Cigar Review: Alec Bradley Magic Toast – Rated 93

If you visit the Alec Bradley website, you will see the following quote from Alan Rubin, owner of Alec Bradley Cigars:

“A star in born.

Alec Bradley Magic Toast got its name on a night forever etched in my memory. That’s the night, I saw for myself, by flashlight, a crop that was beyond belief. Tobaccos I knew we would find a special project for.

Under the stars, we cracked open a bottle of very special whisky and proposed a toast to our future. Magic Toast was born that evening. Along with a ritual. Toast the end of this cigar. Celebrate its beginning. And enjoy the magic!

Alan Rubin

Such a statement would entice any cigar enthusiast to want to indulge in the pleasure of smoking the Magic Toast. At this years Smoke Inn – Great Smoke, I got my hands on one and today I offer my take on it.

The Alec Bradley Magic Toast blend is a mix of Honduran and Nicaraguan leaf that is described as:

• Wrapper – Honduras
• Double Binder –Nicaragua/Honduras
• Filler – Nicaragua/Honduras

The Magic Toast is available in 3 popular vitolas, each packaged in 20-count boxes:

• Robusto (5 x 52) MSRP $8.95
• Toro (6 x 52) MSRP $9.50
• Gordo (6 x 60) MSRP $10.25

The Alec Bradley Magic Toast is hand crafted at Fabrica de Tabacos Raices Cubanas S. de R.L., in Danlí, Honduras.

For this review I sampled the Alec Bradley Magic Toast Robusto.

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Pre-Light Examination

The Alec Bradley Magic Toast is a dark almost black wrapped cigar that is slightly rugged yet solid cigar with a bit of oily sheen to it.

A single artistic band adorns the cigar using a colorful motif featuring a night blue sky with stars and constellations in the background. The words “Alec Bradley” is printed across the top and the words “Magic Toast” are printed in white on a red background on the bottom. The Alec Bradley logo is prominently displayed in the center.

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I did not pick up much aroma along the barrel but the foot had some interesting notes of toasted bread, pepper, and a caramelized sugar.

I sliced the cap with my double blade Xikar cutter and took in some scrumptious cold draw puffs that I would describe as cinnamon spice toast.

Preparing to burn it to ash, I toasted the foot with a double flame toarch lighter and took in the first flavorful puffs that offered less pepper than I thought but definitely bread and jam.

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Cigar Review Notes

• Tasty start to the journey with bread and jam notes
• Light pepper notes fill in the background
• Full volume smoke fruit and sweetness
• Light grey ash rests on a medium char line
• Coffee notes (espresso) breaks through – this like a breakfast meal
• Light fruit aroma
• Burn gets wavy near end of first third
• Beginning of the second third things tone down a bit as butter and wood enter
• Burn corrects as the espresso flavors continue
• Once the ash fell it revealed a centered and well formed cone
• Aroma shifts to a syrupy note
• Earthy notes join the profile
• Smoke is quite smooth just shy of the band
• Pepper notes pick up deep in second third
• A slight off burn started
• Hint of sweetness and malt moving into the final third
• There is a gentle salty note on the lips
• Flaky ash
• Medium in Strength
• Total Smoking Time was 1 hour and 10 minutes

Overall, the Alec Bradley Magic Toast was a quite the flavor full cigar with a enticing aromas. The final third actually brought an array of flavors to the palate that wanted me to smoke another or perhaps to pick up the toro vitola for a longer smoking experience. From a construction perspective there were a few spots where it waved off but eventually corrected itself without a touch-up and the ash was a bit flaky during the burn. I rate this a 93.

If you can’t find this at your local Brick and Mortar you can find them at Smoke Inn online.

Point Deductions: (-1) Multiple Waves; (-1) Flaky Ash; (-1) Off Burn