Hi all,
I'm just into my second month in my new-found love for cigars, and throughout these two months I've enjoyed very fine smokes from the equally fine folks at Cohiba, Partagas, Montecristo and Oliva, so today I decided to go a whole different direction and got myself a.. *DRUM ROLL* Phillies Blunt!
Possessing and using marijuana can get you a very long prison sentence here. Plus there's that small nuisance called the "mandatory death penalty" if one tries to bring in more than 20g of weed. So this "review" of sorts is about the legit blunt stuffed with what is allegedly tobacco.
Build quality: Not too bad actually. It's wrapped with a tough reconstituted tobacco paper wrapper rather than real tobacco leaf, and as with many cheap (<US$1) cigars this comes with a pre-punched hole. Which was off-center. Apparently even machines can't get a punch done right. The cigar itself seemed reasonably well stuffed with short filler and feels firm to the touch throughout.
The blunt was easy to light, and the burn was fairly even. The ash fell off every 1/2" to 3/4".
Pre-light draw: The wrapper is sweetened, which while not unpleasant, wasn't great either. The draw had hints of.. root beer? After hints of wood and pepper typical of Cubans, root beer was a bit strange and unexpected. Draw was very loose.
1/3 to 2/3: The smoke was thick and dry, and while largely flavorless, had hints of nuts and vanilla. It's not too bad actually. Retrohaling produced hints of wood. Not the good cedary wood that you'd get out of say an Oliva Serie G, but more like someone had chopped a wooden table into little splinters and stuffed the splinters into the cigar. If you've been in a Chinese temple, the "wood" reminds me of the cheap incense used in such places. The smoke is actually very mild and retrohaling doesn't sting the sinuses much.
Smoke remained consistent throughout the first and second thirds.
3/3: The smoke got very harsh and bitter at this point despite my controlled draws (took me close to 40 minutes to get to this point), so I tossed it. The paper had also started to disintegrate in my mouth. Not good.
Overall not that bad a cigar seeing that it's considerably cheaper than anything I've ever smoked (other than Malboros), but not really something I'd look forward to. I'd say it's a mild bodied cigar with mild strength.
I'm just into my second month in my new-found love for cigars, and throughout these two months I've enjoyed very fine smokes from the equally fine folks at Cohiba, Partagas, Montecristo and Oliva, so today I decided to go a whole different direction and got myself a.. *DRUM ROLL* Phillies Blunt!
Possessing and using marijuana can get you a very long prison sentence here. Plus there's that small nuisance called the "mandatory death penalty" if one tries to bring in more than 20g of weed. So this "review" of sorts is about the legit blunt stuffed with what is allegedly tobacco.
Build quality: Not too bad actually. It's wrapped with a tough reconstituted tobacco paper wrapper rather than real tobacco leaf, and as with many cheap (<US$1) cigars this comes with a pre-punched hole. Which was off-center. Apparently even machines can't get a punch done right. The cigar itself seemed reasonably well stuffed with short filler and feels firm to the touch throughout.
The blunt was easy to light, and the burn was fairly even. The ash fell off every 1/2" to 3/4".
Pre-light draw: The wrapper is sweetened, which while not unpleasant, wasn't great either. The draw had hints of.. root beer? After hints of wood and pepper typical of Cubans, root beer was a bit strange and unexpected. Draw was very loose.
1/3 to 2/3: The smoke was thick and dry, and while largely flavorless, had hints of nuts and vanilla. It's not too bad actually. Retrohaling produced hints of wood. Not the good cedary wood that you'd get out of say an Oliva Serie G, but more like someone had chopped a wooden table into little splinters and stuffed the splinters into the cigar. If you've been in a Chinese temple, the "wood" reminds me of the cheap incense used in such places. The smoke is actually very mild and retrohaling doesn't sting the sinuses much.
Smoke remained consistent throughout the first and second thirds.
3/3: The smoke got very harsh and bitter at this point despite my controlled draws (took me close to 40 minutes to get to this point), so I tossed it. The paper had also started to disintegrate in my mouth. Not good.
Overall not that bad a cigar seeing that it's considerably cheaper than anything I've ever smoked (other than Malboros), but not really something I'd look forward to. I'd say it's a mild bodied cigar with mild strength.
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