Update

Hey all,

Havent posted here in awhile being I'm working on setting up a review website with a fellow botl. Once its up and running I'll make a post and give you all the link :)

Pre-Release Review: La Flor Dominicana Air Bender Robusto

Size: Robusto 5x50

Wrapper: Habano

Binder: Dominican

Filler: Dominican

Est. Retail: $7.00

Nice oily looking cigar with 2 relatively large veins near the cap. Otherwise a wonderfully rolled stick.

Prelight: The draw has a bit of resistance but nothing to complain about. The prelight draw was a bit woodsy with a little bit of cocoa and coffee.

1/3 After lighting I could tell that this would be a wonderful cigar. Almost immediately I got some nice woodsy flavors with a bit of toasted nuts, coffee and a bit of dark chocolate. Inititally there was almost no spice to speak of but about 1/2" in the spice kicked into high gear. Unlike a lot of other spicy smokes this was very balanced and went well with the flavors and balanced the cigar out very nicely. The burn on the cigar was absolutely perfect throughout the first 3rd.

2/3 The flavors have been changing wonderfully throughout this stick. The spice seems to calm down and then pick back up again throughout. The woodsy flavor intensifies and the coffee and cocoa seem to drop a bit into the background on the finish. The balance of this stick is amazing with a nice smooth tongue tingling spice and wonderful flavors. The burn and construction on this stick is absolutely perfect. The burn is razor sharp and perfectly straight and the ash didn't drop until just past halfway.

3/3 As with the rest of the stick the flavors are wonderful. The woodsy, herbal flavors dissipate a bit and coffee and chocolate pick up throughout the final third along with a nice sweet nutty flavor on the finish which seems to last forever. This stick never got overbearingly hot even down to the nub. The burn started to wave a bit but almost immediately corrected itself. The construction was amazing, the stick didn't ash throughout the whole final half.

Overall Impression:

Balance Balance Balance! This stick was amazingly balanced with all of the wonderful flavors and the nice bite of spice. The flavors seemed to fade in and out and switch places through the whole stick and made it a very enjoyable down to the nub. The construction on this stick was downright amazing and something that you won't see on many sticks over twice this price. The burn was wonderful throughout with only a bit of wave that corrected itself very quickly. Overall this is a wonderful stick which I will most certainly consider keeping in my regular rotation.

Appearance: 12/15

Construction: 24/25

Flavor: 23/25

Overall Impression: 34/35

93/100

Update

Hey all,

I know I've been lacking on the blogage but I will be picking that back up soon. Look for the following upcoming review....if i can remember :) Tatuaje Frank, Padron 1964 45th, LFD El Museo, and of course a few other little treats :)

Steve aka CG88

Ashton VSG Corona Gorda

Country Of Origin: Dominican Republic

Size: 5.7 in.

Ring Guage: 46

Est. Price: $8.25

Good looking cigar with a little bit of box damage but good construction overall.

Prelight: The draw was a bit tight but nothing to really complain about. I couldn't distinguish any flavors on the draw.

1/3: After lighting the draw was still tight but nothing bad enough to annoy me and it produced a lot of nice thick white smoke. The flavors off the bat were a bit of coffee and cedar and the finish was very long. Initially there wasn't much spice through the nose but about 1/4" through it really picked up. About 1" through I was able to pick up a little sweetness and a nice creamy mocha flavor. The ash would have lasted about 1 1/2" to 2" except the cigar fell off the table and knocked a bit of the ash off.

2/3: The flavors really picked up in the second third. The creamy mocha increased with a little more chocolate. Moving into the final third the coffee flavor increases.

3/3: The mocha with an intense coffee flavor but closer to the last 2" it started to get a bit harsh.

Overall Impressions: a good cigar with a excellent burn... Would be a good
smoke with a nice cup of coffee

Final Score: 89

Nub Maduro Review....cut short

By request of Dan aka Toomanycolors from Aficionado and Asylum I decided to review the Nub Maduro only to have the smoke cut short by rain...UGH. I figured I'd post what I have so far.

Prelight: Cut with my Xikar Xi Ti cutter. Draw was effortless and the flavor seemed to be a bit of chocolately sweetness.

1/3 Lit very easily and started off with a lot of dark chocolate and sweetness. A bit of cedar and nuts popped in on the finish. Right from the start the cigar had a good amount of spice on my sinuses but not too much to burn too much. The burn was absolutely perfect. One thing that was quite interesting is a vein line going through the ash which is shown in one of the pictures.

Just as I finished the 1/3 it started to rain so I had to cut the review short. Got a few good pictures tho :)

new humidor :)

Got my winecooler in and its completely full. Mainly because I got a bunch of free boxes from my shop and filled them with my singles until I can get my trays made.

Box Purchases

On top of another box of oliva V maduro I ended up picking up these beauties :)

Tatuaje Angeles from JUN 07 and Original Release eccj's :)