CigarCraig's Blog

As I was writing my last post, and as I alluded to as I wrapped that post up, I received word that my place of employment for the last year

would be closing it’s doors and I would be, once again, embarking upon another career change.  This last year was a totally different job for me, and a whole new group of skills to add to my resume, so hopefully that opens some new doors for me in the near future. I am in a much better place psychologically this time than I was a year and a half ago when I found myself in a similar position. Today is my last day, so it’ll be a little rough, but a new beginning, again. I appreciate everyone’s positive thoughts.  

This week I received the rebanded Villiger La Libertad, so, naturally, I dug through the humidor and found some of the old La Libertad and figured it would be fun to smoke one of each to make a comparison. I’ll be honest, it’s not a fair comparison. Even if they were exactly the same, age would skew the results. The old La Libertad I smoked could conceivably be from 2011, I don’t keep records. Certainly the vintage of tobacco is different from the new one I received this week. To compare the one I smoked tonight to one I smoked in 2011 or ’12 would have required me to have smoked it under similar conditions, having eaten a similar meal, and having taken notes (which I don’t do). To really make a fair comparison woul

d mean I’d need to have to have two cigars from the same box, and have a time machine to smoke them moments apart. it’s really not a possibility to make a fair comparison. That being said, I smoked the two cigars more or less together. I lit the new La Libertad first, and smoked about half of it before lighting the older one. the wrapper on the older one as a bit darker.  Both cigars had a similar flavor profile, which was some sweetness on a savory base. The older one was denser, richer, while the new one had a thinner body. Considering the new version had only spent a few days in the humidor, the uneven burn was unsurprising, versus the even burn on the more well seasoned and stable older edition. The specifics on these are as follows: Ecuador wrapper, Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan and Dominican fillers, made in the Dominican Republic. Both cigars were the 5″ x 52 Robusto. I may not have smoked larger vitolas at the same time, there was a Flyers game on and I wanted to watch some of it on a screen larger than an iPad. I will say that the new band is much nicer than the old, and consistent with the branding on the rest of the Villiger line. Good cigar, well worth a try. 

I smoked the new CAO Amazon Series Orellana this week also, but will smoke another one before forming an opinion. It was a great cigar, don’t misunderstand, I just didn’t take time to pay attention to it much, and want to give it another try before writing something about it. I guess nothing jumped out at me, and I expected something unique. Again, more on this cigar another time. I didn’t really get the original Amazon Basin, but love the Fuma em Corda and Anaconda.

That’s all for today, which will be weird. Until the next time, 

CigarCraig