Cuba Libre
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I'm smoking this Cuba Libre I got from skweekz. The vitola is what I can best describe as a bell shape. Can anyone tell me what you call it?
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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?
The CL One, on the other hand, I find to have great, complex taste, and it's my go-to full bodied "cheap" smoke. In the $3 or less club, I'm smoking either a CL One or a GHV2002. Every time. Both of which age very well, btw.
I've had mixed results with the CL One. I need to try it more before I decide what I think about it. It definitely has potential.
And like you said, BigT, the CL One is a complex, great smoke and that's why I thought the CL would have more to it. And the CL One's definitely get better with a little age....I've smoked a couple that had close to 1-year on them and they were very good.
Russ, I may have 1 more CL One in the humi....I'll check tonight and shoot you a PM.
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.
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.
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.