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The opening of the magical box. I always love getting new stuff!

Bahia BLU Churchills. Look pretty good!

Gran Habano 3 Siglos Robustos. I’ve heard very good things about these cigars. I can’t wait to try one.

One of the great reasons to buy from Cigars International, freebies like lighters!

Well there you have it folks. The siglos are for me and the bahia blus are for a co-worker but we’ll probably trade a few. Besides that i have two bottles of CI’s special Cigar Juice, a special propylene glycol/distilled water mix, for keeping humidors humid and a 4oz Humi-Care jar of Humidification Gel, also for the co-worker to keep his humidor humid.

Today was a great day!

While spending the evening watching poor excuses for “rockin” music on the New Years shows I decided I should do a review of my humidor. It’s something you should do every once in a while anyways. Keep a reminder of what you have in stock and to check for any problems like mold or bugs getting into your cigars. So here are a few shots of my humidor and a list of my current cigars.

I’m pretty sure my cigars are some how breeding on their own. For as many cigars as I’ve smoked I have actually managed to increase the number of cigars I have. I was certain I was down to maybe 60 something cigars but low to my surprise I have a very impressive 83!

So here is the offical list as of January 1st, 2009!

20 - 5 Vegas Shorty (Each Tin can hold 8 cigars)
1 - Arturo Fuente Special
1 - CAO Camerron
1 - CAO Criollo
1 - Cuban Rounds
1 - Gurkha Triple Ligero Special Edition 2002
1 - Indian Tabac Maduro
9 - Indian Tabac Naturals
1 - Java Maduro
1 - Nub Connecticut
1 - Nub Habano
1 - Perdomo Reserve La Tradicion Limited Golf Edition
5 - Reo
5 - Rocky Patel Connecticut
2 - Rocky Patel Fusion
2 - Rocky Patel Fusion Double Maduro
2 - Rocky Patel Signature
1 - Rocky Patel Sun Grown
5 - Rocky Patel Vintage 90
19 - Rocky Patel Vintage 92
3 - Vibe Corojo

Look at those things. I’m in love right now with all that smoking goodness! That’s 54 new cigars to add to my collection. I believe I have around 70 total right now. I think that’s probably going to be enough to hold me off for a while. Naaa, I need more!

I think I might have just spent a little too much yesterday!

Yesterday’s JoeCigar.com deal was a 2440 pack of 5 Vegas Shorty’s. The same ones I just reviewed yesterday.

JoeCigar is part of Cigar International. The daily deals always get free shipping and you can add to your order on the CI website. So long story short I broke down and decided to splurge like a crazed cigar lover. Here’s my order:

24 40 - 5 Vegas Shorty 4.25"x40
20 - Rocky Patel Vintage ‘92 Robusto 5.5"x52
10 - Indian Tabac Super Fuerte (free with the RP Vintage)
5 - Nub 464 Torpedo Habano 4"x64 (actually for a friend just piggybacking on the free shipping)
1 - a HUMI-CARE Crystals Humidity Jar
1 - CI Puck 3-Finger Ashtray (free with orders over $100)

All told I spent way to much money but I don’t regret it. I LOVE the Vintage ‘92s and since I only have 3 left I need to rebuild that stock up. I’m hoping my friend might do a trade of a 92 or a few shorty’s for one of those Nub’s. I watched him smoke one a few weeks ago at the local cigar shop and it sure looked like a fun one to puff away.

At this point I think I probabbly have a pretty good stock of cigars to last me thought the winter. That’s the one problem with living in Ohio. I can’t smoke inside and so once it gets cold out I won’t be smoking much. I’ll try to swing by the Cigar Shop as they have a smoking room but I doubt I’ll get many chances.

The 5 Vegas Shorty was actually the first cigar I have ever smoked. I was at a friends place hanging out. We were out in his backyard to drink some beers, play cornhole and just enjoy ourselves.  My friend brought out his humidor and offered everyone a smoke. Being new to cigars I didn’t want a big cigar incase I didn’t like it so I picked out one of these little ones that turned out to be the 5 Vegas Shorty.

Ok enough of my boring stories, lets get to the review!

The 5 Vegas Shorty’s are designed as a small, quick smoke. Depending on your smoking style you’re looking at getting 20 to 30 minutes of “smoke time”.  They come in tins of 8 and are 4.25”x40 Torpedoes. At first look you might be discouraged, I mean I know your feelings guys, the size of the cigar matters right? Well don’t let the size get to you.

First look you notice the clean looking Cameroon wrapper.  It’s appearance looks to be hand wrapped and there are slight inconsistencies. Not to say that that’s a bad thing, to the contrary my personal preference is that the cigar looks natural and not perfect as if machine made.

The filler is about a medium pack I would say. The cigar has a small amount of spongyness to it.

Lighting it you’ll find the draw to be very easy and no problem. That first hit you’ll get a preview of the good combo of flavors to come. You’ll taste a strong tobacco with light flirty hints of leather and coffee.

Just sit back because you’ll be enjoying the next 20 or so minutes folks!

The more time passes the leather and coffee slowing strengthens and you get some building in a peppery flavor. The flavors stay solid and I didn’t find myself being bothered by any bitterness or strong hits of flavor out of the blue. It stayed smooth and tasteful the entire time. Ash burn was good and didn’t flake. The burn was pretty straight but as it got down to the last quarter it was getting a little erratic but stayed in control.

The cigar is a medium body that builds in strength but never gets out of hand. Looking at my own cigar history I found this to honestly be a good starter cigar to share with friends and family as it was for me. It gives you a good idea of what to expect in cigars with the core flavors: tobacco, leather, coffee, chocolate and spice. It won’t bore you with blandness and just as important it won’t knock you out with too much strength.

On a scale of 5 I would give the 5 Vegas Short a solid 4.