Tobacco_Nugget
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Here's my honest review:
Don't know anything about the brand other than the name is recognizable to me. Bought them because they are corona-esq size....I generally like the smaller ring gauge cigars because they smoke quicker and I don't have time to sit for a proper hour and a half for a bigger cigar - generally speaking. I also bought them because they were listed as medium to full which is right in my wheelhouse. As I thought about how to do this review and how to word it, I sort of came up with my own rating system - and thought I'd explain it to you so you'd know why....
Wrapper: It was fine. No blemishes, etc. It was smooth. (A plus) It looked fragile but wasn't. (the best kind) Cap was nice, nothing to complain about with the wrapper. 3 pts, automatic. (10 point rating system here)
Burn: Was in a hurry to get somewhere and torched the end a little uneven and thus, it started smoking uneven. What impressed me: I gave it a few minutes to see if it would self correct - all the good ones do - and sure enough, it self corrected and burned literally perfect the rest of the way. I never had to touch it up. Furthermore, it passed my "gotta run into the store" test...... I set it in the back of my pickup truck bed still lit while I walked into the grocery store to grab a few items. Now, I didn't dilly dally around in the store, I got what I went in for, checked out, grabbed the cigar.....and it was still lit. Another 3 points. Automatic.
Flavor: - Leather the whole way. Started off as wet leather and not exactly appealing to my tastes but I gave it time to develop. The wet leather turned to a more dry leather, the smoke was fine, draw was as about as perfect as could be.....but leather. Definitely leather. I was hoping for some "spice" in there but it was not meant to be. Flavor never really changed from leather. - Which is fine if that's what you're into. 2 points.
Was it a good smoke? Yes. Will I enjoy the rest of what I bought? Yes. Was it a solid 8/10 for me? Yes. Will I buy again? Probably not as the flavor just wasn't what I crave in an elusive 10/10 cigar (Think Liga Privada, or Padron)
In my rating system, I'm always trying to find the next Liga or Padron, but on a budget. Closest I've come was Nica Libre box pressed short suckers, like 5x44 or something .....take the band off those and I would *SWEAR* it was a padron in a blind test. (And believe me, I'm trying to obtain more and as many as I can get on the cheap at CBid - hehe) I'd rate the Nica's at a 9.5/10 or higher for comparison.
Overall? Good smoke. 8/10 - but not close enough to what I'm after as far as flavor. Would I recommend? Absolutely. Give it a shot. You might like it. Nothing to complain about really. Nothing at all.
Don't know anything about the brand other than the name is recognizable to me. Bought them because they are corona-esq size....I generally like the smaller ring gauge cigars because they smoke quicker and I don't have time to sit for a proper hour and a half for a bigger cigar - generally speaking. I also bought them because they were listed as medium to full which is right in my wheelhouse. As I thought about how to do this review and how to word it, I sort of came up with my own rating system - and thought I'd explain it to you so you'd know why....
Wrapper: It was fine. No blemishes, etc. It was smooth. (A plus) It looked fragile but wasn't. (the best kind) Cap was nice, nothing to complain about with the wrapper. 3 pts, automatic. (10 point rating system here)
Burn: Was in a hurry to get somewhere and torched the end a little uneven and thus, it started smoking uneven. What impressed me: I gave it a few minutes to see if it would self correct - all the good ones do - and sure enough, it self corrected and burned literally perfect the rest of the way. I never had to touch it up. Furthermore, it passed my "gotta run into the store" test...... I set it in the back of my pickup truck bed still lit while I walked into the grocery store to grab a few items. Now, I didn't dilly dally around in the store, I got what I went in for, checked out, grabbed the cigar.....and it was still lit. Another 3 points. Automatic.
Flavor: - Leather the whole way. Started off as wet leather and not exactly appealing to my tastes but I gave it time to develop. The wet leather turned to a more dry leather, the smoke was fine, draw was as about as perfect as could be.....but leather. Definitely leather. I was hoping for some "spice" in there but it was not meant to be. Flavor never really changed from leather. - Which is fine if that's what you're into. 2 points.
Was it a good smoke? Yes. Will I enjoy the rest of what I bought? Yes. Was it a solid 8/10 for me? Yes. Will I buy again? Probably not as the flavor just wasn't what I crave in an elusive 10/10 cigar (Think Liga Privada, or Padron)
In my rating system, I'm always trying to find the next Liga or Padron, but on a budget. Closest I've come was Nica Libre box pressed short suckers, like 5x44 or something .....take the band off those and I would *SWEAR* it was a padron in a blind test. (And believe me, I'm trying to obtain more and as many as I can get on the cheap at CBid - hehe) I'd rate the Nica's at a 9.5/10 or higher for comparison.
Overall? Good smoke. 8/10 - but not close enough to what I'm after as far as flavor. Would I recommend? Absolutely. Give it a shot. You might like it. Nothing to complain about really. Nothing at all.
