Thursday, August 9, 2007

Chairman's Choice President Cigar

Wow, I must say I like Famous Smoke alot. They have good deals, and their cigars tend to be just right on the humidification side. I have very rarely gotten lousy cigars from them. Today's review is on Chairman's Choice President cigars. Got two boxes of 25 for $19.95 each off of FSS's auction site. Using the tried and true metalbass cigar/drink sampling method, I opened the boxes, put them in my humidor, and smoked one cigar. Lit it, sat outside, nice and sunny, drink in hand was a bottle of Foster's lager. I like a good drink with a cigar. Beer can be light or dark, preferably dark when I have a cigar, but sometimes a lighter beer helps cleanse the palate rather than enhance the flavor of the cigar. In this case, what little flavor I got from the CCP cigar was washed out by the beer. Hmmm, me thinks that this cigar is a bit too mild. No hints of spice, panties, nothing. A few days later I smoked another CCP, this time accompanied by a martini in Ann Arbor. Two of my friends also partook in one of these cigars. This time, still mild, but a bit more flavorul, enough to hold it's own with the martini. Came back home and a few days later, tried one more while working. No drink on hand this time. Flavor was stronger yet still mild, slight spice, draw was a bit loose but on a summer day, sometimes you just don't want to think about what you're smoking and just enjoy the weather. Don't pay full price for this closeout from the makers of Troya cigars. Instead, buy it at the rock bottom auction price that FSS puts these out at every now and then. I'm sure they still make like $10 off of a box. I still think that this cigar may get better with age, and it's definitely better than any machine made junk out there that I see the old guys smoke. Really, don't smoke everday. If you do, stick to cigarettes.

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