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As most of my readers know, as of late, I haven’t been able to give you guys as many cigar reviews as I would like, due to a lot of contributing factors.  I have been searching for a way to solve this problem, as I have fun putting reviews up on the site for my readers to enjoy.  I had been looking around at various reviews online, on forums, and in video, and none of them seemed to fit, until now.  I was on my home cigar bulletin board, www.stogiechat.com and came across Josh Skorton.  Josh is a musician as well as a pipe and cigar smoker, that does video reviews of cigars and pipes, as well as pipe tobacco.  After some collaboration, Josh and I came to the conclusion that we would work well together.  You will, from time to time, see videos posted here of his reviews.  I am going to start by posting up his video review of the Nub Connecticut.  You can also find a link to his YouTube Channel in my blog roll to the right, as well as by clicking this: Josh Skorton’s YouTube Channel.  I hope my viewers enjoy Josh’s reviews as much as I do!

I’m back!  Some of you may have wondered if I’d fallen off the planet, but I am around.  I have been extremely busy with work, school, and more work, so finding time to sit down and do a review just hasn’t been happening lately.  I decided that tonight was as good a night as any to do a review.  I’ve really missed being able to sit down and type out my thoughts on cigars, so I’ve decided it is time to get back into the swing of things.  You may or may not see some layouts change around here.. I don’t know if I am down with the boring white colors, but we will see if I get the urge to change things up.  Anyway, enough about all that, and on with the review…

Today’s cigar review is of the Alec Bradley Prensado Toro.

Origin : Honduras
Vitola: Gran Toro
Size : 6×54
Wrapper : Honduran Corojo 2006
Filler : Honduras, Nicaragua
Binder : Nicaraguan Jalapa
Hand-Made
Price : $10.00 + local CA taxes

The Alec Bradley Prensado was debuted at the ’09 IPCPR convention that was held in New Orleans.  It is touted as their strongest cigar to date.  I guess we’ll see how that holds up.

Pre-Light:   As I looked at this cigar, the first thing I noticed is that the wrapper is very toothy with a nice sheen to it.  The construction is pretty impeccable on this cigar as well.  I clipped this cigar with my trusty Palio cutter, and lit it up with my Ronson Jetlite.  I got some nice hints of nutmeg and spice, with some cedar mixed in there when I took a pre-light draw.   Time to see how this thing smokes!

1/3:  As I lit up this cigar, the first thing I noticed was that it was very creamy, with thick billowing smoke, and an incredibly easy draw.  I got osme nice cedar notes, with some thick creamy flavors.  The ash was flaky, but the cigar was burning pretty straight.  So far, I am really enjoying the cedar and creamy flavors I am getting out of this cigar.

2/3:  As I continued on this cigar, I got some hints of spicy flavors, along with the same creaminess, and cedar notes.  The smoke is billowing nicely, and the cigar is burning fairly evenly.  The ash is still a little flaky, but not so bad that it was irritating.  At this point, I am glad I picked up a few of these to smoke!  I am really enjoying this cigar!

3/3:  As I finished up this cigar, I got a little bit more of the cedar notes, and the creaminess kind of floated itself to the background.  The smoke is billowing nicely, and the ash has flaked a bit, and fallen, but man was I enjoying the cigar!

Overall Impression:  Overall, this cigar is worth every penny.  While I found it to be a little bit one dimensional, the flavors of cedar, spice and creaminess were great, and mixed together nicely.  For anyone looking for a straight up good stick, the Alec Bradley Prensado is it!

Smoke Em If You Got Em, Buy Em If You Don’t!
Scott