Hmmmm. Or maybe, since it was cold and windy, you were smoking faster than usual and this caused the cigar to heat up and crack.... Now the going out I might blame on the wind. Save the good smoke for better weather...Including your Olivas.
Smoked a Regent Toro yesterday. Much better than the first one I had. Also smoked a Nub Cameroon Torpedo. I think I like the box pressed torpedo better. Nothing today :-(
Yesterday I went to a herf in the burbs of Chicago and decided to treat myself. Started the day with a Oliva V Maduro. This stick has a lot of potential, but is very young right now. If you have any, I would suggest letting them sit for a couple more months. After that I had the Tatuaje Monster - Frank. This stick was HUGE. It smelled great and was fantastic throughout. I could definately taste that it was young as well, but this one will be even better after it sits.
Just finished up with a Rocky Patel Cuban Blend toro in the corojo wrapped flavor. This was a pretty tasty cigar, medium bodied and not particularly complex but all in all I thought it was good. Although the claim that it is "almost like getting a fine Cuban cigar without the Cuban price" is a bit of a stretch, but it is nonetheless a decent smoke.
I had a cigar.com red label last night, which I really liked. It was almost perfect in every way, lots of smoke, nice flavor, burned even all the way. I think I found a smoke to be a regular.. Now if any of the others lines will be crowned in my humi....
Had the Sol Cubano Conn. that we got this month. I think I am starting to like conn. wrappers more. Previously I did not like them at all. Maybe a little age and I'll be happy.
I took another stab at the Verdadero Organic this afternoon. All in all, I'd say this is a good cigar. Light in body but with pretty decent flavor, burn and construction are very good. For a mild cigar, I'd recommend it, however, I don't think I'd purchase this one with any regularity as there are already several mild cigars I like more. Not bad though.
smoked my first Tatuaje Miami Reserva J21 tonight. Was a great smoke that started out very spicy. It worked into a very woodsie taste that developed further throughout the experience. The draw was a little tight to begin with and the hints of wood were only faint to begin with, but it did loosen up a bit and the notes were more pronounced and developed more of an earthiness later. Was a nice experience that I hope to get again in the future.
Tonight was most of a H. Uppmann churchill, I don't know why they call it a churchill as it is only 5.6x46. In any event, a very nice smoke that I'm surprised I have not tried before, I'm glad I have more of them.
I had A Gurkha Centurion yesterday. Nice taste, been aging for at least 4 months but the draw was tough. Had a hard time getting some good smoke plus I had a hard time getting the cellophane off. When I did, it kept the label wiith it which took a chunk out of the wrapper. This didn't affect the cigar smoking wise but was depressing.
Today was a bargain basement day, in the afternoon I had a Liga IV, which is a surprisingly tasty yet mild cigar, at around $.60 each, there is absolutely nothing to complain about for a long filler cigar that is not a second. In the evening I sat down with a Vigilante corojo corona, I wish I could say I liked this one, but this time I didn't, I think it need some time to settle down, so I'll check back after about 90 days.
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