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Alec Bradley American Sun Grown

Smoked: Alec Bradley American Sun Grown

While my fingers were walking through the bottom of the humidor today, I spotted a cigar I haven’t smoked in over a year. Hello, old friend. We should catch up, get reacquainted, have your cigar rep call my cigar people.

Time to fire up what was once one of my everyday go-to cigars, Alec Bradley American Sun Grown – a Nicaraguan with a smooth somewhat oily dark sun grown Habano wrapper.

The dominant flavors are cedar, nuts, spice and everything nice. I rarely taste this but I’m picking up some hickory with the cedar along with dried fruit, cream, cinnamon (or nutmeg), cocoa, earth and leather. There is pepper, but it’s pretty mild. It’s a rich, complex, flavorful medium-full body, medium strength stick. I now remember why it was one of my mainstays.

Construction: the draw is perfect, fairly even burn line, no touchups required, and firm holding solid grey ash that tapped off when necessary but never fell off.

Alec Bradley American Sun Grown is an underrated cigar. I believe the price point belies the quality of this cigar. It’s an enjoyable everyday smoke.

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    100 scottsoden01@gmail.com

    (4 months ago)

    Great pairing!!!

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    100 chipc73

    (4 months ago)

    Very nice. How long have you been smoking cigars, Bear? Sorry if you've mentioned it already, my memory is shot. I wish my palate were as discerning as yours.

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      100 Bear On The Air

      (3 months ago)

      It takes years to develop the ability to taste flavor notes, in my experience. Even now there are flavors I rarely or never taste or perhaps I can't identify the flavors. I hear of notes of grapefruit, apricot, cumin, curry, et al. I have never identified any spice specifically other than the occasional nutmeg and cinnamon. Herbs are also a challenge for me - even in scotch. Floral? I've never tasted or sensed the aroma of lavender or rose pedals in a cigar or a dram of single malt. Maybe someday after smoking another thousand cigars I'll get there. Be patient. Try to identify the flavor when it hits you - often once during the smoke for a brief moment. Most importantly, just enjoy the experience of the cigar. Don't take flavor notes and aromas too seriously.

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      100 chipc73

      (3 months ago)

      Thank you so much, Bear.