Smoke-N-Spirits

“Everyday Smoke”

In preliminary inspection of the 5 Vegas Gold I noticed a few key points. The cigar felt good between the fingers, slightly spongy while remaining solid. The wrapper however was rather large veins in the tobacco leaf and some slight inconsistency. The end cap was formed well and cut easily, the draw was also very good and put out plenty of aromatic smoke. I was sitting outside of a Starbucks and 2 people out of the 7 or so that came by commented on how good it smelled.

Initially the cigar was rather bland with a hint of something nasty when I first lit it. However this did not last long and the cigar came more to life as I worked through it. Once the flavor stabilized it was very smooth and smoked cool. There were no very distinctive characteristics to note in regards to it’s flavor but it was pleasant.

In my opinion this is a great cigar for an everyday kind of smoke or an excellent cigar for someone who is just beginning the journey into Cigar Aficionadoness. (I’m pretty sure I just made that word up)

Though it had pleasant smoking characteristics and great draw it did burn inconsistently and the ash was rather odd. This is contributed to the quality of tobacco used in the rolling process. Long filler quality tobaccos should produce a nice long column of ash with neat edges. You can tell a lot about the quality of the tobacco used and the richness of the soil by the characteristics of the ash. I’ll go on about that in another post sometime. In regards to this cigar you’ll notice the ash is broken up and bending oddly, most likely because scraps of tobacco were used instead of long fillers.

OVERALL RATING: 73

Appearance and Construction: 10

Flavor: 20

Smoking Characteristics: 18

Overall Impression: 25

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