduro.(Thanks Spiffy)After toasting this baby it lit perfectly and the first few draws were great. Lots of thick white smoke! I enjoyed this stick with 3 fingers of crown on the rocks. What an ice pairing for a great smoke.
The stick burned even through out and the taste kept changing from spice to mellow wood back to spice.(Never made me sweat) and was mellow for the pallet. All in all I enjoyed this stick. Will smoke and review stick #2 tomorrow night. In addition to posting my opinion as to what stick was the better smoke and what stick was the more pricier.

Thank again Spiffy for the pleasure of enjoying this stick.

Stick #2 from Spiffy… Well I’m not going to bore everyone with a long story about a stick I did not like so, that’s just it…I did not like this stick. This stick looked good upon inspection and smelled nice out of the box. It was a square pressed Maduro. I was really looking forward to the taste this baby was going to give off. Gave her a light and then it happened…It turned on me…A lot less smoke then I am used to and the taste was very strong and over powering. I kept smoking it in hopes it would mellow a bit but it never did. It stayed overpowering from start to finish. The burn was very uneven and to put it simply I just didn’t like it.

So my guess is of the two sticks I had…# 1 was the more $$$ Stick and #2 was the cheaper one…Once again Spiffy I really want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to try both of these sticks. Loved #1 but #2 left me blue.

[spiffykyle]

Sorry for the dud there MM, kind of threw you off I guess. #2 was the more $$ one, a RP Vintage 1990. #1 was an Indian Tabac Super Fuerte Maduro. But at least you know you like a cheap cigar now

spiffy