So some jerk hacked my gmail e-mail account, which had the address for someone (Tedski?) I promised smokes to. If you get this post, PM me your addy. I didn't forget, but gmail had frustrated me beyond belief - been forever now, and not even a "up yours, you're screwed" from them in reply... regardless, I don't have access to the e-mail account and need the address. Surprisingly, with all the self-imposed frustration, I haven't smoked your sticks!
Of course, I've had some nice ones - mostly a Camacho kick, some being the first time *I've* had them, and liked all of them (some more than others):
SLR mad (the mini- perfecto) wasn't that great, but I strongly suspect that was the environment influencing it (I had just found out my gmail was hacked and that the "secret password recovery question" was changed to some chinese gibberish)... I'll have to try it again.
Diploma = fell in love with it. I can't begin to describe it, other than "medium-full body, smooth, and VERY rich/ full in flavor". I got leather and something else, kind of a fruity- metallic-sawdust thing that I loved but couldn't identify worth a darned
Triple Maduro (robusto): Ok, need to mortgage the house to buy more of these. (That was only a joke - I'd never dream of that... well, dream, maybe, but...well, you know what I mean!). Blast of peppery spices the first 1/2 inch that went to straight to hersheys milk chocolate til the 1/2-smoked mark (right before the band), then slowly added back some stronger sweet-spices til I literally burnt my fingertips and lips. You *know* it's a good stick if I get a blister on my lips and say it's worth it! err, no herpes- related comments, please...
AVO787: ok, total opposite end of the spectrum, not camacho, and really wasn't that great for me. It had some cedar- leather taste that wasn't really noticeable and was the same throughout the whole thing. Frankly, it would be a great $3 cigar, and ok $5 cigar, but sucked at whatever price I paid for it. I mean, it wasn't a dog-rocket, "want to eat manure to get the taste out of my mouth" type of stick, but it was just TOO mild, one- dimensional/ single- flavored, and uneventful that I couldn't recommend it in good conscience... and that's saying something, because I've been accused of liking ANYTHING that I can set fire to and stick in my mouth!
Well, that's just the last few days, and the usual daily smokes are in there as well: yard-gars to most. This is quite the post, and quite unrelated shy of the "PM YOUR ADDRESS" comment, so I'll spare ya'
Just my 2 cents worth,
ZugbugPete
