After going through the boxes in the bottom of the cab I decided to have a second try at my ESG Robusto's, I believe 5 are now gone through gifts and trades.
It's been almost a year since my first ESG, and todays was completely different from what I think I remember.
Prelight was promising, leather and cedar mostly.
Lit it up, was kinda bitter and boring, no real notes to discern from anything yet.
1st third, all over the place, every draw was different, like a bad splatter painting. Changed from coffee to OJ real quick to cut the coffee, then to ice water to try and get something noticeable from this cigar.
2nd third, still all over the place, chasing the burn around, massaged out a small plug and it's fixed, now getting tons of smoke, still no real flavors to pin point, but very reminiscent of Casa, VSG, and Opus, just can't say anything like roasted cashews, rich leather, cedar, earth, chocolate, nothing like that at all.
3rd third, wind started picking up bringing with it some chilling clouds, started chasing burn and trying to prevent canoing, I decided to put this down and head for warmth, was kind of dissapointed at the time thinking about how much these cost and analyzing it more than enjoying it.
Well 20 minutes later I realized I was extremely buzzed, not nic sick, no spins, but seriously high buzzed, it was crazy and kinda funny to me.
Got to thinking that maybe I should not over analyze the cigars and just smoke and enjoy them for what they are, maybe I'll beging to notice more from these while not thinking about it, or what it's sister cigars have in common and things will appear.
