Spring is in the air! Cigar weather is beginning for us Frozen Brains in Northern Most NY State!
After losing my cell phone, I was forced to upgrade my wireless plan to get another phone. I must say I am very happy with the new phone as it takes some of the best pictures with ease than my other phone. Its an LG G4 and I would recommend it to anyone!
Luckily for me, (or should I say my wife) we found the old phone in a snowbank after the thaw! Thank God it was in a Lifeproof Case! A product I would also recommend to anyone who values their phones. So It was passed on tho Mrs. Cigar Moose to her very delight!
So today's cigar is the Bahia Icon!
The Icon is a small batch cigar made in Nicaragua with a Habano wrapper. So if you see them buy some as they may be short in supply. Its long-filler is a mix of tobaccos from all over Nicaragua. It is described by WWW.pipesandcigars.com as "An amazing cigar which has full flavor with notes of cofee, cocoa, wood, toasted nuts, and a touch of pepper."
You can purchase singles from them for $7-$8 for singles, $26.50-$30 for a 5-pack, or $90-$100 a box of 20.
Its funny because when compared to my smoking notes, the description is almost exact to what I found!
First, looking at the wrapper, it's dark brown and oily with lots of veins. Simply flawless with a very generous cap. I am finding more and more that cigar manufacturers today are employing a generous cap.
The body of the cigar smells of sweet grass while the foot smells of chocolate and sweet raisins.
The band comes off easy with no damage to the wrapper.
Prelight draw is medium and and tastes of raisins and sweet tobacco.
Upon light, all I can say is WOW! Big taste of roasted hazelnuts! Creamy notes are coming through.
After about an inch in, I get woody notes coming through with a pinch of sea salt.
It has a pretty even burn with a nice dense ash.
At the 2 inch mark I tap the ash off and am pleased with a decent cone!
As the cigar progresses I still have the woody tastes with salt coming through and a touch of pepper on the back of the tongue. There is also a slight sweetness to the smoke when I roll it around my mouth to hit all the taste buds.
Mild to medium in strength, it produces a decent volume of smoke.
Earth tones come through at about the halfway point. Cedar is becoming more and more pronounced as well as the pepper building up.
An odd thing, as I blow the smoke through the nose , I get a very nice floral bouquet!
I'm really liking this cigar! Very eventful and full of surprises!
By the time I hit the end it has become a full flavored cigar. It's strength has cranked up to medium.
On the finish there are lingering tastes of chocolate. Very nice!
Buzz Rating on this one is a 4 out of 10.
Not a big buzz, barely felt, but it's the flavors that make this one shine!
Overall I give this one a 4 out of 5
I enjoyed this one alot! The changing tastes were amazing and balance perfectly with the building strength. I would recommend anyone to try it! Very eventful and excellent burn.
So that's it for today! Hope you all have a great Easter Holiday! I't supposed to be nice weather here with temps almost reaching 60! Will definitely be enjoying a cigar with Mrs. Cigar Moose!
Till next post....................Peace!
