This past Sunday, February the 24th, the temperature in West Palm Beach, Florida reached 85 degrees. Not hot, but in the middle of 'winter', this is about as good as it gets.
I couldn't resist the call of the soft breeze, and warm afternoon sun any longer, so I headed to the pool (I know you probably hate me by now, but it gets worse!). Along for the ride was a couple of Magic Hat #9 cold-ass beers, and a beautiful Alec Bradley 'Connecticut'.
This cigar is dressed in a seamless Ecuadorian Connecticut shade wrapper and chock full of Honduran and Nicaraguan long-fillers. Typically a light Connecticut share wrapper is not my tendency. In fact, I can't recall the last time I bought a natural cigar, favoring heavily the maduro wrappers. This guy got in my bag of goodies at the latest Great Smoke event sponsored by The Smoke Inn...my favorite day of the whole year!
Well, well, well seems like I've been missing out on a little piece of heaven. This cigar almost melts in your mouth with a wonderful pallet of flavors, easy draw and long finish. Nothing overpowering or hot, just a ture pool side companion to soak in the rays.
While I usually do smoke it down to the nub, I was truly looking around for a clip or stick or someway of smoking this puppy down to my fingers! Not very classy I know, but there was hardly anyone else there! LOL!
Now I love Alec Bradley's amazing and ornate bands, many of which I would like to turn into a custom cigar band ring, but I equally love their smokes. This is a natural cigar that I will absolutely keep in stock (which to me means it will last in my humidor at least one week).
Enjoy!
John Garcia
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