Time for a break this arvo so dug into the old seconds and found a cracker, a Cohiba Siglo V, though why it was ever in a seconds box, I have no idea. looked in cracking condition to me. And was. Been doing some stuff on rums lately and had some of the Pusser’s left. Pusser’s Old Admiralty Rum/Pusser’s Gunpowder Rum. Everything went very well.

Siglo V is not a Siglo which I often smoke, not sure why (well, cost probably). Ring gauge 43; length 170 mm. The way it kicked off – I lit very carefully as there was a sea breeze blowing through – I thought that this might have a reasonable amount if age on it, but by then end, perhaps not. No matter.

Opened with milk chocolate and gave that impression of being ‘dry’, if that makes sense. Obviously not a flavour. The chocolate lasted, that dry nature did not. Very quickly, a really lovely sweet core emerged. Then some caramel (yes, I took careful note and definitely some caramel). Spices, citrus, glacéd fruit. Just gorgeous. With a cracking book, one of the…

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).

Sep 20 Cohiba Siglo V – Pusser’s Old Admiralty Rum - Pusser’s Gunpowder Rum

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).