Introduction
The Gran Habano # 5 has gotten (and given) all sorts of buzz for it's strong full flavored qualities at a reasonable price. After smoking about ½ my box of the # 5's decided to look at some of the other GH sticks to see what they were like. Bought a box of the Gran Habano Habano # 3's a couple of months ago. Decided to smoke the third one today while on yet another in a seemingly never ending series of office furniture shopping trips.
Pre-Light Ruminations
These are well made firm 6 x 54 cigars. They are made in Honduras but interestingly have no Honduran tobacco in them. Costa Rican, Nicaraguan, and Mexican fill with Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan Habano seed wrapper. (Courtesy of Famous Smoke) These smell great slightly sweet and taste the same. Much more silky and smooth than the # 5's wrapper.
Initial Thoughts
No waiting for flavor. Right out of the gate she was rich and deep. No harshness just a full flavored medium bodied smoke. Lit great and burned great from the first to last puff. These are not at all like the # 5's. A lot of the basic flavors are there but they stand out in relief more as these cigars lack the raw strength of the # 5. You don't need a good beverage to enjoy the heck out of them. Kept thinking, why hasn't anyone talked about these sticks. Others must like the medium bodied smoke like I do at least occasionally.
Smoking Experience
I really, really liked this cigar. It has real 3d flavor qualities that you find in ISOM's. It has the pepper but only a little and not all the time, it has some cinnamon but not overpowering, nice leather like (I guess that's the description) qualities. It got some spice weaving into the heady smooth full volume of smoke it put out. The flavors came and went but the whole stick stayed multidimensional never too much of any one sensation. I thought this was a solid medium bodied cigar that traversed the upper and lower boundaries to mild and strong at least flavor wise during the smoke. It never got harsh it never got flat. Felt more than tasted a rich sweetness underlying the flavor profile for the entire last 2/3 of the smoke. Sounds like one of those tastes great less filling type ads but this is one fine stick.
Final Thoughts
Great medium bodied stick. About as close to an ISOM type depth as any non ISOM stick I have smoked. I'd give it to friends, fight enemies trying to take it. For $ 3.25 anyone who likes the full rich medium type stick should have some in the humi.
The Gran Habano # 5 has gotten (and given) all sorts of buzz for it's strong full flavored qualities at a reasonable price. After smoking about ½ my box of the # 5's decided to look at some of the other GH sticks to see what they were like. Bought a box of the Gran Habano Habano # 3's a couple of months ago. Decided to smoke the third one today while on yet another in a seemingly never ending series of office furniture shopping trips.
Pre-Light Ruminations
These are well made firm 6 x 54 cigars. They are made in Honduras but interestingly have no Honduran tobacco in them. Costa Rican, Nicaraguan, and Mexican fill with Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan Habano seed wrapper. (Courtesy of Famous Smoke) These smell great slightly sweet and taste the same. Much more silky and smooth than the # 5's wrapper.
Initial Thoughts
No waiting for flavor. Right out of the gate she was rich and deep. No harshness just a full flavored medium bodied smoke. Lit great and burned great from the first to last puff. These are not at all like the # 5's. A lot of the basic flavors are there but they stand out in relief more as these cigars lack the raw strength of the # 5. You don't need a good beverage to enjoy the heck out of them. Kept thinking, why hasn't anyone talked about these sticks. Others must like the medium bodied smoke like I do at least occasionally.
Smoking Experience
I really, really liked this cigar. It has real 3d flavor qualities that you find in ISOM's. It has the pepper but only a little and not all the time, it has some cinnamon but not overpowering, nice leather like (I guess that's the description) qualities. It got some spice weaving into the heady smooth full volume of smoke it put out. The flavors came and went but the whole stick stayed multidimensional never too much of any one sensation. I thought this was a solid medium bodied cigar that traversed the upper and lower boundaries to mild and strong at least flavor wise during the smoke. It never got harsh it never got flat. Felt more than tasted a rich sweetness underlying the flavor profile for the entire last 2/3 of the smoke. Sounds like one of those tastes great less filling type ads but this is one fine stick.
Final Thoughts
Great medium bodied stick. About as close to an ISOM type depth as any non ISOM stick I have smoked. I'd give it to friends, fight enemies trying to take it. For $ 3.25 anyone who likes the full rich medium type stick should have some in the humi.
