Cigar Aficionado is absolutely crazy

[elderboy02]

I know they have always been crazy with their reviews (12 year old Madagascar vanilla, etc.), but I was reading their review in the 2009 calendar for the month of July is as follows:

Nub Habano 358
"It's fat and stubby but attractive and draws well. There's an initial cedar blast in the smoke that also shows coffee and a touch of pencil lead flavor"

Now, when was the last time you walked into your local B&M and asked them for a cigar that tastes like pencil lead? How do you even know what pencil lead tastes like unless you ate pencils as a kid?

[macpappy]

Originally Posted by elderboy02

I know they have always been crazy with their reviews (12 year old Madagascar vanilla, etc.), but I was reading their review in the 2009 calendar for the month of July is as follows:

Nub Habano 358
"It's fat and stubby but attractive and draws well. There's an initial cedar blast in the smoke that also shows coffee and a touch of pencil lead flavor"

Now, when was the last time you walked into your local B&M and asked them for a cigar that tastes like pencil lead? How do you even know what pencil lead tastes like unless you ate pencils as a kid?

Reminds me of the Fuego 777 I tried to smoke this weekend. The first taste I recognized was pencil lead.

[rrplasencia]

think i'll start a new wtt thread, i have plenty of pencils as trade

[ucla695]

I know the taste of pencil lead, but I can't say I've ever tasted it in a cigar.

[dunng]

[Skywalker]

Some cigars seem to put lead in my pencil!!!

[BryanB]

I always taste pencil lead right after soggy cardboard.

[tunes]

Originally Posted by ucla695

I know the taste of pencil lead, but I can't say I've ever tasted it in a cigar.

Nor would I want to ...

[Ashcan Bill]

Did they happen to mention whether it was fresh pencil lead or aged pencil lead?

If it was aged pencil lead, I may have to try one someday. Hard not to like fat stubby aged pencil lead smokes.

I've seen pencil lead mentioned in wine reviews too.

[borndead1]

I've tasted pencil lead in many cigars. It's a sign of a dog rocket from my experience.

[Footbag]

I hate to admit it, but pencil lead or pencil shavings are in my cigar vocabulary. I associate it with an unpleasant flat mineral flavor. Hard to explain but when you taste it, you know.

But, you should've known you'd find some crazies at the Asylum. At least were proud of it!

[elderboy02]

Originally Posted by borndead1

I've tasted pencil lead in many cigars. It's a sign of a dog rocket from my experience.

Ok... I'll ask. Have you consumed pencil lead before?

[Footbag]

Originally Posted by elderboy02

Ok... I'll ask. Have you consumed pencil lead before?

If you sniff a pencil sharpener, you'll know the smell. For that matter, what does barnyard taste like? Or earth?

Most flavors for cigars are more associated with smells then tastes.

[elderboy02]

Originally Posted by Footbag

If you sniff a pencil sharpener, you'll know the smell. For that matter, what does barnyard taste like? Or earth?

Most flavors for cigars are more associated with smells then tastes.

OK. I gotcha.

[pnoon]

Originally Posted by Footbag

If you sniff a pencil sharpener, you'll know the smell. For that matter, what does barnyard taste like? Or earth?

Most flavors for cigars are more associated with smells then tastes.

Exactly. We actually taste with our nose as well as our mouths.

Pencil lead is a common descriptor for cigars and wine. Tire rubber is another one that always threw me. But I have picked up both in wine before and they taste like you would imagine pencil lead and tire rubber tasting. And no I haven't tried either one but I know the smell of both. So you can somewhat infer what they would taste like.

[spooble]

Did the reviewer mention if it was #2 or #3 pencil? In my experience, one is quite tasty... the other, not so much.









yes... I am joking

[rizzle]

Originally Posted by Footbag

If you sniff a pencil sharpener, you'll know the smell. For that matter, what does barnyard taste like? Or earth?

Most flavors for cigars are more associated with smells then tastes.

Exactly. I mean how appealling is the smell of a barnyard full of dirty animals, their excrement, and mud. And how appealing is the smell of dirt/earth?

It ain't in my book.

[Footbag]

For me, it's more about finding a word to describe the flavor as opposed to finding a flavor that can be described.

and they taste like you would imagine pencil lead and tire rubber tasting

I have detected tire rubber in a few smokes. I usually like DPG/PJ smokes, but the La Riqueza's have a bit of burnt rubber flavor to my palate. In looking at reviews and descriptions, I notice many describe it as burnt Hickory wood.

I believe that my burn tire rubber = others burnt Hickory. Just goes to show you how important it is to have a wide open vocabulary when describing flavors.