Padron Family Reserve 85 Years Maduro Cigar Review This 5.25×50 box pressed cigar features an almost black, thin fragile wrapper with a slight tooth, firm dry feel, minimal veins, tight seams, single cap and faint musty tobacco aroma. First light reveals
Padron Family Reserve 85 Years Maduro Cigar Review
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by Bryan Glynn, October 13, 2012[nggallery id=612] Antonio Benitez Robusto Maduro Cigar Review This 5×50 stick features a very dark brown firm mottled wrapper with a dry smooth texture, medium veins, tight seams, triple cap and rich hay and chocolate aroma. First light reveals
Emilio AF1 Cigar Review
by Bryan Glynn, October 21, 2011[nggallery id=394] Emilio AF1 Cigar Review This 6×50 stick features a very dark almost black wrapper with lumps, a firm thick wrapper oily sheen, slight tooth, minimal veins, tight seams, double cap and a rich chocolate and barnyard aroma. First light reveals a slightly
Arturo Fuente Hemingway Classic Sungrown Cigar Review
by Bryan Glynn, October 7, 2011[nggallery id=389] Arturo Fuente Hemingway Classic Sungrown Cigar Review This 7×48 stick features a dark brown firm and toothy wrapper with minimal veins, tight invisible seams, a perfect rolled foot, double cap and peppery tobacco aroma. First light reveals
Padron 1964 Anniversary Series Exclusivo Cigar Review
by Bryan Glynn, September 29, 2011[nggallery id=385] Padron 1964 Anniversary Series Exclusivo Cigar Review This 5.5×50 box pressed cigar features a dry, soft slightly bumpy medium brown wrapper with a few small veins, tight invisible seams, double cap, a light pack and a peppery chocolate aroma. First light reveals medium-full body with flavors of
Padilla Habano Robusto Cigar Review
by Bryan Glynn, September 25, 2011[nggallery id=382] Padilla Habano Robusto Cigar Review This 5×50 stick features a dark cocoa wrapper with a double cap, thick slightly toothy feel, a couple medium veins, prominent seams and a peppery hay aroma. First light reveals a very snug draw putting out minimal smoke with creamy, smooth, slightly sweet … Continue reading →
Gurkha Special Ops Maduro Churchill Cigar Review
by Bryan Glynn, August 22, 2011[nggallery id=367] Gurkha Special Ops Maduro Churchill Cigar Review This 7×50 stick offers a dark chocolate, firm, dry satin wrapper with slight tooth, minimal veins, tight invisible seams, a double cap and very rich barnyard aroma. First light reveals
262 Paradigm Toro Cigar Review
by Bryan Glynn, July 7, 2010[nggallery id=216] 262 Paradigm Toro Cigar Review This 6×54 box pressed stick offers a spongy, uniform dark chocolate wrapper with tight seams, minimal veins, slight tooth and a large double cap with a mild sweet tobacco aroma. First light reveals
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Panacea Red 760 Cigar Review
by Bryan Glynn, January 22, 2010[nggallery id=153] Panacea Red 760 Cigar Review This monster 7×60 medium chocolate maduro stick offers a tight, dense pack, minimal veins and an oily satin wrapper with some good tooth. Body started off near full and quickly mellowed to a nice medium. Flavors in the first third included
Man O’War Ruination Belicoso Cigar Review
by Bryan Glynn, January 13, 2010[nggallery id=149] Man O’War Ruination Belicoso Cigar Review This 5.7×56 stick offers a dark and oily wrapper with fairly firm construction, small veins and tight seams. Draw was perfect and the burn was very good all the way down, holding long tight ashes. The first inch had quite a
San Cristobal Monumento Cigar Review
by Bryan Glynn, January 1, 2010[nggallery id=144] San Cristobal Monumento Cigar Review This 7.25 x 49 stick offers a oily dark chocolate wrapper with slight tooth and fairly firm construction. The aroma has a slight sweet cocoa note along with a rich tobacco. This was a monster of a smoke pushing the 2 hour mark … Continue reading →
San Cristobal Lancero Cigar Review
by Bryan Glynn, October 30, 2009[nggallery id=115] San Cristobal Lancero Cigar Review This 7.5×38 stick offered an excellent burn and great draw, slightly on the firm side with just the right amount of resistance all the way down. Flavors were rich, intense and bold – yet utterly smooth and never more than medium bodied. Several … Continue reading →
Pinar Del Rio Seleccion Reserva Limitada Torpedo Cigar Review
by Bryan Glynn, September 30, 2009[nggallery id=102] Pinar Del Rio Seleccion Reserva Limitada Torpedo Cigar Review This 6×52 torpedo stick offers a mottled milk and dark chocolate appearance with a smooth satin wrapper and firm construction. Burn was very good not needing any attention, with a perfect draw for easy puffs. The smoke was rich … Continue reading →
Esteban Carrera Robusto by Rocky Patel Cigar Review
by Bryan Glynn, June 17, 2009This 5×50 box pressed smoke offered rich, thick smooth smoke with a medium-full bodied flavor combo. Predominant flavors were leather, roasted nuts and a hint of espresso, coupled to an oily slightly sweet and peppery finish that hung on for quite some time. A near perfect burn and draw on … Continue reading →
Padilla Obsidian Belicoso Cigar Review
by Bryan Glynn, June 7, 2009[nggallery id=49] This 6×54 belicoso stick offered a very straighforward espresso and nut flavor profile, with a slight pepper heat on the finish that built up as it went along. The body gained momentum from mild to medium to the band point, at which I stopped. A burn issue at … Continue reading →
Rocky Patel Maduro Robusto Cigar Review
by Bryan Glynn, May 13, 2009A realtively simple 5×54 smoke, notible for it’s long lasting burn, pushing 1 1/2 hours. Very good slow burn and good draw on the firm side. Flavors were primarily woody and coffee with a splash of espresso here and there, and nuts on the end. A very slight pepper kick … Continue reading →
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