Name: Mosh Gorilla
Country: Dominican Republic
Shape: Parejo
Size: Toro (5 9/10 inches x 56)
Strength: Medium to Full
Affordable, undemanding, fun. I liked the Gorilla branding. But the construction wasn’t perfect.
Although I did not love this cigar, I had a fun experience smoking it. Overall, I’d say it was okay, and I wouldn’t mind smoking it again.
I paired this one with espresso and sparkling water and smoked it until there was nothing left of it.
Name: Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Belicoso
Country: Dominican Republic
Shape: Belicoso
Size: (5 3/8 inches x 52)
Strength: Medium
I burned this cigar at a cigar lounge in Yerevan. They didn’t have a wide variety of cigars, but they did have Arturo Fuente lines on display. And that’s usually enough to make a cigar lounge a good one. The place was almost empty, but it turned out to be an evening well spent with an old friend. He was new to cigars, so after catching up, I gave him a crash course: how to cut and light a cigar, how to smoke a cigar, how to pick a cigar, and so on…
The Don Carlos burned wonderfully. I paired the first third with espresso, the second third with a glass a peated whisky, and the last third with water. Everything was great.
Name: Rocky Patel Twentieth Anniversary Maduro Toro
Country: Honduras
Shape: Parejo
Size: (6 inches x 52)
Strength: Medium to Full
A BOTL suggested I try this stick. He pointed at the cigar he was smoking and said, “This is wow.” He didn’t need to say anything more. The way he said it made it clear that I had to light one up right there and then. And that’s what happened.
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Branding: Loved the silver and gold branding. The gold makes it look like a prize-winning stick. The grey, however, reminded me of a gravestone, especially with the 1995 – 2015 on it. But it only makes the cigar look more serious.
Construction: Well-built. Wrapped firmly and beautifully. No comments.
Pre-light: Medium-roast coffee, leather, pine.
Cut: Straight cut.
Burn: A little uneven when I lit it, but it was all good before I reached the first third.
Duration: I smoked it slowly. Almost 120 minutes.
Draw: Great.
Smoke: Medium. Could have been thicker.
Ash: Good.
Flavor: Coffee, leather, licorice, pepper.
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