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Old 04-28-2009, 05:20 PM   #1
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I came home a little early today and decided to read some articles (on cell culture if that interests you) on the deck, enjoy the weather and a cigar. I decided to go with a Bucanero that has been hanging out in my humi for a few months. I decided to pair this with some delicious spring water. After looking at their website I'm pretty sure it is the Bucanero Windjammer robusto. It is a 5" x 50 cigar with an Ecuadorian sumatra wrapper with Dominican filler. The construction appears to be real nice. The pre-lit draw is perfect and it continues to be perfect (at least for me) throughout the cigar. The pre-lit aroma is quite floral....reminds me of roses.

I lit it up and took a draw. The first third was quite floral with some hints of chocolate and wood. The farther I smoked it, the more wood I tasted. The chocolate faded out. There was also some nuttiness in the first third. The second third was predominantly woody with some floral notes still there. The ash was a light grey and hung on for about an inch before it looked like it was getting ready to drop....so I tapped it off. Getting into the final third, it began to get bitter. I purged it a few times and let it rest, but it wasn't recovering. So I put it down. It was a pretty mild cigar. I enjoyed the first 2/3 of this cigar. I'd be willing to buy this again.
And here's a pic showing my mad multi-tasking skills.
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Old 04-28-2009, 05:34 PM   #2
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Thanks for the review w/pics! It's a very attractive stick, too bad it went south with bitterness.
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Old 04-28-2009, 08:24 PM   #3
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nice review
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Old 04-28-2009, 08:42 PM   #4
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Good job on the review Kevin. Now, what is the specific importance of fetal bovine serum in cell culture? Growth factors or what?
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Nice review and pictures. Thanks
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Old 04-28-2009, 10:07 PM   #6
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Good job on the review Kevin. Now, what is the specific importance of fetal bovine serum in cell culture? Growth factors or what?
My understanding is that the fetal bovine serum provides essential proteins and nutrients to nourish the cells. Basically soil is to plants as fetal bovine serum is to animal cells.
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My understanding is that the fetal bovine serum provides essential proteins and nutrients to nourish the cells. Basically soil is to plants as fetal bovine serum is to animal cells.
Gotta be peptide growth factors ... just gotta be.

BTW, don't look at the price of FBS. Not pretty.
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