Hi Guys, ( and Gals, if you are reading )
1- I arrived home from the usual stressful day at work. ( Wife was not around to bother me either )
2- Grabbed myself a room temperature Flavored water
( I have been drinking the same water with every new cigar I try, I figured I don't want to have the influence of a strong beverage with a new smoke. I think this allows me to taste the cigar with impartiality. I have found that some cigars can really compliment or conflict with some beverages , Like coffee.. )
3- Grabbed a new cigar that came in one of the new sampler packs I have been ordering.
( The smoke listed in the topic header)
4- This cigar smelled great right out of the cellophane.
A dark, somewhat oily wrap. Very few veins and nice constructed.
It lit and burned very evenly all the way to the nub.
Very easy draw, with no heat. ( I usually cap cut cigars of decent gauge.. I do like to try different cuts depending in the size and shape of the cigar)
The first 3rd of the cigar was very flavorful, not overpowering, not too spicy, and the smoke was thick and smelled very good as well.
The second third was when the delicious taste just kept getting better. The cigar softened a bit and continued to burn nice with a well organized grey and black ash that I tapped off.
( I read that you should tap the ash at about this point, if it hasnt fallen off, so you don't have ash effecting the draw.? Remeber I am a newbie.. ) :whistling:
The finish remained super tasty, moist and had some spice to it, I kept smoking it until the heat on my fingers was enough to put it down.
I will surely enter this one in my cigar log as a top notch smoke and something to keep an eye out for in the shops.
I will try to be a little fancier with my future posts and include some personal pictures of my man cave in progress and the actual cigar at the start / the 3rds and the finish.
Thanks for taking the time to read my post. I hope it was decent for a newbie review.
Led
1- I arrived home from the usual stressful day at work. ( Wife was not around to bother me either )
2- Grabbed myself a room temperature Flavored water
( I have been drinking the same water with every new cigar I try, I figured I don't want to have the influence of a strong beverage with a new smoke. I think this allows me to taste the cigar with impartiality. I have found that some cigars can really compliment or conflict with some beverages , Like coffee.. )
3- Grabbed a new cigar that came in one of the new sampler packs I have been ordering.
( The smoke listed in the topic header)
4- This cigar smelled great right out of the cellophane.
A dark, somewhat oily wrap. Very few veins and nice constructed.
It lit and burned very evenly all the way to the nub.
Very easy draw, with no heat. ( I usually cap cut cigars of decent gauge.. I do like to try different cuts depending in the size and shape of the cigar)
The first 3rd of the cigar was very flavorful, not overpowering, not too spicy, and the smoke was thick and smelled very good as well.
The second third was when the delicious taste just kept getting better. The cigar softened a bit and continued to burn nice with a well organized grey and black ash that I tapped off.
( I read that you should tap the ash at about this point, if it hasnt fallen off, so you don't have ash effecting the draw.? Remeber I am a newbie.. ) :whistling:
The finish remained super tasty, moist and had some spice to it, I kept smoking it until the heat on my fingers was enough to put it down.
I will surely enter this one in my cigar log as a top notch smoke and something to keep an eye out for in the shops.
I will try to be a little fancier with my future posts and include some personal pictures of my man cave in progress and the actual cigar at the start / the 3rds and the finish.
Thanks for taking the time to read my post. I hope it was decent for a newbie review.
Led
