What Cigar are you smoking? (2026)

[The Haroo ln]

Smoked the oliva serie v belicoso tonight. Its intriguing that this shares the same blend as the torpedo but yet the belicoso seems more nuanced. Might be down to the fact that the belicoso is a lot shorter so there maybe more of a concentration of the oils as it burns. Lovely smoke!

 

[TigerTom]

A friend thought I'd enjoy this. He was right.

 

[The Haroo ln]

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A friend thought I'd enjoy this. He was right.

That sir, is a cracking cigar! I bought a few them last year and smoked one every day for 5 days

 

[Wombat_smokes]

Punch Knuckle Buster Toro. A good, mild cigar billed as a sungrown Habana wrapper with Domincan & Nicaraguan filler. Very enjoyable and neutral smoke that stayed lit when unattended, however; the last "I'm gonna smoke this 'till I burn my fingers" 3 inches became impossible to keep going. Despite my best efforts, I'm left with 1.5 inches of unsmokable cigar.

the bitter and disappointing end:

 

[TigerTom]

That sir, is a cracking cigar! I bought a few them last year and smoked one every day for 5 days

That's a great way to put it. I was surprised by the profile. Usually JdNs are on the fuller side but this one was medium, almost mild. A nice change of pace.

 

[MadFarmer]

I found its aroma profile surprisingly one dimensional.

I have found this true of commercial cigars in general ~70% of the time, and Arturo Fuentes in particular.

 

[Sid.Stavros]

Good morning from Athens-Greece, we have sun and 90 'F here.

PDR VLR Connecticut.

 

[A.T.W]

Having one of my fresh hand rolled jalopy looking sticks. 1/2 leaf PA broadleaf ligero, full leaf Connecticut broadleaf ligero, and full leaf Dominican Criollo 98 ligero make up the filler, Mexican San Andres binder, and Habano 2000 wrapper.

Medium-full bodied leathery dessert bomb. Black pepper, cocoa, cream, leather, and a touch of spice. Nice chewy smoke with no harshness. Burns well. Even though ligero is known to not burn well without Seco or viso, PA and Connecticut broadleaf ligeros burn way better than cuban seed ligeros. They act like a viso leaf but with more character. The chewy character comes mainly from the PA broadleaf. I've found leaving it at roughly 20 to 25% max in the filler is perfect for my palate. More than that leads to a bitterness that gets to the point of being unpleasant.

If I'm experimenting then i will generally have a neutral drink or nothing so I get a true sense of what I'm tasting. I'm just into the last third and enjoy it enough that I'm having a coffee with it now.

 

[deluxestogie]

Another gift from one of my brothers. The stick is well rolled, with an excellent draw.

This silly "band" was a genuine nuisance to remove. On the bright side, it's actually smokeable. Its a single strip of leaf that has been twisted into a twine.

The taste and aroma of this cigar is typical of Brazilian cigars from Bahia—which is nowhere near the Amazon basin. The Bahia leaf that I grew was similar to other cigar varieties. By contrast, in the region surrounding Bahia, most cigar leaf is mildly "fire-cured" with locally common agricultural litter, giving it its distinctive aroma. If you've smoked any of the dry-cured Brazilian cigars sold by Villiger in Europe, this is the same aroma.

Bob

 

[FrostD]

Had these 2 a couple days ago. Both were tasty smokes!

 

[The Haroo ln]

Took a day trip to barcelona today. To go cigar shopping. It was amazing. I came back with a nice haul of around 31 cigars and 32 cigarillos. Currently smoking the jaime garcia reserva especial. Ive been trying to get this cigar in the UK for a while but to no avail. Saw them today in spain and was thinking as im growing CB myself it would only be fitting to buy so i bought 5 of them haha. Beautiful cigar. I love the earthy notes that CB wrappers give along with the slight sweetness in the background. Very suprised that there is almost no spice in this as it is a pepin garcia blend.

Also i smoked a cohiba siglo 6, 2 days ago which was a gift. Another great cigar but i will never pay retail price here in the uk for it. As beautiful as it was its just another overpriced, overtaxed cuban. Cubans are a lovely smoke bit the price tags are ridiculous!

 

[The Haroo ln]

This silly "band" was a genuine nuisance to remove. On the bright side, it's actually smokeable. Its a single strip of leaf that has been twisted into a twine.

Just thinking could you cut that and mix it into a pipe blend?

 

[deluxestogie]

No need to cut it. Just crunch it into a bowl with other tobacco.

Bob

 

[Sid.Stavros]

Salutes from Athens-Greece, we have sun and 83 'F here.

A&G Mourtides.

 

[A.T.W]

Same stick as my last post but tweaked. 1 leaf Dominican Criollo 98 ligero, 1 leaf Connecticut broadleaf ligero, and 1/2 leaf PA broadleaf ligero for the fillers. Mexican San Andres for the binder and using one of my last wrapper leaves of Habano Oscuro wrapper from WLT. I tweaked the fillers to add more CT broadleaf and Criollo 98 towards the end of the 2/3rd.

Lots of sweetness and caramel/molasses notes with this one and an uptick in body. The Habano Oscuro Wrapper always added that to any blend I used it on prior. Before I ran out of my CV Rene Ligero, I would make a blend with a strip of that in an all Dominican blend and wrap it with the Habano Oscuro and made something very similar to a Partagas Black Label.

But anyways, here's to this one.

 

[The Haroo ln]

First time smoking the ashton VSG. I think this is a collab. Between fuente and oliva? Please correct me if im wrong.
Dominican filler binder with ecuador sumatra wrapper.
Very nice smoke can taste the fuente side of the cigar. Those typical cedar, earth and leatherish notes with some rich spice. This is another stick that i got from my barceloma haul on saturday. Glad i bought 2 of them!