Mike and not-Shawn (Ed) Review an Omega

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This cigar has a nice dark wrapper with some real rich smells coming off of it. The drink of choice tonight (and every night lately) is Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA. We were lucky to get this delicious brew out here. Back to the cigar; First light brings a lot of smoke and a fairly light draw. There is not a whole lot of flavor to talk about and it is drying my mouth out pretty quickly.

[Cigar Mike]

Originally Posted by ECJ

First light brings a lot of smoke and a fairly light draw. There is not a whole lot of flavor to talk about and it is drying my mouth out pretty quickly.

I actually had a really adverse reaction on my first draw. I thought at first I had made a huge mistake on this, and was about to start a rant on it within the first 10 seconds. Luckily, I decided to wait a few minutes. I'm about five or ten minutes into the cigar now, and it's mellowed out drastically, and I'm starting to get some good flavor: a little pepper, a little more smoke.

My first impression was so negative, though, I'm going to have to really try to convince myself to keep an open mind. Literally, the first 2 seconds of this cigar might have shut me down to the brand had I been less patient.

I'm wondering, though, maybe I just wasn't ready for a cigar for the night? It took a little convincing to get me out here - it's been a heck of a day, so maybe my brain and cigar mojo just wasn't lined up quite right at first?

I totally agree with your thoughts Mike. Things have definitely settled down a bit going into the second third.

After the first third:

The good: The burn is nice with a solid ash and it has mellowed.

The bad: Until a few minutes ago my throat was getting hot on the draw and the flavor was kind of gritty.