82188
CH Le Careme Hermoso

If a CT shade is too spicy sometimes age can help with that but for the most part aging them leaves you with a whole lotta nothing. This one was great. Very mild start, then light and sweet, then ramped up gradually at the end with Dominican earthy tones and a good bit of pepper. I have some of these in broadleaf. Haven't tried yet tho. Many years ago ZRX1200 did a blind tasting with La Aurora and I believe it was the 1903 broadleaf and they were phenomenal.

All of the sticks from the preferido line are fantastic, in my opinion.

82192 - DE KFC

82194 Ezra Zion Kashmir caramel with thanks to Jeebling.

I was/am looking forward to this one. It's a brand I wouldn't buy because of their whole short run limited gimmick. This one is total production 615 cigars iirc. So did they make it to be this cigar? Or was this a test batch reject from a factory they rebranded as their own? Is this like Caldwell lost n found? Can't imagine any cigar factory worthwhile contracting for such a short run. Maybe they roll their own. Maybe they have connections. I don't know the whole story about the brand other than manufactured exclusivity.

Wrapper is a matte CT shade. Draw is medium. First light pretty standard CT shade kinda dry, papery, nutty, with a hint of grassy. Burn at 1" is flawlessly sharp. Slight pepper on retro. There's some interesting background players slight maple syrup in the finish very slight. Maybe Aunt Jemima, not the real thing. Regular pancake syrup. But it's an overall dry texture and that note is faint and fleeting.

Slight strength progression but not much change in flavor. Getting a bit harsher in the final 2".

Overall a decent to good CT shade but there's so many decent to good CT shade cigars that this one didn't need to be made. One of only 600 single cigars that's not significantly different than 600 other brands making the same cigar. I enjoyed it but maintain my stance on Ezra Zion.

Sounds like my kind of cigar. I’ll be pulling some out soon.

82197 EZ 9 Year Anniversary

82199 - Warped The Devil's Hands
82200 - Punch Diablo Scamp

#82,201 - JRE Aladino Corojo Corona

Last of a couple of 5ers from the small place. Wonderful. Luckily I have a few more.

I don't think many guys, here, smoke that blend.

I've been smoking them on and off for around 3 years now.

Have only had the short robusto size, but I'm on my second box. I think they're a really good smoke.

Mexican San Andreas wrapper done right imo. I like how the cigar slowly builds in strength too.

82202 - AF Don Carlos Presidente - thanks to PW for the really nice smoke

82205 - Padron Serie 1926 #48 maduro

82208: Room 101 Muzzle Loader Gordo 6 x 60
Beautiful Habano wrapper and impressive construction. Lots of barnyard on the nose and kickoff. Routine earthy and woody, second third the Dr. Pepper retro of dark Mexican ligero and spicy strength of Nic ligero show up w/nothing really breaking out. Final third body and strength increases but flavor profile tastes like non-descript Habano wrapper and dark tobacco twang. I had expected more flavor out of this. I will call it Habano yard ‘gar.

82210 - Unclaimed Maduro robusto grande

82212 La Gloria Cubana Wavell with thanks to jeebling. LGC was a go-to brand of mine back in my shpo days. I remember riding my motorcycle to the shpo and they were having a LGC event. That was in 2010 and the first time i smoked more than 1 cigar in a sitting. May be a trip down memory lane. Maybe not. I only smoked the dark wrapper ones. This looks like a habano.

Lit it up. Dry woody flavors. No memories here. Pleasant. Nothing to excite or disappoint. It's not bad. Typical General Cigar fare. I finished it.

82214- El Septimo The Raphael

82215 - Tabernacle broadleaf maduro
After steak cigar

82217 - Punch Dragon Fire

82219 Montecristo Perlado with thanks to jeebling.

First light is the usual CT shade notes. At 2" it's needed a touchup and a relight. Could use another touchup but I don't think I'll bother. It's a CT shade from General. I'll leave it crooked. Closing in on halfway it's still doing nothing special. Mildly sweet, inoffensive, unremarkable. I'd consider finishing it because it's not bad, but I'd like something that's better than not bad to close out the night. To be fair, a CT shade as cigar 4 or 5 of the day isn't fair either. But I have no desire to be fair to STG.

82221 - Unknown II by Kyle Gellis of Drop Cigar Club - 5.25x48 Nicaraguan puro

82223 - Mystery cigar "Fred the Bull" from blind review trade - thanks Jake

82225 -- AVO Heritage lancero with about 10 years rest...these were pretty good many moons ago and I was pleasantly surprised to find it.

first half was pretty good...got harsh and leaked a bitter tarry residue that wasn't pleasant on my tongue/lips...tossed with about 1/3 left

Looking forward to your thoughts on this one

82228 Stolen Throne Crook of the Crown

I keep looking at those. Worth buying?