Drew Estates Natural ~ Irish Hops

**badwhale** · 05-01-2009, 10:09 PM

WeldonSmokin's Review

Smoke Drew Estates Natural ~ Irish Hops
Drink(s): Yuengling Porter
Tunes: Slipknot ~ All Hope Is Gone (over and over and over)

Wrapper: Maduro
Draw: Medium throughout
Burn: Even with small cone throughout. Had a dead spot about 2" in...
Misc: 120+ minute of agony. Nose exhale exhibits light burn.

Pre-light: Sweet flavor (like sacharin). Smells like pipe tobacco. Dark brown. Excellent construction (about all it had going for it). Un-cut foot. Sweet sacharin prelight taste (hmmm...yuck)

Light: Easy. Medium draw.

1st 3rd: Mild nose exhale burn. Sweet flavor kinda tastes like a heavily sweetened coffee / cocoa. No spice. Flat flavor. Has a weird acrid aftertaste (think swisher sweets)

Ash: Stacked white ash. Yellow at tip. Seems pretty firm, and held on for 1 1/2"

2nd 3rd: There's that shitty aftertaste again. There is a distinct flavor of smoking rolled up oak leaves (something I remember from boy scouts) The sweetness has subsided and so has my cherry.... shit! its out. Relight. The scent of surrounding smoke is nice, but the actual flavor has lost almost any appeal it had in the first 1". (Oh God this is going to be a long one)

3rd 3rd: Its official. This thing blows. Same flavor but worse. Acrid, tree leaves, swisher sweet aftertaste.. Bleh. On a positive note, the construction was all this fucker had going for it.

Look! I found a new ash tray in the basement!!!!

Overall impression: If you like infused for the first 1" then this is for you. After that this abortion goes on and on like a twisted energizer bunny for two friggin hours. Score: Lessthan 60's

Will

**craig** · 05-01-2009, 10:21 PM

Someone needs to be sent a White Owl for review, methinks.

**bigwhiteash** · 05-01-2009, 10:21 PM

... we need more smileys!

Great pictures.. I didn't know cigar ash made an effective thermal transfer paste!

**logan37** · 05-01-2009, 11:27 PM

How the fuck did you smoke so much of that shit stick!?

**badwhale** · 05-01-2009, 11:39 PM

Originally Posted by logan37

How the fuck did you smoke so much of that shit stick!?

Its a gift I have for a high tolerence for pain.

Will

**big bill** · 05-02-2009, 07:28 PM

way to take one for the team brother!

**mrtr33** · 05-04-2009, 03:11 PM

I see my guess from your blog post was correct.

**mrtr33** · 05-04-2009, 03:22 PM

Also, here's what I don't understand about Drew Estates cigars. They put out lots of different kinds of cigars- Chateau Real, La Vieja Habana (which are okay in my book, not great, but okay), as well as Java, and Acids (which I don't really even consider cigars), then the elusive Liga Privada no. 9 (which continues to elude me). Now, I understand that the LP#9 was Steve Saka's personal cigar, but how can there be such disparity between lines of the same cigar? I understand several other manufacturers do something different, but these don't even look to be in the same ballpark.

Weird.