Review These - Reviews

[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

[bigwhiteash]

I am going to say that #1 was the more expensive stick.

Thanks bigwhiteash! How'd I do??

spiffy

Well... you did just right! Very nice reviews

Cigar one was a Gurkha G3 Toro, about $7.50
Cigar two was a Diably Pimiento, about 2 bucks.

Sorry for the plugged Diablo, I have had a few of them like that, but generally they're a nice medium cigar.


~Dennis~

[Maduro Man]

Ok...So I sent the review sticks out to Sammis...Looking forward to seeing what he thinks of them.

[sammis]

Hi All

I passed the Fedex guy on the way out from my house when I was leaving for work.

Looks like I'll be working on these this weekend

sammis

[sammis]

Hi All

So Maduro Man, being true to his name, sent me two maduro wrapped cigars

I'm still working on getting familiar with sizes and shapes so this is a guestimate.

Cigar #1 is a BIG cigar, I'd say a Presidente based on the ring size.

Cigar #2 is a smaller cigar, Toro size.

Both are box pressed.

Well I just finished cigar #2.

This cigar reminds me of a Padron or Trinidad based on the flavor profile. Nice dark wrapper with a fine tooth texture, no defects. Very smooth draw. Very nice tobacco taste with just a bit of spice, very smooth finish. It generated a very good quantity of white flavorfull smoke. The ash dropped every 1 1/4 inch.

It gave me a nice hour and 15 minute smoke.

I really liked this one. I look forward to finding out what it is

I'll be smoking the #1 cigar tomorrow afternoon.

Good night all!

sammis

[sammis]

Hi All

So I got to cigar #1 this afternoon.

It had a nice chocolat smell and a really dark, oily wrapper that was a little rough with one blemish where the band was probably located.

The draw was tight to start with and got worse as I went along and finally plugged the cigar after 2 inches.

While I was able to smoke it, it had a good flavor, with a bit of chocolate which carried over from the pre light smell. There wasn't much smoke though.

Overall, it started off to be a nice smoke but plugged before it could develop more.

Based on the taste and the construction, I'm going to have to go with cigar #2 being the more expensive cigar.

So Maduro Man, how did I do?

sammis

PS: Thanks for this opportunity!