Cubans

[ggiese]

I dunno - I've had some, more than a few, that yes, smelled like a barnyard. First time I smelled that I was dubious, but have come to know that it's a mark of a cigar that is going to smoke very nicely. Sean, some I'm talking about you and I have had from the same bunch, recently. So maybe it's a perception issue. Not all of them smell that way to me, and I don't mean to say that an absence of that smell a sign of an inferior cigar.

I always figured it could be just part of what vegetative material goes through after it leaves the plant; e.g., ammonia production, composting processes, etc.

If it's those farm rolled you guys been smokin', no doubt it has a 'manure' smell to it!!

Actually - now that you mention it - some of the best fresh farm rolled Kooban cigars I've had do have a bit of a barnyard smell to 'em.

But - nope - that is definitely not what distinquishes real from fake. I say you go back and tell 'em to prove it!!!