Cigar:            Carlos Torano Exodus 1959 Silver Corona Grande

Size:             46 x 6.13"

Wrapper:          Hon, Criollo, N

Binder:           CR

Filler:           Hon/Nic

Flavor Body:      Medium

Stength:          Medium

Country:          Hon

Date Received:    2004-06-17

Suspected Age:    5 months

Vendor/Price:     Gift from Caffeine, ASC - Thank you

Beverage(s):      Water, Bridgeport IPA

Smoke time:       1:30

Date:             2004-08-30

Posted to ASC:    2004-08-30

Overall score:    3.5/5.0

Overall:    A good cigar, not a great cigar, though it may be better than this review seems.  Palate has been off lately.  Starts out mild and toasty with pepper and a sweet finish.  Moves through cedary, and into leather, staying peppery.  Burn was problematic, and needed multiple corrections.  Occasionally harsh.  Good smoke volume.

Ambience:   Beautiful day in the GPNW.  Nearing sunset.  High tide coming in toward slack.  78F.  Very, very light variable winds.  Water nearly flat, no sails.  A freighter or two coming in on the tide, and a barge or two being towwed out against the tide.  A noisy party boat steams out of the locks, spewing some sort of pop muzak.  The sun is going down behind Mt. Olympus, just north of true west.  Equinox not far away.  As the sun goes down the sea lions start their nightly cacophony.  High wispy clouds catch the last of the sun over blue mountains framed against a pink and orange sky.

Construction:     Good looking cigar, slightly swollen and split foot.  Tight, thin wrapper with some tooth.  Some hard spots.  Double cap.  Very nice aroma, toffee, caramel.

Cut & Prelight:   Cut well.  Good draw, just the right amount of resistance.  Bit of spice on the lips and tongue. 

First third:      Good smoke volume.  First few puffs were spicey and peppery.  Sweet finish.  Mild toasty with pepper. Later, aromatic wood - cedar.  White smooth ash.  Ashed itself at 1.5". 

Second third:     Pepper more pronounced.  Burn crooked, and needed a few corrections. 

Third third:      Getting woody and leathery.  Eventually, a little ashy and harsh.  Abandoned at about 2".