Mike and not-Shawn (Ed) Review an Omega

[Cigar Mike]

Originally Posted by ECJ

First light brings a lot of smoke and a fairly light draw. There is not a whole lot of flavor to talk about and it is drying my mouth out pretty quickly.

I actually had a really adverse reaction on my first draw. I thought at first I had made a huge mistake on this, and was about to start a rant on it within the first 10 seconds. Luckily, I decided to wait a few minutes. I'm about five or ten minutes into the cigar now, and it's mellowed out drastically, and I'm starting to get some good flavor: a little pepper, a little more smoke.

My first impression was so negative, though, I'm going to have to really try to convince myself to keep an open mind. Literally, the first 2 seconds of this cigar might have shut me down to the brand had I been less patient.

I'm wondering, though, maybe I just wasn't ready for a cigar for the night? It took a little convincing to get me out here - it's been a heck of a day, so maybe my brain and cigar mojo just wasn't lined up quite right at first?

I totally agree with your thoughts Mike. Things have definitely settled down a bit going into the second third.

After the first third:

The good: The burn is nice with a solid ash and it has mellowed.

The bad: Until a few minutes ago my throat was getting hot on the draw and the flavor was kind of gritty.