Ron, your package is on the USPS struggle bus

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They said Wednesday delivery. [sarcasm]

Ditto.........9505 5106 0311 1085 1154 09,mine says expected delivery date June 9th 2026.I had no idea Philadelphia was that far.

That’s an optimistic estimate too.

Box is too heavy. Freight takes longer

Gummy 9505 5143 5217 1086 4013 66
Expected delivery Maybe

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usps is getting pretty pessimistic with their delivery estimates...

Jason, box is rolling south

9500 1122 7711 1086 2673 53
ETA 3/30 So, better than they told Snake at least

I will gather today and get shipped Monday am.

Package received from Smooth Light today. Here's the damage:

BLIND SMOKES:
Light blonde Pyramid 6.5x54
Med-dark brown, unfinished foot, pigtail cap 6x58
Maduro, 6.25x60

Also included a note with a cute, li'l kitten in a lawn chair with the following clue (maybe):
"Two of the unmarked, I smoke at the beach always. The Other at sunset often."

EXTRAS:
Gurkha Chairmans Select Rothschild Perfecto x2 - NH
5 Vegas Cask Strength Toro x2 - NH
Alec Bradley Caribbean Cask x2 - NH
Graycliff Espresso Double Espresso x1 - NH

Also included an awesome Caldwell Cigars key chain of their logo of a guy with a revolver smoking a cigar on a Penny Farthing bicycle.

Thanks, Smooth! Looking forward trying all of these and guessing at the mystery stogies. Hopefully find time to smoke and review at least one before the weekend is over.

Jake went to post office today but they closed early for some reason. It will go out Monday.

I'm slackin'...monday, tuesday at the latest..maybe 🤥

Here's my first review.

APPEARANCE: 2/3
6x60, unfinished foot, Pigtail cap, Medium Brown Wrapper, Heavy Veins, Dull sheen with a few sparkles of minerality, Firm with no soft spots, Pigtail is tight, Rustic presentation

FIRST THIRD: 2/2
Prelight aroma – barnyard, hay
Cold draw – Light notes of mint and milk chocolate
-lit more easily than expected with the unfinished foot
- Chocolate and min flavor, reminds me of a mild thin mint cookie (this subsided after the first few puffs)
- Sweet breadiness with toasted nut aroma from the side stream (smoke from the foot)
- Burn line is a little wavy but not out of control
- Nut flavors continue to develop as it burns
- Easy, smooth retro-hale without prickliness, pleasant
- Ash is solid is solid at 1”
- Starts to develop some buttery, creaminess to go with the toasted bread

SECOND THIRD: 2/2
- Cashews
- Mild mintiness returns after the 1st ash drops at around 1.25”
- One side is burning slightly slower
- Flavor reminds me of Honduran cigars from the Villazon factory (which used to be some of my favorites), but more refined
- Sweetness starts to build when the 2nd ash reaches 1”
- Slow side catches up without touch-up, 2nd ash falls at 1.5”

FINAL THIRD: 2/2
- Burn goes off on 1 side again, applied gentle touch-up, corrected
- Intensity and body is building
- Nuttiness crosses over to meaty – well aged steak flavor
- Chocolate transitions to leather
- Retro-hale becomes a bit harsher

CONSTRUCTION: 2/3
- Draw has a good level of resistance
- Produces a moderately-high volume of smoke
- Burn was not completely straight, but OK
- Ash was firm and held on well

10/12 for my final score (made up this point system on the fly)

GEUSS: I’m going to guess this is the Premium Cigar
Going to go out on a limb and say it is an Esteban Carreras Chupa Cabra, mostly based on the size and construction – unfinished foot and pigtail cap.

Whether my guess is right or not – I’ll be looking to get more of this stick! It was very tasty. Thanks, Smooth!
Might like to try it in a smaller RG, 60 is a bit large for my tastes. However smoking this one might make me reconsider.

^ good review man I dig it

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Finally got to Jp's last cigar, the Sheep.

A chocolatey brown 5' x 54 ish stick. Uneven in apperance with light barnyard/hay aroma
This was a spice bomb. Like smoking a habanero pepper from start to finish with bitter chocolate finish in the last 3rd.
I'm not a fan of super spicy/peppery cigars, but can't let that sway me.
The construction was very good. A solid light grey ash held on for a good half of the cigar and fell off in a solid chunk.
This was not a cheap cigar.

My final assessment from most expensive to least: (Jp did not make this easy)

The Chicken 5-1/2 x 48 ish desert brown wrapper
By appearance, I'd have guessed a cheaper stick. Very bumpy and thick veins throughout the wrapper.
When I clipped the head, there were visible sticks but the draw was good.
Some good transitions with long citrusy lemon grass finish gave it away as a good quality smoke.

The Sheep 5 x 54 ish smooth chocolate brown wrapper
The draw was tight at first, but loosened up quickly to a perfect draw with lots of smoke.
Because of construction and consistency (no transitions) I'd call this a solid medium quality.
Reminded me of a La Gloria Cubana Esteli, but I haven't smoked enough to say for sure..

The Porkypine 5-1/4 x 48 ish stick medium brown wrapper
I can't say much about the ash, I bumped it against me knee and smushed it an inch in.
It had consistent flavors of citrus and light spice.
I liked it more than the Sheep, but because of Sheep's performance, I'll put this one on the lower end

... And the envelope please...

Shyte !!! I shoulda stuck to flavors...

Premium cigar; The Chicken.
Montecristo Espada Guard

Mid Range; The Porkypine
Macnudo Inspirado Orange Robusto

Low Grade; The Sheep
Consuegra #72 (yardgar)

Thank you Jp, the cigars and stuff were great.

Thanks to Stinger88 for the post, this was fun!
Can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with..

Enough to make you wonder if all of us pay for the band at times

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You were right about the chicken being the quality cigar. That's pretty good.

Good reviews, CP! 1 out of 3 is good when you consider if you'd had the other two switched you'd have em all right.

^^^ Yea.. Over thinking it.. Just go with what you know..

Thanks Lance , i missed the PO Friday, but your box is packed and I'll drop it in the mail today on my way to work.
I'll post tracking tonight when I get a chance🍺

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