Black & Mild Wood tip (pipe tobacco) Cigarillos

      As I said in my last review I would do a review on the Black & Mild wood tip cigarillos. As I mentioned in my other review about the regular black & milds, I prefer these guys over the others. But that is all to a certain extent. For about $1.57 a piece at the local gas station, you can't get a better deal. With that being said, let's review the quality of this cigar. The quality is what you would expect from a machine made cigar; they are usually packed firm and have no issues with the wrapper. The draw is pretty easy with a lot of smoke. The taste is sweet and the cigar has a good aroma to it. The wood tip is more desirable to use over the typical Black & Mild. The only issue i've had is that sometimes they seem to burn through the tobacco inside the wrapper and thus the cigar falls apart after about halfway through, though this has only happened twice so it maybe due to mass production and the equipment they are using to make the cigars. Like on all Black & Milds the wrapper on these are homogenized pipe tobacco. Bottom line, these are enjoyable cigars with a good taste and a low price. These are worth a try if you are a Black & Mild fan.

Middleton's Black & Mild (regular)

    These cigarillos are not my cup of tea, at least to me anyways and it's mainly due to the fact that there really is no flavor to them. They are individually wrapped in cellophane with a paper lable that has a pull tab on it to remove the cigarillo from the package.  They are about a medium in harshness had a good draw and produce a good amount of smoke. As you can tell, I've tried a couple others. These were my first ones I tried when I started. But now I've tried others and bought one a couple nights ago to compare to the others so I could write this review and they don't really taste all that great compared to the other brands I've tried. I bought a couple and went to ash them and they broke right in half.  Overall, it's the bottom shelf gas station cigarillo that is good when you are in a pinch and you have the urge to light up a cigar. However, Black & Mild does have other cigarillos out there. I have had Black & Mild's pipe tobacco cigarillos with the wooden tip ( a review is still to come), and they have a little bit better of a taste and a sweeter aroma to them.  

Hoya de Monterey Excalibur Cigarillo

I was walking down Elm street in Manchester, New Hampshire and ran into Castro's smoke shop. They have a wide verity of cigars from all over. You can even sit down in a barber's chair and smoke there. Anyways, I stopped in and picked up a tin of Hoyo De Monterrey Excaliber cigarillos. They have a good volume and are mild to medium in harshness. At first there is a hint of vanilla but that will fade as you get a little more than half way through. They also are packed firm and have a sensational draw with billows of smoke. These cigarillos run about $14.99 at their shop and come in a tin of twenty.

Dutch Master Vanilla Cigarillo

Last night I picked up a cheap pack of Dutch Master vanilla  cigarillos. Honestly at first I was a little skeptical due to them being not a high end brand. I was pleasantly surprised when I lit one up. They are packed firmly and feature a Connecticut wrapper. The draw was mild and flavorful with a lot of smoke on the breath out. It's aroma is sweet as is its flavor. For about $6.50 for a box of 5 at the local corner store, they are relatively inexpensive. I would reccomend these over a black & mild due to the better quality between the two.