I came home a little early today and decided to read some articles (on cell culture if that interests you) on the deck, enjoy the weather and a cigar. I decided to go with a Bucanero that has been hanging out in my humi for a few months. I decided to pair this with some delicious spring water. After looking at their website I'm pretty sure it is the Bucanero Windjammer robusto. It is a 5" x 50 cigar with an Ecuadorian sumatra wrapper with Dominican filler. The construction appears to be real nice. The pre-lit draw is perfect and it continues to be perfect (at least for me) throughout the cigar. The pre-lit aroma is quite floral....reminds me of roses.
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I lit it up and took a draw. The first third was quite floral with some hints of chocolate and wood. The farther I smoked it, the more wood I tasted. The chocolate faded out. There was also some nuttiness in the first third. The second third was predominantly woody with some floral notes still there. The ash was a light grey and hung on for about an inch before it looked like it was getting ready to drop....so I tapped it off. Getting into the final third, it began to get bitter. I purged it a few times and let it rest, but it wasn't recovering. So I put it down. It was a pretty mild cigar. I enjoyed the first 2/3 of this cigar. I'd be willing to buy this again.
And here's a pic showing my mad multi-tasking skills.
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Thanks for the review w/pics! It's a very attractive stick, too bad it went south with bitterness.
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nice review:-)
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Good job on the review Kevin. Now, what is the specific importance of fetal bovine serum in cell culture? Growth factors or what?
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Nice review and pictures. Thanks
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My understanding is that the fetal bovine serum provides essential proteins and nutrients to nourish the cells. Basically soil is to plants as fetal bovine serum is to animal cells.
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Gotta be peptide growth factors ... just gotta be.

BTW, don't look at the price of FBS. Not pretty.
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So I've heard. Never thought I'd be discussing cell culture on the asylum.:-)
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Thanks for the review. IMO, Bucaneros are one of the most under-rated cigars around. I have never had a bad Bucanero - some have been interesting and different, but all have been very enjoyable. I agree with the bitterness in the last 1/3, this is pretty common to NC cigars unfortunately. I tend to characterize this as more of a "sourness", as the bitterness found in a cup of coffee can be appealing, for example, but sourness is just plain nasty. I suppose for this reason, there arent many NC cigars that I "nub out" regularly. Most go to eternal rest around the 2/3 mark.
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