All right, for my 200th post, my review and guess of mrtr's naked puro!
Size, shape: 6 x 38? Panatela?
Color: Colorado Claro
Construction: Smooth, no protruding veins, box-pressed (more rectangular than square), triple cap?, overall construction excellent.
Atmosphere and attitude: Back porch sitting on a glider with my legs up. Early evening, sunny, a little chilly/windy but comfortable. Drinking Britta-filtered cold water. Listening to fellow cigar lovers: Click and Clack, the Tappet Bros., of Car Talk. Feeling fucking good: just received a couple boxes of Filipino cigars and put a new part on my bike in preparation for a 77-miler this weekend.
Pre-light: Guillotine cut. Medium-firm draw, very little if any flavor.
1st 3rd: Started a bit little spicy. Nice taste. Burns quickly due to ring gauge so trying to smoke a little slower. Plenty of smoke. White ash with bright-white speckles and gray undertones hangs on for about 3/4 to 1". Razor-sharp burn. Mild, pleasant after-taste. Full strength, however; already starting to feel it.
2nd 3rd: Spiciness has mellowed a little. Burn a little less even, but still pretty straight. Exceptionally smooth.
3rd 3rd: Spiciness has come back. Razor-sharp burn again. Really feeling its strength. Still has the spicy undertone, taking a back-seat to the smooth, relatively mild flavor. Picking up a little nuttiness (the cigar, not me, despite the look my wife is giving me for smoking). Finally, a little leather...no, wait, that's my fingers singing from nubbing it.
Overall experience: Burned for 75 minutes. Medium taste, but full-bodied. Relaxing, yet it had a pleasant nicotine kick. Great smoke!
Could this cigar be my first Cuban?
(If I hear back from mrtr and hear no objections on the puts by 3pm PDT, I can have the package on the way to EGQ tomorrow.)
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