Padrón x 2 | Cigar Reviews by the Katman

By Cigar Reviews by the Katman on December 10, 2024

Padrón 1926 Serie No.90 Natural | Cigar Reviews by the Katman
Wrapper: Nicaraguan
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan
Size: 5.5 x 52 Robusto
Strength: Full
Price: $26.75 Tubo

My cigars received 6 months of naked humidor time.

THE WHOLE MEGILLAH:
Cigar Aficionado’s 2016 #5 Cigar of the Year.

This is my fourth cigar. Needed to make sure. I smoke expensive cigars so that my readers will benefit. If not for my readers, I’d be smoking Camels and singing Doo-wop on the corner…off key.

I hold the cigar in my hand, and it is just mammoth. I’ve never held anything in my hand that big before.

Do I like strangled cigars? No one does. Dr. Rod needs a new brain, and Medicare won’t cover the cost. There is a chimp at the L.A. Zoo waiting to donate his so that Dr. Rod can keep inventing new cigar accessories. Go to ThePerfecSmoke.com and buy something you need so we can all sleep better at night.

Immediate sense of flying. Superior complexity digs a hole in my palate and makes itself a grilled cheese sandwich.

Without further ado, the flavors: black cherry, deep notes of dark chocolate, boutique coffee, calming black pepper, creamy nougat, and figs ala fontina.

We all have scathing disrespect for Cigar Aficionado as it plays itself out as merely a toy for the rich cigar manufacturers. But they got it right in 2016 with a score of 94. Regardless of how much payola was involved, this is a fabulous cigar.

Strength is captured without pending fear. My head spins but so do my gonads when I smoke a blend this smooth and relaxing.

The flavors are pokey without any sense of gumby. You can’t miss them. Upfront and popular. I won’t back down. I’ll stand my ground. The rich complexity carries the load. I’m having more fun than a spider in your spacecraft.

This girl is pounding away on top. A human jackhammer so I use some of my fro to bite down on as I pretend to have fun. I faked orgasm. My crotch glowed red for days. She’d show up at my Santa Ana home without calling first. She wanted hot monkey love. I wanted zero luminosity on my pubic bone. I made up stupid excuses to make her leave. I finally had to tell her I was gay. She brought over her boyfriend. Not that there’s anything wrong with that…but I had to plead impotence. The pneumatic mallet finally gave up, and I went on to date less horny chicks. Hey, I was saving myself.

The halfway point is now a memory. Brandy, you’re a fine girl laying whisky down.
This is going to be the fastest 2 hours in recent memory.

Despite the strength being full tilt, this is a great stick for newbies to explore. It is a refined intensity worth being transported to. All distinguished and iconic blends should be tasted at least a hundred times…damn the cost. Men, we’ve all learned to disguise our spending. We’ve become masters of our domains. Sure, it’s no fun to hear “You spent what on five cigars?!?” We’ve learned to bow our heads and say we’re sorry and that it won’t happen again. Ha.

There is a mellifluous and smooth sweet spiciness that everyone reports. You dipped the chip. You took a bite…and you dipped again! This blend knows it’s naughty. I’ve caught my Padron stash trying on my sexy black lingerie. It’s earned the right to be sponge worthy. Teenage wasteland. This cigar is causing delirium trauma.

You can only have the first cigar of the day once. But the next day awaits with enthusiasm. How many times have you been surprised by your after-dinner smoke. Isn’t it lovely.

The frustrating Padron double band is removed by my quivering fingers. I rip nothing. The wrapper remains in totem.

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RATING: 100 (Yeah, a perfect blend)

Padrón 1926 Serie 80 Years Natural | Cigar Reviews by the Katman
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan
Size: 6.75 x 54 Box Pressed Figurado
Strength: Full
Price: $36.50

My cigars received 5 months of naked humidor time.

BACKGROUND:
This blend was released in 2006. The Padrón 1926 Serie 80 pays tribute to Jose Orlando’s 80th birthday.
This cigar is blended with Padron’s own 5-year aged tobacco. Naked humi time is merely perfunctory.

THE WHOLE MEGILLAH:
This cigar received a rating of 92 from Cigar Aficionado. That’s like 110 from me.

Padron is a hallowed cigar brand…like saying Habano Cohiba. Not much mystery of what this review will reveal…but I got nothing to do this morning besides raking hay, herding the cows, and feeding the hogs. So, here’s my 2¢.

When you’re in the moment alone with your cigar, you don’t always identify flavors. Suggestions from other smokers, whether on social media or industry reviewers, help pinpoint obvious tasty notes. Subtle flavor points are up to you.

Some cigars just smell great. This one drips with caramel, pecans, and milk chocolate.

The pointy cap and the tiny foot make it difficult to get air flowing. I am totally adept at artfully using my PerfecDraw on itty bitty openings, but I like to wait a couple minutes to see if the draw clears on its own.

The damn thing is plugged. Anthony Perkins comes alive in me as I stab away with my PD tool. I calm myself with a hunk of cheese, and a naked portrait of Boris Badenov lounging on top of Natasha.

Incredible start. The cigar oozes rich notes of milk chocolate, malt, caramel, creaminess, lemon, and some vague nuttiness.

Flavors take second place to the complexity. There is no foolin’ around. This is a beautifully crafted blend. This is my third stab (Marion Crane) at this cigar and each one was brilliantly consistent.

I’d love to show you progressive photos as the cigar burns into the mystic…but there is slobber all over the cap. No one wants to see another man’s lip goo.

I clip ¼” of the slobbery cap and the airflow is now exemplary. Never be afraid of adjusting your cigar. Much like adjusting your underwear before a rectal exam.

Flavors continue to mass together to form a chain. The multifaceted blending approach clicks. I love big flavors. I also love sophisticated smokes that give me a wonderful window into the past. 80 Years is your daddy’s cigar blend. Everyone is running to catch up with exotic Dominican, Ecuadorian, Sumatran, Costa Rican, and Peruvian blends. This is the future for the next few years. A first-rate line of attack. Diversity in your line-up finds the Serie 1926 a crucial part. Never be satisfied. Explore all avenues.

Strength began at a potent medium but now at 2” burned, the muscle is unveiled as full vigor kicks in. Empty stomach first cigar of the day…going to be a bumpy ride now.

Transitions are minimal in the flavor department. The growth appears in the vibrance of this tricky blend. You gotta pay attention to this baby. Padron and CA call out black tea. Spot on. I might have missed it.

Creaminess and lemon citrus show momentum. Whipped cream comes to mind as I consider cavorting. While you wonder why I brought up the need for cavortation, the cigar continues to bring subtle nuances of disciplinary action to the girls at the Catholic school. Which came first…the bruised knuckles or the ruler? Charlotte went to Catholic school in the 1950’s in Germany. Nuns wore armbands.

As conflagration was in full swing, my girlfriend told me she had once participated in a ménage à trois…and never wanted to do it again. My boner hid in the corner.

Too many descriptive words? How did Toto get the word ‘Serengeti’ into a song? I rest my case.

The halfway point arrives. 1-1/4 hours. Strength is potent but without nicotine. But it doesn’t remove the swooning part of the program. My cavorting results in bumping into the furniture. The maid is going to be pissed.

Construction is perfectly immaculate.

Espresso, milk chocolate, slight black pepper, black tea, nuttiness, soil, caramel, cedar, black cherries, and tony ferret gloves. A flavor bomb? Nope.

If you want to experience being a grown up man, the Padrón 1926 Serie 80 Years Natural is a must. A perfect cigar to see you through puberty.

I got my swoon on. No White Russian needed. I can’t get the cigar band off.

The second half is killer…just killer. Some dance to remember. Some dance to forget.

Nothing replaces aging. Merriam-Webster defines aging as ceasing to divide. Clearly, H.L. Mencken never smoked the 80 Years. We’ll run till we drop. Hemi-powered.

This was an astonishing journey. Get your own swoon on. I can’t recommend this cigar highly enough.

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RATING: 98

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