Punch Gran Puro with my two best friends. As always, the company is better than the smoke, but this one is actually pretty good. It's a simple flavor profile: peppery with a little sweetness. 
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Excellent start to this one.
Diamond Crown no 5 excellent mild.
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Another new one for me today. Given to me by a real cutie at the Chattanooga tweet up. This sure is a pretty cigar. This is the Jordan Alexander. Very nice medium body cigar with notes of sweet hay, spicy cinnamon and a bit of orangy flavor. Good burn, solid ash, excellent draw. This particular stick was the 6 X 52 Belicoso that has a Dominican Corojo wrapper, Dominican binder and Dominican and Nicaraguan filler. Retail price is around $8.50. Though not very complex there is enough going on to enjoy this smoke. It is very smooth on the retro right down to the end of the stick. Sorry about the photo quality. Getting too dark.
Short staffed at work and a guy walked out. Then the supervisor left early and stuck me with wrapping up the shift. So, it was definitely a smoking day.
Room 101 San Andres (5x50)
A good smoke with earth, chocolate, sweetness, salt, and a slight vegetal/green taste that came and went during the second third. The burn line required several touch ups and the wrapper cracked. The wrapper never unraveled and the crack caused no problems. It lost some flavor and started getting hot in the last third. Overall a good smoke, but the burn was annoying considering the $6 price. A lot of cigars in that price range don't require any touch ups and don't crack.
Room 101 San Andres (5x50)
A good smoke with earth, chocolate, sweetness, salt, and a slight vegetal/green taste that came and went during the second third. The burn line required several touch ups and the wrapper cracked. The wrapper never unraveled and the crack caused no problems. It lost some flavor and started getting hot in the last third. Overall a good smoke, but the burn was annoying considering the $6 price. A lot of cigars in that price range don't require any touch ups and don't crack.
Seriously this is the best budget stick you can find. God it's so good.
Thanks! Otis has some awesome markings.
Glad it's going well! Love this cigar.
Starting off pretty good
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