prelight taste:
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badwhale: sweet tobacco and leather. A little spice.
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buzz: spicy and slightly chocolately.
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craig: nice 'barnyard', whatever that is.
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egq: woodsy, grassy.
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logan37: spicy dirt.
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mangyrat: leathery.
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memphisfred: kinda dark musty taste... Reminded me of taking a chaw of plug tobacco.
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mizicke5273: woody, grassy taste.
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nhab: earth, leather, good tobacco.
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slcraiders: none really present- but the smell is of light-bittersweet cocoa.
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tachycoventry: didn't taste like much pre-light.
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taste (1/3):
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badwhale: oil. A little harsh. Has some sweet tobacco notes mixed in with a very toothy woodsy tone. Hopefully, this mellows out a bit. Getting a few more flavors now, puffing slowly... A bit acrid leather notes.
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buzz: lots of smoke, nice spice and creamy taste - goes absolutely great with coffee.
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craig: this is a nice cigar, well-constructed. Tasty. The band is cool.
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egq: grass and hay and a horrible aftertaste.
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heftysmokes: burnt toast, little bit rough on the palette, not a bad thing. Pairs well with the floral abbey.
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logan37: nice mild spice. Tasted of roasted nuts with a slightly bitter leather finish. Very nice start.
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mangyrat: tobacco with some pepper.
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mizicke5273: a smooth spicy initial taste which is followed by a strong woody aftertaste. Hints of coco began to appear along with the spice picking up.
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nhab: easy light, burns even. Loads of smoke. Earthy leather with light pepper smells like good dominican seed. Comfortable bite in the back of the mouth.
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slcraiders: cocoa, hints of floral and light spice.
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tachycoventry: decent spice off the first third but not a lot of flavor. Not sure about this stick...
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taste (2/3):
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badwhale: got a little tunneling going on now. Flavors have mellowed out a bit, but still pretty toothy. Aggressive, but not bad. Oil, slightly acrid leather and woodsy. Nice draw.
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buzz: medium strength, smooth and creamy, maybe some cocoa and some spice still sticking around.
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craig: i'm liking this. Some leather, spice. A good cigar, burning very well.
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egq: it somehow got worse.
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heftysmokes: not smoothing out like i expected, smoke feels dry, more of the same flavorwise.
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logan37: spice mellowed a little bit. I started getting a fruity taste in the smoke. Green apples is the best way i can describe it. There was a sweeter finish now with a hint of nuts.
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mangyrat: tobacco and a hint of wood.
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memphisfred: didn't finish.
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mizicke5273: still smooth with hints of coco. Towards the middle of the 2nd part, the woody aftertaste began to pick up.
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nhab: toasted flavors of light coffee and earth. Light pepper still. Smooth. Full body.
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slcraiders: cocoa/chocolate still present, spice picking up slightly and floral tones are now more woodsy. I am really digging this cigar!
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tachycoventry: i have a bitter taste now with a little bit of the spice left. If i didn't enjoy smoking so much i would pitch this now but i just like smoking too much, even a stick this bad.
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taste (3/3):
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badwhale: need to give it a purge. Tunnel fixed itself. Mostly the same flavors. Oil, acrid leather and very woodsy. Getting more intense now.
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buzz: bitter burnt taste, final third is not great, but i still nubbed it.
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craig: a little hot, but still very good.
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egq: i tossed it - that was the worst cigar i've had in years.
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heftysmokes: this guy is just not doing it for me.
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logan37: spice picked up again and more intense then the beginning . Taste of the smoke is a more prominent nutty flavor with a "cool" finish. Meaning that i get a cool mint sensation in my throat. Kinda like a menthol cool.
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mangyrat: slight pepper.
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memphisfred: didn't finish.
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mizicke5273: the woody taste continually got stronger until it became the dominate taste.
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slcraiders: getting slightly bitter. Picking up some leather now and spice remains, but not dominating. This cigar reminds me a lot of the san cristobal.
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tachycoventry: yikes, got more bitter and acidic at the end. I had a few draws off this once it was at the start of the 3/3 and then pitched it.
