danthebugman
BoM Nov '10
I spent from sun up to well past sun down yesterday laying flooring in my house. Today was a rest day. It was a beautifully cool day. The kind of day that just screams fall is here. It's also the kind of day that screamed Oktoberfest...
This cigar was released at the beginning of September. There are two sizes; a 6 x 65 called (fittingly) "The Uber" and a 5.5 x 52 called "The Bavarian". They are limited to 500 boxes of 20. I was oblivious to their existence until I saw a friend's Facebook post and it didn't take me long to decide that I had to get some of these for my buddy Frank's Oktoberfest party (aka Reiterfest). I smoked one that night, but had already consumed considerable amounts of German meat (insert crude joke here) and drank a substantial amount of good beer (just ask Frank or Bob about the bottle rolling incident). While I thought it was good, it's probably not the best conditions for evaluating a cigar accurately. So today I gave it a proper whirl.
Appearance wise this is a gorgeous cigar. The wrapper is slightly toothy, a dark chocolate color, and loaded with oils. The wrapper is being called a "Dominican Cibao". There is an spicy, earthy aroma coming from the cigar with subtle hints of chocolate. The binder and filler on this cigar are also both Dominican. The cigar feels well packed and hefty in the hand. The band on this cigar is beautiful in it's simplicity. It's not much different than other bands on Quesada cigars, but features the colors of the German flag. It contrasts nicely against the darkness of the wrapper.
The cap cut easily with my Palio. The draw was spot on and carried some spicy, slightly woody flavors.
The cigar lit easily...once I found a lighter with fluid in it. Since this cigar was blended to be paired with an Oktoberfest style of beer I felt it fitting to have one while smoking it. So grabbed a Mother's Old School Oktoberfest from the fridge.
Smoke billows from this cigar almost right off the bat. Initially the flavors were a spicy, woodsy core with some coffee and chocolate notes here and there. The burn was a little finicky at first, but soon settled down and was (for the most part) rock solidly straight.
Overall the beer and cigar are playing nice. The cigar is taking a little off the malty sweetness in the beer, but neither is making the other un-enjoyable. At about the half way point the coffee and chocolate notes are fewer and farther between which leaves a spicy, slightly bitter wood flavor as the predominate player. Some will knock this cigar for not being complex, but I enjoyed it so I wasn't disappointed. Definitely a solid medium body also.
Going into the last third of the cigar things are still consistent.
Overall a definite good cigar. Not mind blowing, but good and a little off the normal. I'm glad to have a few more in the humi and since we had some left over I'll be interested to see how these are for next years Oktoberfest event.
Dan
This cigar was released at the beginning of September. There are two sizes; a 6 x 65 called (fittingly) "The Uber" and a 5.5 x 52 called "The Bavarian". They are limited to 500 boxes of 20. I was oblivious to their existence until I saw a friend's Facebook post and it didn't take me long to decide that I had to get some of these for my buddy Frank's Oktoberfest party (aka Reiterfest). I smoked one that night, but had already consumed considerable amounts of German meat (insert crude joke here) and drank a substantial amount of good beer (just ask Frank or Bob about the bottle rolling incident). While I thought it was good, it's probably not the best conditions for evaluating a cigar accurately. So today I gave it a proper whirl.
Appearance wise this is a gorgeous cigar. The wrapper is slightly toothy, a dark chocolate color, and loaded with oils. The wrapper is being called a "Dominican Cibao". There is an spicy, earthy aroma coming from the cigar with subtle hints of chocolate. The binder and filler on this cigar are also both Dominican. The cigar feels well packed and hefty in the hand. The band on this cigar is beautiful in it's simplicity. It's not much different than other bands on Quesada cigars, but features the colors of the German flag. It contrasts nicely against the darkness of the wrapper.
The cap cut easily with my Palio. The draw was spot on and carried some spicy, slightly woody flavors.
The cigar lit easily...once I found a lighter with fluid in it. Since this cigar was blended to be paired with an Oktoberfest style of beer I felt it fitting to have one while smoking it. So grabbed a Mother's Old School Oktoberfest from the fridge.
Smoke billows from this cigar almost right off the bat. Initially the flavors were a spicy, woodsy core with some coffee and chocolate notes here and there. The burn was a little finicky at first, but soon settled down and was (for the most part) rock solidly straight.
Overall the beer and cigar are playing nice. The cigar is taking a little off the malty sweetness in the beer, but neither is making the other un-enjoyable. At about the half way point the coffee and chocolate notes are fewer and farther between which leaves a spicy, slightly bitter wood flavor as the predominate player. Some will knock this cigar for not being complex, but I enjoyed it so I wasn't disappointed. Definitely a solid medium body also.
Going into the last third of the cigar things are still consistent.
Overall a definite good cigar. Not mind blowing, but good and a little off the normal. I'm glad to have a few more in the humi and since we had some left over I'll be interested to see how these are for next years Oktoberfest event.
Dan
