Okay, granted I have been a little slack in keeping up with the Kenfessions, but never fear, back in the saddle, so to speak. And after the ‘I’ve never had a Gurkha before’ snafu, it was onwards and upwards. Well, sort of.

A small issue. Turns out that the rave reviews of a wonderful Juan Lopez No 2 had to be canned as I'd matched it with, and oh how I wish I was making this up, the Lustau 125th Anniversary ‘1996 Añada’ Vintage Sherry. Yes, the very same wine that I matched with the ‘first ever bar one’ Gurkha I’ve ever tried. Embarrassing. So into the bin with that piece as well. I'd insert a joke about early onset here, but it is feeling a smidge too close to the bone at the moment. Anyway, I figure that I have been so slack of late, you deserve a big effort here. So a bit longer than usual (which some might see as a punishment). Don’t get used to it.

Back to the humidor. Floating around, a small Cohiba, all alone. That will do. So, out came a…

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By Ken Gargett - 2022

Well, this certainly did not go to plan. In the bundle of Kenfessions cigars, a Gurkha (actually, two). Never had one. Mind you, if I were an alien and FoH was my reference point for cigars (which, of course, it is), I would assume that Gurkha cigars were only smoked by the Four Horsemen and that the makers made Bernie Madoff look like Mother Teresa. These are, I have been assured, extremely expensive cigars, for the most part, and yet they are more or less described on FoH as toxic excrement.

As I mentioned, I’ve never had one. The reason for that is mostly that I have never encountered one before. I am 99.9% Cubans only, because that is what I like and what is available to me. It is not because there is simply no FoH love for Gurkhas. To be honest, I’ve always been a little keen to find out if they are as bad as many claim or if it is just a value thing.

This one was marked on the cellophane as the ‘125th Anniversary Rothchild’. I have no idea where that sits in the Gurkha pantheon, but, according to my research on the ever-reliable internet…

Welcome to Kenfessions, my occasional and irregular blog, looking at the world of cigars and drinks, and hopefully matching the two. The good, the bad and the downright ugly. No doubt, it will veer off on all manner of tangents, but we will try and stick to the subject (when it suits).

May 18 Cohiba Siglo 1 – Four Pillars Christmas Gin

Mar 9 Gurkha 125th Anniversary Rothchild – Lustau 125th Anniversary 1996 Añada Vintage Sherry

Welcome to Kenfessions, my occasional and irregular blog, looking at the world of cigars and drinks, and hopefully matching the two.

The good, the bad and the downright ugly. No doubt, it will veer off on all manner of tangents, but we will try and stick to the subject (when it suits).