Date Added: Friday 17 November, 2017
by Claude
£27.49
Just had my second MMB. Boy did it take me back to a proper time, after 'Nam
and we were sent into Africa to hunt down and "deal" with poachers and drug
runners. When we got back to the camp, the six of us would sit round the
fire, the Huey , Patrols and Landcruisers glinting and reflecting the fire
light, the smell of damp heavy canvas from the still steaming tents. It
gets dark quickly and early in Africa, a ink blue canopy of the universe
studded by diamonds over our heads, our wonderful "boys" would have given us
dinner and we fat just chewing the fat about this and that, close by we
could hear the big male bull elephants almost grumbling their approval, as
they recover from their hang over from too many fermenting Amarula fruit...
hyenas calling to each other. The booze would come out and so would the
cigars..big American cigars, proper cigars, full of scent and smoke which
blended well with my Bourbon......
The MMB? A sensational cigar. There are two major prerequisites for this
superb cigar:- Teeth and time. This cigar is big and wide, you need to grip
it properly. The MMB lights well, burns evenly, never needing rotation or
god forbid relighting. The smooth heavy smoke fills the air, burning cocoa
husk, melting dark chocolate, hints of Beech logs burning, it fills the air,
lingering long and aromatic. The draw is so easy, the first third is smooth,
soft, mocha, rich leather blending well with the Bourbon, then the middle
gives more flavor, a little stronger, deeper, not peppery like chilly, more
smoke dried Paprika, and roasting lamb, that wonderful burnt bit near the
bone, yes I'm a carnivore, not some tree hugging, sandal wearing vegetable
sucking do "gooder"...
The last third, the flavour becomes more intense, more fiery, but never
fierce, never hot, more like a really good Vietnamese or Cambodian dish, the
mouth tingles, the taste buds light up.
There is one more odd thing about the MMB. Now I'm old, hell, I'm ancient,
but when I lit the MMB up at a Fall BBQ, to my surprise there were two very
different distinct reactions. The men were looking, mostly patronizing and
dismissive, a look so typical of the so called "superior" but blinkered
English male.....yet, to my surprise, and my wife's concern, more than one
woman asked what I was smoking and were very complimentary about the smoke
drifting amongst them, two wandering over to our table, one even placing her
hands on my shoulders and asking to try it.........boy I got hell when I got
home!!!! Even in this lunatic, ridiculous PC crippled, butt licking country,
it would seem that a good, superior, beautifully crafted cigar is sexy......
A fabulous, elegant, MAN's cigar.......
