Today's smokes......

[sammis]

Well, due to an outage at work, my Saturday was spent answering questions from our managers about why it wasn't fixed yet.

So I finished the night up by having a Gispert Churchill.

sammis

[Mizicke5273]

Yesterday's smokes were:

Famous Private Selection Corojo
Santa Clara Czar
CT Vitruoso Cresendo
Astral TSV

[Cabaiguan Juan]

i had a Padron 3000, a San Cristible (sp?), and a Cabaguan Beli at the mini herf with Mark, Paul and Andrew.

[sammis]

Reo Vibe for lunch and Sancho Panza Double Maduro for supper

sammis

[FunkyCold5]

1 - RASCC
1 - Perdomo Reserve Cameroon - Epicure
1 - Ashton VSG - Tres Mystique

Was a great mini-herf with Jon, Paul, and Mark.

Andrew

[Runswithscissors]

Cohiba Siglo IV.

[bigwhiteash]

Rafael Gonzalez Corona Extra isom

CAO Sopranos Associate

[mrtr33]

Puros Indios "Special Aged" Piramides Maduro

....for some reason...

[bigwhiteash]

Puros Indios "Special Aged" Piramides Maduro

....for some reason...

I've been curious about these, any thoughts you'd like to share?

[mrtr33]

I've been curious about these, any thoughts you'd like to share?

Since you ask.....

I was kind of skeptical going into this cigar. I love the shape, it just keeps getting bigger and bigger. It's a 6.7 / 64, so it's a pretty good sized smoke. But they are so $ cheap! There were a few rough spots on the wrapper, and it wasn't firm at all, but a little squishy. I read somewhere this morning that it's preferred that these are taken out of the humidor to rest for a few days before smoking, but..... I didn't. Reasonably interesting scent, however.....

The pre-light draw was very loose. It lit up rather well, but did take a little longer than normal, noting it's a full inch in diameter. Nothing spectacular about the taste. Nothing bad about it either, for that matter. This cigar isn't boutique in the least bit. It produces lots and lots of smoke, the ash holds up reasonably well, and I had to touch up the burning problems only twice. After the second time, I guess I got it right, as it burned evenly from about halfway through all the way to about an inch and a half left, at which time I put it out. The cigar is very mild in strength, and it does get spicy as the smoke goes on. The cigar is also very loosely rolled. It's very squishy towards the end of the cigar, but stays together, and is still consistent in its other aspects. The after-smoking scent doesn't linger too long, nor is it too unpleasant.

I would take this cigar fishing, or doing wood working projects in the garage. There are times the amount of smoke get annoying, and the looseness of the cigar is of a concern, but they are so doggone cheap, I would buy this again.

I hope that helps.