prelight taste:
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badwhale: taste and scent were the same. Sweet leather and tobacco.
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buzz: light cedar wood taste, not much else.
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egq: very little. Slightly sweet, slightly woody.
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irish79: nothing detected. Sweet tobacco on the prelight smell.
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mangyrat: tobacco.
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memphisfred: just tobacco.
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mizicke5273: couldn't pick any out.
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nhab: nutty, some wood.
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slcraiders: almost indifferent - lightly earthy...
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tdre977: no real prelight taste to me.
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taste (1/3):
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badwhale: a little bitter. Some grassy notes and a slight twinge of leather. Medium body-ish. The flavor profile is not hitting real strong.
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buzz: woody and nutty, great amount of smoke, slight hint of spice. Burn is nice and even and ash holds well. Mild-medium strength which is totally overpowered by the scotch. I thought this was going to be a full strength stick. Not bad though, just mild.
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craig: bit of bite, has some saltiness - pretty freakin' boring - gagged on something that tasted foul within the first 1/4".
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egq: very, very mild - pleasant but just not enough oomph.
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irish79: cut & lit easily with cedar strips. I initially thought the prelight draw was too tight, but it has loosened up nicely after a couple of minutes. I'm tasting musky wood, oak like, some pepper. Pleasant.
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logan37: on first light, i was hit with a nice blast of pepper. After that, the smoke was bland and a little bitter. There was a very slight hint of spice on the finish. I'm not getting any flavor at this point. The ash fell off on my shirt twice already.
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mangyrat: started out good with a decent amount of smoke.
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memphisfred: light up was easy, lots of smoke, very nice draw. Got a little uneven but it quickly recovered without touchup. Started off with a bitterness on tip of tongue but it didn't last long. Mostly a leathery taste, medium/full. First ash 2".
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mizicke5273: note: One side of the foot wouldn't light, so i left it to itself. Light smooth creamy taste with varying hints of nuts and spice. Perfect burn at this point, even the trouble spot has corrected itself and is burning perfectly even. The ash is a nice light grey with some nice tooth to it. After about an inch, a slight earthy/woody flavor began to replace the nuts and spice flavors. After another ~1/2in. The spiciness began to reappear and pick up. At this point there is a very nice earthy/woody aftertaste when exhaling through my nose. At the ~2in. Mark, the creamy flavor had begun to pick up and become the dominate flavor and became smoother as well.
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nhab: chestnut, wood, some pepper.
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slcraiders: woodsy with a slight spice - smooth, yet full of flavor.
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tachycoventry: wow lots of smoke from this first third! Interesting taste on the nose exhale, a little spice with a "barnyard" flavor. Not a lot of taste, just a lot of bland smoke.
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tdre977: earthy, a little spice on the back of the tongue, smooth.
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taste (2/3):
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badwhale: bitter and oily even with a few purges. Not a whole lot going on to me.
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buzz: basically just wood. No spice and still very mild. Doesn't taste bad, but would have been better with a coffee or dr. Pepper. It's a big cigar, hogan will be tired at the end of this walk.
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egq: more of the same.
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irish79: much of the same. Maybe i'm smoking it too fast, it's becoming harsher.
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logan37: i'm getting anything from this cigar. Maybe, at most, a slight tobacco taste on the finish. Total air.
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mangyrat: a little milder in the middle but still a good cigar.
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memphisfred: lighter flavor starting into 2nd third but picked back up and got stronger again. I kept accidentally bumping it and knocking the ash off so it never got as long again.
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mizicke5273: the spice began to pick up again as the dominate flavor, while the earthy/woody flavor has subsided almost completely. The cigar almost went out at the half way point. I purged it and touched up the burn a bit, so i was able to recover it before it went completely out. The creamy flavor reappeared. By then end of the 2nd part, the cigar has stabilized and the flavors became more constant.
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nhab: mellows out. Not much pepper. Wood and smooth nutty taste.
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slcraiders: light spice still there - now more leather than wood and getting just slightly bitter. Creamy with fantastic volumes of smoke!
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tachycoventry: same bland taste on the smoke. I keep looking for any hint of spice or sweetness or anything unique. All i get is a very bland, almost barnyard taste. Still lots of smoke at least...
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tdre977: earthy still, nutty and toasty, feeling a nic buzz at this point.
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taste (3/3):
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badwhale: same as 2nd 3rd.
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buzz: light, mild cedar wood. In a word: Boring. Too big too, with a cigar that doesn't change much it needs to be shorter.
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egq: no real change or progression.
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logan37: started off just as useless as the previous third. Then, all of a sudden, bam! It got worse. I'm getting nothing but tar. I punch cut it at first. I cut it again with my guillotine to cut off the tar. Two puffs later the tar came back. I cut back a little more, two puffs and more tar. I laid it down to die.
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mangyrat: finished off decently.
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memphisfred: got some woodsy flavor going into the last third. Unfortunately i think that was due to the neighbor. I was outside and he was burning a fire in the fireplace so i think i was getting some his wood smoke & smell. Got a little uneven again but still probably due to being outside where it was more windy. I kept turning it and it evened out again.
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mizicke5273: the 3rd part wasn't any real different, flavor wise, than the second. Though the cigar became harsher as the time went on and harder to keep lit. I had some burn issues at this point as well.
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nhab: getting hot uneven burn. Woody.
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slcraiders: very similar to the second third, but more flavor and a bit more bite.
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tachycoventry: started to get a bitter taste in the beginning of the 3/3.
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tdre977: some coco at the end, definitely feel the nicotine kickin' me in the gut, but the smoke didn't feel that heavy.
