Hiram & Solomon Curamus

📌 Brand: Hiram & Salomon
📌 Line: Curamus
📌 Size: Toro (6" × 52)
📌 Weight: 19.1 g
📌 Age: 5 years
📌 Origin: Dominican Republic

Tasting Notes

• Bitter Cedar – Dry, sharp wood

• Harsh Pepper – Rough and abrasive

• Char – Dominates after corrections

• Sour Earth – Lingering unpleasant finish

First Impressions

The cigar looks decent at first glance, but firmness feels inconsistent along the body with tight and soft spots. Pre-light aroma is muted cedar and raw earth. Cold draw feels tight, already suggesting airflow problems.

Smoking Experience

• First Third – Tight draw restricts smoke and flavor. Burn immediately looks off, with the wrapper burning noticeably slower than the filler, creating an ugly canoe. First touch-up required early.

• Second Third – Construction falls apart. Multiple relights and heavy corrections needed. Smoke turns hot and harsh, flavors collapse into char and bitterness.

• Final Third – Persistent tunneling and wrapper lag continue. Tight draw plus constant corrections make the cigar frustrating and fatiguing to finish.

Pairings

• Alcohol – Fernet-Branca - Intense herbal bitterness and menthol freshness chosen purely to reset the palate after harsh, overheated smoke.

• Tea – Japanese Genmaicha - Toasty, low tannin, and calming — helps neutralize bitterness and dryness between relights.

Music Pairing

“Search and Destroy” – The Stooges
Chaotic, raw energy that matches the cigar’s messy performance.

Final Thoughts

Hiram & Salomon Cyramys Toro is a construction nightmare. Tight draw, wrapper lag, repeated relights, and nonstop touch-ups completely destroy the experience. Even if the blend has potential, this performance makes it nearly impossible to enjoy.

Final Score: 2/10
Why not a 10?
Severe construction issues, tight draw, wrapper burn lag, constant relights, and harsh, charred flavors throughout.

Only cigars that deliver flawless draw, balance, flavour evolution, construction and satisfaction get a 10.