Ill update as it goes along. Immediately after removing the cello I was smacked in the face with a sweet bbq aroma. Very very strong mesquite aroma. Gonna punch the head and toast up.
First impression is a very spicy flavor that falls off sharply and minimal finish, hint of the fire cured, but nowhere near as strong as the initial pre light aroma.
Couple puffs in and there's some mildly offensive characters on retrohale of either strong chili or body odor. I hope this improves.
Definitely improved. almost 1" down and its smoothed out tremendously. Armpit aroma is gone. Spicy smoked wood, but sweetness fell off completely. Now more of an oak or hickory instead of mesquite, with quite a kick in the strength department. Haven't eaten much today, just an egg and a piece of buttered bread. Smoking while brewing, so im in the garage and the room aroma from this cigar is fantastic!
As it winds down, i found it gets hot pretty easily. Accidentally let it go out just prior to this update. It was getting hot so I set it down and tended to the beer, it was out in under 2 min. The other MUWAT ive had dont seem to care if you're puffing on them or not, they keep going. Regardless after a purge and relight it didnt miss a beat! Flavor is unchanged. One or two slightly sour puffs but back to the same spicy smoked woody tobacco flavor. Got about 1.5" remaining. Dont know how much longer it'll hold on.
I put it down just about 1" even. Final impression is its a unique cigar, with not nearly as much of the fire cured flavor as id expected based off several negative comments ive read about it. Its definitely woodier than the BaitFish but about equal in strength, flavor is not the BaitFish+ wood, its an entirely different cigar.
Something id get again, yes, but not necessarily at msrp. Worth the price to try one, but would need a deal to buy a box/bundle. Its a good little smoke. Got 55 minutes out of it.
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12 years ago |
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