Weekend Cigar Blogging

Passed a milestone and learned a lesson this week -

Milestone? I got my first plugged cigar. A plugged cigar is one that, for whatever reason, won't draw properly. This one happened to be a CAO MX2, recommended to me by Sailorcurt. I'd pull and pull, get a decent puff, then it would all but go out. Bummer.

Lesson? Keep you receipt when you buy cigars. Most local shops will reimburse you for a plugged cigar, but not without the receipt. Bummer.

What else was in the mix this week?

CAO CX2 - Not my type. This I would call a "peppery" cigar. Lots of folks like it, but I guess it's an acquired taste. It also had some problems staying lit about halfway through, but it passed.

Alcazar #4 - These are more affordable smokes, a maduro for two bucks. It was OK, a good smoker, but unremarkable. I guess I'd buy them if I had a big time cigar habit, but one a day would be max for me. Once I settle, it'll probably be less than that. Quality over quantity, ya know.

Right now I'm having a Gurkha Ancient Warrior. The draw is excellent, taste is good. Doesn't knock my socks off like the Patel 1990 did, but I wouldn't turn one down.

Something else I'm thinking - I'm thinking the Churchill style might be more to my liking. More time for the cigar to develop. The shorter ones just seem to get going when it's time to let them go out.

I have two Rocky Patels from the original stash left, the Sungrown and the Vintage 1992. I'm saving the 1992. The Sungrown will go later this weekend.

There's another batch on the way, also from Thompson cigar. Let's call it the stash II. A whole new set, let's see what happens. Hey, a hundred bucks worth of cigars for $29.95, and, with my $20 gift card, I got the whole thing, with shipping, for $14.90. I can live with that.

Reports, of course, will follow.

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