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Old 09-18-2009, 03:04 PM   #21
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#2 was the now discontinued Camacho Negro. Wrapper is a Mexican maduro, Honduran filler/binder. Great job, Huy.
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Old 09-18-2009, 03:12 PM   #22
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#2 was the now discontinued Camacho Negro. Wrapper is a Mexican maduro, Honduran filler/binder. Great job, Huy.
Those were really good tasting cigars - not sure why they didn't go over, maybe the absorbant price that JR was charging for them due to the packaging.

I might be remembering things wrong, but I thought all of the Camacho Negros were box pressed?
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I say it's a toro. About 6'' with RG of 60, I believe.
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All five are approx 5"x50rg robustos.
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That's why you ask your GF to measure!
Bob, you stole my line!!! I was going to say something smart!!!

BTW Huy - I love the Camacho Negros!!!

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#2 was the now discontinued Camacho Negro. Wrapper is a Mexican maduro, Honduran filler/binder. Great job, Huy.
Half right! Sweet!

Thanks Darrell.
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Old 09-18-2009, 03:59 PM   #25
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Another great review. Thanks Huy
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Old 09-18-2009, 04:12 PM   #26
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Great Review. I am a fan of the Camacho Negro's, unfortunatly I only have a couple left.
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Old 09-18-2009, 04:14 PM   #27
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Great Review. I am a fan of the Camacho Negro's, unfortunatly I only have a couple left.
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Oh! Yeah!

I thought those were Nub Habanos!!!
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Next time I will have both feet in the picture for you, grouch.
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Old 09-24-2009, 02:55 PM   #31
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Pre-light

This 3rd cigar is covered by a maduro wrapper with little oils and one very noticeable vein. The smell of this cigar is very pleasant, something a little sweet. Okay, let's take a bite off the cap. Taking a dry draw, it seems as if this cigar is not very giving, but I can taste the sweet hay like flavor. Okay time to light this thing up.



First/Third

Wow wow wow. The first couple puffs on this cigar just blown me away. The flavors are so rich. The initial puff on this cigar, I was able to pick up on a hint of coffee beans with some light peppers that lingers the back of my throat. The finish is very long and is making me take a drink of my water. After about 5 minutes of settling in on this cigar, the flavors have mellowed out to a sweet coffee bean taste with some peppers to it. The flavors on this cigar is very smooth.



Second/Third

I am able to pick up on the sweet maduro with hints of nuts. I mentioned in the pre-light that this cigar was going to be tough to draw on, it's a little tough so I used my draw tool to poke down its pipe hole! This smoke is burning a little uneven, a little touch up as well. The ash on this stick is solid firm. Such a high maintenance cigar! Okay back to the flavor profile. I also pick up a smoky component, leaving the back of my throat felling like a charcoal grill. I have an idea of what this cigar is but I don't want to ruin it for myself, let's smoke some more!




Last

The cigar is burning a little more even now and the draw seems to have opened a little more. A soft pepper flavor is also something that I am to pick up, this flavor is balancing out very well with the rest of the smoke. Think roasted nuts with a light pepper, I would say that those are the two prominent flavors through out the last 3rd.



Conclusion

Overall I enjoyed this cigar very much, although at times, the stick went wavy on me. I'm not sure if this would be a cigar I would grab out of the humi every day, but it's something I wouldn't mind once in a while. Overall, I would say that this is a medium smoke. I want to say this is something Nicaraguan, maybe a 601? Although it did not have that Pepin spice blast, I still think it's the 601. Bob did say that it has some age on it... I'm sticking to it. 601.
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Old 09-24-2009, 04:12 PM   #32
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Another great review Huy.

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Old 09-24-2009, 04:14 PM   #33
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Old 09-24-2009, 04:21 PM   #34
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Very nice review Huy. It is indeed a Nicaraguan but not a Pepin or Ortega. It is an Illusione 88. One of those bad boys has to be a Pepin! Or does it!
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Very nice review Huy. It is indeed a Nicaraguan but not a Pepin or Ortega. It is an Illusione 88. One of those bad boys has to be a Pepin! Or does it!
Ehhh half right, not bad. I'm sure one of them are! Did you get it!!!!!???
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Old 09-24-2009, 05:15 PM   #36
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Ehhh half right, not bad. I'm sure one of them are! Did you get it!!!!!???
Yes, I got your package. Smoking little Viaje now in Raymond's memory. Spicy little stick!
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Old 09-24-2009, 10:30 PM   #37
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I really need to get out of the banter thread more often. Great reviews so far Huy!
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Old 09-24-2009, 10:58 PM   #38
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Damn good blind review huy.
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Old 09-25-2009, 06:59 AM   #39
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Great thread! I really enjoy reading Huy's reviews!

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Great thread to come back to, but Huy...did you ever smoke the last two??? None-the-less, I really enjoyed the review of the first three. It's interesting to see how perceptions may have changed in almost 4 years.
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