Grumpy Dano
Lost In The Jungle
I did not expect to do another review today. I am not a review whore, but when I fired up a noon stick today, I truly found one of the most enjoyable smokes since i have started smoking early last year.
Being a rookie at this I have approached it to try different brands and do as much experimenting as I can with my little or no knowledge of what I am doing.
I did the review yesterday of the Taboo, thanks to a CS Member who sent me a few of them. But also included in his package was a little giant of a smoke, the Oliva Series "G". To show how much of a rookie I am, I'm not a 100% sure but I feel fairly confident it was a maduro.
I have never smoked a smaller cigar than a robusto, and this little stick was intriguing to say the least. What I noticed withe first draw was how much smoke there was out of it, I mean huge volumes of smoke, perhaps because I am not use to the smaller ones at all.
Also noticeable was the extreme white color color of the ash. The first third was very tasty with hints of a spicy after taste, but after the first third it exploded with a creaminess and smoothness of a flavor I cant put my finger on, or is it my old taste buds.
All I know is from the second third on, it became a delicious smoke, and little more intense as it went, but for sure hooked me into it as one of the, if not "the" best smokes I have tried so far.
It seemed to beg for more and i was taking all I could, pacing myself but not wanting to put it down at all.
This pic is a little fuzzy but I liked the capture of the smoke coming off the top. It speaks the creaminess of the entire smoke.
By this time I knew the end was in sight. Also by this time I was flashing back; I have those occasionally, to the late 60's and early 70's when I dabbled a bit in much smaller illegal smokes, but back then we had these utensils, dare I say what we called our nub clips back then?; that made holding the very smallest of whatever they were called, I tend to forget.
Someone really needs to invent a more modern cigar holding apparatus that allows you to fight putting it down for the last time without getting your fingers burned off. Had I had that this time, I think I would be applying burning gel to my fingers and lips.
But alas, I was defeated and I had to put it down.
When I first picked up this stick, my first impression was, this will not last very long, but time from the first lite to the final put down was at least 45 awesome minutes of enjoyment.
I highly recommend it and I have now found the first cigar that I know will be my first box purchase.
The pre-lite was good. The burn was good. The smoke was full of flavor. The taste was outstanding.
And once again I have to thank jaycarla for putting me on this incredible smoke.
-Danny
Being a rookie at this I have approached it to try different brands and do as much experimenting as I can with my little or no knowledge of what I am doing.
I did the review yesterday of the Taboo, thanks to a CS Member who sent me a few of them. But also included in his package was a little giant of a smoke, the Oliva Series "G". To show how much of a rookie I am, I'm not a 100% sure but I feel fairly confident it was a maduro.
I have never smoked a smaller cigar than a robusto, and this little stick was intriguing to say the least. What I noticed withe first draw was how much smoke there was out of it, I mean huge volumes of smoke, perhaps because I am not use to the smaller ones at all.
Also noticeable was the extreme white color color of the ash. The first third was very tasty with hints of a spicy after taste, but after the first third it exploded with a creaminess and smoothness of a flavor I cant put my finger on, or is it my old taste buds.
All I know is from the second third on, it became a delicious smoke, and little more intense as it went, but for sure hooked me into it as one of the, if not "the" best smokes I have tried so far.
It seemed to beg for more and i was taking all I could, pacing myself but not wanting to put it down at all.
This pic is a little fuzzy but I liked the capture of the smoke coming off the top. It speaks the creaminess of the entire smoke.
By this time I knew the end was in sight. Also by this time I was flashing back; I have those occasionally, to the late 60's and early 70's when I dabbled a bit in much smaller illegal smokes, but back then we had these utensils, dare I say what we called our nub clips back then?; that made holding the very smallest of whatever they were called, I tend to forget.
Someone really needs to invent a more modern cigar holding apparatus that allows you to fight putting it down for the last time without getting your fingers burned off. Had I had that this time, I think I would be applying burning gel to my fingers and lips.
But alas, I was defeated and I had to put it down.
When I first picked up this stick, my first impression was, this will not last very long, but time from the first lite to the final put down was at least 45 awesome minutes of enjoyment.
I highly recommend it and I have now found the first cigar that I know will be my first box purchase.
The pre-lite was good. The burn was good. The smoke was full of flavor. The taste was outstanding.
And once again I have to thank jaycarla for putting me on this incredible smoke.
-Danny
