WARNING: rookie review

Cigar #1 review sent by illilli

vitola: Torpedo about 6"

Pre-light - The wrapper was dark and well constructed, pleasant aroma and average draw. I used a guillotine cut.

Paired with Killian's Irish Red

Lit - The cigar lit easily and the draw remained consistant. I haven't really learned to recognize all of the subtle flavors in a cigar yet. I would say this was a medium smoke that was very pleasing to my devolping taste buds. I enjoyed the flavor very much. The burn was very inconsistant and took away from the enjoyment of the cigar(and the book I was reading). I smoked this one to just under two inches before I threw in the towel on keeping it lit.

Overall good smoke, would be great without the burn issue.

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Cigar #2 review

vitola: 6 x 44-48

Pre-light - Dark maduro wrapper that had a great aroma. The wrapper was well constructed with some slight damage to the foot from storage. I again used a guillotine cut. The draw was more loose than I prefer(possibly because it was a poor cut by me) but not too bad.

Paired with Killian's Irish Red

Lit - The cigar lit easily and continued to have a loose draw. It started off spicy with a good kick to my tonsils. I quickly calmed this down with some help from George Killian. The burn was carefree and even the whole way and it remained spicy throughout the smoke. It did seem to calm down a little in the middle ony to pick up again on the last 1/3 of the cigar. The flavor profile also changed(got better) on the second half of the cigar. I would have nubbed this one, but she quit on me with about an inch and a half to go. I let her die a peaceful death.

Overall this was a slightly stronger cigar than I smoke on a regular basis but I would be interested in smoking this one again.


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Conclusion (WARNING - See above disclaimer)-

I enjoyed both cigars. #1 was a more familiar flavor to me, but #2 really piqued my interest and was a more enjoyable experience. I'll go out on a limb here and say that #2 was more expensive. (hey I got a 50/50 chance)