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Piggy, piggy, piggy …
Liga Privada T52 ‘Flying Pig’ cigar left me with a bag of ‘mixed’ emotions. Vitolas that I usually buy & smoke are in corona, corona gorda, lancero territory, hence delay in smoking Flying Pig. This perfecto on horizontal steroids and lack of vertical hormones was definitely visually more pleasing from photography perspective than smoking lust. If you are into ‘NUB’ concept and enjoy wide ring gauge cigars, this is The Unicorn.
On the outside, the Piggy was packed well, really well. Extremely toothy wrapper and fancy pigtail were the main characteristics of the cigar. Although the middle of the stick was 60-wide, the foot was small enough to go up against a single flame torch lighter. The very beginning presented small amount of sweetness on the tip of the cigar. Few puffs into it, I was able to taste a bit of spice in the back of my throat. As I was going through the narrow head and working my way toward 60 ring gauge, I was putting extra effort to extract more flavor and more smoke – all without much success. Frequent retrohale didn’t help either. “Good things come to those who wait” and it came, full force. Cigar went from no smoke to smoke machine in a matter of split seconds. Fortunately same applied to the flavor department. Each puff had a good amount of cedar, cocoa, coffee, chocolate and enjoyable sweetness that lingered in the background. From burn & construction perspective, overall, very impressing. Although similar to smoke & flavor ‘questionable’ beginning, the latter part was top notch with razor-sharp burn line. Ash was tight and had a ‘clean’ / light gray look to it. See what else my colleagues have said: acigarsmoker, casas fumanfo, nice tight ash, stogie review.
This ‘freaky’ looking cigar solidified my believes and vitola size preference. Although I can appreciate the novelty, the Flying Pig concept (* not the wrapper / binder / filler combination) will continue to stay in my rotation as an occasional treat. Continuing with an animal theme, give me a Liga Privada ‘Dirty Rat’ and I will smoke that cigar back to back, day after day. Liga Privada T52 ‘Flying Pig’ was definitely an experience, both smoking wise as well as photographing it. A tremendous amount of smoke had a positive impact on last few shutter clicks – see photograph of the nub. Thanks to Drew Estate, Jonathan Drew, Steve Saka, and the gang … Well done !
Specs:
Country of Origin: Nicaragua
Wrapper: Stalk-Cut Habano
Binder: Brazilian Mata Fina
Filler: Dominican, Honduran, Nicaraguan
Length: 4 1/8″
Ring: 60
Construction > Great
Burn > Good
Enjoy > Yes
Recommend > Yes
Buy > Yes
#1 by BlackBeard on March 15, 2011 - 11:50 am
The pic with the nubbed out piggy beside the band is killer!
Great pics Jay!!!
#2 by admin on March 18, 2011 - 12:49 pm
Thanks, Anthony !
Indeed. That piggy nub is one of my favorite as well. The smoke looks so ‘creamy’, doesn’t it ?
#3 by Danny Principe on March 15, 2011 - 4:12 pm
Very nice. I have to say, while I think I like the 9 a little better, these were damn fine cigars. Gimmicky, but they definitely delivered on flavor.
#4 by admin on March 18, 2011 - 12:50 pm
I have #9s in the hopper. I think the world is divided between T52 vs. #9. Some swear by one, other preach about the other. Need to try both and draw my own conclusion.
#5 by Jan on March 15, 2011 - 7:44 pm
I agree with Danny, I enjoyed the #9 a little more. These are still great smokes. Great pics, as usual. I like the one with the Pig standing on the Palio cutter. Great job Jay!!
#6 by admin on March 18, 2011 - 12:51 pm
Thanks, Jan !
#7 by Jeffrey Senske on March 17, 2011 - 11:03 pm
Will give this one a try based on flavor characteristics described! Looks like fun. Great review and pics as always Jay.
#8 by admin on March 18, 2011 - 12:51 pm
Thanks, Jeff !
Time to buy another humidor ? LOL
#9 by Dalamscius on March 18, 2011 - 2:26 pm
Love the outdoor pics jay, the one with the box in the branches is awesome!
I finally got my hands on a LP9 Flying Pig that I can’t wait to try.
Keep up the good work brother!
#10 by Blackice on March 19, 2011 - 7:45 pm
Pigs in the outdoors. Watch out for the Angry Birds. This is my favorite photo series so far. Great job, as always.
#11 by admin on March 20, 2011 - 12:04 pm
Daniel / Blacky,
Thanks guys ! Much appreciated. Indeed a unique shape and interesting photo session. I should get to FP #9 asap :)
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