Let me preface this by telling all the LLG's here that i was looking forward to trying this stick... i have heard good things about the brand and thought the Maduro would be something special. I Paid 7 or 8 bucks for it at a local B&M.
The construction on the stick was sub-par, with a lot of veins and seams where the wrapper leaves met. Well i lit the foot and instantly i was immersed in an essence of gasoline... needless to say i was not to excited about the possible substitute for fossile fuels, but i thought, well sometimes the initial fire-up can be a little rough, maybe it will calm down a little once it gets the burn on... well it did. It manifasted itself into something my dogs would recognize in the backyard! This essence of dog rocket never really left, and eventually built into a sewer-like taste. Even my wife who was sitting out on the front porch commented on how putrid the cigar smelled.
I dont know if this is how all the AVO Maduros taste, if maybe it would have developed some tobacco like taste if it sat in the humi a few years, but i was sorely dissapointed in the smoke. Has anyone else had a like experience with one of these?
LT
