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badwhale: nice sweet tobacco scent, and not much prelight flavor
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buzz: nice spice (black pepper i guess), some wood/cedar, good draw.
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cigarsarge: pepper on the tongue... Slight barnyard aroma.
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cyris: prelight structure is good. Nice small veins running through it, solid construction. Firm to the touch and smells wonderful.
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edgeman: a little spicy and airy.
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logan37: it had a slight peppery spice to it with an earthy flavor. The prelight smell was chocolaty.
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mail man: i think the tobacco taste pretty much overpowered all else, did taste some woody flavor, and a little bit of oil.
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mangyrat: leather.
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roger: A little salty flavor.
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taste (1/3):
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badwhale: i felt the flavor profile was pretty even / uneventful. Good, but just didn't change a whole lot. Leathery with a bit of spicy bite. Pretty nice i especially like the nose exhale. Smooth and full of previously described flavor.
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buzz: nice and spicy, with a slight cedar aroma. Draw was perfect, nice even burn and great ash. Smoke is nice and full and has a nice aroma.
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cigarsarge: pepper bomb... Slight cedar finish. This smoke is dense with a leather smell.
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cyris: spicy but not over the top. Strong cigar that went very good with the smooth rum on the rocks. There is a light nutty flavor. Good nose burn on the nose exhale.
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edgeman: fresh, light, airy and a little spicy..
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kevin7: typical oliva woody leathery almost musty.
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logan37: this cigar was so spicy it was bitter when i first lit it. I let it rest for a few minutes and the bitterness went away. All i tasted was oil with a nutty finish. There was a slight spice on the finish as well.
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mail man: strong tobacco with slight hints of leather, and a touch of oak?
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mangyrat: pepper/spice with some leather undertones.
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roger: Very rich tasting stick, deep cedar notes and copious amounts of smoke.
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taste (2/3):
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badwhale: i'm feeling a little more love now in the smoke. A little more bite, but still pretty mellow and a great draw / burn. I like it although it's got a pretty steady flavor profile. Mostly leather with some spice.
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buzz: spice went away a little here, mostly wood now, very smooth and still a great draw and burn. Ash held nicely, but now i am having some slight wrapper annoyances at the head (due to it being a little damaged). There may be a little leather in here, hard for me to tell though.
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cigarsarge: mellowed slightly... It became a little smoother... Still real spicy. Slight cream on the finish. Still dense smoke... Purging through the nose really opens up the pepper explosion. Is that a tear running down my face? Man this cigar is strong.
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cyris: still a good spice to this cigar going into the second third of the stick. The nicotine level is good on this one, i can feel it in the back of my throat and in the head. It is burning well, with nice big smoke. I think its actually mellowed a little bit and got a bit smoother.
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edgeman: a lot stronger than the first third and almost too spicy at the time for me.
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logan37: the smoke turned mild for me. No spice, just oil and nutty finish.
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mail man: the draw opened up to a med/hard draw now, could get a whole lot more flavor out of it. Nose exhale burned good, and gave me almost a taste of toasted marshmallows along with the woodsy taste something else i could not pick up on.
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mangyrat: more pepper seemed to get a little milder.
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roger: More of the same.
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taste (3/3):
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badwhale: i'm back down to the b+ at this point. Kinda ashy, but the same flavors are there. Limited to leather & some spice. Good, but i would only look for a small trade or a 5er of these.
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buzz: was hoping the spice would come back here in the third – but it didn’t (bummer). Wood/cedar with maybe some leather, didn’t get hot or harsh though, still smooth and i nubbed it. Burn stayed nice and even to the end, and the draw was very consistent.
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cigarsarge: the last third got kinda nasty. I let it go with a little less than two inches left. Seems like the tar built up in the final third causing burn problems and a bad taste. I got a buzz also - maybe it led a little to the early demise of the cigar.
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cyris: the strength is coming back out in this last part of the stick. The strong tobacco flavor has turned noticeably more roasted tasting. The spice is still there, but not overpowering. The oaky flavor of this rum is meshing well with the cigar.
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edgeman: smoothed out a little compared to the too strong and spicy 2/3.
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kevin7: same as before but much more hotter and very biting on my tongue.
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logan37: oil and nutty finish. I didn't finish this part.
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mail man: stayed pretty much the same as the 2/3, but got more potent, and the leather and oils really shined through for me.
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mangyrat: pepper and leather.
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roger: Flavor improved even more this third!
