Cigar Asylum Cigar Forum - Nub 466 habanos

A lot has been said about the nubs, some love them, others call them a hype, well, I smoked one now, the Habanos version and I think I am the second category, I don’t dislike the nub but it isn’t what it’s supposed to be when you believe the (sales) stories.

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Yes, it looks funny, short, fat, a bit like me, the name 466 refers to the size of 4 inch and the 66 ring. The wrapper is nice and clean, a bit oily. The predraw is just fine and the cigar has an aroma of dry hay.

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I could taste some coffee with a bit leather, not really good though. After about half an inch I could taste the typical Oliva flavor and the coffee disappeared. After an inch the Oliva flavor goes away and I could taste a nutty flavor. The nutty flavor is consistent and only grows a bit in strength.

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I can only say great things about the smoke, the smoke is awesome. The ash is quite firm and right before I want to re-act the famous “look at this cigar standing on its ashes” it broke off all over my shirt (again).

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This short cigar is good for 75 minutes of smoking and is strong enough to feed me some vitamin N. The burn was just a little off, but I won’t hold it against this cigar.

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Would I buy this cigar again? Don’t think so, or maybe as a ‘look what I got’ cigar when I go somewhere with less informed botl’s

Construction: 14 / 20
Draw: 14 / 20
Appearance: 14 / 20
Smoke && ash: 8 / 10
Burn: 7 / 20
Aroma (foot) 6 / 10
Aroma (body) 7 / 10
Aroma (head) 7 /10