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Das Bruce
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- Jan 18, 2006
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Ring Gauge: 54
Length: 6
Filler: Honduras
Binder: Connecticut boadleaf
Wrapper/Color: Connectcut, dark brown
Overall construction: smooth with reasonable veining
Light/Burn: draw - perfect before and after lighting
I paid about $6.50 at a local B&M. Box of 20 at JR lists at $69.95 as listed at JR
Keep in mind that I'm new to cigars and have been mostly smoking mild to medium cigars. Frankly, the dark wrapper intimidated me a bit, but I was up for the challenge. No sleep for the wicked - I bought this cigar yesterday and smoked it today.
No libations this time - sorry AVB. I dug into my John Wayne collection and popped "Operation Pacific" in the DVD player and lit my cigar. Post light draw was slightly tight, but I like that. Smoke volume was good and the first run through the nostrils was wonderful. I've read all the reviews with adjectives like woody, leathery, peppery, and creamy, but I just can't relate. I will go with the leather taste, but not like I'm chewing my shoelaces, but the taste in the mouth around a new saddle. Given my level of experience, I would have settled for not bitter. I got an absolutely delicious smoke.
The ash first fractured about 2 inches down. It was white with some dark bands and a few black specks. I apologize for my dull palate, but I just thoroughly enjoyed the smoke. The Duke was, well, the Duke. The cigar lasted from the opening credits through to fishing his fly-boy love competitor out of the water, about 70 minutes. I smoked it until I couldn't hold it any longer. I didn't hit it like a vacuum cleaner, but I stayed on it from start to finish. At NO TIME WAS THIS SMOKE BITTER. I was impressed! I will be looking for more of these for my humi.
edited for hideous grammar and an incomplete sentence. DOH!
Length: 6
Filler: Honduras
Binder: Connecticut boadleaf
Wrapper/Color: Connectcut, dark brown
Overall construction: smooth with reasonable veining
Light/Burn: draw - perfect before and after lighting
I paid about $6.50 at a local B&M. Box of 20 at JR lists at $69.95 as listed at JR
Keep in mind that I'm new to cigars and have been mostly smoking mild to medium cigars. Frankly, the dark wrapper intimidated me a bit, but I was up for the challenge. No sleep for the wicked - I bought this cigar yesterday and smoked it today.
No libations this time - sorry AVB. I dug into my John Wayne collection and popped "Operation Pacific" in the DVD player and lit my cigar. Post light draw was slightly tight, but I like that. Smoke volume was good and the first run through the nostrils was wonderful. I've read all the reviews with adjectives like woody, leathery, peppery, and creamy, but I just can't relate. I will go with the leather taste, but not like I'm chewing my shoelaces, but the taste in the mouth around a new saddle. Given my level of experience, I would have settled for not bitter. I got an absolutely delicious smoke.
The ash first fractured about 2 inches down. It was white with some dark bands and a few black specks. I apologize for my dull palate, but I just thoroughly enjoyed the smoke. The Duke was, well, the Duke. The cigar lasted from the opening credits through to fishing his fly-boy love competitor out of the water, about 70 minutes. I smoked it until I couldn't hold it any longer. I didn't hit it like a vacuum cleaner, but I stayed on it from start to finish. At NO TIME WAS THIS SMOKE BITTER. I was impressed! I will be looking for more of these for my humi.
edited for hideous grammar and an incomplete sentence. DOH!
