Zeebra
Daddy still loves Padrón!
So after a couple of fairly brutal days at work, I came home today and told my wife that i'd be smoking a cigar. No ifs ands or buts. Bear with me as I've never really written a review of a cigar (being a total noob) but I'll give it a shot.
Since the weather was fairly pleasant and I only wanted a relatively short smoke, I grabbed the Pirhana that's been sitting in my humidor the last couple of months.
Upon lighting it up, I though the first bit was a bit harsh. I had heard that Brazilia's give a certain "spicy" flavour to the palette and I think I experienced this right away. There was a bit of a burn issue as the cigar began to burn more on one side than the other. I let it settle a bit, re-lit the uneven side and the burn seemed to even out.
I felt the draw was a bit tight, and I wasn't able to get lots of good smoke going. I had to re-light the cigar once more about midway through, and right after re-lighting I had lots of smoke going, and I felt the cigar improved at that point. It seemed to mellow out a bit in the middle, then pick up that "spicy" flavour yet again about 3/4 through the smoke.
All in all, it wasn't bad, but I can definately say I've had better smoking experiences. Did it serve it's purpose and help me unwind from a few bad days at work? -- I would say yes. It didn't "wow" me, but it didn't turn me off either. I might try one of these again in the future after I've sampled more cigars to see if my impressions are different.
Since the weather was fairly pleasant and I only wanted a relatively short smoke, I grabbed the Pirhana that's been sitting in my humidor the last couple of months.
Upon lighting it up, I though the first bit was a bit harsh. I had heard that Brazilia's give a certain "spicy" flavour to the palette and I think I experienced this right away. There was a bit of a burn issue as the cigar began to burn more on one side than the other. I let it settle a bit, re-lit the uneven side and the burn seemed to even out.
I felt the draw was a bit tight, and I wasn't able to get lots of good smoke going. I had to re-light the cigar once more about midway through, and right after re-lighting I had lots of smoke going, and I felt the cigar improved at that point. It seemed to mellow out a bit in the middle, then pick up that "spicy" flavour yet again about 3/4 through the smoke.
All in all, it wasn't bad, but I can definately say I've had better smoking experiences. Did it serve it's purpose and help me unwind from a few bad days at work? -- I would say yes. It didn't "wow" me, but it didn't turn me off either. I might try one of these again in the future after I've sampled more cigars to see if my impressions are different.
