In 2010, PDR Cigars created a special cigar for members of the BOTL.org forum, the Pinar Del Río BOTL.org Small Batch 2010, a 6 x 46 corona gorda limited to just 200 boxes. Last year, the cigar returned, once again in the 6 x 46 size, limited to 200 boxes and sold through Tim Podwika, a retailer who is also a member of the forum. While I had great experiences with the first cigar, the follow-up was less than impressive. Here’s what I said in November: I have not been more interested to see what gets written below the score in a while. I smoked five cigars, all had defining amounts of harshness, at this point, problematic signs of harshness. As a habit, I try to avoid at all cost reading or gathering people’s opinions about a review I’m working on until the review is done, and that’s been the story here. Perhaps it’s a sick period, perhaps it needs more time—all possible explanations, but it’s hard for me to recommend the cigar at this moment. I never smoked the original release fresh, so perhaps that’s why when comparing them it’s no contest. The good news is, there’s plenty of ...
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