My Father No. 1

I worked ALL DAY yesterday. I started at 8 in the morning and didn't finish until almost 10 last night. My wife and I along with some friends started a new business that recently opened, Peek A Boo PlayTown that had us exhibiting at an outside fair yesterday in Hendersonville TN. We all worked our butts off and were on our feet all day long. Weather forecasts put the temps into the low 90's, but we lucked out with a decent breeze all day long and cloud cover keeping the temps in the mid 80's, but more importantly the humidity at bay. My mom was keeping the kids overnight so early on in the day I suggested to my wife that we go out after we finished for a drink and for me a cigar.

I knew she was tired as was I but it is not too often we get to just "go out" and as such insisted we go even though we both probably could have just gone home and crashed. We headed over to a local cigar bar called Stogies in Franklin TN and I headed straight for the walk in humidor and went with the first cigar I picked up, the My Father No. 1. I elected to go small choosing the 5 1/2 inch 52 ring gauge cigar knowing that I was not in for a long night.

I utilized a punch and slowly toasted the foot before taking the first draw. I was immediately taken in by the spicy flavor with some well defined leather on the finish. The smoke was amazingly smooth, almost creamy to the taste, and this cigar was a smoker. I was impressed with just how much smoke it put out.

The ash was almost snow white while displaying history of the veining in the wrapper leaf, however it was not very tight and with only about 3/4 of an inch of ash in place, the tip started to split so I elected to ash as opposed to have it fall on me unplanned.

The burn was slightly uneven on this particular stick seeing me relight it twice to keep it burning even, and at one point it fully extinguished itself however quickly was relit to the same flavor profile as when initially lit.

The My Father line of cigars has gotten a lot of accolades during the last year or so, and although this was the first My Father cigar I have smoked I fully understand why. In finishing the cigar in a little under 45 minutes I noted an aftertaste similar to the one that I have noticed with Arturo Fuente cigars. Thankfully the aftertaste quickly subsided with a piece of gum as I love to smoke cigars, I just don't like to taste them for hours after I've finished.

The My Father line is a tribute to the makers (Garcia) father, and is a fitting tribute he should be proud of. I look forward to exploring more offerings from My Father as well as smoking the My Father No. 1 again in the not so distant future. You'll not in the picture I was drinking a bottle of Woodchuck Hard Cider, I think next time I'd like to have a strong cup of coffee or perhaps a snifter of cognac to enjoy this cigar.

I encourage you to go ahead and give the My Father No. 1 a try, I am confident you'll be glad you did.

Until we smoke again.