Cigar review No.2 - Hawk 1968 Robusto

Here's another rather ill informed cigar review for you. I was going to wait a little while before ordering another cigar, maybe til my next payday, but I got a bit over-excited and before I knew what was happening I'd made another purchase from sigar.com. I enjoyed the Chess Maduro Corona I got for free with my last order and I read that fatter cigars have space in them for more leaves (makes sense) and can therefore have a more complex blend of tobacco. That sounded pretty interesting to me so I ordered a Chess Maduro Robusto. You get a small fee if your order is less than 300 kr (Håkon has to make a living after all) so I added another cigar to the order. I read somewhere that robustos are a good size to go for since pretty much every company produces a cigar in that size, it's thick enough to get a good mix of leaves and not the most expensive. I decided that's the size I'm going to try to stick with for now so I can explore the difference in the tobacco flavour and know it's the tobacco and not the size or shape that's causing the different tastes. Went for a Hawk 1968 because it's made in the same factory as Chess cigars, so the biggest difference should be the tobacco itself.

Cigar review No.1 - Don Tomas Maduro Robusto

My first cigar review already! It seems almost arrogant to be writing a review of what was only the third cigar of my life, but then I'm going to be sharing my own subjective experience, not an expert opinion based on years of experience. As I'm very new to cigars my equipment isn't the best you could get, and I wanted to show some pictures of my kit. There seems to be a fair bit of posing in the cigar world with all kinds of fancy accessories (which do look pretty awesome so it's fair enough I suppose) but I'm aiming to keep it about interesting flavours and aromas. Maybe it's because I'm British and traditionally cigar smoking in Britain has been about pleasure not status. Anyway, this is my setup at the moment: