Reviews
Date Added: Saturday 19 January, 2019
Independencia 1898 Half Corona Cigar - 1 Single
by Benjamin
lovely taste, very velverty cream like smoke, nice easy draw
Date Added: Monday 14 January, 2019
Very small cigar with a decent girth. Lovely smooth relaxing smoke if only it was full length as it left me wanting more of the same. Still, there is a goodly 25ish minutes to it so not too bad. Will definitely be reordering.
Date Added: Sunday 09 December, 2018
Had one of these from the December Delights sampler and I thought Id write a few quick words of my experience.
Unfortunately the cap was poorly attached and I had slight unwrapping issues, despite my careful cut, however this did not affect the smoke until the last 1/6th or so. From lighting the draw was smooth and consistent for the most part, and a somewhat fast burn. There was a distinctly peppery body from the get go, with earthy and leathery notes also coming through throughout the entire smoke. At points I noticed an almost red wine-like flavour, coming through mostly when the cigar burned hotter.
Coming down to the final quarter of the cigar the draw became slightly tighter and there was a subtle flavour change from that, bringing out more of the leathery and red wine notes. And in the final 1/6th it was a struggle to keep an even burn in conjunction with keeping the cigar from unwrapping, however it didnt pain me too much to just chuck it when the going got tough. I enjoy smoking a cigar down as far as it will go in general and usually squeeze a bit more out than I did with
Date Added: Saturday 08 December, 2018
Very nice, flavoursome cigar. Let down by being way too tight. Couldnt get a decent draw till at least halfway down. A shame as it tasted excellent,
Date Added: Tuesday 27 November, 2018
Very good cigar, inkas are my regular Friday night pub smoke good for taking the stress of the working week away. Alway a good draw and build occasionally an odd burn but that is a minor issue of a good all round cigar nice flavours easy smoke. Definitely a good cigar for someone new to cigar smoking. They go very well with a glass of 12 year old Highland Park whisky.
Date Added: Saturday 10 November, 2018
A great cigar for the price and reminiscent of Cuban Partagás (not the depth or creaminess of a good Partagás) - rich, earthy and woody with a lot of pepper and a sweet leathery undertone. There was a tiny amount of development in flavour, getting darker into the second half and I found smoking it slowly with a little whisky was best. I did find the pepper to be rather overpowering, and there was a slight acrid bitterness throughout which mainly picked up in the second half. Some slight hints of peanut developed and a little green vegetal note built up. The finish wasnt great, a little bitter but otherwise pleasant. I found mine to be very much full strength.
I am very curious as to how well these might age over a few years as some of the rough edges should ease off at the very least. Construction was excellent with a beautiful straight burn - tightly packed but with a perfect (easy but not too open) draw producing thick mouthfuls of smoke.
