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Pre-Light:  As a preface, I was given these cigars by Paul Bush, the owner of the flatbed cigar company, to try.  Its a long story, but I thought I would put up a review for my readers of Cigar Choice, since its been a while since I’ve had time to put something up.  I want to be upfront with my readers and let them know that this was a stick that was given to me, but I intend to fully and honestly review it, with no qualms about telling you how it is.

As I pulled this one out of the packaging it was in, the first thing I noticed was that it was very nice and dark, but didn’t have a lot of oils coming from the wrapper.  This didn’t bother me, because I have smoked plenty of cigars that were not very oily, but still very tasty.  There was only a couple  small veins running through the cigar, so I could tell it was going to be a good stick.  I clipped it with my ever trusty Palio cutter, and lit it up with my borrowed Ronson Jetlite (Thanks again Rob, I owe ya!)  Before lighting it, however, I did take a few pre-light draws, and got some very nice pepper, something like a white pepper, with some barnyard and a touch of cedar.  Something tells me this is going to be my kind of smoke!

1/3:  As I lit this cigar up, I was immediately hit with a white pepper spice bomb, which then toned down into a hint of barnyard, with a lot of cedary flavors.  I retrohaled on this cigar after the first few puffs, and got a surprise.  I got a bit of sweetness, with the cedar flavor pulling into the lead.  I thought the initial blast of pepper I got was going to burn the sinuses, but alas, it did not.  In fact, through the nose, I didn’t get much pepper at all.  All I got was a nice sweetness, with a semi-strong cedar flavor.  The ash is holding tight, burning straight, and the smoke is abundant!  The smoke filled my mouth nicely, but didn’t overpower in any way.  So far, I am amazed at the complexity of flavors I am getting out of this cigar.

2/3: As I continued on this cigar, right as I started on this portion, the ash fell off.  When it fell to the ground, it fell with a THUD, and stayed in one peice.  That tells me that this is one well contructed cigar!  The spice came back a bit, but the cedar and wood flavors were still dominant.  The sweetness was there, but seemed to be fading.  The burn is still perfect, and the smoke is still abundant.  I am still really enjoying the flavors.  I was enjoying them so much at this point, that I almost forgot to take pictures as the cigar progressed. So far, this cigar has not let me down!

3/3:  As I was finishing up this cigar, sadly, the flavors seemed to flatten out a bit.  I could still get all the same flavors of barnyard, pepper and cedar, but they seemed to be more faint than when I had first lit the cigar.  The smoke was still billowing strong, and the ash was still well constructed, but the flavors seemed to mute themselves a bit.

Overall Impression:  Overall, this is a cigar I would smoke at every opportunity.  I am seriously considering a box purchase, just to always have some on hand as the opportunity arises to smoke one.  I suggest that everyone smoke at least one.  We, as cigar smokers, may not always enjoy the same cigars as one another, but I can almost guarantee that this would be a stick anyone could enjoy!

Smoke em if you got em, buy em if you don’t!
Scott