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[mauied1101]

Okeedokes - sticks had been sitting in my coolidor for 4-5 days now so I thought I'd take stick #1 and give it a whirl:

Stick #1

Pre-cigar activity: steak dinner at a buddy's.

Construction: Very tightly wrapped stick (still a little hard on the cap end). Saw a little triple cap, same thoughts as CgarDan on origins.

The light-up: Well, I had given my buddy a creme brulee torch and we fired it up in no time. Even burn (through about 1/2 the stick). Mild, smokey flavor, slightly choco-nutty flavor. Beautiful, thick, white smoke. Draw was fine. Nice finish.

Stick #2

Pre-cigar activity: mid-day coffee outside freezing my arse off

Construction: very similar look and feel as stick #1 (thanks for making this easy Dan). Similar very slight veins. Pinch test told me it was ripe.

Light-up: Nice even burn. Light salt-and-pepper smoke. Burned more evenly than stick #1. Milder taste than #1, no complexity - like a very light black coffee (and no, not b/c I was drinking it). One annoyance with the stick was that there was a plug in it - I tried massaging it out to no avail, then finally stuck a skewer up the foot which helped a bit. The intensity stayed the same until the last 1/4 - in which it shot up a notch. Short finish.

I'd have to say I liked #1 better, and therefore say it's the more expensive stick.

Cheers.