777 - a cigar from Hades?

[macpappy]

I don't know anything about Jesus Fuego cigars but that didn't stop me from buying a 777 at a B&M in New Orleans about two weeks ago. It had been sitting, resting in my desktop humi, for the opportunity to present itself to me. That happened this morning and I'm now in the position of saying that I will never try that again. How bad was this cigar? I don't really know because I could only smoke about the first half inch before I threw it away. If this would have been the first cigar I every smoked, it would have been my last.

Pre-light: It looked okay but it felt a little soft except for the hard stems I could feel. The aroma smelled like tobacco. I carefully lit it to make sure I would have an even burn. It had an real easy draw. I mean it was like sucking on a plastic straw.

The first puff produced an OK amount of smoke but the flavor was indistinguishable. I took another puff and asked myself "what the hell is that taste?" When I tried another puff, I got very little smoke and hardly any flavor. Looked at it and it was pretty much out. In fact, the filler had burned in a little but the wrapper had not. This was only after three puffs. Re-lighted, making sure the wrapper was burning.

Took another puff and then it hit me. The flavor reminded me of when I was in grade school and I put the pencil in my mouth. It tasted like pencil lead.
Looked at it again and watched as the amount of smoke slowly decreased to about a thin wisp. I tried to take another puff but it just failed to generate enough smoke to taste. I decided it wasn't worth the effort to light it again.

Pulled out a Punch and had an enjoyable smoke instead.