I have to give a lot of credit to Steve Saka, president of Drew Estate. Before he created and released the Liga Privada #9 I would take a walk around the block to avoid touching anything with the Drew Estate name to it, but after smoking a Liga Privada #9 I wanted more of those. And then there came the Flying Pig, a fat funny looking stick that made its way to the top 5 of my "want to try" list. I tried it, and loved it.

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The flying pig is made from the same blend as the normal Liga Privada #9, so it has a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper, a Brazilian binder and Honduran & Dominican filler. The wrapper is nice and dark and is almost veinless, it looks like a small bomb. The cap has a pig tail, but that was expected with a name like this. The cigar has a full barnyard aroma. The construction feels good, but the predraw is a bit easy and leaves a delayed pepper flavor on the tongue

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Right from the start I can taste cacao, mild bitter and earthy flavors. After a few puffs I can also taste some herbs and spices, like seedless red peppers. After a third the flavors mellow out, the pepper and the cacao disappeared, the herbal flavors and the earth are now the only flavors noticeable.

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Halfway the aftertaste becomes a mild creamy chocolate flavor but unfortunately the chocolate doesn't stick around, the creaminess does. Close to the end the cacao returns.

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The draw starts off a little bit on the easy side but gets better. I get a lot of smoke from this cigar, medium thick and it has a blue shine to it. The cigar has a strange shape, and just like perfectos I can't get it to burn straight in the beginning, but after a correction the cigar burns quite well. The ash is white, compact and firm as you can see on the pictures. The cigar is full flavored and medium/full bodied. There is hardly any build up of tar. It lasted me little over an hour.

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Would I buy this cigar again? Yes, yes, yes, I want more. I bought 2 of those in a box split and promised the other cigar to SmokeyNL, but fortunately he got a box of his own so I have one left to smoke.

Appearance: 9 / 10
Construction: 8 / 10
Draw: 7 / 10
Smoke & ash: 8 / 10
Burn: 7 / 10
Aroma (first part) 8 / 10
Aroma (middle part) 8 / 10
Aroma (last part) 8 / 10
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This cigar is at the top of my Must Try list.
Unfortunatly I cant find them anywhere!!!!
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Ferd, I smoked a few of these at the B&M near me, really enjoyed it except, like nubs and other short cigars, it got HOT HOT HOT towards the end. (Side note: FUNNY hot hot hot video!)
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That's why there are nub tools Doug. Here's another hot hot hot video
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Nice review as usual, Ferdie. :-)
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Another super review!!!

Thank you!!!:-)

I just received one of these from Huy on Thanksgiving!!! Looking forward to it!!!
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Great review Ferdie. I finally picked one of these up to try soon.
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This smoke is easily one of my favorites right now. After smoking a few of them I started taking a little extra time on that last little bit and it helps with the heat issue.

DE hit it out of the park with this one IMHO!
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Great review. Does anybody know where to buy these right now? Does anybody have them in stock?
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These smokes are pretty limited. It will be tough to find them. Good luck with your search man.

As far as the cigar goes, this was a unique smoke. I enjoyed mine to the nub. Thanks for the review Ferdie.

Enjoy it Darrell, let me know what you think of it!
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Thanks for the review. I think I want to try a larger size.
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My local B&M has a few boxes of them laying around, give them a ring (Sabor Havana Cigars, PGA Location: 5616266700
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This is on my list of smokes to try :-)

Thanks for the review.
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I cant wait to Burn one of mine!!! As usual Nice review
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i always enjoy your reviews.
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So you're a Sabor guy eh? :-) I'll have to stop by there and pick one of these up, thanks for the tip.
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I had one of these a few weeks back.
Did i like it? yes.
Did i love it? no.
Would i buy one again? Maybe?

Really strong stick though. Lots of Pepper and earth.
Things do mellow out a tad toward the end.
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:-)

heh, heh, heh...

tick, tick, tick, tick...

:-)
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I just smoked my first one of these, thanks to CoastieTech. What a great smoke. I really need to try the other vitolas now!

Great review and an extra vote for everyone to try one. :-)
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Great review as always! :-)

I'm pretty sure Corona downtown Orlando has these. :-)
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