Confessions of a Newbie

Firstly, let me state that I am sorry for soiling the great halls of this asylum with such drivel.....I may have been drinking.....ok several pints of homebrew deep into this night and smoking a cigar. There, you happy, you drug it out of me.

Secondly, let me state for the record that I had thought, wrongly, that there had not been much difference in the cigars I had smoked, and that all had about the same flavor. Subtle nuances separated the various smokes, but nothing major that could really help me tell what was full flavored and what was uber-mild. That has changed. I have seen the light....errr....the error of my ways perhaps...

Diablo Picantes Pimiento......by name alone should be a fiery little devil that gives off tons of spice and leaves a peppery scent wafting through the air. LIES I tell you. There is relatively NO FLAVOR in this stick. I have a box I bought about a month ago and this is only the second stick I have smoked from the box. I liked the first one and I tasted pepper in the first. Is this stick a dud? Did I imagine the spiciness of the first stick? Does my inebriation play that big of a roll in what I can taste?

I'm lost. I don't know what to think about this stick. So far, the only plus to this one is that it's been good practice at blowing smoke rings. At least I'm tipsy and contented with that.