It's been a crazy week at work, so when I got home early on the first 60+ degree day of the year, I just *had* to sit back and treat myself to a nice stogie.
I wasn't in the mood for anything in particular, so I grabbed a Onyx Reserve. Not sure what happened to this guy - but the draw was TIGHT!
I struggled with it till it was about halfway done and just gave up. Usually i would put some effort into it, but today I wanted to relax - not fight with my cigars. This is the first onyx i've had that i've put out prematurely, but I just wasn't into it.
I haven't tried a DPG Serie JJ before, and I just ordered 10 from joecigar ... So i unwrapped the only one in my humidor.
First picture is of the bomb i received from AWSmith today, and the JJ i'm about to incinerate compliments of Wes888.
This jungle is a wonderfull place full of generous gorillas, and those two are no exceptions.
stick looks great, the color is perfect. band is nice, almost too flashy for me but not too bad.
prelight smells nice, a little peppery with a good amount of tobacco.
I used a punch on this bad boy, probably because i used a double guillotine on the onyx.
prelight draw is perfect, compared to my previous experience today.
construction is about what you'd expect from the reputation the Don has on this board, firm all the way through, no spongy spots or patches.
First Third
Lots of spice off the top, after a couple hit mellowed out a little.
started to get a great woodsy taste, maybe a little dry - but had a glass of sparkling water to refresh my palate.
plus i just like saying "palate"
Second Third
Ash is a good color, greyish white - but doesn't hold together as well as i expected. Not a huge point against it, just had to be a little careful with it.
wood flavor is still strong, little bit of pepper/spice to top it off - feeling a little of the nicotine now
so far it's on the strong side of medium, with some good flavor. jaymz likey.
First band came off easily, second smaller band was a little tight and couldn't slip it off.
Third Third
Got a blast of pure pepper around where the smaller band was originally, except for that it was a well rounded smoke.
Then there was a little explosion underneath the wrapper, sounded to me like a seed popping??
Final notes
perfect amounts of spice throughout and that great woodsy flavor all the way through.
draw was perfect all the way through, and a good amount of smoke - not overwhelming.
Burn got a little crooked in the first half, but it self corrected - so all good
Definitely looking forward to the bundle coming from joe's!
Appearance = 9.5
Construction = 7
Flavor = 8.5
Value = 8
I wasn't in the mood for anything in particular, so I grabbed a Onyx Reserve. Not sure what happened to this guy - but the draw was TIGHT!
I struggled with it till it was about halfway done and just gave up. Usually i would put some effort into it, but today I wanted to relax - not fight with my cigars. This is the first onyx i've had that i've put out prematurely, but I just wasn't into it.
I haven't tried a DPG Serie JJ before, and I just ordered 10 from joecigar ... So i unwrapped the only one in my humidor.
First picture is of the bomb i received from AWSmith today, and the JJ i'm about to incinerate compliments of Wes888.
This jungle is a wonderfull place full of generous gorillas, and those two are no exceptions.
stick looks great, the color is perfect. band is nice, almost too flashy for me but not too bad.
prelight smells nice, a little peppery with a good amount of tobacco.
I used a punch on this bad boy, probably because i used a double guillotine on the onyx.
prelight draw is perfect, compared to my previous experience today.
construction is about what you'd expect from the reputation the Don has on this board, firm all the way through, no spongy spots or patches.
First Third
Lots of spice off the top, after a couple hit mellowed out a little.
started to get a great woodsy taste, maybe a little dry - but had a glass of sparkling water to refresh my palate.
plus i just like saying "palate"
Second Third
Ash is a good color, greyish white - but doesn't hold together as well as i expected. Not a huge point against it, just had to be a little careful with it.
wood flavor is still strong, little bit of pepper/spice to top it off - feeling a little of the nicotine now
so far it's on the strong side of medium, with some good flavor. jaymz likey.
First band came off easily, second smaller band was a little tight and couldn't slip it off.
Third Third
Got a blast of pure pepper around where the smaller band was originally, except for that it was a well rounded smoke.
Then there was a little explosion underneath the wrapper, sounded to me like a seed popping??
Final notes
perfect amounts of spice throughout and that great woodsy flavor all the way through.
draw was perfect all the way through, and a good amount of smoke - not overwhelming.
Burn got a little crooked in the first half, but it self corrected - so all good
Definitely looking forward to the bundle coming from joe's!
Appearance = 9.5
Construction = 7
Flavor = 8.5
Value = 8