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jespear
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#21

So I take it it's not a San Lotano?

danmdevries wrote:

👎 WRONG !
Not a Sam Lotano.
No surprise for you. 😳

chazbo
Herf-A-Holic Topic Starter

11 years ago

#22

Got my 5ver today from bgz
AF Anejo 46 ( yum)
Matilda Ren Coro (never heard of this one)
Three unbanded look to be in the robusto size
Two of them med brown wrapper other is lighter.
Will start reviews next week.
Thanks bgz🇨🇮

danmdevries
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#23

👎 WRONG !
Not a Sam Lotano.
No surprise for you. 😳

jespear wrote:

Lolz.

Good.

jespear
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#24

Shaun,
Box arrived safe and sound.
I've only had one Las Calaveras and I loved it.
The 1994 by LFD will be my first. You know LFD is my favorite.
Great cigars, and over the top friendly. Lito and his staff are good people.

Interesting unbranded selection.

The little figuardo caught my eye.

Thanks, Bud.

jes

jespear wrote:

I smoked the little figuardo, (petite perfecto, maybe ?), this afternoon.
I am not much for recognizing the subtle nuisances of cigars, so with that in mind, here goes.

Pre-light draw was very easy.
During the very beginning, I noticed a slight peppery feeling in the back of my throat, but that quickly dissipated and the cigar became smooth and mellow to the end.
Mild and creamy, with an effortless draw, and VOLUMES of smoke throughout.
I really enjoyed this little booger, and given it's size and shape, and flawless construction and burn, I doubt if this was the "dog rocket" entry.
I enjoyed it very much, and as soon as I find out what it was, I will buy some.

Thanks, Shaun.

jes

chazbo
Herf-A-Holic Topic Starter

11 years ago

#25

Nice review John. What # was it? Any guess what it was?

Edited by user 11 years ago | Reason: Not specified

bgz
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#26

chazbo wrote:

Your welcome :D

The Matildas are some awesome smokes IMO, every time I go to my local shpo I pick a few of them up. If they sold them on CBID, I would be all over them. They got them in lanceros too, but I prefer the size I sent you. I haven't got around to finding good prices on boxes yet.

jespear
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#27

Nice review John. What # was it? Any guess what it was?

chazbo wrote:

It was labeled #3.
I have no clue as to it's ID.

I did come across a "petite perfecto" while surfing the cigar sites and I thought I would use THAT as a guess so y'all would think I knew something about cigars, but for the life of me, I can't remember what brand it was. 🤦

Hillbillyjosh770
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#28

😂 😂 😂

shaun341
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#29

jespear wrote:

Ah this is one of my favorite brands that is not yet popular enough to have fanboys. The smoke was Roma Craft Intemperance BA envy with right around a year on it. It is in the $5-$9 range smoke and great review glad you enjoyed it.

jespear
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#30

2nd review

Unknown labeled #2

Cigar #2 was Churchill sized with a light/med brown wrapper.
Some small veins, and a slight barnyard aroma. Looked to be well constructed.

Pre-light draw was easy, but not much taste.
Some "harshness", (not pepper or spice), in my throat for about the first 10 minutes that dwindled but never totally disappeared.
Not much flavor throughout the entire smoke.
My wife, who enjoys the second hand aroma of my cigars, said it didn't have the "nuances" that she usually picks up.
She said it just smelled like "burnt ash", which would probably be a pretty good description of what I tasted.
On a more positive note . . . The draw and burn were decent. No issues or relights while smoking, but I DID have to re-light it after putting it down for about five minutes to answer a phone call.

All in all, I wouldn't quite call it a "dog rocket", per se, ( I WAS able to finish it ), but I would be totally surprised,
(and a tad embarrassed), if it turned out to be the "top shelf" premium out of the three submissions.

Okay, Shaun . . . how far off am I ?

Edited by user 11 years ago | Reason: Not specified

shaun341
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#31

You were a little off but I was more curious to see what the result would be on a blind review with this one. Pretty much what I expected. When I smoked this one I thought to myself it was an ok smoke but nothing great and a bit disappointed due to price point. It was the Tatuaje Jekyll and unfortunately that was the elitist cigar. I was hoping that maybe I had just thought it was an underwhelming cigar but I guess not. Thanks for the review Jespear, we must have similar taste because I agree with you on the first 2.

jespear
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#32

shaun341 wrote:

#-o

So now all I have left is the "dog rocket" ?
This should be interesting . . . going into it KNOWING that.

I'll try to be as unbiased as possible.

mountainman
Connoisseur

11 years ago

#33

That's a bit surprising to me, I had a Jekyll about six months ago and it was a pretty flavorful cigar. maybe I just lucked out.

chazbo
Herf-A-Holic Topic Starter

11 years ago

#34

Just caught a nice buzz with bgz 's #1 mystery cigar
Size 5x50
Wrapper med brown, toothy, few minor veins with triple cap
v-cut
Paired with DogFish Head Pilsner beer
The cigar starts off very smooth and creamy. Perfect burn and draw throughout. Flavors I picked up in the first half include carmel with notes of graham cracker sweetness. First half was medium strength. Around the half way mark I got hit with spice on the tip of my tongue. The strength has built to full and the nicotine is given me a high. Glad I ate dinner before smoking this guy. Put it down with about an inch remaining. Wow
Very good cigar. I never had any impromptu cigars but my guess is a pepper creme soda.
Thanks bgz=d>
Chazbo

bgz
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#35

Funny story, I had just sent to the OPTH not too long ago, then with the big Stinger bomb, I was fresh out of dog rockets, and was stuck with my stash having only cigars I like and a handful of cigars given to me that I haven't tried yet.

So what you smoked was one of my "yard gars".

It was an Oliva Saison Robusto, IMO they are really, really good cigars and they've been resting in my humidor for a good 8 months.

They do retail for under $5, so I figured that was the closest thing to a yard gar I had in my humidor.

They definitely have that Nicaraguan spice and most Saisons that I have had are well constructed with a nice clean burn... as with most Oliva cigars that I've smoked.

I'm glad you enjoyed it :D

-Ben

mountainman
Connoisseur

11 years ago

#36

DCLOVER your package landed yesterday, thank you very much for that great looking spread!

hitting me with a six pack, three mystery cigars and three labeled: a my father lancero, god of fire series b looks like a robusto gordo and a LFD tubo Maduro 6 (NH).

im gonna be lighting up number three tonight. my pre light guess is a Hemmingway signature just going off the shape of the cigar. but am going to keep an open mind and am looking forward to it!

thank you again for the great selection brother!

mountainman
Connoisseur

11 years ago

#37

Cigar number three the size is approximately 6x 48-50 Figadoro with a nice dark brown wrapper. construction looks pretty solid and smooth .

pre light, I couldn't pick up on anything that really stood out.

on shift so I get to pair this guy with some nice water.

upon lighting, i find the cigar is a nicely balanced and mellow, mild to medium bodied, and starts with a slight peppery under tone and a sweetness that pops up from time to time. the main stay of the flavor is cedar with a bit of leather mixed in. the draw is smooth with the perfect resistance for me and just the right amount of smoke. the burn is even with a white ash that stays strong till about the 2/3rds mark.

the cigars stays consistent until the 2/3rds mark at which point the cigar takes a nose dive on me. the burn starts to become uneven, looked like some minor tunneling on one side with the other just not burning. I evened it out with my lighter and got everything back on track when the cigar bitters out. i gave it some time hoping it would recover, but sadly did not.

overall a great cigar with great flavor that just had a bad night.

as for a guess as what it was, still going with a Hemingway, I usually have these kind of issues with the Hemingway sticks i have had in the past and similar flavors to it. so how far off am i DClover?