Review These - Reviews

[borovy3488]

OK, just got done smoking cigar #2 from Kass. Excellent cigar. Construction was pretty good, just one little imperfection on the cap, but thats it. Prelight aroma was excellent as I said in my last review. The prelight draw was a little tight, but once it was lit, the draw was great. Burned evenly, no need for a touchup, at all. Didn't produce that much smoke, but just enough. The ash was a little grayish-black at the beginning, then it evened out to a solid white/gray. The smoke itself had a nice earthyness to it. A lot of spices, especially near the end. I nubbed it. Great smoke, what was it??? Can't wait to hear back from Kass. By the way, this guy hooked me up. He threw a couple of extras in there with the reviews.

Now, hurry up and tell me what they were!!!!

-Wayne

[Kass]

So I'm guessing you're calling No.2 the more expensive cigar?

Cigar 1 - Montecristo No.4 isom EDIT: It was actually a petit tubos.. if that makes a difference..?
Cigar 2 - Private stock No.5

Nice reviews. The MC no.4s I got are not pretty looking and construction is not what I would expect from such a popular cigar; although if you look at some reviews, this cigar is often poorly constructed. But I do like them better than you did.

[cls515]

Cigar 1 - Montecristo No.4 isom

Price to quality ratio, this is my favorite cigar. creamy and woody, then to dry and spicy, that's the typical evolution I usually see in the cigar.

Time for one tonight.

Edit: Best cigar I've had in months

[CgarDan]

i am going to go out on a limb here and say just by the feel and smell ofthe cigars Review # 1 is the more expensive cigar. I will post the actual reviews later and will either confirm or withdraw my iitial impression

[CgarDan]

Review #1

Perfecto Shaped with natural color wrapper. Smells much better than the cigar for review # 2
Construction looks quite solid.

Once lit the spiciness is felt on the first toke. Pull is a little too loose but the cigar still burns evenly with light grey ash.

As it gets open develops a nice complexity and I will almost bet my money this a Fuente profile. This profile stayed consistent all the way through and the ash fell of only after the half point.


Review # 2

A very light colored wrapper. Construction looks just ok. Smelling the foot I get a light floral scent, but on thisone I will also bet it is not a Cuban as there is no triple cap

Very mild greenish like flavors that somehow remind me of Garcia Vega cigars.

1/3 way through the wrapper cracked and the flavor is almost non-existatnt. I pushed myself but could only take this till half point when I tossed this stick. In case youhaven't heard this before FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS SMOKE MACADOODLES



What ever that second one was I would never buy it. And first one is 99.9% a Fuente and the ciagar of my choice

[borovy3488]

OK, you are right on, just as I thought. However, the first one was not a Fuente, it was an Avo Domaine #20. I know you wanna hear this, the second one was a Gispert, which I didn't think was as bad as you say, but hey, every smoke is different from them as I am coming to find out. Anyway, good reviews.

-Wayne

[JFellows]

Here is my review of the first cigar sent to me by CgarDan. I'll edit this post with an update after I smoke the second one on Monday. I apologize in advance to our BOTL using 56K; these reviews will be quite picture-intensive for two reasons: A) everybody loves pictures , and B) these cigars are very nice looking.

This is the first out of the two cigars that I smoked, but is actually the cigar labeled as #2 by Dan.



The cigar has a good looking reddish-brown hue. The construction is fantastic. There are hardly any noticeable veins, it's smoother than a baby's ass, and there are no soft spots anywhere.

I cut it well with a standard guillotine cutter, but it flaked off a bit just beyond the cap. This shows me that, although the wrapper is quite beautiful, it is also quite fragile. More on this later...

The pre-light draw is quite tight. However, I expected as much based on the firmness of the cigar in general. This baby is packed as tight as the suitcases of many of our wives/girlfriends/mistresses before embarking on a vacation.



I toast the foot for 10-15 seconds with my butane torch lighter, then light it using a cedar strip. I immediately notice strong, zesty, peppery spices, which finish 5 seconds after each exhale with a smooth, sweet finish. Each puff see-saws back and forth like this: flavors of pepper and zesty spice, following by finishes of sweetness and mellower spices.

The ash is a beautiful, slightly-flaky bride's dress white. The draw is still tight, but is more than manageable and I am getting a fair amount of smoke.



The burn is fairly interesting; it starts slightly crooked, then (without any help from me) evens out to being as sharp as a razor blade. The ash is firm and aesthetically pleasing.

I begin to feel this cigar in my upper chest, indicating that it is on the 'fuller' side of medium to full bodied. However, this should be taken with a grain of salt - I have a bizarre tolerance/interpretation to the body of cigars...I've smoked ultra 'mild' cigars and have felt them strongly, whereas I can kill an LFD Double Lig chisel on a relatively empty stomach and be ready for a second one right after . I'm just weird like that.

The zesty pepper and spice tastes continue to be strong on each puff, and the finish continues to be sweeter. However, the finish is also taking on a creamy earthy sweetness.

*Warning: Cheesy analogy ahead*
The burn and the flavor/finish of this cigar remind me of the relationship between an eager and ultra-rambunctious child and his or her diligent and ever-watchful parent; the burn keeps wanting to go crazy, but always ends up under control. Similarly, the zesty and spicy kick of the flavor is kept in check by the sweet, earthy, mellow finish.



The cigar ashes perfectly at about 1.5-2" into it. After this ash, the zesty pepper taste subsides, and the taste and finish both merge into a very pleasing sweet, exotic, mellower spiciness.



Like I mentioned before, the wrapper on this cigar is quite fragile. This is exemplified when the wrapper cracks slightly, exposing the binder. The reaction of my smoking buddy is similar to my own reaction of dismay:



I manage to snip off the opened-up wrapper pieces, and luckily the cigar continues to smoke fine.



The ash briefly takes on an ugly, charred grey look, but the flavors remain relatively fine. However, the deliciousness of the exotic spice tastes is slightly curbed by a vaguely unpleasant charred taste. Luckily, this dissipates as the cigar burns past the crack.



As you can see, the ash and burn recovered wonderfully after getting past the cracked area. I am starting to detect a shift in the flavor profile...perhaps a bit of chocolate? I could be just imagining that, though.

With about two inches left in the cigar, the zesty cracked pepper taste returns. I also notice a taste of aromatic wood, burning in a fireplace or campfire.

At one inch, it started to tighten up and began burning rather hot, so I called it quits at that point.

Overall, this was definitely an extremely enjoyable smoke. The positive aspects GREATLY outweighed the minuscule problems. While I still have yet to smoke the cigar labeled as #1, I would right now venture a guess to say that this is the more expensive of the two. If it's not, then, my friends, I have found a new budget smoke!

(This is my first cigar review here...feel free to critique me!)

-Jon

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*edit* I just smoked most of the cigar marked as #1. It came nowhere near my great experience with #2.



The construction was decent at best. There were many bumps and irregularities, but at least no veins popping out. The wrapper was a flat matte brown with a few darker discolorations.

The cigar had a good pre-light draw, but no flavors or scents jumped out at me.

I lit it perfectly, but the burn started going bad almost immediately. The ash was a beige-grey color, and somewhat strong.

The flavor was extremely bland, but not unpleasant. I got the notion that this cigar, while in all likelihood a cheapo, had been sitting in Dan's humi for a little while. This improved the flavor/smoothness, but not to the point where it was anything worth writing home about.



Despite my almost constant touch ups (I came close to draining my butane lighter), the cigar continued to burn horribly. I think it's safe to say that this cigar burned about as well as Stephen Hawking can walk.

I tossed it with a couple inches left...it had almost gone out, and wasn't worth the effort of continuing to maintain it.

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Overall, Cigar #2 was far and out the better of the two. I feel safe in saying that it must be significantly more expensive than Cigar # 1.