prelight taste:
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badwhale: spicy leather.
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buzz: got some earth, cedar wood, and slight pepper.
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craig: cut head was peppery on tongue.
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egq: minimal, smelled a bit of toast - but maybe i'm just hungry.
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heftysmokes: tobacco, pepper.
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logan37: nothing really apparent on prelight.
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mangyrat: tobacco and coffee but i was drinking coffee at the time so that my be the reason i tasted coffee.
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memphisfred: a slight sweet taste.
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mizicke5273: forgot to take note.
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nhab: leathery, sweet, almost fruity? Black licorice smell to it.
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slcraiders: straw, dry grass.
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tachycoventry: very easy draw, musty tobacco taste.
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tdre977: chocolatey tobacco.
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taste (1/3):
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badwhale: oil and leather. A little spicy, but not too overpowering. Slight chocolaty taste. Toothy, but not too much, approaching somewhat smooth.
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buzz: started off great with a nice spice and great burnt coffee.
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craig: initially, the cigar struck me as a torano cigar, but the cigar grew into something full-bodied, with ligero present. I felt like i had smoked this cigar before, and didn't like it all that much back then either (sorry). There was an almost artificial overtone in the aftertaste. Not that it was a bad cigar, just that i prefer a less in-your-face smoke. The cigar was getting litto gomez-like in taste profile at the end of the first third.
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egq: very mild, some woodsy hints here and there.
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heftysmokes: draw is a little tight, but pretty good. Tastes familiar, can't put my finger on it.
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logan37: not much in here. A little spice and some leather.
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mangyrat: right off the bat i got a nice hit of spice/pepper.
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memphisfred: foot seemed kinda tight, draw was a little hard with not much smoke, had to two puff it, the second puff got more smoke. Ash was darker gray with black and looked flaky. Must have had a more solid core as it held for 1 1/2 in. Leather with some pepper taste at the end of the first 1/3. Seemed more towards full in this stage.
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mizicke5273: nutty, spicy taste. Nice peppery aftertaste on the exhale through my nose. An uneven burn developed about a 1/2 in. In to the cigar. I had to touch up the burn a bit to correct the uneven burn.
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nhab: leather. No spice, taste like pipe tobacco. Uneven burn. Flaky dark ash. Don't think i will take this much past halfway. Might be my cold affecting my taste and smell. Loose construction is burning hot.
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slcraiders: strong start - somewhat "green".
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tachycoventry: decent spice to the stick with a slight creaminess.
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tdre977: kinda spicy barnyard, a smidge harsh.
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taste (2/3):
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badwhale: similar to the first third. Oil and leather.
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buzz: spice and coffee died down a tad and gave way to burnt wood.
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craig: the cigar settled down and smoked nicely, without the harshness that predominated in the first third. The taste was very consistent in the second third, remaining reminiscent of a lfd. Betty was much better than amanda.
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egq: intensity building a bit - definitely some pepper and cedar notes.
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heftysmokes: good, draw still a little on the tight side for my taste, but still pretty damn tasty.
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logan37: still not much here. Just tobacco and leather. Spice has subsided.
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mangyrat: pepper and spice gone now just tobacco now and getting milder.
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memphisfred: ash still held nice, at least a good inch, maybe a tad more. It's loosened up more and i have more billowy smoke... Still leathery but with a nutty taste. This 1/3 is more medium that what it started.
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mizicke5273: the spice began to die down a bit and the burn has been corrected and is even now. I had to touch up the burn a second time and the cigar almost went out shortly afterwards.
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nhab: put it out towards end of first 1/3.
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slcraiders: mellowed a bit... Nice spice, with subtle leather like flavors.
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tachycoventry: creaminess is gone but there is still a good spice to it.
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tdre977: kinda bland, just not enjoying it.
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taste (3/3):
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badwhale: similar. Not much change in flavor profile throughout. Decent smoke.
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buzz: more of the burnt wood.
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craig: i'm bored with this cigar now, and am wasting time speculating on what the cigar is, given my limited experience. It looks like a corojo-type wrapper, and the cigar is quite strong. Near the end, the smoke got gradually stronger, but could have been nubbed.
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egq: just as quickly as the intensity built, it fades... Back to the first third.
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heftysmokes: i'm positive i've smoked this label before. If i was an anal retentive note taker (ahem, badwhale) i'd probably be able to look this up and figure it out.
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logan37: spice picked up again, albeit mild. Leather taste became subdued and a hint of cherry(?) showed up on the finish.
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mangyrat: still a medium strength cigar and a hint of pepper again.
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memphisfred: seems to have picked back up more towards full again. Still leather but the nut taste is going away. Ash got to an inch again.
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mizicke5273: well the cigar died out at this point. And i didn't care to relight it.
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nhab: junk cigar imo...
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slcraiders: no real changeups - body picks up and covers entire mouth with ample smoke taste with some bitterness near the throat.
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tachycoventry: started to get an acidic taste but there was still some mild spice.
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tdre977: put it down at this point.
