Rebellion Paradise City Robusto

📌 Brand: Rebellion Cigars
📌 Line: Paradise City
📌 Size: Robusto (5" × 52)
📌 Weight: 16.8 g
📌 Age: 3 years
📌 Origin: Honduras

Tasting Notes

• Extreme Bitterness – Immediate and relentless

• Sour Char – Burnt, acrid smoke

• Black Pepper – Harsh and unrefined

• Ash & Tar – Dominates after corrections

First Impressions

The cigar looks acceptable on the surface, but the bunch feels inconsistent with soft and hard spots along the body. Pre-light aroma already hints at bitterness and raw tobacco. Cold draw is uneven and unpleasant.

Smoking Experience

• First Third – From the first puff, the cigar is aggressively bitter and harsh. Burn immediately goes crooked. First relight required almost instantly.

• Second Third – Multiple relights and heavy corrections needed. Flavors degrade into sour char and ash. Smoke is hot, acrid, and fatiguing.

• Final Third – Completely unsmokable. Bitterness intensifies, tar builds, and the cigar refuses to stay lit despite constant attention.

Pairings

• Alcohol – Clear Creek Pear Brandy - Clean, sharp fruit acidity chosen purely to cleanse the palate, not to complement — this cigar offers nothing to pair with.

• Tea – Japanese Kukicha (Twig Tea) - Extremely low tannin, light, and cleansing — selected to recover your mouth after abandoning the cigar.

Music Pairing

“Nervous Breakdown” – Black Flag
Short, aggressive, and furious — like fighting this cigar to stay lit.

Final Thoughts

Rebellion Paradise City Robusto is one of the worst-performing cigars in this section. Severe bitterness from the start, nonstop relights, aggressive harshness, and zero redeeming qualities make it completely unsmokable.

Final Score: 1/10
Why not a 10?
Extreme bitterness, constant relights, burn failure, harsh smoke, and total lack of balance or enjoyment.

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