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Old 09-22-2009, 11:18 AM   #1
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Walking on Calle Ocho we were invited into a cigar shop called Top. The owner poured us some Cuba Libres and handed us one of his house blends, a huge torpedo with a shaggy foot.



The torpedo’s are packed in huge 100ct boxes and sell for $8 but we managed to talk them down to $6 a piece. The medium dark wrapper has a lot of small veins. The construction is good and the predraw is on the easy side.



I tasted some wood, mild flavored with a mild chocolate aftertaste. There is also a slight salty flavor present. The flavors slowly grow in strength and midway some pepper is noticeable. At the end the flavor is a slightly salt wood.



The smoke starts thin but get thicker along the way. The cigar is medium bodied and mild to medium flavored. The burn is straight. I did discover a beetle hole.






Would I buy this cigar again? Maybe, if I visit Calle Ocho again and I decide to light a cigar in the store.

Construction: 7 / 10
Draw: 6 / 10
Appearance: 7 / 10
Smoke & ash: 6 / 10
Burn: 7 / 10
Aroma (first part) 6 / 10
Aroma (middle part) 6 / 10
Aroma (last part) 7 / 10
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Old 09-22-2009, 12:47 PM   #2
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Thanks for the review Ferdie. Finding beetles isn't a good thing, especially in a cigar shop.
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Old 09-22-2009, 12:52 PM   #3
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Ive never had one with a shaggy type foot on it, when you light it does it just all burn weird or flame up or anything?

Btw good movie on in the back ground
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Old 09-22-2009, 12:57 PM   #4
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Nice Ajax swag in the background.

Oh... nice review, too.
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Btw good movie on in the back ground
can't remember what I was watching, don't recognize the images either.
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