Ok I'm new at this so this might not be as detailed as others but it's because I'm still learning the lingo.
I bought one from the local shop one weekend and smoked it on a cool Sunday afternoon in the back yard.
Light brown wrapper with a nice aroma. Toasted well (at least I've learned to do that!) and lit with an even burn. The flavor was fairly mild but as the stick got shorter it started to get stronger and leave a bad taste. It may have been that I was smoking too fast (I was walking around considering where to build a deck in a wooded area) but reading other reviews about the main brand I wonder. I smoked about 2/3rds of it before stopping and it took a long time to get the taste out of my mouth. (usually a quick rinse does the trick) I also noticed that the smokey smell clung to my skin a lot more than other cigars. Even after washing my hands several times you could smell it.
I'll give them a second chance with a slower smoke but I suspect that the only good part of the cigar is the first third.
I bought one from the local shop one weekend and smoked it on a cool Sunday afternoon in the back yard.
Light brown wrapper with a nice aroma. Toasted well (at least I've learned to do that!) and lit with an even burn. The flavor was fairly mild but as the stick got shorter it started to get stronger and leave a bad taste. It may have been that I was smoking too fast (I was walking around considering where to build a deck in a wooded area) but reading other reviews about the main brand I wonder. I smoked about 2/3rds of it before stopping and it took a long time to get the taste out of my mouth. (usually a quick rinse does the trick) I also noticed that the smokey smell clung to my skin a lot more than other cigars. Even after washing my hands several times you could smell it.
I'll give them a second chance with a slower smoke but I suspect that the only good part of the cigar is the first third.
