Ernesto Perez Carillo 4 7/8 x 49

This evening we review the Ernesto Perez 4 7/8 by 49.     Point one:  Is it SO hard to do a 5X50?   We are all about being unique.  Front Porch Cigars has been called the most unique review site on the web.  We understand, however if you are a cigar, perhaps the place to put the brunt of your “uniqueness” is flavor, not size.

As usual we present the tale of the tape:

(That’s boxing talk… boxing was an American sport that began with Gentleman Jim Corbett and ended when Mike Tyson was KO’d by Buster Douglas.  It was replaced by a sport that involves sweaty men rolling around on the floor bending each other into positions that require the TV camera to show their balls.)

Sorry… carried away.  Here is the tale of the tape:

Wrapper: Ecuador, Binder: Nicaragua, Filler: Dominican Republic, Nicaragua

Finding additional info on this one was a little tougher than normal.   Add to that the odd size, the label of “Ecuadorian” as the only information about the wrapper, and having a combination of three countries’ tobacco combined in this cigar, and you will discover that Josh is already cranky.

“It better be good after all of this.  It’s a touch pretentious if you ask me.  “

I myself and not getting a lot of non-tobacco hints in this cigar thus far, but the tobacco flavor is very strong.

Josh is not enjoying it as much as I am.    “This… (he begins, loudly)  is a good transition cigar if you are trying to graduate to cigars from a 4 pack a day habit of Camel wides.   It’s bitter and tastes of alum.”

Not exactly a compliment.  Not exactly the end of his rant.  “I have smoked an inch and a half and it has been a chore.”  at which point Josh fires it into the butt bucket… through the blades of a box fan.

“It was disappointing, like eating ice cream that was made with salt instead of sugar.”

Front Porch Cigars has been on a roll lately!   We have had several of our recent reviews appear on the websites of cigar companies and in their publicity and media information.   It gives us a little bit of a warm fuzzy feeling, but we don’t do this for warm fuzzies. We do it so that you, cigar cousin, will know which cigars will enhance your relationship with the leaf.

Suffice it to say that after what Josh has had to say, we don’t expect this review to make the front of the Ernesto Perez pamphlet or web page, however I didn’t hate this one as much as he did.   It tastes like very strong tobacco without a lot of subtleties.   Straightforward strength with an early kick of pepper .

“Cigars need to be good, and they need to be  good quickly.  Its not the Atocha treasure. There needs to be something worth finding without a lot of searching”

In the  10 minutes josh worked on his, he didn’t find it. What DID he find?  “Imagine mixing pepper with Mercurochrome and smoking it.”

“No disrespect to anyone that likes, enjoys or smokes this cigar…. but I F-ing hated it.

Positives?  Perfect draw.  Of course most straws have a pretty good draw as well, but if I am drinking pond water it doesn’t matter.

Josh liked the band because, “…it has a big red square on it so I can identify it from a distance, and I will remember that it’s a  melange of rancid putrescence.”   Josh is the Nipsey Russell of cigars. (two more points if you got THAT reference)    If I smoked a blunt made from this cigar, stuffed with dog hair,  I would be thinking,  ‘This dog rolled in something’.   It’s tasted like an ashtray.”

I called mine after 20 minutes.   I purged it to see if it would affect the flavor. (You should never have to purge a cigar after 15 minutes) and it did nothing.

The sad thing is that I did such good photography for this one.  It was so good that I DIDN’T include a few pictures just so I could use the shoot concept for a better cigar.

I don’t think this cigar will suit anyone that is new to the cigar world unless you like a lot of kick and really bold tobacco flavor without a ton of subtlety.   If you experienced, then perhaps it might be more of a fit.    Perhaps.   Thanks for the cigar.