Bait and switch[ram27bat]
bgz you sure you didn't get the numbers mixed up:-k
Thanks that's what makes these blind smokes so much fun🇨🇮

chazbo wrote:

You nailed it Ryan, Hemingway maduro. Good job. Sucks you got a dud. Thing's been in the humidor over a year.

DCLover wrote:

Jespear no 1. Typing review while in the garage smoking.

Looks to be a Connecticut wrapper, toro size, uniform roll and almost flawless wrapper. Cut the head and a cold draw that was just plain tobacco flavor. Nothing special about cold aroma either.

First light, again a straight tobacco flavor, maybe a little cedar on the finish. But first few puffs are a dry woody tobacco leaf flavor.

As it burns down maybe a faint sweetness like raisins on the tail end, a little more creamy nutty connie flavor coming through. Its getting better. Construction is pretty good on this one, draw is perfect and only about 1/8" variation on the burn line. Overall still predominantly tobacco leaf and cedar.

Halfway now, about 30 minutes in. No change. Maybe a little more cedar spice like flavor, no longer picking up on the Connie cream. Pretty straightforward and solid flavor. I'm suspecting yard gar, kinda hard to say now prior to trying the others though to really pick which tier it goes to.

Wrapping up its getting a bit plugged and hot at 1.5" so I'm gonna call it here. Still nearly perfect burn, no touchups, tight ash, progressively tighter draw throughout, opened with a little finger rolling though. Gonna call it the yard gar. Solid smoke, but uninspiring flavor.

Pretty sure it's not something I've had before, or at least something I've not had more than once before. The one dimensional flavor makes me think of the Oliva O, but the wrapper looks darker. Got 70 minutes out of this cigar.

So jespear, what was it?

danmdevries wrote:

I'm going with danm's #2 today. It's 4 3/4 x 48-50 by my measurements. Looks to have a tan shade grown wrapper with a few veins & very slight box press. It's a good looking cigar, solid from head to foot. Pre-light draw provides hint of dry grass. It's a bit firm, but once lit, it opens up nicely. Not bad right off the bat, getting toast, cedar, with a nutty note I'll call cashew on the finish. Burn gets uneven early on, give it a touch-up just shy of halfway. Flavors staying pretty consistent, classically mild/medium Connecticut seed to me. If anything, picking up the intensity a little as I pass halfway. Burn stays a little uneven, until it self-corrects near the end, but it's not been a problem.

Overall, a good cigar if you're a beginner or a fan of this type. Unfortunately, I am neither. Thanks Dan.

DCLover wrote:

Tatuaje Verocu Tubo. Needless to say, it had a few years under it's belt. I think I split a box with someone on here when these came out. That was my last one.

DCLover wrote:

Jespear no 3. The oval maduro Churchill that isn't an Oval Maduro.

Vcut the head, cold draw is nice n open.

First light, a little pepper on retrohale, otherwise noting an earthy flavor. This is my first deck smoke of the year, and it rained today so that may be playing into it.

An inch in and its burning unevenly. Could be my fault, could be the breeze, not laying blame on the cigar. Picking up a lot more woody qualities. Not necessarily a cedar spice, something a little closer to splitting oak logs. Draw is perfect, just enough resistance to keep it slow, but provide ample volumes of smoke. Tail end of the finish reminds me of a mild pipe tobacco i had a while back. Its good. Lingers.

Almost halfway at 45 minutes and there's not much change in the way of flavors noted, but definitely richer than the start. Strength is creeping up on me. Got half a pizza n a couple beers in my belly and im still feeling it. Leather, wood n spice are the predominant flavors. The finish lasts for days.

I almost never smoke anything over 5". This is good, but starting to be a chore, like an eating contest with good food. Feel like I cant really give much more evaluation at this point. Flavors are solid, unchanged. Construction is perfect. Save for the initial burn unevenness that self corrected, has been even the rest of the way down. Got at least 3" left but the strength is getting to me and I have some reports I need to type up yet tonight. Ill give it until the chickens go in to roost and I close the coop, but calling the review here.

Guessing midrange cigar, but thats all I've got. Nothing I've had before. Probably not something I'll buy, not quite my preferred profile but it was good. Churchills are just too damn long. Hour n a half when I closed the coop. Now I need to lie down.

danmdevries wrote:

Dan,
That would have been my Upper End entry, the Tatuaje Nicaragua Cojonu 2012 Habano.
I love this cigar, and have willingly paid retail for it, (on occasion), at the local.
So all you have left now is the mid range stick. (FTR . . . I am crazy about this cigar.)

jespear wrote:

I chose cigar #2 from mountainman. Its a 6x50 toro with a medium brown wrapper that appears seamless with a few raised veins. Looks to have one darker swirl of tobacco on the foot and what looks like a stem in the center. Straight cut and pre light draw has a bit of pepper on the lips and some cedar notes on the slightly tight draw. Toasted and lit.

First few draws have some creamy pepper and what i would say is a raisin sweetness lingering in the retrohale. Pepper has backed off and mellowed out to a medium body smoke with more of a woodsy taste with a bit of sweetness still on the retrohale.

At the halfway point, the sweetness picked up quite a bit with more of a cocoa flavor. The burn has been wavy at times but no touch ups have been required. About 2/3 mark the sweetness is dimishing and more pepper is coming through with more of the woodsy tones again.

An hour and a half with about 3/4 inch left I called it good. This one could be a good everyday smoke for the right price. I'm guessing this is the mid range cigar, but good none the less. Somethings about this remind me of a pepin line.

Thanks again mountainman.

frozenphoenix1 wrote: