A few weeks back I walked across the street to visit my neighbor (We’ll call him “Dr. Rob”). Little did I know that I was in for a pretty entertaining evening. “Dr. Rob” is a non-smoker so I left my cigars at home. As I approached his front porch I smelled the aroma of a cigar. His Father-in-Law (We’ll call him “Fred”) was sitting on the porch swing enjoying what looked like a huge maduro wrapped cigar. After the proper introductions, “Dr. Rob” offered me a Killians and “Fred” offered me a National Brand Maduro. I felt like a king.

I didn’t take any notes on this smoke, I was too busy enjoying the moment, so I am going to guess at it’s dimensions. Please correct me if I’m wrong on anything. It seemed to be about 7 inches long with a 52 guage “gerth”. It was wrapped in a nice dark maduro wrapper with almost no veins. The first thing I noticed was how sweet it was. After about 1/3 of it was gone it dawned on me how very smooth it felt while I blew the smoke through my nose. It had a good even burn the whole two hours it was lit. That’s right, two hours. (”Dr. Rob” found out that I could drink lot’s of beer in two hours.) There was no oily residue around the fire and it didn’t unwrap at any time. A sweet smoke with a good burn.

“Fred” was in town to help “Dr. Rob” do some remodeling and visit with his grandchildren. During those two hours on “Dr. Robs” porch he entertained me with story after story. It turns out that “Fred” is a retired detective and had many, many interesting stories. He also knows what he is talking about when it comes to cigars. Which was obvious considering the National Maduro he offered me. This was a very good cigar that I will buy in the future. Too bad he had to head home so soon but I’m sure we’ll meet again. Maybe next time I’ll let him write the review.

Posted by Mr. Porch in Cigar Reviews, Cigars General

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