Consuegra No. 73 Cigar (Toro size, Natural)

Cheap cigars! What a life! I don't even smoke that much, so why do I purchase and patiently review these things? If had more money, then maybe I would buy a few boxes of Don Carlos robustos to smoke and get fat with. Then again, if I had more money, I would be spending it on other things, like a good magazine subscription to Bravewords and Bloody Knuckles or some other cool heavy metal magazine. Or even better, I would spend it on a big double bass or a nice drum kit. Hold on! I'm making a slight thought detour. VroOm! I got a free six issue subscription to Cigar Aficionado last year that finally just ended. I actually enjoyed reading the interviews and learned a (while trying to keep a straight face) from reading the all important cigar reviews, but Everything in there is a bit off, and the stories by a Mr. Suckling (haha, that is his real last name) are quiet pretentious. Yes, James, Cuba is a wonderful producer of cigars and the glory days of 1958-1959 are a thing to remember, but let me tell you. Cuba is still a communist government, and Castro and his brother are vile despots. Therefore I cannot actively support the purchase of Cuban cigars. Yes, they taste good, but I have decided not to speak for them. So you might ask, what about Chinese-made items being sold here? I do my best not to buy them. I refuse to buy food from China, I am diligent in finding USA-made equipment and parts, and will not support companies that are actively pushing all of our jobs over to China (and other countries for that matter). This is wrong, and so is China's leadership, so to all of the US manufacturers out there that are complaining about lower/zero revenues, it's all your fault for supporting this evil. I can't even step into Wal-Mart because of this. Imagine that, an Asian brother that won’t buy Chinese-made items. Until they bring God back into their country, nothing will change over there. Wow, what a rant. I better stick to reviewing cigars. I need to exercise more and get my mind focused. If only it came in Churchill form.

Okay, if you’re still with me, here’s my review:

The Consuegra No. 73 is a good cigar once you age it. These have been sitting in my brother-in-law’s wine chest/cigar humidor storage unit for about 2-3 months now. There was no room in his humidors at the time, so he wrapped up the bundle in several layers of plastic wrap. I was somewhat skeptical on this method of storage, but it seems to have worked. The cigars were purchased at JR Cigars in Detroit and were quite moist. Just about every cigar that I have ever had from there tends to have a lot of moisture within the leaves, so a few days or even week outside of the humidor should not have any detrimental affect on them. We unwrapped the cigars, removed them from the cellophane, and I promptly clipped one with a double-blade cutter. The end that I clipped started to tear slightly, but I managed to peel it off without too much problem. I sniffed the toro and got only slight whiffs of the general tobacco aroma. Strike that up as mild! I put the stick to my lips to get a pre-light taste, and it was woody, mild (no chewing tobacco-like sensations on this one) in flavour, and enjoyable.
One match lit the cigar without any issues (I could be overly snooty and say that I grabbed a tinder from my pile of cedar strips and lit it with the flame that I have kept going for the last 10 years, but then you would probably quit reading my posts and drink a cosmopolitan while talking about how hot Sarah Jessica Parker is and how she reminds you of your mom).

Several puffs into it and the cigar’s draw was perfect. Since Consuegras are seconds, there are times where their cigars can be plugged. Not in this case. The draw was perfect. Again, the taste was mild, plenty of smoke, not a bit of harshness. Best description in terms of what I tasted was that it’s like drinking a good hefeweizen. I’m really enjoying the natural Consuegras. When I want a really full-bodied cigar, I’ll got get my JR Edicion Limitadas out or pull out something from my stash of true premium cigars (yes, I am the cheap guy who keeps a humidor of premiums, but they’re mostly gifted cigars that I’ve received over the last couple of years). The robusto that I reviewed before was excellent, and now this toro can be added to the Metalbass Hall of Exalted Cigars (note – this hall is not listed on the website :)).