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Originally Posted by wlai
Saw this blog post: http://www.stogieguys.com/2011/09/09...s-at-once.html, in which the author suggests that you smoke two similar cigars side by side to really reach into the difference in profiles and improve your palate.
I think that's a great idea for a newbie like myself. My question is: Do you have any recommendation for a paring that may be interesting, and more importantly, inexpensive? I don't want to waste a smoke since I probably won't be relaxing and enjoying them, as much as analyzing them. |
i can definitely respect that you'd want to try this. since the article was posted on a relatively well-known site, there's some credibility to this method. granted, what works for one won't necessarily work for another but for the most part it can't hurt to try it once. if you find it doesn't work for you it's something you just put behind you. plus, the recommendation from the article is not to do it a lot but only occasionally.
it's hard to recommend something without knowing what you already like to smoke, but if i was personally doing this, i might go with a Rocky Patel Decade and a Rocky Patel Fifteenth Anniversary, both torpedoes. or maybe a Don Tomas Clasico robusto and a Perdomo Grand Cru robusto.
hope you get a chance to try this and it works for you! it's hard to get a hang of tasting the nuances of cigars. sometimes it takes years. please report back with your findings if you try it!