We got three slackers who need to fire up a cigar or two or three🇨🇮

Has anyone gotten anything correct

I think you pegged the yard gar though........

I am done with my other two and just need to type up the reviews.

How many more are left to be reviewed?

13 reviews still need to be posted🇨🇮

Nice weather in store for this weekend I plan to get to my last one.

Same number of stitches I had 2 weeks ago....but mine are all out now however. Let's get this done!

I just got over my head cold. Got the day off tomorrow I'll get my last one smoked and write ups done.

Then your next cigar is going to be the best one! Seems to work that way for me.

Yesterday, or maybe Thursday, I smoked the labelled well aged La Gloria Cubana and it was exactly what I expected and wanted. What I remembered from when LGC was my go to brand at the shpo. Enjoyed it.

Today I'm trying the Acme Premier. Never heard of it. Thought I'd add a short review. I finished the blind ones, but since it's not a known brand, figured I'd share my take.

Cold draw dry hay/grass/dusty.

Initial light a bit dry, mild bite on retrohale. Somewhat floral finish which makes me feel like sneezing. Weird. Not sure I'll like it, suspect it's going to pepper it up and get stronger than I prefer.

Inch or so in, and getting the sweet nutty creamy flavors and mouthfeel I love. This is the texture and flavor profile I absolutely love in a cigar. Overall I'd say the flavor strength is square medium. The creaminess is not very rich, but it's there.

Halfway, even creamier, coats the mouth, flavors linger. Wood up front, spices on the finish. Pretty sweet, but with a dry finish. I am enjoying this more than I expected.

Last 2" increased presence but flavors solid and unchanged. Less dry.

At 1" I'm setting it down to get to bed at a reasonable time.

Fantastic cigar. Thank you much.

I hadn't thought we were reviewing the labelled cigars but i did smoke that Guaiamaro which was a very toasty little box press. A little nutty with some mild spices that made for an enjoyable medium body smoke. Never heard of this brand and was very impressed.

We're not, but it's not a known brand so I thought I'd throw one out. 🇨🇮

Glad you liked the Acme. I never heard of 'em either, until I entered a contest via twitter. Won them in a contest about a year ago.

I have 1 more cigar to review and then plan to post them all at once in here.

Stinger, I sent your something you can't get on cbid cigars today as well. Sorry for the mess up

Shaun, much appreciated but you really didn't need to. I will try to post up the last two reviews today or tomorrow.

Smoked the last cigar today while watching the masters.

#1 - 5'' 50/52 rg dark brown wrapper, matched the coors light bottle. very thin maduro? wrapper, had a couple of cracks, but minor veins and very clean double cap. should have trimmed the foot about a half inch since a split turned into a Y split, but corrected its self after a few holes. when i cut the cap, the wrapper split at the top and may have contributed to very loose and open draw. prelight the cigar smelled of sweet hay and cut grass. based off visual appearance, i would think its the mid range / top shelf

1st 3rd - starts off sweet, reminding me of cocoa and coffee. nice start, first cigar of the 3 that isnt a pepper blast. i used a v cut that somehow managed to get a split from the head to the where the wrapper laid and a noticeable piece of wrapper flaked off. draw is wide open with very little smoke being produced. the strength level is right up my alley thou, and the flavors continue between light sweetness and semi bitterness like black coldbrew coffee, and i must say i do enjoy this. ash survives less then an inch, and a touch up is already needed.

2nd 3rd - the flavor profile does not change, and the fully open draw makes getting any amount of smoke very difficult. smaller bumps in the delicate wrapper keep needing relights and i think that stops the flavor from developing. the cigar starts to get bitter as i keep taking bigger and longer draws in order to get more smoke, but the mild sweetness remains as the only prominent taste i can pick up. but i want more from this, and i dont know if its supposed to be one dimensional or if the wrapper cracks have doomed the cigars. as i keep trying to get more, the cigar begins to get bitter and unpleasant. after another relight, i have to give up on this one as the top starts to unravel more. i do not make it into the final third with this one, but with the taste and strenght right in my wheel well, i would like to revisit. i would guess this is the midrange but i could see it being the topshelf.

#3 5'' 50/52 rg connie wrapper. super thin and fragile. needs a half in trim, foot completely shredded. had a number of veins and a couple sun spots/blemishes. double cap. straight cut. pre light draw is super loose. notes of hay are the overpowering taste.

1st 3rd - heavy pepper bomb, the bigger the drawer, the greater the pepper. there is a lot of smoke being produced but the open draw makes the cigar burn hott, and the pepper can often be accompanied by a bitter finishing taste, slighty acidic like orange juice. slowing down the pace, and retrohaling lets some possible coccoa/coffee notes shine through but a definite finish of leather is present.

2nd 3rd - touch ups are needed with the cigar running hot, and the intense acidic aftertaste is often present. the intensity keeps increasing even as i continue to slow the smoking pace. the cigar smoke keeps putting off notes of sweet cream/ vanilla, but i dont get that taste come across from any puffs which confuses me.

no change into the final 3rd, and continued touchups and intense pepper bitterness have me abandon this cigar with and inch and a half left. i would guess this is the yard gar, not up my alley.

#2 was easily my favorite. 5" x 50/52 rg. dark wrapper. i will post a review on it later, as i forgot my notes on it at work. easily my favorite of the bunch, and the only one i nubbed.

Sure looks like I need to increase the humidity in the humidors. You are the second person (in a row) that has had some damage to the cigars, I am guessing due to them being dry. Ugh. Sorry about that.

No worries dave, i think my mail person messes with my packages since i constantly complain about them being horrible. Im lucky if they dont leave them out in the rain or throw them in the bushes. I back at work friday and will post that reivew of #2 then. Apart from solid burn, great ash and a blackhawks shootout win, not remembering much

OK i am ready to type up my reviews for the 3 blind cigars 99Cobra sent me. They were all good cigars and enjoyed the chance to do this once again.

I did my reviews based on appearance because from the last few times doing this that seemed to be more accurate then my palate. My guesses are in ()

Review for cigar #3 (mid range)

6x50 chocolate in color, possible maduro wrapper. The cigar was very firm when I squeezed it almost no give to it. There was a single cap and a few visible veins throughout.

1/3 The cigar started off with a bitter chocolate taste, some cayenne, and black pepper. It is producing a fair amount of smoke which I enjoy. The ash is a little flakey so I knock it off early because I ddn't want it on my lap, it could have probably held just didn't risk it. Burn line is pretty straight on it as well. Flavors don't change much throughout the beginning.

2/3 The cayenne mellows out a touch and the chocolate becomes less bitter as well but still in there. Started to get a a seared meat flavor on the finish at this point into the cigar. The flavors have been pretty full until about half way through the cigar and it gets a little airy for a minute or two. Still getting a smoked meat flavor in there.

3/3 The cigar finishes much the same as the 2/3. The ash was white with grey streaks in it and I never had to touch it up.

Conclusion- I smoke very slow generally and this cigar lasted me 1 hr 45 min. If I had smoked this cigar and not the others before finishing my review I felt like this would be the yard gar but upon doing the others I am going with mid range. Don't believe I have had this cigar before but it was enjoyable. No clue on the label for this one


Review for cigar # 2 (yard gar)

5x 48-50ish cigar with a maduro in color wrapper. There is a triple cap on this cigar and again it feels pretty tight when I squeeze it (starting to think it the humidity level I stored it in before smoking now). Real oily feeling wrapper with some small bumps throughout the cigar that I can feel.

1/3 The draw is a little snug upon first light. Initially it reminds me of what I get when I smoke a cigar with a mexican san adres wrapper, chocolate, bitter coffee, and a hint of pepper. The bitter coffee taste like the Cuban blend coffee I get from WaWa when it is available. The ash is all white and a little flakey as well. Flavor profile is medium to start with.

2/3 Draw opens up some now now. Getting the same notes from the smoke but they have become milder or not as in your face as they once were. I did give it a small touch up but it may have evened itself out if given the time to. Cigar is getting more airy as it goes deeper into this third.

3/3 The flavor comes back to life here. More pepper pops to the forefront but that quickly dissipates. Getting a pleasant leather taste on the finish now as well. Towards the end of the cigar the flavors die out again.

Conclusion- I like maduros a lot and this one was a decent one. I don't fault the times that I struggled to get flavor from it because it could have possibly been me not searching hard enough to get them. The cigar lasted 1.5 hrs and I think that this was the yard gar but could easily have been the mid range.


Review for cigar #1 (top shelf)

5x50-52ish milk chocolate in color. Cigar has a triple cap with just a little give when squeezed. Minimal veins and the seems are almost invisible. Wrapper is silky smooth to the touch. From appearance alone I would be shocked if this wasn't a high end cigar.

1/3 Initial flavor after l light it is pepper and all pepper. I like pepper bombs and this one feels like it is going to fit right in on that note. The cigar starts to get a little dry but I have a drink handy for that. 1/2 inch in and the pepper is building but I think I am experiencing some oak in there as well. Burn line is razor sharp. The ash is white with grey streaks and holding strong but I knock it off around 3/4 inch because of habit really. Tons of smoke out put on this one.

2/3 Pepper decided to take a break for a bit and now that oak I thought I tasted is definitely in there. I don't normally get a nicotine buzz from cigars but this one just gave me one. Pepper starting to fade back into the mix. There is a note in there that I feel the pepper is drowning out or I just don't have a refined enough palate to figure out what it is. Towards the end of this third I do get a slight meaty taste but not like a charred meat.

3/3 Pepper fades again and some spiciness comes in, possible cayenne note. The retro is real smooth oak at this point compared to earlier where it was all pepper and would make me sneeze. There is definitely something else in there that I can't put my finger on what it is.

Conclusion- I nubbed this cigar and it took me about 1 hr and 45 min to do so. This would be a cigar that I would always want to keep on hand, while a lean more towards maduros this was really good. Hopefully I am wrong about this being the top shelf but performance is agreeing with that guess. I kind of think this was a cigar that would come out of a Pepin factory from the flavors.


Thank you 99Cobra those were some good cigars and while I am confident in my guesses I could also see myself being way off because they all had their strong points while smoking them.