Brick Hose Cigar Review

Robusto 54x5 Natural

Med to full flavored cigar

MADE BY: Fabrica de Tabacos San Rafael S.A.

FACTORY LOCATION: Nicaragua

Handmade with long fillers

WRAPPER: Nicaragua Havana Subido

BINDER: Nicaragua

FILLER: Nicaragua

a "puro" blend of hand-selected and aged Nicaraguan tobacco

This cigar has a rich leathery looking brown wrapper with small veins. The seams were hard to see and the cap is well make. Overall this is a fine looking cigar.

 The pre light aroma of his cigar had a pleasant deep tobacco scent. The cap cut very cleanly and the pre light draw was effortless.

 Up on lighting this cigar the first draw was clean and tasted of tobacco without any pepper. There was also a hint of cedar on the first draw.

The first third had a very delightful taste with a little bit of pepper on the front of the tongue, so far a very pleasant tasting cigar. This cigar was well constructed and felt firm between my fingers.

The second third of the Brick House cigar developed a little more spicy pepper on front of the tongue, but the smoke remained pleasant tasting with a suggestion of cedar in the background. There was no dry taste from this cigar and no hints of harshness on the back of the throat, telling me that the tobaccos in this cigar were well aged. The cigar remained firm, but continued to have a good draw. This cigar produced good amount of smoke on each puff throughout its life.  The ash was a dark gray, but never was very long at any time.

The last third of the cigar settled down and lost most of its pepper taste and developed some great creamy tobacco flavors. I enjoyed this cigar to the very end. The price range of this cigar was just over $5.00 and in my mind that is a good price for great cigar. I will be adding this cigar to my humidor.

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