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09-25-2011, 05:15 AM | #1 |
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Brickhouse Cigars
At my local B&M I occasionally stop at they had a sign up that said the people from Brickhouse cigars would be there last week with a lunch buffet and free cigars. These were about $110/Box at the shop.
This is a JC Newman product and I found out not so new, but new to the shop and new to me. I was interested enough to try them considering I can always use another daily type cigar for under $4 so I stopped in. I wasn't expecting much, and it's probably a good thing. Being a sales manager I certainly know the value of representing and promoting your brand so when you offer "Free cigars" (though they never said samples) and offer a "Free Lunch Buffet" I have to say I was expecting more than a guy in the back of the shop microwaving hot dogs for the "Free Buffet". I was equally disappointed to find out the "Free Cigar" was only free if you bought three to start with. I should have left right then, but mostly to not insult the shop owner (who I like and I am sure was equally surprised by this) I did buy three and got my "free" one and home I went. I didn't get to try one until last night and I was probably a little bias going in based on the experience at the B&M: Construction is solid enough and it cut clean with my Xikar, not much of a pleasant aroma when I toasted it and the first few puffs were almost bitter with only a hint of decent taste. These were advertised as medium to full flavor and I would say they were medium at best. About an inch in nothing really changed, still a bit harsh with no noticeable flavor to fall back on other than a slight syrup taste. I figured it had to get better and since the burn was consistent and the draw solid I toughed it out. Halfway through it was not getting any better and decided to cut my losses right there. Many of you probably tried these and I would be interested to hear what you have to say, but I'll be aging/ignoring the other three in the bottom of the humidor for a while.
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09-25-2011, 05:35 AM | #2 |
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Microwaved hotdogs---too much!! I bought a box of brickhouse cigars one year ago after trying 3 sticks. I found them to be well constructed, medium in strength/flavor profile, priced to be a good value. I would throw your sticks into the ol' humidor and try them after you've long forgotten about your experience at the cigar shop!
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09-25-2011, 09:18 AM | #3 |
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What? They didn't have notes of "mustard, onion, and relish"?
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09-29-2011, 08:18 AM | #4 |
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Yeah, I tried one. I usually try to smoke at least a couple of samples of a given cigar before forming an opinion in order to allow for variation between sticks, but I decided to leave my Brickhouse experience at one.
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10-17-2011, 11:17 AM | #5 |
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I happened to pick one up while on vacation last week and I thought it was a decent smoke for 5bucks.
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10-17-2011, 11:24 AM | #6 |
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I've gone through a box of the Brickhose tor size and never encounter a harsh or bad tasting cigar. I like the Brickhouse more than some more expensive cigars out there.
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10-18-2011, 08:15 AM | #7 |
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I think they are a solid, nice tasting smoke. Not full bodied, more like medium bodied. Very pleasant taste and draw was good. Not a WOW! smoke, but solid. One that I would smoke again for $4 -5.
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04-11-2012, 04:59 AM | #8 |
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