Unknown #1 from DrgInc I will write out my thoughts as it happens and leave a long stream of consciousness review.
Medium-dark brown mottled toro. Very firm roll/pack but draw is not too tight.
First light heavy pepper on retro, dry astringent texture. Woody notes maybe bitter bakers chocolate. Hard to find anything beyond the astringency and wood. My least favorite profile in a cigar. If im honest throwing it in the ditch right now has crossed my mind. But ive powered through worse and been rewarded so we'll keep on.
It's a very slow burning cigar. The body is full, the flavors linger a long time. There's an oily mouthfeel but the bitter astringency is overruling any benefit. Still just woody, bitter, dry with hefty Pepin pepper on retro. First touchup at 1" there's a small crack in the wrapper around 2" and the lagging side of the burn is distal to the flaw, so hopefully it'll correct.
After 30 minutes the astringency and bitter wood has fallen off thankfully. Some sweet cream rising up in the finish. Pepper intensity remains. Some cinnamon spice playing alongside. Still some bitterness remains. Touchup #2 required and burn line is past the flaw. Hope that's it. It threatened to tunnel and go out on me as I passed through the crack.
I'm coming up on halfway, it's maybe done punching me in the mouth now. Pepper remains but relaxed, bitterness has left. Nice rich earthy notes with some mineral flavors maybe a dark cherry sweetness. I'm no lightweight when it comes to nicotine tolerance, but I'm feeling this one. I'm at exactly 1 hour. This is a slow burning cigar.
The spice level comes and goes. Not one touchup needed since I got past the crack in the wrapper. Right now the pepper is back on with a heavy cayenne sear in my sinuses making my whole face tingle. Still rich earth, slight cream, slight sweetness.
Hour and a half I'm starting to taste a tarry buildup but could work at purging n stuff to run this another 30-45 minutes. I don't like to smoke any longer than this. I'm kinda bored and ready to do something else and the flavors are going downhill so I'm calling it quits now.
Tl:dr started bitter and astringent with big pepper, pepper remained while it transitioned to a more sweeter earthy tone, some sweet cream came through. A flaw in the wrapper created some issues, it was extremely slow-burning and at a bit over1.5 hours I put it down.
My guess is yard gar, and made by My Father.