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  1. I rarely bother writing or even reading reviews about cigars as I already know what I like and don't like and figure nobody wants to listen to my crack-pot opinions anyways. I figured this could be an exception however, as it is a fairly rare and unique smoke with a fairly rare and unique experience. History: About four years ago, I had a friend who lived in the Balkans, specifically Albania. Before you ask, no, he does not live there anymore, so no more 681s for me sadly! At the time I was crazy with regionals, buying every regional I could find in as much quantity as I could afford. My favorite marca for years has been Bolivar, so naturally Bolivar Regional Editions were always high on my list. On a whim I reached out to my buddy and asked if he was close to one of the shops in the region that I knew carried the cigar. I offered to pay for his bus/train/taxi and even pay the shop directly for a box, but he told me that he was nowhere near any shop and he just didn't have the time. I completely understood and dropped it. A few months later, was my wedding day. The week before the big day, I received a package waiting for me at the post office. I was on a buying freeze so I had no idea what it was. Shipped from Toronto, I was very confused. Upon opening the package I saw two boxes of Bolivar 681s and a very nice note from my friend wishing me congrats on my upcoming nuptials! Wow, needless to say I was blown away and very appreciative. After speaking with my buddy, he explained that he had an employee heading to Toronto to visit family and he asked the travelling employee to post the box once in Canada. Smart man! It was actually a full box and 8 in the second box and apparently these were the last that this particular shop had with no more coming in. Excited to get the boxes, but super busy with wedding stuff, I just jam them in the back of the humi and forget about them for a month or two. Christmas vacation of that year and I decide to inspect and catalogue my cigars. Found a touch of mold here and there on various sticks, no plume...lol....wiped, rotated and stuffed back in. No problems. Get to the 681 boxes and while the full box is still sealed, I decide to give the partial box a gander. Take all the sticks out and inspect. HOLY BEETLE HOLE BATMAN! One single cigar has one single hole in it. FUCKNUGGET! Smoked that beetle cigar that very night (one of the best cigars of my life, no joke. Just amazing). Kept the rest of that particular box in double ziplock and segregated from the rest of my stock. Box was tossed in a pile of empty boxes that I have after a good vacuuming. Needless to say, I kept a very close eye on the other 681s for a long time. Nothing. Perfect for half a decade. Current situation: A few weeks ago, I started transferring my cigars from coolers and cabinet to a bigger space. I decided to do a quick inspection of particular cigars. Of course the 681s were on my list to check. Now I am not anal about specific temp and rh numbers, but I am anal about minimum and maximum limits. My humidors have NEVER been above 70 degrees or 70% rh. Ever. Sure enough, of the four 681s I had left from that partial box, one had fucking holes in it again! Motherless piece of shit fuckhead! No dead bugs in ziplocks and only the one cigar affected. So I changed bags, sucked out as much air as possible, kept that one cigar in quadruple bags and separated from everything else. Had a chance to smoke it today. ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL CIGAR! I don't know if beetle shit adds delicious flavours, or the holes those assholes make the draw better or whatever....two for two beetle eaten cigars have been great! That's it. Not really a review, more a story I guess. At least I rated the cigar as "great" so maybe that qualifies this as a review. Moral of the story, smoke the beetle holed cigars you may have, and certainly don't give up on moldy sticks either!
  2. So I was digging around the coolers and noticed this box.. Which I had forgotten about. I pulled it out as I had no idea what it was. I got this a little while ago from a group buy @@trevlan hand pick in Moscow i believe. Anyhow I was wonder who else has smoked these and how are they smoking? I talk to Mark about them but looking for some other opinions before I break box. IMG_4988 by REASON29, on Flickr
  3. Full review is here if you want to skip right on over to that. I smoked this cigar for the first time back in July of 2012. As the box I own was rolled in late 2011, it was too young the first time around. I decided to have another go at this cigar and things have changed! It is now smooth and creamy but at the same time, full bodied and strong. This cigar is not for the faint of heart! Anyway, please enjoy the review. You can see the original video review I did of this cigar here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxwfMwzTsUw
  4. New review is up! I had the opportunity recently to snag an aged box of Bolivar Gold Medals at a reasonable price so I jumped on them. The box I received is from 2007. They are absolutely beautiful looking cigars. The packaging is very unique in that each cigar is wrapped in gold foil. The wrappers are a beautiful shade of brown with red undertones. The cigars feel very firm to the touch with no soft spots. There is an excellent pre-light aroma to these cigars. They smell of sugar and honey. I gave this cigar a punch cut and lit her up. Unfortunately, the draw is very tight and I am unable to get a good, full draw. I clip the cigar with a guillotine in hopes of improving the situation. The guillotine cut turns out to help somewhat but the draw is still too tight. There’s not much going on in the flavour profile in the early stages other than a little spice on the finish. There is a little touch up needed so I take care of that and clip a little more off the cap in an attempt to fix the draw. It’s still too tight. I’m tasting a little hay in the flavour profile now. Overall, the cigar tastes quite muted. Nothing is popping out at me. The aroma is much better than the taste of this cigar…it smells like honey. Thankfully, the burn does improve a little. At the half way point I’m feeling a little buzzed – this is a strong cigar. The body however, is mild to medium. I find it a bit strange to find a 2007 cigar that is still this strong. Perhaps it is due to the mighty pulls I’m taking to combat the tight draw. The flavour profile does shift slightly with some leather and honey entering the mix. It’s still a very muted profile though. One nice thing about this cigar is that it has not gone out on me and I’ve let it rest for a couple of minutes between draws. I do not like relighting cigars so I’m glad for this. The ash, however, does fall off regularly which my shirt is not thankful for. I put this cigar down at the ⅔ mark as it was just not doing it for me. The tight draw kind of killed the experience. I’m really hoping the rest of the box does not have the same problem. Overall smoking time was 1 hour. I will definitely update this review if the rest of the box improves.
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