819xx:
Room 101 Muzzle Loader Gordo 6 x 60, I’m in the mood for a thick ring.
Unblemished Ecuadorian Habano wrapper. Big veins, visible seems. Stick had a faint marshmallow scent and cold draw had a slight cherry flavor. Using double guillitine to slice off the smallest amount possible, looks like a double cap that’s well done. Stick is consistently firm w/a small amount of give, no soft or hard spots. Kickoff was cayenne pepper and…grapefruit. Hey, the grapefruit is the strongest breakout so, crazy or not, I’m calling it. At 1” the pepper is long gone, grapefruit is almost all gone. The tobacco at the cap end is mostly sweet w/a touch of savory salt, tastes good on the tongue. First third had a little ashy mini-transition and then a leather note with orange behind it and scanty cayenne. No stronger than medium flavor and body but the cap end tobacco in my mouth is delicious. I wish the smoke reflected this deliciousness. At second transition a 2” ash dropped. Perfectly centered cherry pyramid. Tidy burn line got a bit of scallop in second third. Wood, leather, whisper of cayenne and maybe red berries but I’m searching hard. Reminding me a bit of Pilsner beer on retro, if memory serves. Orange is long gone. Third transition getting that MSA salty mineral molasses taste, body suddenly increased but no flavors breaking out. Retro has strong peppery burn but no flavors break out. Burn line corrected but it was never “bad”, just scalloped. Well into final third herbal and toasty in small amounts. smoke time about 90 minutes.
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