Posts under ‘Smokes’

On first light, this cigar is dirty.
Not good dirty like a fine woman wearing nothing but pink panties and stiletto heels with peek-a-boo toes, but bad dirty like licking the floor in the supermarket entry foyer in the winter. After the first few puffs, I was tempted to chuck it in the fire pit with [...]

I’m supposed to be writing. Instead I’m getting sucked into the news and blogging (thus, procrastinating). So here’s a quick cigar review to clear the head, and then it’s off to work.
I dropped by the comic shop to pick up my monthly stash and grab some copies of W:CotW #1 from my publisher the other [...]

I had the pleasure of enjoying a Felipe Gregorio Mystic Knight Friday night, complete with a soak in a hot tub to round out the experience. It was a good smoke, with a fine, chocolatey flavor that remained consistent throughout and did not turn harsh or acrid with extra heat upon relighting or rapid puffing. [...]

We hit the mall today. The wife and her sister were chatting and the kids were terrorizing the play area, so I took the opportunity to duck into the Tinder Box to rectify the problem with my humidor (it’s empty). I was tempted to buy a box of something and be done with it, but [...]

When I saw I was down to just a single, solitary Helix in the humidor, I was a little bummed. Not just because it was the last in the box, though. The Helix is essentially an inexpensive cigar that tastes inexpensive. As a certain cigar retailer described it to me, it’s a cheap smoke to [...]

Smoked that other Oro tonight. Second verse, same as the first.
Well, almost. Only one relight this time, and it didn’t burn quite as unevenly. Overall a good, satisfying smoke that lasted well over an hour.
I also had a full moon this time, so bright I could probably have gone for a drive with the headlighsts [...]

This wasn’t half bad for a “hearty, gutsy” cigar, and for once the maker’s description isn’t just hype. The smoke came on smooth and thick, with a pleasant flavor that reminded me a bit of the Oro I smoked a couple of weeks ago: dark and mild, rich, but otherwise unremarkable.
I had this one while [...]

Smoked another one. I try not to so close together, but it was such a long day and such a beautiful night that I couldn’t resist.
This time it was a Primo del Rey, another torpedo John didn’t want to mess with. And it was good. It had a velvety texture with a hint of chocolate [...]

Loooong day yesterday, and there’s no better way to unwind than kicking back on the patio with a cigar. (Well, almost no better way, but nobody wants to hear about that.) I snagged the Cuesta-Rey from the batch John gave me a while back, sat out in a surprisingly cool breeze, and lit up.
I tasted [...]

I can’t remember the last time I’ve been so mixed about a cigar.
On the one hand, the Gurkha G3 had a smooth, rich flavor much like a light maduro. I’m not sure it was actually a maduro wrapper (it wasn’t quite dark enough, and I’m not finding information online), but it was dark and silky [...]