earnold25
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Registered: April 2007
Location: Baltimore
Posts: 379
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Review Date: Thu June 28, 2007
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Would you recommend this to someone? Yes |
Price you paid? In US$: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pre-smoke
Scent of Wrapper: A bit like a bail of hay.
Scent at Foot: chicken coop-y
Appearance: all in all a nice looking cigar. no blotches on wrapper, no stems noticeable at foot. feels nice and heavy.
Wrapper: beautiful wrapper. only one large noticeable vein. didn't detract from appearance in my opinion. color is a lighter brown, but not quite cream colored
Feel:Seems to be very well constructed. its firm, no hard spots, and it gives just a little bit when pressed
Tongue:Has a nice "tang" to it, not unpleasant, not too tingly
Flavor on Draw: this is hard for me to pinpoint, but maybe leathery?
Smoke
Taste: At first, it tasted just like the wrapper smelled, a bit grassy / hayish with a bit of wood. Later a distinct black pepper came into the forefront and didn't ever go away. It mellowed out a bit and I noticed a bit of a citrusy "tang" to it, which complimented the pepper nicely for some reason.
Flavor Changes: about every inch or so i noticed some new flavors, hay / grass at first, pepper second, pepper with citrus, finally mostly citrus (but not fruity if that makes sense)
Strength: fairly strong cigar, but not overpowering / make you want to wretch strong
Feeling: not sure what this category means, but i make my head a wee bit swimmy towards the middle
Scent of Smoke: i was outside, so i didn't get a big effect of this, but it wasn't unpleasant. the smoke was dense, and i could detect a bit of a peppery smell
Heat on Fingers and in Mouth: nothing notable until about the 2/3rds mark where the smoke got pretty hot, although it was just warm to the touch
Draw:draw was just like i like it, I'd call it deliberate, not too loose, but it's not like getting a strawberry stuck in your straw while drinking a milkshake
Finish: i'd say it had a fairly long finish. a bit of a spicy finish. lasted for about 8 hours after i smoked it.
Other Aspects of the Cigar Smoking Experience:
a. The cap was a little small for being triple capped. I wish they would have brought it further down the cigar body. Made it difficult to cut.
b. The band is a bit large, but its not too gawdy, and I liked it. Just had to remove it earlier than normal.
c. The ash was very nice. Held on for about 2.5" at first, than fell off in 1" increments after that.
d. The smoke was very dense as well. Could easily blow smoke rings.
Final Rating: 8.5
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