After having finished the third Hemingway Classic from the two 10 packs I recently got on separate orders at phatash.com, I must say these are like the first Hemingways I smoked, the ones I knew up until about late 1999.
About the year 2000, I started noticing that I was able to suck down a Hemingway Classic (7x48) in less than an hour on an empty stomach. I attributed that to having raised my level of cigar smoking to five large cigars a week, not realizing that natural products like cigars, bourbon etc., can undergo major variations in taste profile over the years.
After having certain such things explained to me, I had to admit around 2002 that the Hemingway line, once a full flavored, medium bodied but incredibly smooth cigar had gone flat, almost flavorless and packing no punch whatsoever. Since it was happening on just about every Classic I smoked, and even on a couple of the giant Hemingway Masterpieces, I avoided this line for a while.
In conversations on "another web site" with cigar smokers far more experienced than I, I learned about some of the things that can occur to effectuate a circumstance such as a major change in flavor profile, and also about blend changes. There was even talk that the Fuentes had shortchanged themselves on the tobaccos normally used on the Hemingway line production in an effort to bolster other brands, or even create new brands.
Well, have no fear, if you liked the spicy, chocolate, bold raisin flavor of the Hemingways of five years ago and back, . . .
The Hemingways are back!!! That smoothness is and always was there, but the bold flavor, the moderate kick, the long, slow burning, fine smoking period that will leave you with memories is all back and "all good" as the card carrying members of Hip Hop Nation like to say.
The Hemingways might not be affordable to most folks, but if this line has regained its famous flavor profile, once approved of by even devout Cuban smokers, then treat yourself sometime. For those of you who can afford them, stock up.
About the year 2000, I started noticing that I was able to suck down a Hemingway Classic (7x48) in less than an hour on an empty stomach. I attributed that to having raised my level of cigar smoking to five large cigars a week, not realizing that natural products like cigars, bourbon etc., can undergo major variations in taste profile over the years.
After having certain such things explained to me, I had to admit around 2002 that the Hemingway line, once a full flavored, medium bodied but incredibly smooth cigar had gone flat, almost flavorless and packing no punch whatsoever. Since it was happening on just about every Classic I smoked, and even on a couple of the giant Hemingway Masterpieces, I avoided this line for a while.
In conversations on "another web site" with cigar smokers far more experienced than I, I learned about some of the things that can occur to effectuate a circumstance such as a major change in flavor profile, and also about blend changes. There was even talk that the Fuentes had shortchanged themselves on the tobaccos normally used on the Hemingway line production in an effort to bolster other brands, or even create new brands.
Well, have no fear, if you liked the spicy, chocolate, bold raisin flavor of the Hemingways of five years ago and back, . . .
The Hemingways are back!!! That smoothness is and always was there, but the bold flavor, the moderate kick, the long, slow burning, fine smoking period that will leave you with memories is all back and "all good" as the card carrying members of Hip Hop Nation like to say.
The Hemingways might not be affordable to most folks, but if this line has regained its famous flavor profile, once approved of by even devout Cuban smokers, then treat yourself sometime. For those of you who can afford them, stock up.
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