[Da Klugs]

Broke a couple of these out for the lunch run today.

A really spectacular cigar in regards to construction, look, feel, etc. Going from a torp to a rectangular box press is an impressive and cool thing. The smoking experience was good as well. I think these cigars taste best and most unique to those that don't use a nose exhale. Tried it for 10 minutes or so and the flavors relative to other cigars smoked in this manner are truly unique and good. The problem is this is not my smoking technique as I want to get more out of a cigar than just mouth exhales can deliver. With a nose exhale, they have very bold rich flavors playing in a single octave to use a musical analogy which at times border on a lil too harsh. Using a party short for comparison, they seem to play across 3-4 octaves and have a better sense of "flavor depth". If you didn't nose exhale though you'd say what the heck are you talking about.. the shark is mucho better.

Burned perfectly. Smoked it to and from mall chicken. Smoking thought was .. these are pretty darn good but... The but being the crux of the old argument which I am still on the other side of. That being, the very best NC cigars are worthy and can stand up well in comparison to Cuban cigars. They are just way more expensive and given my smoking style of nose exhales they do not have the depth of flavors i experience in Cuban cigars using this smoking method. If you just use a mouth only draw and exhale these beat the pants off of any Cuban I can think of. Such a wonderful and unique aftertaste relative to any cigars.

Pretty interesting.