Shadow
That's DON Shadow to you!
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Last night I was trying to figure out what I wanted to smoke after dinner. As I went through one of my coolers to get a AF Cuban Belicoso that I had decided on my eye fell upon a box of Hemingway Work of Art Maduros. I had not smoked one in about six months, so I grab one out of the box and retired to the back deck.
I had bought the box about two years ago and had only smoked a few when I first got them. They were good then so I was anticipating what a little age had done to them. I pulled the cigar out of the cello and was greeted with a oily, sleek cigar with no imperfections on the wrapper. The aroma was fantastic!
I clipped the end off and found the perfect draw, not too loose and not too tight. I lit the foot and took my first draw and was greeted by a large amount of smoke. Normally the foot of the WOA burns uneven from the little nub until it burns out to the main body of the cigar. This cigar burned even right from the beginning. It was a slow burning cigar that took about an hour and twenty minutes to finish. A medium flavor cigar that went quite well with a porter that I was drinking.
I was tempted to light another one after I finished this one but decided that I would save that for another day. I will be saving these for when I want to forget about things for a while and lose myself in a great cigar! :thumbs:
I had bought the box about two years ago and had only smoked a few when I first got them. They were good then so I was anticipating what a little age had done to them. I pulled the cigar out of the cello and was greeted with a oily, sleek cigar with no imperfections on the wrapper. The aroma was fantastic!
I clipped the end off and found the perfect draw, not too loose and not too tight. I lit the foot and took my first draw and was greeted by a large amount of smoke. Normally the foot of the WOA burns uneven from the little nub until it burns out to the main body of the cigar. This cigar burned even right from the beginning. It was a slow burning cigar that took about an hour and twenty minutes to finish. A medium flavor cigar that went quite well with a porter that I was drinking.
I was tempted to light another one after I finished this one but decided that I would save that for another day. I will be saving these for when I want to forget about things for a while and lose myself in a great cigar! :thumbs:
As far as the Hemi line. Out of all the ones I have smoke, I really only enjoyed 2. One was the Sig and the other a SS. They rest were bland and one dimensional to me. So as I come about them, I usually trade or put them in a pass. Have only tried the naturals I think. If I had more than one cooler, I would make sure to smoke something different each day, not to repeat myself in the month, unless it was a different size in the line. 
