My palate is refined enough to give this cigar an enthusiastic thumbs down. I have never heard of the brand anywhere outside of my local cigarette shop (a quick internet search revealed nothing). Retail price is $1.99 per ea.
The reason I picked it up is that I, while I am more than happy to pay $10, $15 or more for a cigar, I am looking for a daily smoker that is in the $4 or less range. I bought one of these and two A Fuentes Brevas Royales.
Looking at the All American, it looked pretty good. It was a darker wrapper and the veins were quite small. Looking at the the filler tobacco, there were no dramatic changes in color. Pretty even. I lit the thing and the first draw tasted a bit metallic, but I supposed that I probably got the lighter too close.
The first 3 or 4 draws weren't bad and I thought that maybe I found my cheap, daily smoker. Then suddenly, the taste changed. It got bad. Very bad. I don't know what happened, but I threw it out the window.
My friend also bought one and smoked it in his truck. When we got to our destination, I asked him if he enjoyed it and he said that he threw his out the window after about a half dozen draws too.
There was a taste that I couldn't quite put my finger on. I quickly lit the last cigar I had in my travel humidor to get rid of the taste: A Macanudo Maduro. Only later did I figure out what the mysterious taste was: rotten vegetables. It had the very subtle taste of rotten vegetables. I asked my friend and he said it tasted like spinach to him.
So this smoke gets two thumbs down.
The reason I picked it up is that I, while I am more than happy to pay $10, $15 or more for a cigar, I am looking for a daily smoker that is in the $4 or less range. I bought one of these and two A Fuentes Brevas Royales.
Looking at the All American, it looked pretty good. It was a darker wrapper and the veins were quite small. Looking at the the filler tobacco, there were no dramatic changes in color. Pretty even. I lit the thing and the first draw tasted a bit metallic, but I supposed that I probably got the lighter too close.
The first 3 or 4 draws weren't bad and I thought that maybe I found my cheap, daily smoker. Then suddenly, the taste changed. It got bad. Very bad. I don't know what happened, but I threw it out the window.
My friend also bought one and smoked it in his truck. When we got to our destination, I asked him if he enjoyed it and he said that he threw his out the window after about a half dozen draws too.
There was a taste that I couldn't quite put my finger on. I quickly lit the last cigar I had in my travel humidor to get rid of the taste: A Macanudo Maduro. Only later did I figure out what the mysterious taste was: rotten vegetables. It had the very subtle taste of rotten vegetables. I asked my friend and he said it tasted like spinach to him.
So this smoke gets two thumbs down.
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