Reyes' Style Blending 101 (my first cigar/cigars review)
danielzreyes
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This is my first attempt in doing a cigar review. Rather than doing a regular review, I thought I’d do something a bit different. I’m going to do a cigar blend. You’re all probably wondering how I’m going to do that. Well, here is the “a bit different” part. I will be smoking 2 cigars at the same time. I don’t mean puff at one cigar then the other, no. I mean both cigars simultaneously. I will be blending the 2 and see what kind of results I get.
Cigars.
The cigars I chose are cigars that I’m sure everyone is familiar with. MF robusto and the GH V.2002 robusto. I wanted to see how a spicy earth/ heavy leather full bodied cigar will blend with a stouty/earth chocolaty med body cigar. …….. Shall we?
(I will practically be typing exactly what I noted down on paper. It may be all over the place so pls. bare with me as again, this is my first time doing this. Also I hope you don’t find this as a joke or a waste. I put some time and effort into this. I have also spoken to a few botl prior to get their opinion and thoughts and they thought it was a great idea.) Here we go.
Smoking the 2 at the same time is a lot harder than it sounds. I should have gone with a corona size but too late.
I’m having trouble trying to figure it out. I think it’s because It taste nothing like what they are individually. This goes on for a good 5 min but then ………..
Hello! Exactly what I was expecting! Spicy caramel and molassy leather. Even the aroma is very entertaining. I am bad at describing taste but it’s kind of like a leathery wood covered in a mixture of caramel/chocolate drizzled with pepper. (the draw is still a challenge)
After about 15-20 min the spice is mellowing. It’s now a very pleasant caramel cream and a hint of spice. I can’t quite pick up the finish but it’s very long, smooth.
30-35 min mark (1/3-1/2 The MF was burning faster than the GHV2002). It’s a steady cream and leather with very light spice. The chocolate is still there but more on the caramel side with a bit of nuttyness.
Getting very light headed now. Infact I’m buzzin pretty good. I think I’m done. I have to put them down now.
I’m trying to figure out why these cigars kicked my butt as I’ve smoked them numerous times before. Ha! I just realized that while smoking both cigars, I practically smoked 1 cigar in the same amount of time If I were to smoke ½ a cigar by itself. Does that make sense? Eh
Final notes. It was an interesting experiment. The tasting notes are just what I expected with little surprises coming out here and there. Trying to smoke the 2 cigars simultaneously was a challenge. I don’t think I’ll be attempting to do this experiment again in the near future, nor will I be reviewing cigars again. I’ll leave that to the professionals (you know who you guys are).
Thank you for your time. I hope you all enjoyed. Now I’m going to go eat some candy, lay down and watch some MLB Network.
Cigars.
The cigars I chose are cigars that I’m sure everyone is familiar with. MF robusto and the GH V.2002 robusto. I wanted to see how a spicy earth/ heavy leather full bodied cigar will blend with a stouty/earth chocolaty med body cigar. …….. Shall we?
(I will practically be typing exactly what I noted down on paper. It may be all over the place so pls. bare with me as again, this is my first time doing this. Also I hope you don’t find this as a joke or a waste. I put some time and effort into this. I have also spoken to a few botl prior to get their opinion and thoughts and they thought it was a great idea.) Here we go.
Smoking the 2 at the same time is a lot harder than it sounds. I should have gone with a corona size but too late.
I’m having trouble trying to figure it out. I think it’s because It taste nothing like what they are individually. This goes on for a good 5 min but then ………..
Hello! Exactly what I was expecting! Spicy caramel and molassy leather. Even the aroma is very entertaining. I am bad at describing taste but it’s kind of like a leathery wood covered in a mixture of caramel/chocolate drizzled with pepper. (the draw is still a challenge)
After about 15-20 min the spice is mellowing. It’s now a very pleasant caramel cream and a hint of spice. I can’t quite pick up the finish but it’s very long, smooth.
30-35 min mark (1/3-1/2 The MF was burning faster than the GHV2002). It’s a steady cream and leather with very light spice. The chocolate is still there but more on the caramel side with a bit of nuttyness.
Getting very light headed now. Infact I’m buzzin pretty good. I think I’m done. I have to put them down now.
I’m trying to figure out why these cigars kicked my butt as I’ve smoked them numerous times before. Ha! I just realized that while smoking both cigars, I practically smoked 1 cigar in the same amount of time If I were to smoke ½ a cigar by itself. Does that make sense? Eh
Final notes. It was an interesting experiment. The tasting notes are just what I expected with little surprises coming out here and there. Trying to smoke the 2 cigars simultaneously was a challenge. I don’t think I’ll be attempting to do this experiment again in the near future, nor will I be reviewing cigars again. I’ll leave that to the professionals (you know who you guys are).
Thank you for your time. I hope you all enjoyed. Now I’m going to go eat some candy, lay down and watch some MLB Network.
Comments
Neat.
Gotta say though, nice attempt even if you didn't nub them .... creative and something I'd never think of trying.
But the one lingering question in my mind is:
Do 2 robustos = 1 gordo (7x70 RG)?