I’ve been scrounging around for new cigars again, and I had bought some of the Alec Badley Project 40 Maduro Toros from Scotty’s Cigars a few weeks ago and figured I’d smoke a few ad see what they were all about. To digress a little, I had mentioned that I was having some dental discomfort recently, and visited the dentist this afternoon and he referred me to the endodontist who will probably do a root canal or two. This is better than having to have it pulled, and one of the teeth causing the problem already has a porcelain crown from a previous chain dental practice I visited during a period where my usual dentist wasn’t in my dental plan. LEsson LEarned there. At least the crown is good. A tooth extraction would negatively impact my ability to enjoy a cigar for an extended period of time, and we can’t have that! Enough about my problems. The downside was, I missed out on joining in on the Kaplowitz Radio Round Panel, of which I’ve been taking part recently. This is a Podcast which is part of the Kaplowitz Media family of podcasts which I find entertaining. How much I personally contribute remains to be seen. I’ll try again next week. This is also why today’s post is a day late. Back to the Project 40. I haven’t tried the “Natural” wrapper version yet, but I will hunt some down.
The Project 40 Maduro has a San Andrés wrapper, a Brazilian Habano binder and Nicaraguan fillers. The Toro is 6″ x 52. I’ll preface this by saying that I generally keep my humidors on the dryer side, but the humidor these cigars were in is sitting around 67%, and something I really hate is when cigars smoke on the over humidified side. This is one reason I tend to check cigars with the Humidimeter, and this cigar measured 65% at the foot, and I think 63% is ideal. Heavier tobaccos hold more humidity than thinner tobaccos, so two cigars in the same humidor can smoke differently, and a little too much moisture can cause a “steamy” quality to the smoke. Like I said, I hate that. Despite the cigar smoking a little on the wet side, which I’ll take responsibility for, this was a nice tasting cigar. The interplay of the Mexican and Brazilian components gives it a nice, meaty spice, with some heavy espresso. I have one more that I’m going to put in a much dryer humidor and get to it in a few months, I’m sure it will be really nice. The price point is really attractive too, at under $7.
That’s all for today, until the next time,
CigarCraig
