Jamie's number 3 is a chocolatey brown Churchill and is also not a Gurkha, and came with its original cello wrap which is brown and crispy. I almost never smoke Churchills. Sometimes when camping and sitting in the hammock, or by the fire, I will smoke a Churchill. Never finish em. I can't recall the last churchill cigar I've brought to the garage.
Per routine, will live post the smoke, typing it up on my phone as I smoke just writing whatever I'm thinking about the cigar. Already several beers in today so I'll probably be a bit more wordy.
Rich barn aroma to the wrapper, some dusty hay spice tickled the sinuses. Nicely rolled, very very firm. Hopefully it will be open enough to smoke.
Clipped the Nicely done triple cap. Cold draw is sweet, smooth no sneezy. Pretty tight, but should work.
First light is pretty loaded. Spice, cedar, leaves with a background sweetness. Not much smoke, but flavor is rich. Pepper in the sinuses is mild on retrohale but does increase lingering sweetness.
I'm noticing the strength already. Weird, I can usually get through anything without noticing it till the end. Took a bit of sugar on with a half and half bourbon and maple syrup shot. Guts settling. Put my feet up in the recliner. Racecar rear bumper in the way of a full recline.
Chocolate notes on the finish, loads of cedar spice. Draw is tight, almost no smoke coming from this cigar. But it's burning evenly and no hot spots I can feel. Usually low smoke is tunneling, but it's burning correctly. Just not very Smokey. Foot smokes more than the draw, kinda reminds me of a Liga Privada in that sense. Full flavor on every draw though.
Much more cedar spice coming through. Has a retrohale burn, but not so peppery more like sneezing from cedar sawdust.
I'm enjoying this a lot. Came in 100% that is was the middle smoke given the prior two. But it's hitting a lot of marks I look for. Still pegging it in the middle because the #2 was a shape reserved for top shelf. But flavor and performance to the halfway mark so far has been compatible with high end. Age I'm sure has helped, I do prefer strong cigars to have a few years of rest, or mid-mid.
Strangely enough the flavors mellowed out rather than ramped up. I'm about an hour fifteen in and finding myself forcing the draw with consecutive puffs. Slight sour flavors come when I rush it. But it recovers nicely. Definitely a well made cigar. I re-read my #2 review to compare, I'm gonna stick with keeping this in the mids.
Flavor may have flattened out but strength has not. This thing's kicking my ass. Been on the verge of green most of the smoke. Hit me an inch or so in. The syrup n bourbon shot helped but it's worn off. Pretty sure I'll puke on this one. This makes a Cain F lance look like a party short. Usually don't feel the strength when I been drinking but this is STRONG.
Finally got to the well aged flavors. The creamy sweet nutty flavor I love so much. Unfortunately I can't go much longer. There is a hint of ammonia in the retrohale, and I'm picking up more heavy tar notes. Pretty much my experience with churchills is you can't smoke the whole thing. It's just on the verge of souring, as am I.
Gonna call it. I can't finish. 1:48 smoking time.
Gonna peg it mid, Nicaraguan, well aged.
#1 yard gar
#2 high end DR
#3 mid Nicaraguan
So, Z, what were they?
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