Lumberg
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Ok I got this cigar from the Pablamos company.
First off the cigar smelled like dung. Cow dung, horse dung, whatever you want to call it. This was a good thing.
When I put it in my mouth it had a familiar gritty feeling that I usually get from Candelas. I assume it's sugar granules. It tasted good. Earthy.
When I punched it the draw was TIGHT. I punched another overlapping circle. Still tight. I got a paperclip and poked it from both ends. Still tight but now smokeable.
When stepped outside and lit it there was a light floral smell that I couldnt' quite identify.
Once I started smoking it in earnest I was like, "WOW!" This cigar just kept giving and giving. Hard to describe any one particular flavor except I woudl say earthy. Not too strong either flavor wise or nicotine wise.
As I smoked it I just felt sophisticated. Like I was finally experiencing the best that cigars have to offer. It was just SOOOOO good.
You know the harshness you get in the draw when the cigar goes out? Usually just disgusting. Even THIS flavor was good in this cigar. Seriously. This cigar coudl do no bad. I was thinking about emailing Pablamos and saying sell me whatever cigars you have that are from the box this one came from.
Towards the end the draw just got WAAAY too tight though..At times I was not holding the cigar tightly and I was sucking the whole thing into my mouth!
Here is a review from their website:
Very disappointing due to being rolled too tightly. I purchased a box and have found every individual cigar (I've attempted to smoke over half) to be much too tight to be enjoyable. It actually takes over an hour to "smoke" one of these. Having purchased them via the internet from an authorized dealer in Spain, it's rather impractical to attempt to return them. - Submitted by lpa on October 8, 2003
since it was in a tube, and I had opened the tube once yesterday, I don't think you could make the case that it was over humidified. It was just plain rolled too tight.
The burn was moderately even, no serious burn issues but not perfectly straight either.
Flavor--10/10. The single best tasting cigar I have ever smoked. Ever.
Construction-- 3/10 The roller needs to go back to school. Reviewer was right. Took WAAAAY too long to smoke.
I have smoked maybe 8 Cuban cigars in my life. A Lusitania, a Boli PC, am RyJ PC, and an RyJ Churchill among others. I never understood what the hype was all about.
NOW I understand what the hype was all about. I would be sorely tempted to trade my entire cigar collection for a box of these if they drew properly.
First off the cigar smelled like dung. Cow dung, horse dung, whatever you want to call it. This was a good thing.
When I put it in my mouth it had a familiar gritty feeling that I usually get from Candelas. I assume it's sugar granules. It tasted good. Earthy.
When I punched it the draw was TIGHT. I punched another overlapping circle. Still tight. I got a paperclip and poked it from both ends. Still tight but now smokeable.
When stepped outside and lit it there was a light floral smell that I couldnt' quite identify.
Once I started smoking it in earnest I was like, "WOW!" This cigar just kept giving and giving. Hard to describe any one particular flavor except I woudl say earthy. Not too strong either flavor wise or nicotine wise.
As I smoked it I just felt sophisticated. Like I was finally experiencing the best that cigars have to offer. It was just SOOOOO good.
You know the harshness you get in the draw when the cigar goes out? Usually just disgusting. Even THIS flavor was good in this cigar. Seriously. This cigar coudl do no bad. I was thinking about emailing Pablamos and saying sell me whatever cigars you have that are from the box this one came from.
Towards the end the draw just got WAAAY too tight though..At times I was not holding the cigar tightly and I was sucking the whole thing into my mouth!
Here is a review from their website:
Very disappointing due to being rolled too tightly. I purchased a box and have found every individual cigar (I've attempted to smoke over half) to be much too tight to be enjoyable. It actually takes over an hour to "smoke" one of these. Having purchased them via the internet from an authorized dealer in Spain, it's rather impractical to attempt to return them. - Submitted by lpa on October 8, 2003
since it was in a tube, and I had opened the tube once yesterday, I don't think you could make the case that it was over humidified. It was just plain rolled too tight.
The burn was moderately even, no serious burn issues but not perfectly straight either.
Flavor--10/10. The single best tasting cigar I have ever smoked. Ever.
Construction-- 3/10 The roller needs to go back to school. Reviewer was right. Took WAAAAY too long to smoke.
I have smoked maybe 8 Cuban cigars in my life. A Lusitania, a Boli PC, am RyJ PC, and an RyJ Churchill among others. I never understood what the hype was all about.
NOW I understand what the hype was all about. I would be sorely tempted to trade my entire cigar collection for a box of these if they drew properly.
) and if I'm not feeling too well or there's not much food in my stomach or I may have just eaten or drank something, all of a sudden my favorite cigar tastes terrible. I learned a while back that if my first exerience with a certain cigar was bad to NOT automatically write that particular brand off. Wait a few days, and try one again. Also as Kenny mentioned smoking a five-pack of any particular cigar (yeah and NOT all five in the same sitting 
