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June 16, 2019 · 8:41 am

Fathers Day, a Diamond Crown and Various Cigar Stuff

I didn’t smoke any new cigars this week, so this will be pretty short and sweet (every time I say that I end up running on or a few paragraphs!). I have to work today too, and I’m up early writing. It was another busy news week. I skipped a few items that I thought were less interesting, I doubt many of you are really that interested in Scandinavian Tobacco Group looking for a new president for General Cigar since Régis Broersma is leaving that post. I figure if you’re in line for that job you aren’t relying on this site to hear that news. Also Drew Estate had a few that I skipped over, one about Acid and Tabak Frenchies, which are cigarillos, which I care little about, and another about 60 ring Tabak Espeicales with I should have posted but I had already had a few news items that day and couldn’t fit it in. I actually would smoke a 60 ring Tabak Especiale. Another one I missed was the announcement of the Protocol Official Misconduct Corona Gorda. Cubariqueño has a history of following their releases with a corona gorda line extension, so this is no surprise. Plenty of other sites had the news, I’m sure. Anyway, I can only do so much, and, regrettably, it seems that every year at IPCPR time when all this news comes out I get some unsubscribes from the mailing list. Sorry for the barrage of e-mails. I guess I can see if I can adjust the e-mails to twice a week or something.

 

Anyway, there were a could great cigars I smoked this week, a few of which took me back twenty years or so into my cigar smoking history. I had a Fuente Don Carlos No.2, the 5.875 x 55 pyramid, was this one of the the original three vitolas in the line? I know the Robusto and the No.3 were original, but I can’t remember if the No. 2 was or if it came along later. Anyway, I have memories of smoking a Don Carlos Robusto in Vegas in 1997, many more over the years of course, but this is a cigar that has remained consistent in flavor over the years, an amazing thing. Same goes for the Hemingway line, consistent over the years. I like to have some of these in the humidor all the time, classics like the Don Carlos, Hemingway, and Añejo because they are just great cigars!

 

Another cigar I smoked that brought back some Vegas memories was a Diamond Crown (hey, another DC!). J.C. Newman was kind enough to send me a cool little four-pack of Diamond Crown No. 4s a week or so ago, so I had to light one up yesterday. Here is another cigar that hasn’

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t changed over the years. It’s a mild, complex Connecticut Shade cigar. There’s a couple interesting factoids about this cigar. When they released this cigar, it was only available west of the Mississippi. At the same time, Opus X was only available east of the Mississippi. These are two completely different cigars, but this caused a bit of a competition between the two, and some trading went on. Another interesting thing was that Diamond Crowns all had 54 ring gauges which was HUGE at the time. Anyway, The Diamond Crown remains a classic Connecticut Shade cigar, it’s rich and complex, it had a good flavor with a perfect burn and construction and is hard to beat. In the picture here from 1998 in Vegas I’m smoking a Diamond Crown No. 2, and my wife (also pictured!) is smoking one too!

 

Speaking of J.C. Newman, they have been running a contest here for the last few months, if you haven’t entered yet I strongly recommend doing so!  Click the ad at the top of the right sidebar, or right here, and enter to win a beautiful Brick House Humidor. It’ll be ending at the end of June, so get to it!  Many thanks to J.C. Newman for their conti

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nuing support. Please flood them with entries and make them give one of you a humidor so that they know that people are seeing their message here on CigarCraig.com!

 

That’s it for today. I’m going to get through the day at work so I can come home and smoke my traditional Father’s day cigar, one of my last two 1999 Esperanza para los Niños toros. Next year will mark the 20th anniversary of my buying the box of them and the last cigar from that box will be smoked. It’s been a good run. If you don’t know about them, search my site, I’ve told the story several times.  Have a great day, until he next time,

 

CigarCraig

 

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June 9, 2019 · 10:44 am

The La Sirena Aniversario Especial and a Few Other Cigars

Once again it was a week with a lot of news stories. I expect the next three will be the same as we come up to the IPCPR show. I will not be going once again this year. As much as I hate to miss two shows in a row, and it’s the first time since 2008 that I have,  it just doesn’t make sense this year. Last year it was the lack of a job, this year it’s the presence of a job and the timing of the show plays into it a little bit. You’ll have to rely on the excellent coverage that many of my great friends in the cigar media present. As much news as there is that comes out, I am selective about what I post here. I think that personnel changes and international releases are less interesting to my readers so I skip over those and try to hand pick the news I think is of interest. There are enough other outlets that post every piece of cigar industry minutia that I don’t feel the need to duplicate. Anyway, I did smoke a few notable cigars this week, so let’s get on to those.

 

The most notable cigar I smoked this week was a special new release from my good friends at La Sirena Cigars. I’ve been a big fan and supporter of La Sirena since first meeting Arielle in 2011 when she was still with Miami Cigar and Company and she just had the La Sirena line being made at My Father Cigars. I’ve followed the brand, and the top shelf of my humidor shows it, as there can be found some La Sirenas from La Zona as well as a few from My Father still (some Tridents and Dubloons), Merlions (a few Sealions, this line is made at La Aurora), Oceanos (Quesada), and some of the yummy La Sirena LTs (I might smoke one this morning yet! these are made at Plasencia). La Sirena has been an a supporter of this site too for several years, I think we enjoy a symbiotic relationship. If you search through the site you’ll find a few interviews with Arielle and Mariah which, it should surprise nobody, are among the most viewed videos on my YouTube channel. All this leads up to the 10th anniversary of the La Sirena brand, and the opportunity Arielle and Mariah’s father, Danny Ditkowich, provided me with to try his creation to celebrate the milestone. In the La Sirena tradition of using different factories to make all their various brands, Danny went to the Turrent family in Mexico for the Aniversario Edicion. When I lit this up, having no information on the blend, I had a flashback to my early days of smoking premium cigars, when I started out with Te Amo Maduros. Not to say it tasted that way, but I could tell there was some Mexican tobacco, and I was pretty confident it had a San Andrés wrapper. I happened to notice that Danny was the guest on the latest CigarSnob podcast, which was quite fortunate, because he talked about this cigar and confirmed my suspicions. It seems the wrapper is a 10 year old San Andrés leaf, with a Mexican Criollo binder, and Brazilian Mata Fina, Mexican, Nicaraguan and Dominican fillers. This is made by the Turrents at their factory in Mexico. The flavor of this was unique, although there was a hint of sourdough that I find in the regular La Sirena line that I find amusing. Loads of earth and espresso were the main flavors, and it was quite a good smoke.  I have no idea how these will be distributed, heck, I’m not even sure how widely the La Sirena line is distributed now days. I understand this is a pricey cigar, and it’s 5 ¾” x 54, so it’s not a super-long smoke (although I smoked it for nearly two hours), but it’s really delicious if you’re tolerant of strong flavors and Mexican tobacco.

 

I had to reign myself in there, when there’s a cigar line I’m interested in and excited about I get wordy. I did smoke some other cigars this week, of course. I had an afternoon cigar on my day off Thursday while reading a book called “Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons” by Kris Newby, which sheds an interesting light on Lyme disease (which I have). I chose a mild cigar, which was a Serpentino

by Pendrey Guillen Cigars. This is a Connecticut Shade (ironically, Lyme is named after a town in that state)/Candela barber pole cigar that was a nice, mild to medium smoke with a great burn for a barber pole wrapped cigar. Pendrey Guillen makes some neat patterned cigars in Honduras, many with a camo theme, but they are good cigars beyond the gimmicky aspect, and I don’t know that they are terribly expensive.

 

One last cigar, and nothing new here, actually one of my favorites, one I go to when I just want to enjoy the crap out of a cigar. This category evolves, of course, and there are several cigars in this class. in this humidor, so to speak, as it’s not a physical humidor, although I suppose I could make one humidor just for go-to cigars, are cigars such as Nica Rustica, Cro Magnon (which I don’t stock enough of), Alec Bradley Nica Puro, La Gloria Cubana Serie R Esteli and Coleccion Reserva, to name a few. Of course, the one I’m talking about now is the Umbagog from Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust. This is probably my new favorite. I smoked a Robusto Plus this week and, honestly, is was like smoking dessert.  It was like a rich, raspberry dark chocolate cake, it was so delicio

us. The wrapper on this one was so pretty that Steve Saka commented on Facebook on it, lamenting the fact that Umbagogs were getting much prettier wrappers than they should and they should cost more than they do. Of course, he also announced price increases on Umbagogs recently, so, coupled with shortages of Connecticut Broadleaf, now is the time to stock up on them. Damn good cigars, and Saka always said the ugly ones tasted best. This one was pretty, I can only imagine…

 

That’s plenty for today, until the next time,

 

CigarCraig

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June 2, 2019 · 9:54 am

A Couple of CLE Cigars, Villiger La Vencedora Churchill and Joya de Nicaragua

Last week when I was at Goose’s in Limerick I picked up some CLE cigars I hadn’t tried before, the Prieto and the Corojo, in the Toro size. Christian Eiroa is another one of those guy who was a regular in the alt.smokers.cigars Usenet group back in the ’90s, so I’ve known him a long time. That being said, I’ve bought every cigar made by him or his family I’ve ever smoked, going back to the Camacho days. Not complaining, just saying that I always pick up a few of Christian’s cigars when I see them to give them a try, as he’s an old friend and I try to keep up with what he’s doing. That being said, I haven’t really found a CLE cigar that’s hit my palate right yet. I’m going to go a little bit backwards in today’s post and talk about last night’s cigar first, the CLE Corojo Toro. This was a surprise, because I really expected to like this cigar, like I loved the Camacho Corojo of old. Oddly, is had a metallic component to it that I just couldn’t wrap my palate around. It brought to mind the same experience I had with the CLE Corojo from the original 2014 release (I had bought some at Corona Cigars during the 2014 IPCPR show). I suppose if this is something you like in a cigar, and I guess a lot of people do because they seem to sell a lot of them, it’s a great cigar, and there was nothing wrong with the construction. It’ll just have to be a pass for me, not my cup of tea.

 

I had better luck with the CLE Prieto Toro a few days prior. This one is a box pressed Broadleaf cigar, what can go wrong with that?  Again, the Prieto had a beautiful burn. The flavor was what one expects, some coffee, some cocoa, all pretty good. Here’s the thing though, I expected to be really impressed and I was just mildly impressed, ya know? I Know what I liked from the old days of what Christian did, and I really like many of the Asylum offerings (admittedly, I have not tried any of the 70 or 80 ring gauge cigars save for one Ogre, which was quite good although obscenely large). Maybe I expect too much, or perhaps my palate just isn’t in tune with what Christian is going for with his CLE line. I just haven’t found the right one for my palate. I have an Eiroa  The First 20 in the humidor on deck, maybe that will be the one that trips my trigger!  I like the presentation of the line, the tissue paper sleeve over cello is a classy touch, and offers some protection over nothing at all. Christian is vehemently anti-cellophane, but the market requires some barrier between the consumer and the leaf, so the paper is a nice compromise.

 

Next up are two cigars that are made at the Joya de Nicaragua factory in Esteli, first being the Villiger La Vencedora. This isn’t a new brand, it’s been around since last year. It was billed as Villiger’s first full bodied offering, which may or may not be true, I thought the Trill was on the fuller side of medium, but that’s all pretty subjective anyway.  The La Vencedora is one of my favorites in the line, although the new La Meridiana is gaining ground. I recently received some Churchills from Villiger and had to give one a try (although, I’m quite sure I’ve smoked this size before). I like a Churchill, although this is a 7″ x 50, that’s OK, I like this size too. (a Churchill is 7″ x 47 traditionally, everyone takes liberties with the names). This is a good, stronger cigar that I find quite satisfying. There’s a nice spice from the Habano Oscuro wrapper grown in Nicaragua. It is a NIcaraguan puro, so the spice is consistent throughout, and it has the espresso flavors I like too.  This is a nice long smoke and one that I find enjoyable.

 

Finally, I smoked the new Joya de Nicaragua Seleccion de Torcedor Exclusivo de TAA.  This is what Joya has to say about this program:

Inside our factory, you will find a dedicated group of people working passionately to deliver the best-handcrafted cigars. Our team focus is to always create, always improve. As a result of this commitment, we are introducing Selección de Torcedor, a new program that we are launching this 2019 through our good friends at TAA.

From now on, every year, Joya de Nicaragua’s torcedores will select a special blend and size. After that, it will be shared with a selected group of retailers around the world. To give our friends overseas a piece of what our torcedores are working on the factory floor thrills us.

Also, this program will work as a way to know the acceptance of the product by consumers. If it turns out to be well received, we will certainly make this special blend into a regular one.

The blend in 2019’s Selección de Torcedor is a very approachable smoke, smooth yet flavorful. With the selection of tobacco, this cigar unquestionably reflects the historic ties between Nicaragua and the US.

“We are very excited that consumers in the US will enjoy Dr. Cuenca’s favorite vitola with a rare piece that we’ve been working at the factory for quite a few years. I’m sure they’ll enjoy this 6×52 toro. As much, as we do in the factory.” – Said Mario Pérez, JDN’s Factory Manager.

This an interesting cigar in that it isn’t the strong blend of the Antaño at all, it’s on the milder side, but loaded with flavor.  It’s rich and quite tasty, and, of course, the size is perfect.  If you can get your hands on these, they are well worth trying!

 

That’s all I have today, I’ve got a lot to do and little time to do it in!  More stormy weather is expected and one cant cut the grass in a thunderstorm! Until the next time,

 

CigarCraig

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May 27, 2019 · 8:01 am

News: Southern Draw Announces New IGNITE 2019 Releases

Happy Memorial Day!  Here’s some more news from our friends at Southern Draw Cigars!

  

IGNITE 2019 NEW releases and official launch dates

 

Memorial Day offers Southern Draw Cigars another opportunity to remember and honor our brothers and sisters who have died while serving in our United States Armed Forces.  Our Veteran Owned and Operated company is honored to share the IGNITE 2019 cigar releases benefitting the Navy SEAL Foundation.  Once again the Southern Draw Cigars family is joining our premium cigar retailers, sponsors, industry media and supportive consumers to bring awareness and to offer financial support to services that are important to our family. Southern Draw Cigars is also proud to announce the initial launch dates of the NEW cigars as we come together to IGNITE some good.

 

“We are honored to have Southern Draw Cigars supporting the Navy SEAL Foundation with this promotion.  As a company owned and operated by veterans, their commitment to giving back through their IGNITE program is incredible and the Navy SEAL Foundation is thrilled to be named as one of their benefitting charities for 2019”,  Chris Irwin, Director of Partnerships at the Navy SEAL Foundation.  www.navySEALfoundation.org

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The charitable giving and event schedules for IGNITE 2019 will be led by Southern Draw Cigars family members, Harry “Phil” and Shelly Hogan U.S. Navy Retired (the namesakes of the popular cigar blend CEDRUS- THE HOGAN), and Daniel Peterson US Navy Retired, SEAL Team 1 – BUD/S Class 54.  “The Navy SEAL Foundation offers many areas of support and our family has selected two vitally important areas to focus our charitable contributions.  1)Warrior Transition – transition from active duty service into civilian life and 2)Warrior and Family Support – providing strength, resiliency and peace of mind via family support programs,” stated Shelly Hogan.   

 

IGNITE 2019 will include a total of 50,000 cigars packaged in 5,000 black enamel humi-jars with radiant gold lettering, offering six NEW cigar offerings throughout 2019.  Each rele

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ase will offer a single blend and a single size cigar packaged in the newly designed IGNITE 2019 humi-jars and a small amount of 10 count bundles.  All IGNITE cigars are perfectly protected by Boveda’s patented 2-way humidity control and a freshness seal, each donated by IGNITE sponsor www.bovedainc.com.  Each purchase of IGNITE 2019 humi-jar will result in a charitable contribution of 12.5% of the cost to the Navy SEAL Foundation only possible as each valued retail partner jointly contributes to the selected charity.  For more information on the IGNITE Mission, Vision and Values please visit us at www.southerndrawcigars.com/ignite

 

“We are honored to announce the initial launch of IGNITE 2019 with collaborative events at Crown City Cigars www.crowncitycigars.com and McP’s Irish Pub www.mcpspub.com both in Coronado, California, which will host Southern Draw Cigars, the Navy SEAL Foundation and the community as we celebrate the National Release of IGNITE 2019 on June 20th  from 3 pm – 6pm PST,’ per Robert and Sharon Holt of Southern Draw Cigars.  “We will continue the National Launch with a friends and family celebration at Beach House Winery www.beachhousewinery.com in Fallbrook, California on June 21st from 3pm – 6pm, hosted by Kim and George Murray, who are also Southern Draw Cigars family members.  The IGNITE 2019 releases may be pre-ordered (please note the specific cigar blend requested, as detailed below) by contacting Crown City Cigars or Beach House Winery in advance of the launch events. Following the launch, they will be available to all valued retail partners of Southern Draw Cigars.  Retailers who are interested in these special releases and the charitable project are urged to contact Southern Draw Cigars to order,” added Holt.

 

For those who are able to support the charity but unable to attend one of these launch events, please visit the Navy SEAL Foundation website and make direct contributions.  Southern Draw Cigars will announce additional IGNITE retailers and future event dates including the End of Summer Smokeout on Saturday August 17 in Chesapeake, Virginia hosted by Atlantic Dominion Distributors (a ticket only event that may be purchased by visiting https://www.eventbrite.com/e/end-of-summer-smoke-out-3-tickets-60542536356

 

Cigar Blend Information.

Q2 releases:  (Q3 and Q4 release details will be offered at a later day)

 

Private Blend Connecticut #1

Wrapper: Ecuador – Binder:  Nicaragua – Filler:  Nicaragua and Dominican Republic

Size:  Double Corona 7.5×50

Mild+ Body, Medium Flavor

Production:  11,000 cigars

Packaging:  800, 10 count IGNITE humi-jars, 30

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MSRP:  $11.69 single cigar, $116.99 10 count humi-jar (subject to retail discretion)

 

Private Blend Corojo 99 #4

Wrapper:  Honduras – Binder:  Nicaragua & Honduras – Filler:  Nicaragua & Honduras

Size:  Rothschild 5.0×50

Medium+ Body, Medium-Full Flavor

Production:  11,000 cigars

Packaging:  800, 10 count IGNITE humi-jars, 300, 10 count bundles

MSRP:  $11.49 single cigar, $114.99 10 count humi-jar (subject to retail discretion)

 

Private Blend Habano #3

Wrapper:  Ecuador – Binder:  Nicaragua – Filler:  Brazil, Nicaragua & Ecuador

Size:  Double Corona 7.5.50

Medium Body, Medium+ Flavor

Production:  11,000 cigars

Packaging:  800, 10 count IGNITE humi-jars, 300, 10 count bundles

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IGNITE humi-jars

  • Initially offering a choice of three NEW blend and two classic sizes that hold 10 cigars each of Double Corona or Rothschild
  • Cigar bands representing the Navy SEAL Foundation with complimentary secondary bands that define each cigar blend and identify it as a product that proudly supports the Foundation. 
  • 10 count cigar bundles are wrapped in the new Southern Draw Cigars tissue paper and cello for packing.
  • A Navy SEAL Foundation brochure is included in each jar and the Navy SEAL Foundation die cut sticker has been carefully applied to the cap of each humi-jar.

 

“LET ALL THINGS BE DONE WITH CHARITY”

Please direct all questions, comments and requests about IGNITE or to inquire about sponsorship or retail opportunities to robert@southerndrawcigars.com.

For general information about Southern Draw Cigars, a list of retail partners and reviews, please visit us at www.southerndrawcigars.com. 

Soli Deo Gloria!

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May 26, 2019 · 10:35 am

Henry Clay War Hawk, a Gurkha Ghost, a Hamlet Liberation and a Cohiba Connecticut Cigar

I had a visit to Goose’s shop in Limerick this week as my wife had a meeting with Goose to work on a super secret project, so I picked up a few cigars while there, and smoke the new addition to the Henry Clay line, the War Hawk. I’ve been looking forward to trying this new addition to a line I’ve long been fond of, going back to the days when they were ugly things. I really like the Stalk Cut, despite the silliness of the name (all the Connecticut Broadleaf and Habano tobacco in stalk cut anyway, so it’s really no big deal), it’s a poor man’s Henry Clay Tattoo, which is a spectacular cigar. The cigar is beautiful, with an Ecuador Connecticut Shade wrapper, Broadleaf binder and Honduran fillers, made at Altadis’ Flor de Copan factory in Honduras (which is for sale, by the way, a few billion and it could be yours). I really liked this cigar for what it was, as it bore no resemblance, in my opinion, to a Henry Clay that I could think of. It stood on it’s own as a really great tasting cigar with a nice nutty flavor with balanced nicely with the sweetness of the broadleaf binder and the earthiness of the Honduran fillers and was, overall, a really enjoyable medium bodied cigar!

 

A few months ago I was headed to the airport to pick up my son and stopped in Jacoub’s Cigars in Ridley Park, which is only about four miles from PHL.  I didn’t have time for a cigar, but I bought a few, and one of the ones that caught my eye was a short, fat Gurkha Ghost perfecto. This cigar was about 4″ x 60, I guess, I neither took the time to note the size or name of the cigar when I bought it, and the little bit of research I did when I decided to smoke it turned up no information. To be honest, I didn’t look that hard. People tend to crap all over the Gurkha brand, I know they have a bunch of bundle-esque stuff in the catalogue market and they hype a lot of stuff too much, but there are a bunch of cigars in their portfolio that are worthy of mention, and the Ghost, to me, at least, is one of them. I got a late start and was looking for a shorter smoke, and this short perfecto was about what I needed. It’s just about the same size and shape of a Flying Pig, with a Brazilian, Arapiraca Maduro wrapper, Criollo ’98 binder and Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers. It looks like they call this vitola the “Spook”, I just did a little more research. Anyway, it’s made in a major factory, Placencia or someone like that, and it burns well, has a great flavor and I was satisfied by the experience. Ghost, most of the Cellar Reserves and Seduction are all Gurkha cigars I enjoy.

 

While at Goose’s, Alex Kraft, the local Rocky Patel rep, happened to stop in with Dave Bullock, the VP of sales who was traveling with him. I had not met Dave before, and hadn’t seen Alex in some time, so it was nice to get aquatinted. Somehow or other a rather large Hamlet Liberation found its way into my pocket, Goose had something to do with it. This is a 6 ½ x 55 large toro with a tapered head and a shaggy foot. A very interesting looking cigar. I lit the unfinished foot and expected the flavor to change once it started burning the Habano wrapper, but, sadly, I never really noticed a difference. It was a good cigar, well behaved, and certainly good for about 2 hours of smoking time. there was never a real “wow” moment, but it was a solid, good tasting cigar. It has some spice and woody flavors and is and all-around good cigar. I enjoyed the size and shape of the cigar, the classic Cuban “109” style head is unique and interesting,

 

My last cigar to talk about today is the new Cohiba Connecticut. This cigar hit the shelves in March, and was a late addition to my sample humidor, but a welcomed one. I certainly don’t mind sampling new cigars, but I rarely (read: never) will splurge on a $20 cigar, and this starts at $19.99 for the Robusto, which is the vitola which was generously supplied to me by General Cigar Co. It’s 5½” x 50, which is a nice size, and has an Ecuador Connecticut wrapper which is grown by an independent grower in the Los Rios Province in Ecuador. It has Brazilian Mata Fina, Dominican Piloto Cubana and Nicaraguan Jalapa in the filler blend, and,not unlike the classic Macanudo, it has a San Andrés binder. It got me thinking that I might have to revisit what I consider a miss in the Cohiba portfolio, the Blue, the OSA wrapped “budget” priced Cohiba, just to see if that’s gotten any better over time.  This Connecticut was a good Connecticut cigar. It was on the high side of mild, with good flavor, some sweet notes to balance the bitterness of the shade leaf, and an over-all nice smoke. I kind of forgot I was smoking a high-end, luxury cigar for a while there as the burn was a bit funky. At this level, I rather expect perfection in the burn and draw, and the burn was wavy and required some correction. I expect a certain aesthetic, that I certainly forgive in a lower priced cigar. I seem to remember having the same complaint with the much more expensive Septre. Obviously, this is targeting a certain niche market, and I may not fit into that niche, but it’s a good smoke, if you have a chance to smoke one, don’t be afraid of being disappointed!

 

OK, that’s enough for today, time to get moving.  Happy Memorial Day to everyone. I’ll be working tomorrow, although I was lucky enough to have a rare weekend off. Remember why we celebrate. Enjoy some good cigars while remembering those who gave their lives so that you can enjoy yours. Also remember those family members who lost loved ones, they sacrificed too. Until the next time,

 

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