Thanks dwhitacer for the smoke. :ss
Nub Habano 460
Vitola: 4x60
Wrapper: Habano
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Price: Gifted by a buddy. (Thanks Darrell) Said $3.75 on the cello.
Setting: Sun Room, 6:50pm, bout 80 degrees out. Drinking an IBC root beer (also courtesy of Darrell
)and listening to Stogie Review YQMA.
Pre-light. Eh, it's a nice medium brown with small to medium veins. Squeez test has some give but it springs right back. Wrapper has a nice oily shine to it. Cut easily using the Cranial Screw Top method with the Palio. You can see the ligero and some stems after the cap is removed. Pre light draw was very free and slightly sweet.
First third: Well, used quite a bit of fuel to get this fully lit before the start of smoking. I quick purge and then was rewarded by a lot of smoke. The flavor is woody and a bit creamy but with an underlying bitterness. Not the good coffee kind of bitterness either. The burn line is a tad uneven but nothing requiring attention and the ash is flowering off. No Nub stand for me today. Body is in the medium range.
Second third: The burn is going relatively quickly, hitting the second third about twenty minutes into the smoke. Flavor in the second third is pretty near the flavor of the first third, which is I guess the point of this whole thing. Body is moving into the medium plus range and still producing good amounts of smoke making for good smoke rings. The bitterness is starting to fade which is making me happy.
Final third: Burn is continuing to be mostly even with no touch ups. Ash has firmed up as well. Flavor is the same but with a touch of leather coming into the mix, which is nice. Bitterness is completely gone now. Smoke is getting a bit hot though, and I'm smoking pretty slowly.
Final thoughts: Well, this is about the fourth one I've had. Overall not a bad smoke but not a great one either. I don't think I'd be buying any more because I'm not a fan of large ring cigars and the taste is just kinda average. But if offered another one I'd smoke it. Smoked kinda fast for me, about an hour and change.
Liked it: Eh, it was OK
Buy again: Well, I've only bought one and don't see doing it again, though I do like the Cameroon one more than this.
Reccommend: I reccommend people try them, but not buy a box first.
Nub Habano 460
Vitola: 4x60
Wrapper: Habano
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Price: Gifted by a buddy. (Thanks Darrell) Said $3.75 on the cello.
Setting: Sun Room, 6:50pm, bout 80 degrees out. Drinking an IBC root beer (also courtesy of Darrell
)and listening to Stogie Review YQMA.Pre-light. Eh, it's a nice medium brown with small to medium veins. Squeez test has some give but it springs right back. Wrapper has a nice oily shine to it. Cut easily using the Cranial Screw Top method with the Palio. You can see the ligero and some stems after the cap is removed. Pre light draw was very free and slightly sweet.
First third: Well, used quite a bit of fuel to get this fully lit before the start of smoking. I quick purge and then was rewarded by a lot of smoke. The flavor is woody and a bit creamy but with an underlying bitterness. Not the good coffee kind of bitterness either. The burn line is a tad uneven but nothing requiring attention and the ash is flowering off. No Nub stand for me today. Body is in the medium range.
Second third: The burn is going relatively quickly, hitting the second third about twenty minutes into the smoke. Flavor in the second third is pretty near the flavor of the first third, which is I guess the point of this whole thing. Body is moving into the medium plus range and still producing good amounts of smoke making for good smoke rings. The bitterness is starting to fade which is making me happy.
Final third: Burn is continuing to be mostly even with no touch ups. Ash has firmed up as well. Flavor is the same but with a touch of leather coming into the mix, which is nice. Bitterness is completely gone now. Smoke is getting a bit hot though, and I'm smoking pretty slowly.
Final thoughts: Well, this is about the fourth one I've had. Overall not a bad smoke but not a great one either. I don't think I'd be buying any more because I'm not a fan of large ring cigars and the taste is just kinda average. But if offered another one I'd smoke it. Smoked kinda fast for me, about an hour and change.
Liked it: Eh, it was OK
Buy again: Well, I've only bought one and don't see doing it again, though I do like the Cameroon one more than this.
Reccommend: I reccommend people try them, but not buy a box first.