Badwhale Challenge contest!

**badwhale** · 04-26-2010, 10:22 PM

Smoke ??? ~ 5.0x40
Drink ~ Yuengling Lord Chesterfield Ale ; Tunes ~ Scissor Sisters ~ Return to Oz

Prelight: Colorado to Colorado maduro shade wrapper (medium brown). Looks like triple cap construction, and a little bumpy and veiny but nice construction overall. Strong sweet tobacco scent. Leather on the cut prelight taste.

Light: Easy. Medium to tight draw.

1st 3rd: Nutty and woodsy. A little spicy. A slight oil twang to it like a strong coffee aftertaste. Nice. Medium to mild body with medium flavor. Beer overpowers it, but it seems like it would be a great morning with the coffee smoke.

Ash: Medium gray with some darker mixed in and flakey. Holds on for 1"

2nd 3rd: Woodsy, nutty, some oil and a salty aftertaste. Mellow with enough spice to move it out of the "creamy" category. I think this is my favorite BWC sofar...

3rd 3rd: Mostly the same as described above...again...nice.

Overall Impression: Seems like a good morning smoke (although I normally aren't a morning smoke person), or something for later on the milder side, but very flavorful.

Thanks Craig for BWC#5

**badwhale** · 04-27-2010, 10:04 PM

Apparently I dropped the image ball on this one...

Smoke ??? ~ 5.0x36
Drink ~ Yuengling Lord Chesterfield Ale ; Tunes ~ Nirvana ~ In Utero

Prelight: Solid medium brown (Colorado) wrapper. Kind of rough construction...bumpy and veiny. Musty sweet tobacco scent. Plain tobacco flavor on cut prelight taste.

Light: Easy. Medium draw.

1st 3rd: I get a lot of that walnut skin oily bitter. Not overwhelming, but dominant. That kind of leaves quickly, and goes into an oily, nutty & sweet tobacco flavors.

Ash: Medium gray decent stacking. Holds on for 1"

2nd 3rd: Had to relight here...more of the same, like the second description of the 1st 3rd. Nutty with a sweet and oily mix. If you give a good draw, you can pull a little spice flavor. Tasty! Had to relight again near the back of this 3rd.

3rd 3rd: Needed some more relights and purging down near the end. Flavors are mostly there, but getting hot. Need to milk it down here.

Overall Impression: BWC5 is still the front runner, but I'd try some more of these next in line.

Thanks Craig for BWC#2