81,337 - Undercrown Shade c/o Stinger88. Thanks brother.

81338 - San Cristobal revelation

81339 -- CLE Signature THT-EKE 03/17...last third not as good as the first 2/3rds

81340: RyJ Nicaragua By AJ Fernandez. Nic Corojo Robusto

81341 - JDN antano dark corojo

81342 - CAO Brazilia Gol

81343: LGC Classic Wavell
Tight draw on this one, sweet cedar and very little pepper. Enjoyable

81344 - CAO Brazilia Box Press

81345 - LFD la nox

81346 guayacan Rojas reserve toro from the imposter. I’m into it. Like it so far

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81347 SOMM sommeliers selection. Never heard of or seen this before. Came from darklord trade.

Very rustic wrapper. Toothy/gritty, visible separating seams, a few prominent veins. Suspect an MSA wrapper. Loose cap came off with my thumbnail. I did properly clip the head tho.

First light mega pepper blast. Settled down quickly to dark chocolate, sweet nuts, vanilla bean with a bit of tannin astringency. Slightly creamy texture that I think would really come forward with some age.

It's another cigar that reminds me of the baitfish. If I had time I'd smoke them both back to back. But I don't. I like it enough I'd buy a fiver for $40 and bury it for a couple years. But I suspect this is one of those short run test batch cigar releases from a new brand or an offshoot/solo project thing that comes in a paper wrap for $15per. It's good, but I struggle to justify anything over $10. Especially something I'm gonna light on fire.

Halfway through, more chocolate, more vanilla, still with a gritty dirt MSA flavor and tannins. Not a complex cigar.

Looked it up, it's everything I thought it was.

And it's $13per. So this will be my first and last SOMM BDX. Was good tho. At 1:15 I had to put it down. I'm on call tonight so I'm gonna shower and go to bed early just in case I get called out I got some sleep. Probably could've gone another 30 minutes. Still no profile changes. One thing the whole way through.

81348 - Raspberry Beret from Privada toro. Underfilled, under performing, just under everything. Another cigar that has made me rethink my privada subscription.
81349 - Warped La Hacienda romosto. Underfilled as well. It just didn't want to burn properly, had to smoke it a faster pace than I like. It had some nice flavors in places, especially the creaminess, but disappointing.

I have four more and am hoping for more of an experience like danm had. Hopefully, I just got a bad one.

I suspect mine had some age on it. I've had la Hacienda before and was underwhelmed. This one was corona size too, which is IMO the best size for that type of flavor profile. Easiest way to find out is mark it as something you didn't care for, bury it in the humidor and try again in a year or two. Aside from the burn issues, could be that you're just not tuned in to that profile. When I tried em before I was deep into the rough MSA and pepin pepperbombs, didn't like any lighter profiles.

Immediately thought of the Artist Previously Known as Prince or the Hindu Love Gods. Prefer the latter’s version.

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81350 Camacho Triple Maduro

81351: Alec Bradley Tempus Natural
I like this blend okay but I think the NUB Habano has more defined and robust Habano flavor

81352 - LFD reserva especial

81353 - Opus X Pu*sy Cat
First Opus I've ever had. Was a gift. Wasn't a fan of AF, but I can only say 2 words about this cigar...Hummana Hummana.
I'm buying more of these. I fear all I have done is awoken a sleeping giant.

The cigar was supposedly named after the song, but they did it a disservice.

81354 CAO V19 Robusto