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i was wondering what are some of you opinions on cigar bloggers, since im new to cigars ive been looking at a lot of video reviews and its helped me out to pick new sticks, anyway their are some out their that i notice never say a bad thing about every cigar they try, and others that tell it like it is. anyway just throwing this out their
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there are a few that i like because of the actual info they post, but for the most part i stay clear of the opinions until after i smoke the cigar. i want to decide fore myself, then see what others had to say. its fun to see how different people react to the same cigar.
There are 4 or 5 blogs that I read every day. I have my own, but would never put it on the same level as the blogs I regularly read. I like to think that my information is valuable, and valid, but in the end most of what I write in reviews is just opinion.
I agree with with Doc's opinion on people who only reviews donated cigars. I don't think one should be reviewing just to get free stuff, it seems disingenuous to me.
I'm not a huge blog reader but I have read a few of your reviews. I do not lump you into the "just out for free ****" category. I really appreciate in your reviews that you focus on more than just the taste. The reviews of yours that I've read you spend just as much time on body, construction and burn as you do on the flavors.
Just my humble opinion guys but any bloggers/ wanna be bloggers out there. Taste of the cigar may be where you get to use all your pretty adjectives but its honestly the least important part of a review. Balance, construction, burn and body are MUCH more important. Remember that when doing your reviews.
But if you mean the traditional sense of the word as in depth of flavor and complexity then yes I agree.
Um. I'm trying to figure out a way to phrase this without sounding like a ****. Just understand I don't mean this as sh1tty as it gonna sound. Body has absolutely nothing to do with complexity or depth of flavor. I'm not sure at all where you got that is the traditional meaning. What you are speaking of is the flavor of a cigar, i.e. full flavored. Body is and always has been how strong something is. With cigars, yes, that has to do with nicotine content but that is because that is what gives it strength. Body is ALWAYS the strength of something and how it affects you. This is true with wine, beer, coffee, pretty much anything that you speak of as having body.
Also IMO that is one of the most important things I look for in a review, body is very important in what time of day and/or situation I choose to enjoy a cigar.
This is kinda were I got my info though admittedly I did not do a good job of summing it up.
Ad what the heck is with the pre-apology?
Body has to do with the mouth feel of the cigar smoke. if a cigar is full bodied, the smoke feels thick in your mouth. if a cigar is light in body then it feels almost as if there is no smoke in the mouth at all when you swirl it. the smoke can feel like it is thick in your mouth but have very little flavor to it. or the smoke can feel very light in feeling in your mouth but have a ton of flavor. strength and body are different as well IMHO. strength is about nicotine. body is, as stated above, mouth feel.
i have had cigars that are full bodied, full strength, and mild on flavor. i had one recently, i just cant seem to remember what it was off the top of my head.
more common is a full flavor, mild/medium strength, mild/med body. think Davidoff.
in this sentence, i would have used the word "strength" not "body"
I apologize for the pre-apology lol. I try to proofread what I write before hitting post, and when I read that I kept trying to come up with a way to make it not sound like I was saying, "You don't know what the f*ck you're talking about". Because thats not what I was trying to say lol.
"Long ashes my friends."
However, go back and watch that Video, at 8:50 Jose actually says how many times have you been smoking a cigar that you think is medium bodied and you go to stand up ? Right there he says that body is strength. He is using the two words interchangeably. I submit the argument that based on that Video Jose believes like I do body is strength, that may not be ALL that body is but it is a major factor.
I agree I wish that there was a dictionary or encyclopedia but if there was wouldn't that kill our discussions?:)
i dont think that "power" or "strength" are defined but "Body" is defined as:
i love that website btw...
much like myself.
I've always considered body, and strength to be synonymous with regard to cigars, that is interchangeable. I think most folks who smoke cigars view it the same way. Now that doesn't mean it's correct, but there does seem to be some sort of common ground there amongst most people. A lot of this stuff leans towards the intangible side of things, so I don't think we're likely to see any hard and fast definitions, but rather what the majority adopt as an accepted definition.
I've heard Alex describe body as "the weight of the smoke on your palate", or something along those lines. That would seem to be similar to what Kuzi is saying. The problem I run into is when I hear a phrase like "Full Bodied Powerhouse". When I hear that I think: "Very strong cigar". I don't think "Thick feeling smoke in my mouth, and lots of strength", and I'm fairly certain I'm not supposed to think that. I also don't think "Full flavored, and full strength" unless it's specified. Flavor is obviously an attribute separate from body.
There is something there though, because I understand what Kuzi is saying about the thick and thin smoke. I just don't consider that body. Doesn't mean I'm right, I've just never thought of it that way. I don't know that trying to differentiate between body and strength is the way to do it, and one website, even if it's a good one, using that convention isn't enough to sway me. Now if I had seen it in many different places, and guys like Alex adopted it, I would be more inclined to try and think of it that way. I would be really interested in his thoughts on this.