jgibv:

Because I was not impressed with the flavors of this cigar. I grabbed a Magnum vitola last night, it had been sitting in my humi since last July 2011, and I'm not sure of the box date as it came in a sampler pack.

The stick burnt well, let off a ton of smoke, and lasted close to an hour but I never picked up many flavors or aromas from it.
The smoke was a bit creamy and I got mostly dull, earthy flavors the whole way through. I was expecting more from this cigar....I've enjoyed a few Cuba Libre One's and knew this wouldn't be as powerful but still was hoping for more from this stick....

Did I miss something? Has anyone other than RBeckom smoked this one?

I find that these cigars are for the most part better when fresh. They loose A fair amount of flavors as they age in my humble opinion.

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RBeckom:

I find that these cigars are for the most part better when fresh. They loose A fair amount of flavors as they age in my humble opinion.

Hmm....maybe that was my problem then. It was in the humi for about 6 months when I smoked it, and it was from a sampler so who knows what the box date was.

I want to like the CL (since I like the CL One and the price is right), I'll have to revisit this sometime down the road and get one that's fresh.

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"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks."

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Good Traders

Bad Traders

Well, it was still dark outside when I rose from my slumber. Maybe nerves that prompted such an early morning wake up. I walk to the kitchen and throw on a pot of coffee, feed the dogs and decide I should smoke a cigar on my last morning at home for the next three months. Returning to the bedroom, I grab my lighter and cutter and blindly reach into the humidor as I don't want to wake the misses by turning on a light. I pull out the first cigar I touch and am forced to wait till I get to some light to see what it is.

Cuba Libre Saloman

"Well, maybe the coffee will enhance the cigar." As you can tell, I wasn't too excited to grap this one. Never the less, I step out on the porch and settle into my chair. Jake, my Border Collie, know the routine and makes a quick circle and plops down at my feet with a grunt. I take the cigar out of the cello and see the date-5-20-2011. It's been resting for a bit, maybe it's time to put this poor stick out of its misery.

Traditionally, I will cut the cigar and then take a few draws from it just to catch the flavor of the tobacco unburned. I notice that the draw is very very loose. "Oh boy, this is not gonna be good. I'm gonna have to touch this thing up like crazy." Throughout the entire cigar, I have to say that that although the flavor profile did not drastically change, it was completely bad. It had a sweet hay flavor for most of the cigar with a slight shange about halfway though that included some vanilla and cedar flavor that provided a nice change.

Overall, the cigar is not a go to type of cigar for me. I would use this as the cigar to give guys that are in need of bumming a smoke. The draw was very loose. The burn was not very good either. Initially I dealt with canoeing and tunneling. Halfway through, the burn evened up on its own and needed no further touch-ups.

Would I recommend it? Maybe in a different vitola. I felt this was just too big for a cigar that is lacking in complexity.

Thanks for reading BOTL'S and SOTL'S. Let me know what you think.