Rocky Patel Olde World Reserve ~ Churchill

King Catfish's review

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Smoke: Rocky Patel Olde World Reserve ~ Churchill
Drink(s): Bud Light; Knob’s Creek
Tunes: None

Wrapper: Costa Rican Maduro
Binder: Nicaraguan / (maybe Indian)
Filler: Nicaraguan / (maybe Indian)
Draw: Medium
Burn: ran good
Misc: 75-90 minutes

Pre-light: Crisp box pressed. Dark brown (Maduro) wrapper. Rich tobacco scent. Good looking construction. Not much prelight flavor. It also comes with a light brown tissue-like wrapper around the foot. I took it off before the PL pic.

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Light: Easy, with a medium draw.

1st 3rd: Medium body, medium flavor. Oily mostly, and some leather. A little spice (which was surprising, as I was expecting more.) Somewhat creamy, but there’s a little bitterness going on. Kind of a plain profile.

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Ash: Medium gray with black fringes. Holds on for 1 ½”

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2nd 3rd: Kind of bland. Flavors are the same, and still there, but less pronounced. Still a medium body, but light flavor now. Smooth, I’ll give it that…

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3rd 3rd: Same as 2nd. The Knob’s creek is a good compliment, as it gives my palate something to do during this one.

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Overall impression: See above. I was just checking out sites for wrapper / binder/ filler info, and no…I wouldn’t pay for one of these (my buddy gave me one)

Will