Alec Bradley Tempus Maduro ~ Churchill

Smoke: Alec Bradley Tempus Maduro ~ Churchill
Drink: Sierra Nevada ~ Flipside Red IPA
Tunes: Salsa
Date Smoked: 9/26/13

Wrapper: Mexican
Binder: Honduran
Filler: Honduran - Nicaraguan
Draw: Light to medium
Burn: not recorded
Misc: n/a

Pre-light: Oscuro shade wrapper. Really dark, veiny construction, but well done, I guess. Musty sweet tobacco scent. Not much prelight flavor

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Light: Easy with a Bic lighter. Light to medium draw.

1st 3rd: Spicy and heavy. Woodsy and has an acrid aftertaste. Almost harsh at this point. Mellows a bit to a thick leathery flavor. Still spicy.

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Ash: Weak and flakey. Light gray with charcoal layers. Holds for 1”

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2nd 3rd: Full body, and a medium to full flavor. Background acrid and still spicy. Retrohale isn’t pleasant. A thick oily aftertaste.

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3rd 3rd: Same as 2nd. Sorry, but I didn’t write much more at this point.

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Overall impression: A big solid “meh” bordering on “no thanks”

Thanks to tackycoventrydiagzwhatever your name was. This was added to a Spring Draft, I think from 2012.

Will