Reviews
Date Added: Sunday 19 July, 2020
A very pleasant surprise!
Initially a very nice mouthful of dried fruits followed perfectly with well balanced-soft woody notes the sweetness of which is nicely challenged by a hint of Iodine.
A very enjoyable malt indeed, would recommend and purchase for myself.
Date Added: Sunday 19 July, 2020
The burn and construction of this cigar was perfect. My cigar seemed to have hefty spice, maybe bit much for me but thatÂ’s my subjective taste preference. Starts off creamy, hefty wood spice, return of slight cream phase then spicy final like many cigars. Maybe not completely to my taste but you canÂ’t deny this is a very good stogie. On just construction burn and value it deserves a high score.
Date Added: Sunday 19 July, 2020
Camacho Corojo Machitos Cigar - 1 Single
by Mohammed
1. Appearance & Construction
Cigar looks decent wrapper was dark like chocolate had a slight rough feel to it but surface of the wrapper leave had no visible blemishes or bump. Cigar was tightly packed and had decent weight to it. Red label on the body of the dark cigar looked ridiculously cool. Bold, vibrant and in your face.
15 points.
2. Flavor & Aroma.
From the outset this smelt strong and spicy. Flavor was a bit too strong for my liking. At no point did it balance out or mellow, it was consistently strong and spicy throughout all 3rds of the cigar. If your into strong cigars youd love this but its not for me.
10 points.
3. Smoking Characteristics.
Cutting the cigar was pretty easy but for some reason it was difficult to light. Not sure if the cigar was too moist didnt feel like it was. Draw was tight, had to puff quite hard to get a decent smoke and this continued throughout the entire cigar. Ash was not white more greyish but did roll off easily. The smoke itself was cool and at no point did it feel warm. Burn was pretty even until the 2nd 3rd where it did
Date Added: Saturday 18 July, 2020
I personally don’t get it. I smoke cigars because I love how the great ones tell a story from one third to the next, how you can find a stare of sheer bliss and relaxation whilst smoking. How they can give you the same appreciation of a great meal at a top restaurant or an amazing scotch.
I bought my dad a bottle of 1963 fonseca vintage port for his birthday about 10 years ago. He wanted to wait for an occasion when my brother was home to drink it. So that Christmas he opened and decanted it and we all had a glass. His wife went to the kitchen and put effing lemonade in it.
That is what the acid cigars are. You cannot judge the tobacco or flavour changes, retrohaling is like snorting wash powder and they give me heartburn too. If they were cheap it would be one thing, but the point of fine cigars is the tobacco, if you are going to mask those flavours it needs to enhance the experience. I cannot see how these cigars are enhanced by putting powders in them.
I got 5 different acid cigars. I didn’t enjoy any of them
Date Added: Saturday 18 July, 2020
I promise you that if you swapped the label for a cohiba label and charged £30 for it, some of the people giving this a 1 star review would be waxing poetically about how amazing this is.
Whilst it certainly is not a top 25 all time smoke or anything, it is a GREAT smoke for the price. The government makes impossible for the average British gives enthusiast to be able to afford to smoke a premium cigar everyday. But these ARE affordable, even in this country, and for the price they are exceptional. You cannot do better this side of £10 and these are only a fiver.
Satisfying smoke, good construction, nice flavours. Perhaps one day the chancellor will remove duty from premium cigars as they make up a tiny fraction of tobacco duty, but in the likely even that never happens and you can buy a box of le bijou 1922 for £100 like in the states, this is a good alternative. Overall this is a 4 star smoke, but I give it a 5 for the value
Date Added: Saturday 18 July, 2020
Camacho Connecticut Machitos Cigar - 1 Single
by Mohammed
1. Appearance & Construction.
The cigar looked a little rough also felt rough and slightly bumpy in areas. Had good weight to it considering its a small cigar. Label is bold, vibrant, and in your face.
10 points.
2. Flavor & Aroma.
From the get go there is a spicy smell to the cigar. You can tell straight away this is going to be a slightly strong cigar. The flavor and aroma is consistent from the pre-light and during the course of the smoke. Slight sweetness with a kick of spice. Big bold in your face flavours that matches the label. The flavor was consistent throughout all 3rds of the cigar. Surprisingly the final 3rd did not get bitter and I could smoke right to the nib.
25 points.
3. Smoking Characteristics.
From the outset everything came with ease for this cigar. From cutting to lighting. The burn was pretty even, and at halfway through the 1st 3rd it did start canoeing but rolling it around and smoking it sorted it out did not need to be touched up with a lighter. Ash was white and easy to roll off. The draw was perfect, effortless. Makes me really tempt
