I’ve been getting into a pattern of smoking what I want to smoke in the beginning of the week, then smoking new cigars for here at the end. So Thursday I smoked a Villiger de Nicaragua torpedo which I had received in a package from Villiger a week or so ago. This is a $15 limited edition ciga made in Villiger’s factory in Esteli, Nicaragua. It’s a pointy 6″ x 52 box pressed torpedo, with an Ecuador Sumatra wrapper, San Andrés binder and Nicaraguan and Pennsylvanian filles. This cigar has nice, dark, rich flavors. It’s. got some spice with dark chocolate, very nice smoke. It burned without incident, it was among the best cigars I had all week. Very nice. VIlliger opened their factory in Esteli in September of 2021, they are also making La Meridiana, San’Dorp, La Vencedora, La Libertad, Casa De Nicaragua, and Corrida in that factory now.
I had a trying Friday, so I went to the special humidor where I keep the Secret Santa cigars I received this year. I chose the next Alec Bradley Fine and Rare in the series I received, the 2018 Second Edition. This is the JRS10=(86) blend, all of the Fine and Rares are a blend of ten tobaccos, and they keep those tobaccos to themselves. This one was a 6½” x 56 Gran Toro. I needed a great smoke and I got just that. This is outside of my normal comfort zone, it’s bright, floral, slightly fruity, but it sure tasted good. Perfect construction was a big factor in my enjoyment, if I had encountered one of those cigars that produced loads of smoke when blown through, but you don’t get any when you draw, I would have been homicidal. Why does that happen, by the way, it really pisses me off, I had it happen yesterday. Anyway, the Fine and Rare was just that, thanks again to Mitch for sharing with me, very generous.
Finally, I went into some cigars that I got at last year’s TPE show. I thought about going this year, but I have some scheduling conflicts which made it impossible. I did a video with Bryant Bocock then, and have smoked a few of their Bocock Brothers cigars, but came across this 5″ x 50 World Traveller, which I initially thought was Habano, but now that I think back it might have been the Maduro. I like the rooster on the band, I suppose “cock” in the Bocock name is the reason they use that imagery. I like chickens, we have a few. This was an interesting cigar, it had a nice, meaty flavor. Very dense, rich smoke. I know it was 5″ x 50, but it somehow seemed thinner to me, which was OK, it was the right size cigar for the time available. I know they were doing some cigars with AJ Fernandez, although this wasn’t one of them. It was different from your standard maduro, I enjoyed it quite a bit, I need to see if I have some more floating around.
That’s all for now. I know I’m from the Philly area and should be losing my mind over the Super Bowl, but I honestly don’t give a rats ass about football. Good for them if they win, I hope the city survives the carnage whichever way it turns out. Thanks to all this Philadelphia has become known for having the grease all the light and traffic signal poles so fools won;t climb them, when there are so many other great things about the city to focus on. Whatever, I guess it’s good for business. Until he next time,
CigarCraig
