McPatrickClan
McPatrickClan
- Joined
- May 22, 2002
- Messages
- 562
This was actually my second KMV from the Red Line by Acid, a product of the Drew Estate farms. I had aged this one for about 5-6 weeks once I purchased it from a local tobacco shop.
I remembered the KMV being flavorful, full of thick smoke, and tasty. What I had tonight was rich to a fault, but very well-built. This cigar had the whitest ash I have ever seen on a cigar and was able to maintain structure with the best. The tobacco was too easily drawn to be of inferior quality. The KMV gave me plenty of flavors to consider but that's to be expected given that this cigar is truly a flavored cigar. These tobacco leaves are rubbed with oils and spices before they hit the rolling table. I'm as big of a fan of traditional things (no A1 for my steak, I go to a barber shop, not a salon, etc.) but I am also not afraid to try something new. As they state on the Drew Estate website, "No army can withstand an idea whose time has come" (quote author unknown, but not a Drew Estate employee).
The truth is, I believe I understand why people dislike these Acid cigars so much. They are simply too much. Good tobacco needs no encore, it needs no emphasis. It simply is. This is apparent as I started to feel a bit sick halfway through this cigar. The artifically introduced flavors were overwhelming me with conflicting tastes. It was too much!
Do you put a lime in your beer? Do you believe that great Texas brisket needs sauce at all times? I hate fruit in my beer, have enjoyed the best brisket with minimal to no BBQ sauce and am almost certainly going to give up flavored cigars for life.
If you are a total newbie and have not tried anything like an Acid cigar, I would give it a shot. You may like it until you smoke serious tobacco. For me though, I give this cigar a reluctant thumbs down. I say reluctant because I want to really like this cigar! It's unique, it's creative, but it is simply not acceptable to someone who enjoys fine tobacco from binder to filler to wrapper. Great tobacco just is. Remember that.
I would not smoke the Acid KMV again, even if it was gifted.
I remembered the KMV being flavorful, full of thick smoke, and tasty. What I had tonight was rich to a fault, but very well-built. This cigar had the whitest ash I have ever seen on a cigar and was able to maintain structure with the best. The tobacco was too easily drawn to be of inferior quality. The KMV gave me plenty of flavors to consider but that's to be expected given that this cigar is truly a flavored cigar. These tobacco leaves are rubbed with oils and spices before they hit the rolling table. I'm as big of a fan of traditional things (no A1 for my steak, I go to a barber shop, not a salon, etc.) but I am also not afraid to try something new. As they state on the Drew Estate website, "No army can withstand an idea whose time has come" (quote author unknown, but not a Drew Estate employee).
The truth is, I believe I understand why people dislike these Acid cigars so much. They are simply too much. Good tobacco needs no encore, it needs no emphasis. It simply is. This is apparent as I started to feel a bit sick halfway through this cigar. The artifically introduced flavors were overwhelming me with conflicting tastes. It was too much!
Do you put a lime in your beer? Do you believe that great Texas brisket needs sauce at all times? I hate fruit in my beer, have enjoyed the best brisket with minimal to no BBQ sauce and am almost certainly going to give up flavored cigars for life.
If you are a total newbie and have not tried anything like an Acid cigar, I would give it a shot. You may like it until you smoke serious tobacco. For me though, I give this cigar a reluctant thumbs down. I say reluctant because I want to really like this cigar! It's unique, it's creative, but it is simply not acceptable to someone who enjoys fine tobacco from binder to filler to wrapper. Great tobacco just is. Remember that.
I would not smoke the Acid KMV again, even if it was gifted.
