4. Stogies

This was an 8” from the PB III. It had some wrinkles in the wrapper and a ½” long split a little bit above the foot. There were a couple large veins and over all it had a very spongy feeling, though there were a few solid spots. I punched it and it gave a very loose draw. The wrapper itself began to unfurl two minutes into the smoke. I unwrapped it completely, exposing the binder and then rerolled the wrapper leaf, sealing it with spit in order to make it serviceable. This worked for about 4” of the cigar but then it began to fall apart and I had no choice but to put it out. In spite of the issues with the wrapper, as long as it held together this cigar gave a sharp and perfectly straight burn. Go figure.

It was actually disappointing that the construction was so bad on this one. It had some interesting flavors, some less pleasant than others but not completely repugnant. The first thing that came out was a taste that reminded me of the charred crust you get on the outside of your marshmallow when roasting it on the campfire. This eventually went away and was replaced by a flavor like weak coffee with hazelnut creamer in it. At one point immediately before the whole thing self-destructed it turned very sweet and sugary, almost like a Kuba Kuba.

Single best part of the cigar: Was the scorched marshmallow flavor at the beginning of the stick.

Single worst part of the cigar: I have never seen a cigar that was so poorly made. Were it not the sake of trying to review this stick I would have tossed it in the trash can 5 or 6 puffs in when the wrapper came completely off.

An overall rating on a scale of 1-10: 1.0 (If it doesn’t stay together for you to smoke it, any positive qualities a cigar may have are rendered moot.)