I have promised some flashback reviews, and here's the first... Comes from a fun weekend where the bro came into town after a harrowing few months of broken dog bones and disheartening blizzards. Good to see him and enjoy some smokes, some great meals, a little Hendricks' Gin, and watching Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson's War.
Here we are enjoying the Outlaw.
Here's RT enjoying one of the many countless wise gems I passed along to him over the course of the weekend.
Mmmm... Coffee AND cigars... Heaven.
The following cigar was one we said we'd do a "dual review" of, as he picked one up for me and himself and we smoked them at the new Kansas Outlaw Cigar location.Liga Privada No. 9 by Drew Estates
Here are my ratings:
- App 9 \ striking, cool simple black pen signature on white, dark wrapper, nice blunted torpedo
- Burn 8 \ very solid
- Draw 8 \ fine
- Plumage 10 \ great! Wonderful rich, peppery aroma
- Flavor 9 \ was arresting in its pepperyness, very good, but so full-bodied it may have gotten in its own way... Seemed that there were some creamier layers that may have been too hard to discern that could have been better 'married'. But by far a small complaint because the base flavor was great.
- Overall 9 \ just a great, pleasurable smoke.
- Rt scale 4 \ Although I can complain about the cost (even though I didn't pay for mine!) and maybe that there was some nuance I thought I was missing -- I really, really enjoyed this bad boy. Just won't run out and buy another.
Final analysis: Great smoke, cool appearance and band especially, but value is tough at $15 per stick retail at outlaw. Very compelling taste, aroma and experience.
And here's RT enjoying a smoke earlier in the day.
