"Pick My Stick" Weds June 26 COMPLETED Torano Vault

jadelt
jadelt Posts: 763 ✭✭
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Here are my choices for today.....

1. Tatuaje Ambos Mundos Habano
2. Diesel UHC
3. Torano Vault

You pick it I smoke it with my mini review (and maybe pics depending on the wildlife)

I will be smoking today after dinner approx 6:30 Mountain time.

Vote early and often!

Comments

  • SleevePlz
    SleevePlz Posts: 6,249 ✭✭✭✭
    I'd love to hear your thoughts on the Torano. That brand doesn't get enough love around here.
    LLA - Lancero Lovers of America
  • pelirrojo
    pelirrojo Posts: 1,757 ✭✭✭
    Make that 2 for the Torano. If the deisel is young, save it and I didn't enjoy the ambos mundos.
  • Bigshizza
    Bigshizza Posts: 15,659 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Torano looks like the best bet
  • pokerstar22
    pokerstar22 Posts: 62
    torano, ill second that very under appreciated brand. the noventa is great also
  • Poker_Slob
    Poker_Slob Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I gotta agree with these two...Torano tonight
  • ddubridge
    ddubridge Posts: 3,978 ✭✭✭
    Tat
  • beatnic
    beatnic Posts: 4,133 ✭
    tat
  • mmccartneydc
    mmccartneydc Posts: 3,413 ✭✭✭
    Tat
  • reggie713
    reggie713 Posts: 2,517 ✭✭✭✭
    tat
  • SleevePlz
    SleevePlz Posts: 6,249 ✭✭✭✭
    Tat fanboys coming out of the woodwork!!!
    LLA - Lancero Lovers of America
  • Poopy_Jones
    Poopy_Jones Posts: 455 ✭✭✭
    Tat
  • jadelt
    jadelt Posts: 763 ✭✭
    Well it is 5 for Vault 5 Tat for so far...... looks like UHC can get more rest..... keep voting for a couple more hours. Wont smoke the winner until 6:30 Mountain time.
  • jadelt
    jadelt Posts: 763 ✭✭
    Well since the vote is tied, I will go with the first vote which was for the Torano Vault. Off to do my duty !

    Thanks for voting !!
  • jadelt
    jadelt Posts: 763 ✭✭
    WOW - smoked for 2 hours 10 minutes !

    My last smoke was an AVO Classic. What a difference ! The AVO was 1 hour, smooth, mild and pleasant. The Torano Vault was a powerhouse.

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    Very nice looking stick. Dark chocolate brown, firm, one large vein and several smaller ones. Sweet prelight lick. Cut clean and prelight draw was just the way I like. Not too loose not too tight just right. Toasted and lit with a soft flame. Tons of flavor. Spicy, with lot of creamy smoke. At the half way point the retro gave very strong chocolate cocoa flavors that I didnt notice before the retro. WOW this is powerful especially compared to the previous stick, the AVO.

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    I tend to smoke slow and was surprised that the AVO was only a one hour smoke and this was over 2 hours long. By the end, I knew I had a pretty strong cigar here. Very nice smoke, glad it was my after dinner stick. Burn was good but needed one minor touch up. Paired with water, lots of it. Would have been good with a nice dark beer like my usual Moose Drool (which I am out of right now). It needed more than water.

    Smoked to the very end on a cool, drizzle rainy evening. I like it. Next time with a dark beer. I recommend this if you like a full body smoke.

    Thanks for voting ! (sorry no wild life today)
  • pelirrojo
    pelirrojo Posts: 1,757 ✭✭✭
    I was hoping you would like it. I had a robusto on the golf course a while back and it lasted most of the front nine. I've yet to have a torano that I didn't like.
  • jadelt
    jadelt Posts: 763 ✭✭
    pelirrojo:
    I was hoping you would like it. I had a robusto on the golf course a while back and it lasted most of the front nine. I've yet to have a torano that I didn't like.
    I liked it a lot and it sure is a slow smoke at 2 hours 10 min.

    Since the budget Tat was a tie yesterday with the Torano Vault, I will do the Tat tonight!
  • pelirrojo
    pelirrojo Posts: 1,757 ✭✭✭
    Don't set your hopes too high... I like all things tat and didn't care much for that one.
  • jadelt
    jadelt Posts: 763 ✭✭
    pelirrojo:
    Don't set your hopes too high... I like all things tat and didn't care much for that one.
    You were right. I was expecting Tat Miami flavor and quality and I got much less. Not a terrible stick but not one I would buy again. Burn was very good, but taste didnt do it for me. I still like trying lots of different stuff.
  • pelirrojo
    pelirrojo Posts: 1,757 ✭✭✭
    Yep I agree. Not a bad smoke by any means just not up to Pete Johnson's usual standards. I felt the same way about the el triunfador red.

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