Pre-light Experience

Seth: The League of Fat Bastards Wingman is average in appearance. It has a nice Natural to Colorado wrapper, and it has that classic soft brown coloring. Very few veins and little tooth. Not many oils are present, with a nice fine grittiness. Firm throughout the cigar with aromas of wood, tobacco, leather, earth and warm spices.
John: The wrapper on the League of Fat Bastards Wingman is Colorado, leaning toward Colorado Claro in color. The cap has a slightly lumpy appearance but overall the cigar appears well constructed. I weighed the cigar at 17.2 grams and measured the humidity with the HumidiMeter Pro at 57.8%. Aromas from the wrapper consisted of tobacco, wood, mild mustiness and some earth. From the foot, I was getting a strong aroma of fresh hay along with wood.
Jiunn: The League of Fat Bastards Wingman has a slick and oily Colorado wrapper. Veins are well pressed, seams tight, bunch and roll even and the head is well wrapped and capped. Pre-light aromas gives a mixture of black pepper spice, jasmine and roasted chestnuts.

League of Fat Bastards Wingman

First Third

Seth: The first third begins with wood and warm spices. Dry pepper qualities are present with red pepper notes being prominent. Leather, seasoned wood, coffee and tobacco notes are present as well. Balanced cigar with a strength and body level around medium to medium-full.
John: The first third opens with sweet tobacco and wood, with a more intensified tobacco sweetness lingering through the finish. Through the retrohale, I’m getting a combination of bread, pepper and tobacco. As the first third settles in, the pepper through the retrohale becomes more defined, presenting as red pepper flake. The finish sits at a medium length. Progressing through the first third, mild dry hay and wood combine on the finish. Approaching the halfway point, the profile settles into sweet tobacco with dry hay and wood, all hovering around light-plus strength.
Jiunn: The first third provides a velvety smoking experience being quite oily and buttery. Flavors of creamy cherry candy, roasted chestnuts and mild black pepper spice. Retrohaling has all these flavors in greater intensity. The finish is clean with lingering roasted chestnuts. Strength and body is medium.

League of Fat Bastards Wingman

Second Third

Seth: The second third is fairly in line with the first. Wood, spices, leather, coffee and tobacco notes. The cigar remains balanced and it is smoking at a level between medium and medium-full.
John: The second third begins with a combination of sweet tobacco along with dry hay and earth, with the hay lingering into a medium-length finish. Once the second third settles in, bread returns through the retrohale accompanied by medium-strength red pepper flake. As the cigar approaches the halfway point of the second third, the red pepper flake gradually fades, becoming almost entirely a background note.
Jiunn: The second third turns mild and less flavorful. Now it’s minerals, anise, cedar and wood tannins. The finish also has the anise coming through. The retrohale also alters, missing the cherry component, replaced by minerals and cedar. Strength and body remains medium.

League of Fat Bastards Wingman

Final Third

Seth: The final third is right in line with the first. Not many changes with the flavor profile, but consistent with a good core profile. Body and strength remain at the same level; medium to medium-full.
John: The cigar moves into the last third with creamy hay and mild wood leading off, while mild sweet tobacco finishes the profile. As the final third continues, the profile becomes largely defined by hay, with sweet tobacco remaining present as a supporting flavor note.
Jiunn: No changes to the final third. It’s still quite a rustic flavor profile of the same minerals, anise, cedar and wood tannins. The finish at times has a ginger component to the anise but nonetheless, still a rustic vibe. Strength and body finishes the same medium.

League of Fat Bastards Wingman

Burn

Seth: The burn was great from beginning to end.
John: The burn was very straight through the entire review process and did not require any intervention.
Jiunn: Burn performance was flawless, providing an even burn, tight ashes, cool burning temperatures and ample smoke produciton.

League of Fat Bastards Wingman

Draw

Seth: The draw was perfect throughout the cigar.
John: I measured the draw at 32 inches of water with the Cigar Medics draw machine. Subjectively, I found the draw to be right in the ideal zone between open and resistant.
Jiunn: The draw was also great, giving the ideal air flow and resistance.

Overall

Seth: The League of Fat Bastards Wingman is an average cigar throughout the smoking experience. It never goes downhill, but it also never pops or shows any complexities or transitions to make it a good or great cigar. The core flavor of wood, spices, leather and coffee are enjoyable, and the burn and draw on the cigar are fantastic from beginning to end. An average, but “solid average” cigar.
John: The League of Fat Bastards Wingman delivers a consistent and approachable smoking experience that leans heavily into classic hay and sweet tobacco flavors. From the start, the cigar establishes a mild-to-medium profile built around sweet tobacco, wood and fresh hay, with occasional supporting notes of bread and pepper providing some variation. The retrohale offers the most dynamic moments early on, particularly when the red pepper flake emerges in the first and second thirds. That spice briefly adds some contrast to the otherwise mellow profile, though it gradually fades as the cigar progresses. Once that happens, the experience settles into a steady rhythm dominated by hay and light wood. Through the final third, the cigar remains balanced but increasingly simple, with creamy hay and mild sweet tobacco carrying the profile to the finish. While the flavors remain clean and never harsh, the cigar ultimately lacks the progression or complexity needed to elevate it beyond its steady baseline. Construction, however, is excellent. The burn is razor straight throughout and the draw sits perfectly in the ideal range, allowing the flavors to come through without any distraction. In the end, the League of Fat Bastards Wingman is a technically well-constructed cigar that provides a smooth, traditional flavor profile but remains fairly linear from start to finish. Its consistency and balance keep it enjoyable, though the limited evolution leaves it landing squarely in the Average category overall. My total smoking time was 2 hours and 29 minutes.
Jiunn: This League of Fat Bastards Wingman is a cigar that went from having a very promising first third, providing a velvety smooth and flavorful experience, to something that went meek and rustic in minerals, spices and wood. The flavors were so far apart from the first to the latter two thirds that it tasted like two different cigars. Very odd. This is a pass for me.

Seth Geise

SCORE

5.65

Cost/Point

$2.12

Scoring System

John McTavish

SCORE

5.75

Cost/Point

$2.09

Scoring System

Jiunn Liu

SCORE

6.10

Cost/Point

$1.97

Scoring System

Team Cigar Review: League of Fat Bastards Wingman