Life Goes On

Wrapper: Dark Ecuadorian Habano Binder: 4 Year Aged Dominican Ligero Filler: 4 and 5 Year Aged Dominican Corojo Ligero and Honduran Corojo Ligero Size: Robusto Corona Length: 4.5 Ring Gauge: 52 Price: $8.69 Beverage: Diet Pepsi Smoking time: 1 Hour 20 Min. Humidor time: 2 days Purchased: CigarEarth.com Construction: I have been struggling to keep this cigar in my humidor the past few days, but it was the cigar of choice for #cigarchat this week and I just had to wait. With Jay and Tom from AKA Cigar joining in on the chat, the wait was over. This stick had beautiful dark brown habano wrapper. The wrapper had a nice oily looking sheen and was virtually free from veins. Let me tell you this was one impressive looking cigar. Pre-light: Putting this cigar to my nose was a rewarding experience. The aroma radiating from the wrapper was a very pleasant mocha aroma, the foot was nearly the same but had a nice amount of tobacco mixed in. Clipping the end I was rewarded with

Wrapper: San Andres maduro wrapper Binder: Connecticut Capote Filler: Nicaraguan and Brazilia Mata Fina Size: Toro Length: 6 Ring Gauge: 60 Price: $5.83 Retail Price: $9.95 Beverage: Diet Coke Smoking time: 1 hour 30 minutes Humidor time: 12 days Purchased: Cigars.com Heavy Hitters Double Stack Construction: As I unwrapped this toro my first though was "wow, this isn't a cigar, it's a baseball bat"! This stick was simply a beast of a cigar. Taking a close look, the overall construction was nearly perfect, the wrapper contained a couple fine veins, there were no soft or hard spots the entire length. It was just one well put together cigar. Pre-light: Putting the cigar to my nose was a joy, the wrapper had a nice mocha scent as did the foot, only stronger. Tasting the end cap was a bit disappointing as I expected such a nice smelling wrapper to have a nice mocha taste, which it did not. It was actually nearly tasteless. As the flame jumped from my l