dharbolt wrote:Smoking BGZ's #3
By process of elimination i know its the yard gar but...
lightly box pressed robusto with a light brown smooth wrapper. good firm construction with minimal veins.
Pre-draw is kind of a sweet vanilla caramel, very uncommon flavor,almost like a vanilla coffee energy drink.
First few puffs have a nice cedar sweetness with a bit of pepper on the retro.
Progressing into the first third the burn is perfect, flavor is still a sweet cedar though the pepper has faded from the nose, a mildly bitter (not overly so) finish has developed.
At the halfway point the sweetness has faded into an earthy cedar with a long finish that is still a bit bitter. burn is still razor sharp though the cigar has begun to violently rebel against its box pressed upbringing. While it has not ruptured the wrapper it is definitely not square anymore :) ash held solid for more than an inch.
Into the final third no appreciable changes in flavors, and no growth of the bitterness. Burn stayed perfect and the rapid rounding of the once square cigar never ruptured the wrapper. I had to clip the end again as the draw closed up due to a bit of tar formation at the head but after a trimming i smoked it down to about 3/4 of an inch.
Not a bad yard gar at all, I would definitely smoke more and probably stock them if the price was decent.
So, what was It?
Excellent review, I must say, you are a much better reviewer of cigars than I am.
Technically, I don't think the cigar can be classified as a yard gar, but I really don't have many true yard gars any more, and the rule of the game, was to send as a cigar that you smoke while screwing around in the yard so to speak... and what I sent you is my goto for that. Actually, it's one of my main gotos period...
Fuente Magnum R44 is what that was, a very good, cheap cigar.