CigarMonkel
01-29-2008, 10:17 PM
I received this cigar along with the 5 Vegas Gold i smoked yesterday from netprophet and this cigar was very close in taste almost to the Gold i found imo. I make a nice tall mug/thermas of some really nice coffee and a little bit of hazlenut creamer in it. I stepped out into my garage and proceeded with my pre-lite routine.
16556
I cut the cigar and the pre lite draw was a little stiff which concerned me since im not to found of a stiff drawing smoke. I lite the cigar and was shocked at how mild this was for such a dark wrapper! It had a real nice mellow creamy taste to it and the draw slightly got better but not by much.
16559
About 1/3 of the way into the cigar it started to get a leather undertone to it which was a nice compliment to the creamyness of the cigar. It started to get a very mild but slight taste of pepper in there to. I'm not a huge fan of pepper but it was so mild i didn't mind it at all. The burn was a little uneven as most of my cigars are to start out with.
16560
About 1/2 through the cigar (the band had slipped up a little bit) the cigar started to lose the leather taste but still had a very strong creamy taste and the pepper started to get stronger. By now my coffee is about half way done and the pepper is starting to bother me. But i keep smoking for the creamyness. As you can see in the pic (sorry for :BS pics they are all from my phone) the cherry of this cigar is a very nice short mound. The ash had very nice color to it and would ash itself at about 1 1/4 inches. The draw was still fighting with me and i tried to cut a little more off to see if it would help me win this battle but did no good.
16561
By now the creamy taste which i have loved so much had faded and the pepper had taken over. As you can see the burn had evened itself out and calmed down quite a bit and became much more consistent. The flavor was still very strong but the pepper was overwhelming for me and i had to put it out.
Side notes: Not enough smoked was produced from the cigar for me personally. It felt like i was struggling through the whole cigar to get little amounts of smoke but the flavor and taste was still strong and definitely not hurt from the lack of smoke i was getting.
VERY tastey creamy taste through most of the cigar
Got too peppery for my own personal likings towards the finish
Very hard draw (might be due to too much moisture)
Solid construction
Over all rating: 7.5 out of 10 (10 being high)
16556
I cut the cigar and the pre lite draw was a little stiff which concerned me since im not to found of a stiff drawing smoke. I lite the cigar and was shocked at how mild this was for such a dark wrapper! It had a real nice mellow creamy taste to it and the draw slightly got better but not by much.
16559
About 1/3 of the way into the cigar it started to get a leather undertone to it which was a nice compliment to the creamyness of the cigar. It started to get a very mild but slight taste of pepper in there to. I'm not a huge fan of pepper but it was so mild i didn't mind it at all. The burn was a little uneven as most of my cigars are to start out with.
16560
About 1/2 through the cigar (the band had slipped up a little bit) the cigar started to lose the leather taste but still had a very strong creamy taste and the pepper started to get stronger. By now my coffee is about half way done and the pepper is starting to bother me. But i keep smoking for the creamyness. As you can see in the pic (sorry for :BS pics they are all from my phone) the cherry of this cigar is a very nice short mound. The ash had very nice color to it and would ash itself at about 1 1/4 inches. The draw was still fighting with me and i tried to cut a little more off to see if it would help me win this battle but did no good.
16561
By now the creamy taste which i have loved so much had faded and the pepper had taken over. As you can see the burn had evened itself out and calmed down quite a bit and became much more consistent. The flavor was still very strong but the pepper was overwhelming for me and i had to put it out.
Side notes: Not enough smoked was produced from the cigar for me personally. It felt like i was struggling through the whole cigar to get little amounts of smoke but the flavor and taste was still strong and definitely not hurt from the lack of smoke i was getting.
VERY tastey creamy taste through most of the cigar
Got too peppery for my own personal likings towards the finish
Very hard draw (might be due to too much moisture)
Solid construction
Over all rating: 7.5 out of 10 (10 being high)