$5 Yard Gar Reviews

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$5 Yard Gar reviews.

I am sure some will dispute whether a yard gar can cost as much as five bucks, but the point of this thread is to give my impressions of sticks that can be bought for under five dollars. I’m not talking about 5 dollar msrp, but rather what you can reasonable expect to pay for one when bought by the box, in a bundle, or on sale. My hope is to shed light on some less expensive smokes that might fly under the radar, but offer a good enough experience for others to consider when looking for a good cheap smoke. My palate is certainly not as refined as some of the people I would call experts on ccom, but I have smoked enough different smokes to know what I like and I don’t.

Today’s review is the:
Pinar Del Rio Small Batch Black Corojo
Toro 6x52
20 Ct. Box Price $42.99

Here is what they say:

Made with total care and consideration, Pinar del Rio Small Batch Black Corojo cigars are the epitome of what boutique blends should look like. A complex mixture of Dominican Corojo ligeros and secos are combined with Dominican Criollo 98 long leaves, and then cradled inside a silky, sultry Dominican Habano wrapper. The result is medium to full in body, featuring distinctive notes of earth, black pepper, dried fruit, and cedar. This is one fine cigar, and it will thoroughly satisfy any connoisseur from start to finish.

Appearance and feel:

I’m not sure I would call this a pretty cigar. The wrapper gives the impression of a paper towel roll both in color and character. It is rather rough to the touch with a number of noticeable veins. The cigar is firm without giving the impression of being tight and It feels slightly lighter than it’s size would indicate.

Pre-light and draw:

The smell is surprisingly pleasant given it’s lack of visual appeal. A definite woodsy smell is predominate with more pine than cedar. After the cut the draw is perfect. Which is almost as important as the flavor itself in my opinion. Not to firm and not like sucking air through a straw.

First impressions: Surprisingly good. It would seem like the factory description is very close to my experience. Black pepper, dried apricot minus the sweetness, cedar, and a touch of leather and sea salt. If I was given this cigar blind I would not have picked the Dominican as it’s country of origin.

Full impression:

The cigar produces a good amount of smoke. Burn has stayed razor sharp. The ash is not holding much more than half an inch. Due to some inattention I had to re-light about a third of the way through, but it hasn’t thrown off the flavor. The flavor has stayed consistent throughout. No transitions to new flavors just a lot of the same. Towards the middle, more of the dried fruit sweetness has come on with the aftertaste. It’s almost a mouth feel of sweetness more than the actual flavor of something sweet. Black pepper has stayed consistent and is the most prominent flavor with cedar and leather on the aftertaste.

Past the halfway point the cigar loses it’s ability to stay lit more often. The flavors have stayed much the same with exception of the pepper becoming less and less prominent and the cedar and sweetness playing a larger role. I am getting a very minor amount of harshness, but nothing major or unpleasant. The final third seems to finish the way it started. What started as a pleasant smoking experience has ended with a tad bit of boredom.

Final impression:

At just over two bucks a stick this is a pretty good bargain. It doesn’t cost enough to get you disappointed by it’s lack complexity, but it offers enough good things to keep a few in the cooler. I have smoked a number of these and have had extremely consistent experience each time. I would keep these in a rotation of everyday or value priced sticks.

Rating:
7.5 out of 10

Hays

Excellent, very thorough review! I´ve liked the PDR´s that I´ve had, but this one wasn´t one of them. Also, I´d say that their price point definitely factored into my value perception (much as this one here), so there´s that.