To first say – been congested for the last few weeks, and unable to kick it. hard to find subtle flavors. All 3 had a been prevailing earthiness and leather to them. i also may have swapped the #'s for the torp and toro, if so my bad.
Appearance
#1 – Churchill, possibly a Colorado wrapper. Good construction but 2 large veins throughout the wrapper.
#2 box pressed torpedo, jet black wrapper, possibly maduro. Good construction
#3 toro, darker wrapper, possibly missing a pig tail cap. Good constution.
Initial thought are the Toro is the high end, the box press is the mid range and the Churchill is the yard gar off the initial appearance.
In smoking order:
Toro- stowed this little rascal away on a trip. Smoke last Saturday at a bar in Omaha. Pair with Macallan 12 y.o. 1st 3rd flavors were leather and earth, the smoke was cool, I did not pick up much spice, which is always my 3rd biggest prevailing flavor. The macallan might be culprit there. 2nd third I think I am getting some espresso on the retro hale, and I tad of spice with the bitter. No burn issues, and I first suspected it it was some kind of a drew estate, but I usually get huge smoke outputs from them, and this isn’t that much so now im not sure. The final third the cigar became passed around in a group while I went to the bathroom and became very hot and never recovered. Thoroughly enjoyed up until this point. Ended up nubbing at about an inch. I would guess an Nica rustica sure to size and pigtail, and similar to one I had years back. Congestion probably from the flight and being tired didn’t give me much more apart from earthy leather, and coffee was always on mind with retro hales, spice could have been there, but also could have been from the scotch. The heathens who helped themselves also enjoyed this one.
Torp- sweetness is coming off this thing like none other. Based off appearance and shape, I really wanna guess this is an MB3, but wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a padron. Heavy sweetness off the cold draw and I may have cut too severe of an angle because it’s a tad wide open. the wrapper smells like vanilla bean. The 1st third is full of earthy sweetness. Getting a side that is lagging on me, and could be the cut. Open draw is getting it a bit warm, so the smoking is slower. The sweetness does not go away, and its pleasant. A couple retrohales and I’m picking up milder pepper, almost like ground white pepper, not at all in your face. Same profile throught the entire 2nd third, but needed a relight and then later a cut. After trying to relight, bitterness and heat became he prevailing taste. This was then fed to the charcoal grill as a sacrifice for my stupid cutting.
Churchill
Entirely reminded me of RyJ. A lot like a Viejo, but it wasn’t box pressed so it cant be that but I think its in the family portfolio. Paired with a hell or high watermelon. Throughtly enjoyed this one the most out of the bunch. Complete medium as I was nubbed, and I was still fully fine. The flavor profiles remained the same with the eathry leather throught the smoke. Retrohales were noticeable with spice, first developing from a mild white, to a more direct fresh ground black towards the end, but none of it was too intense. This lasted for 3 periods of the sharks – knights game and was a great smoke. I think there could have been some sublte floral hints, but after grilling a for a few hours earlier, subtle hints were difficult to pick up on. It truly did remind or RyJ so that will be my official guess. A 1875
so the guesses based on look
Yard - churchill
Mid - toro
High - toro
and taste
Yard - torp
Mid - toro
High - churchill
been a long time since i nubbed a churchill and fully enjoyed. thanks for the smokes. also loved the beer man.
curiuos to see how i failed.
