Nub Cammie

[VirtualSmitty]

BoobyRitz included a Nub Cameroon cigar in my winnings from a baseball bet awile back. I had only ever smoked a Nub Habano, which wasn't that great, so of course, among all the other cigars, I reached for the Nub first.

Where to start. Unlike the last Nub I smoked, it wasn't the size of a dwarf cack. It was still a bit too big, 54 RG or so. Construction seemed ok, though I had a hard time jamming it into my Palio for the cut.

After cutting I lit up and wow. Tart, tinny, sickly sweet, and something that tasted like soggy wood. Complex, but in all the wrong ways. My eyes teared, my nose burned, and I had to suppress the immediate urge to vomit.

After that first ungodly bad 1/2 inch the cigar settled down and all that was left was the tinny taste. perhaps my taste buds were on sensory overload from the first couple of buffs, but it went from repulsive to just bad. It's like Sam was trying to capture the sweet spot of Fighting **** or a Cremosa or something.

Towards the end of the Nub (the nub of the Nub?) it picked up and started showing sharp woody and dirt flavors. I was wondering to myself why I was even still smoking it at this point and tossed it. It was terrible, not even three beers and four pieces of pizza could purge my mouth of the foul taste.

I will say, that smoking this made me realize that I enjoy too many good cigars. Every once in awhile it's worth it to smoke something so foul just to remind you to be appreciative of the regular stuff your lucky to have. Sorta bring you back down to earth. I could pull out the worst stick in my cab and it would still be more enjoyable then this Nub.