Bolivar Petit Corona ULA June 14 (BOLIRW)

[La_Tigre]

I have been waiting to try one of these for a while. I bought them as a 24:24 two box deal a few months ago.

The aroma at cold is light, very plain, nothing stands out. The cigar has been nestled with a 62 Boveda for a few weeks. I dunked it and v-cut it. Cold draw is very loose. Opening burn was good; mild tobacco smoke with little flavor. Going into the second the flavor gets harsh. I’m not sure the way to describe it but has a piney pine-sol yuck. Other than that I get smoke and paper. Near the end of the second it starts canoeing and really nasty tasting. I even up the burn with a relight. The flavor evens out but is basically paper at this point. This was the first from the box so I will see how It goes.

?? is all I can rate this one. 

[Kaptain Karl]

I had the same thing yesterday, not impressed with the box so far!

[prodigy]

Was there a silver sticker on the box?

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[slowsmoke]

What a bummer. I got the same two box deal of the same box code, and the couple I’ve had so far were excellent. I think you need to light another one on fire tomorrow ?

[SansSin]

damn, hope it was just a dud. i got 4 single tubos from the int store earlier this year and every one had a giant stem in the middle i had to pull out and tasted like you described. was thinking of getting a psp box sometime tho since it seems like a lot of people love them.

[RDB]

It’s actually one of the most addictive things about this hobby. The psychologists have a great term for it: erratic stimulus. A mixture of hits and misses is more compelling than absolutely reliable performance! 

[Deeg]

I have this box too. Smoked about five - a little inconsistent. A couple were stellar, but a lot of burn issues so far.

[La_Tigre]

23 hours ago, prodigy said:

Was there a silver sticker on the box?

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Will have to check when I get back in town. I do not believe so, though.

22 hours ago, slowsmoke said:

What a bummer. I got the same two box deal of the same box code, and the couple I’ve had so far were excellent. I think you need to light another one on fire tomorrow ?

I have so many options, that will be a hard commitment. No more in the “dry box” (really a container with 62 Boveda.)

20 hours ago, davidv said:

damn, hope it was just a dud. i got 4 single tubos from the int store earlier this year and every one had a giant stem in the middle i had to pull out and tasted like you described. was thinking of getting a psp box sometime tho since it seems like a lot of people love them.

Hard to pull the trigger if your experience with them is such. Taste of mouth has greater weight than word of mouth!?

20 hours ago, RDB said:

It’s actually one of the most addictive things about this hobby. The psychologists have a great term for it: erratic stimulus. A mixture of hits and misses is more compelling than absolutely reliable performance! 

Often reminds me of the experiment scene in Ghostbusters (the real one...) Bill Murray starring as Habanos S.A. 

17 hours ago, Deeg said:

I have this box too. Smoked about five - a little inconsistent. A couple were stellar, but a lot of burn issues so far.

I am not having the most luck around this ring in the lesser brands. RG perla has been the best I’ve tried to date.