Cabaiguan Natural ~ Guapos 46

[badwhale]

Smoke: Cabaiguan Natural ~ Guapos 46
Drink: Southern Tier ~ 2xIPA
Tunes: Willie Colon ~ Anthology
Date Smoked: 9/27/12

Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan
Draw: Medium to light
Burn: great
Misc: n/a

Pre-light: Solid Colorado shade wrapper. Nice construction with medium veins and a triple pigtail cap. Has a sweet tobacco scent. Slightly bitter prelight flavor with a sweet tobacco ring.



Light: Pretty easy. Medium draw.

1st 3rd: Creamy and buttery. There is a bitter oil in there, but it is masked pretty well. This is different. A musty tobacco flavor. Toasty. Yeah, a little walnut skin bitterness, but it’s faint. Medium body, and smooth.



Ash: Crisp white, stacked well, but doesn’t look stable. Nevertheless, holds on for about 1”



2nd 3rd: Definite departure from my normal profile. Smooth, light flavor with medium body. Musty tobacco with a light walnut skin background oil ring. Woodsy and nutty flavor showing through.



3rd 3rd: Mostly the same. Walnut skin a little more pronounced. Smooth and nutty and woodsy flavors. Come to notice it, there is a notable absence of spice or tooth for this Nicaraguan binder and filler. Just smooth and nutty with a musty tobacco taste.



Overall impression: I nubbed it.

Thanks Rich for including this in a contest winnings. I also had one of these from he who shall not be named with similar stats. IIRC.

Will

[buzz]

Nice review, how's that 2xIPA?

[badwhale]

Nice review, how's that 2xIPA?

Thanks. The 2xIPA is pretty good, however coming from a sampler case, I have decided I would not get a single case of it. There are better examples of a double IPA

[heftysmokes]

Love these.


Does double IPA mean twice as bad as a regular IPA?

[badwhale]

Love these.


Does double IPA mean twice as bad as a regular IPA?

To pansies, yes.














ETA:

[kingbeefy]

I am a pansy, I was not a fan of IPA. Maybe I just got a bad one. I'll go for it again someday.

I had this cigar a few months ago and the one I had did have some spice IIRC. Interesting that you didn't get any, it seemed to be a dominant flavor in the one I had. Maybe mine was a fluke. It was good regardless, I've been meaning to pick up a few.

[Sumatra Samurai]

Nice review, love the pics! It's weird I've had the same one and loved it, but hated the rx size, real sour chemically taste.