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[craig]

Interesting! I've had a couple boxes of these. I had similar impressions of the first box, but the second box was much better. The boxes were eventually combined when the first box ran low. I thought all of the cigars in the first box was gone now, but maybe one remained? In any case, these cigars were a farm puro, and had a still-very-unique characteristic that made me try them. However, they are also a "not buy again" for me.

BTW, you don't have to smoke the cigars in order, and most would be overpowered by a lot of beverages. Small cigars tend to be blended as morning/daytime cigars.

On to the next!

[badwhale]

slightly modified formatting...

Smoke ??? ~ 5 1/4" x 40 +/-
Drink ~ Yuengling Lord Chesterfield Ale ; Tunes ~ None

Prelight: Colorado shade wrapper (mediumm brown). Broke a bit up at the cap but ended up being easily managed. Kinda bumpy and lumpy...not the most awesome construction. No triple cap. Not much prelight flavor, and spicy on the cut prelight flavor.



Light: Pretty easy. Medium to tight draw

1st 3rd: Light to medium body & medium to full flavor. Nutty and woodsy, maybe some leather. Has a grassy flavor to it. Leans toward a harsher side, but not dominant. Decent.



Ash: Medium gray & flakey. Holds on for 1/2"



2nd 3rd: Same flavors. Harshness comes and goes. Nice through...Woodsy, nutty and grassy on the draw & exhale. Different. This tunneled on the end of this 3rd and required a touchup.



3rd 3rd: Lots of smoke. Nice medium draw now and same flavor profile. Gets a little burny, hot and more harsh near the end.



Overall Impression: Nice smoke, more my speed for a morning or midday quick smoke.

Thanks Craig for BWC#4