Review These - Reviews

[drew_goring]

Good work, Drew and thanks for playing. Nice, direct reviews as well. Yes, Cigar #2 was the more expensive of the two.

#1= Cusano 18 Yr.
#2= RyJ Anniversario (Twice as much as the Cusano, but half as much as the Graycliff that you guessed it was).

The second one really reminded me of a ISOM RyJ right off the bat just based on the draw, but then I was really thinking it was a graycliff. Thanks for providing the smokes. My end has been sent, the next review should take place in a week or 2.

[rpcky16]

Cigar #1 - From Pyrofish

Well I finally got around to smoking the first cigar that I got from Pyro. It has made a long journey from Canada to Maine and finally New Orleans. It’s trip taking about four weeks to get to New Orleans from Maine due to my favorite girl Katrina. Mail takes at best two weeks longer to get to New Orleans still. I let them rest in my humidor between 58% and 62% for about a month due to their long time in the mail. Cigar #1 was about six and a half inches long and about a 50 ring. It had a nice brown rapper and was well constructed. It had a good draw and burned a little uneven for the first inch then evened out and burned perfectly for the rest. The ash held for about an inch. It was in my opinion a medium strength cigar that had a consistent woody flavor. Over all I think that it was a decent cigar nothing special I would give it a six out of ten. I will add the second cigar review tomorrow.

[thepyrofish]

Ooooh, sweet. I completely forgot about my reviews!

[rpcky16]

Cigar #2 - From Pyrofish

The second cigar was about five inches long and about a 40 ring gauge. I would guess that it was a corona of some sort. The wrapper was a light brown almost tan. The construction of this cigar was not as good as the first. The cigar was a little soft. The draw on the cigar was good and that was about the only thing that I liked about this thing. The flavor was not good at all in my opinion. I would give this cigar a two out of ten.

I would like to thank Pyro for resending the cigars and for the opportunity to rate the cigars. I can not wait to find out what the cigars were.

Thanks

Randall

[thepyrofish]

Cigar #1 was a Cacique Miama
Cigar #2 was a Private Stock by Davidoff

The Miami cost around $8 locally, whereas the PS is $10.50

[mauied1101]

So tonight was warm enough that I ventured out on the balcony to smoke these babies (and yet tomorrow we have snow forecasted).

Cigar #2-

Pre-smoke impression
Wrapper was dark, rich, and slightly oily, construction was excellent; firm yet had just a little spring - boxed pressed - loved the smell - strong, fragrant bouquet (sorry, borrowing wine term).

Once lit and consistently through the smoke, it had a great draw, white ash that hung on for a while. Tasted slightly spicy, with the flavor of a nice cup of stronger coffee. Toward the half way mark, got a lot spicier. I really enjoyed this cigar - reminded me of the Torano 1959 but better.

Tomorrow (barring me freezing my fingers off) I'll smoke #1 and post it then.

Cigar #1-

Pre-smoke impression
Natural wrapper, good construction; firm but no supple - boxed press. Smell - I have to admit that I opened both up initially and the #2 smelled better so I smoked it first... this one smelled a little bit more mild - indistinct, but I was curious to smoke it.

Once lit, it started out with a bang - very peppery and strong from the get go. Easy draw - almost like smoking a cigarette, salt & pepper ash. Got more spicy as the smoke continued.

I'd have to say that my preference was #2, just seemed to have more body, more elegant - this one was a bit harsh. Soo.... my guess is that #2 is the more expensive stick. Would love to find out what they were!

This was a fun experience - would have smoked them one after the other but I think I would have burned a hole through my mouth.

Looking forward to hearing the actuals.

Thanks Drew!

[drew_goring]

Nice reviews...a little off in the guesses though.

cigar number 2 you had a good idea of. It was a Torano 1959. I am assuming you though it was better only because it was free MSRP is was about 10 dollars.

cigar number 2 was a Padron '64. Definately one of my top 3 favorite smokes. Obviously the more expensive smoke at about 10 bucks a pop.

This is a great thread. It was a lot of fun picking the cigars to send for the review.