Cigar Review: Natural Irish Hops

Football, beer, and cigars! What could possibly be better?!

I was getting ready to watch a pre season NFL game and decided it was time for a cigar and beer pairing. I open up the man cabinet and pulled out the Acid humidor and snatched up a Natural. I have had the original Natural cigars and they have been pretty good, but this time I got the Irish Hops. It was a great choice, definitely a difference between the two varieties.

The cigar was visually the exact same as a normal Natural except the foot label. The fillers were a mixture of unique tobaccos from Brazilian and Nicaraguan leaves. These leaves are then coated by a dark and oily San Andres Negra wrapper from Mexico.Its nice oily wrapper was slightly sweetened. It lit great and man did it taste good. It was a creamy, sweet, toasted taste. It was smooth and full of flavor. Definitely sweeter than the original but in a good way. I was very impressed. So I paired this cigar with a nice German Hefeweizen, and the two were great together! The fruit like wheat ale was a nice accent to the sweet cigar. The game was coming on and I was loving it! What a good life huh?!

The Irish Hops Natural cigar by Drew Estate gets an 8.5 in my book! Maybe a little too sweet but still a very interesting smoke. It is a definite must try at least.

Cigar Review: Natural Robusto

Here is probably one of the most under rated cigars of the underrated cigars. This being Drew Estate's Natural. The natural is a combination of many different region's tobacco and a delicious blend of different flavours. Here is the cigar.com copy:

"When people think about tobacco they really

limit themselves to the major tobacco growing countries like the Dominican Republic,Honduras, and Nicaragua. What most people fail to realize, is that great tobacco is grown and cultivated all over the world. Typically rare African, Himalayan and boutique tobaccos are grown in short supply making them both rare and unique. The limitations on the quantity of this tobacco makes it something that deters most cigar makers. However, where most cigar makers see difficulty, Drew Estate sees opportunity. The Natural line utilizes up to 15 different tobaccos when blending the various sizes. These tobaccos come from all corners of the globe. When these tobaccos are mixed with the premium long filler Nicaraguan tobacco and crafted by the expert rollers at Drew Estate, the result is a cigar unlike anything anyone has ever encountered. This all-natural blend is a must try for any cigar enthusiast."

It is a slightly sweet sugared wrapper but with a more natural taste and smoke to it. It is very mild but its flavour is so appealing you would have to be tasteless to not enjoy it! It is a very light and smooth mocha. For anyone that read my previous post about Dalwhinnie 15, this would be the cigar counterpart. It is very mild but packed full of flavour and it had no annoying after-taste. The Acid's by Drew just have that chemical after-taste, the Natural decided to tone it down and did a great job! Its burn and draw were perfect the whole smoke through and I would definitely buy another. Great smoke, appeals to guys like me who love both ends of the cigar spectrum. I give this great every day cigar a 7 of 10!