82772 CAO BX3 rubusto------After a short nap pepperyand a bit bitter with a couple of muted flavors. Uneven burn and needs more rest. not currently interested in more right now.
80773 - Alec Bradlet Tempus Nicaragua BP robusto

82774 - Partagas Black

82775 - Jamie Garcia Reserva Especial Toro Gordo

82776 - CAO Steelhorse Handbrake

82777 - Don Pepin Vegas Cubanas

82778- Oliva Serie V Melanio No. 4

82779 - LFD ligero maduro
To the victor go the spoils

82780 -- Micallef Connecticut...excellent mild/medium cigar wrapped in Ecuadoran Connecticut leaf, Nicaraguan Habano binder and filled with tobaccos from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua makes this a different smoke than the usual Connecticut broadleaf cigar....compares favorably to the Ashton Classic, but for less money...


edit: ooopsies...corrected the number...

82781 I believe. Aging room Quattro Nicaragua toro (vibrato) which is a dumb name for a cigar

Thank you jeebs! I dig it

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82782 Fugazi COTY compare to Fuente Don Carlos

Its not bad but has that astringent quality I can't stand. It's got decent flavor otherwise, cinnamon and cedar mostly. Not like the compare to opus cigars, this is definitely a $3 house brand bundle smoke and I wouldn't recommend it.

82783 Fugazi COTY compare to Cuban Montecristo.

Immediately apparent this is a Raymond Pages blend. It's got that Hoppes9 solvent note right out the gate. I can't power through that. Tossed at a half inch.

I wonder if a year or two of age would knock it down. Maybe it's the flavor of a rushed product. I bought two of these samplers, so the 2nd ones gonna stay boxed for a long long time.

82784 Fugazi COTY compare to EPC Pledge

Another one loaded with the solvent note, huge blast of pepper on retro and the finish tastes like Play-Doh.

I'm gonna push through as the solvent subsided. But the pepper and Play-Doh remain.

It wasn't bad. Stayed pepper and earth. The sweet n salty Play-Doh gave way to more typical filthy MSA notes kinda coarse/harsh heavy pepper and dirt. I've never had Pledge because I don't think I'd like it, and this I'd kinda the experience I assumed Pledge would be - pepper n dirt bomb.

82785 - 5 Vegas Petites
82786 - Nicaraguan Cream robusto

82787 - CAO Italia robusto

82788 Illusione HL maduro


I don't always have time for a lancero but when I do, this one is top of the list...

#82,789 - Warped Chinchalle

Edit: no buttery shortbread…sigh! 🤔

82790 room 101 Miami snow toro

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82791 Fugazi COTY compare to Cohiba Behike

First one I had was a super tight draw, bitter, and tossed early. DED had one recently that sucked. I'm on a quest to smoke through at least one complete fugazi sampler. There's two varieties of sampler, I bought 2 of each.

Today's is pretty good. Nice spice blend, not just the usual pepper and cinnamon/cedar. Something else I can't finger. Cardamom? Draw is perfect, burn is perfect. I like this one a lot.

This came from two Fugazi COTY samplers I bought. I have zero confidence that buying a bundle of these today would get me the same cigar I just smoked this morning tho.

82792 - Vegueros short romusto that they call an entretiempos

^ that’s a dumb name

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Nah, must be okay, Lee didn’t whine about it. 🤣