Each Saturday and Sunday we’ll post a Quick Smoke: not quite a full review, just our brief take on a single cigar.

Hey, even Tiger Woods sometimes shoots an average round of golf. So I guess Pepin Garcia can make an average smoke. I found this five inch by 50 ring gauge $6 cigar simply OK. Not bad, but far from outstanding. There was no development or complexity of flavor in this Nicaraguan puro, really just a peppery predominance from beginning to end. Smoking one occasionally would be all right, but I wouldn’t seek it out.

Verdict = Hold.

-George E

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