herfdog
I am no rocket surgeon
It has two bands. The main one is ridiculously big and hides more than half the cigar, yet is a nice classy black with some purple and silver writings. "Hand built in Honduras", "Diploma", “Camacho - built bold.”
The other bad has the company's trademark "Infamous since 1962".
It has a nice hay and stable smell reminiscent of it being maduro, and its foot has the same stable aroma with added licorice.
It is dark, and mostly hidden. What is visible doesn't show seams and veins are small.
It is the Camacho Diploma from their new bold serie (2013). But is it worthy of being placed in the herfadore? or is it yet another dog rocket? Who better than a dog to recognize dog rockets? Let's try it out.
Before even thinking of lighting this cigar, one will want to remove the foot band. Pulling gently on it will do the trick easily.
For this stogie this dog decided to go fancy and try the Gordon Mott technique with 3 matches and the uncut cigar.
Sadly this means there's no pre-draw.
The stick lighted correctly and was followed by a double guillotine cut that was sharp, easy and precise. The draw was excellent.
First draw was somewhat bitter and had almonds flavors. Grilled walnuts with a touch of salt.
The first third was somewhat spicy. It tasted red pepper mixed with some leather. The flavors evolved to peppered nut coffee. Retrohaling only revealed more red pepper to clean the sinuses...
For some odd reasons, the band needs to be removed before the beginning of the second third, unless one plan on smoking its chrome foil.
During the second third the pepper was still present but nuts were more present, and earth got into the equation by the end of the third.
The spices came back during the last third and the finish became a bit longer. That's an interesting evolution. Flavors are now grilled red pepper.
Trough the whole duration, the smoke was abundant and white. Rather cool at the first third but a bit warmer at the second. The smoke is heavy and malleable, making smoke circles that lasts longer than usual. The smoke was remaining at head level.
The cigar produced a solid grey ash. It remained until the last third, although it was somewhat crooked. The ash-to-wrapper line was very fine.
Burn was consistent without relight trough the cigar and until well into the last third, when the cigar started to have a stronger kick.
It was paired with a strong craft ale, which seemed well suited.
Duration was nearly 90 minutes, which is a bit longer than expected considering the 5x50 size.
For a cigar publicising "built bold", this Diploma sure ain't super bodied. The flavor profile isn't the most colorful and the first third is even rather dull. But the flavor profile evolves in an interesting way. It might not be the star of a herf, but it sure is a good offering.
While I would not be chasing this stogie up, I wouldn't mind having another one.
The other bad has the company's trademark "Infamous since 1962".
It has a nice hay and stable smell reminiscent of it being maduro, and its foot has the same stable aroma with added licorice.
It is dark, and mostly hidden. What is visible doesn't show seams and veins are small.
It is the Camacho Diploma from their new bold serie (2013). But is it worthy of being placed in the herfadore? or is it yet another dog rocket? Who better than a dog to recognize dog rockets? Let's try it out.
Before even thinking of lighting this cigar, one will want to remove the foot band. Pulling gently on it will do the trick easily.
For this stogie this dog decided to go fancy and try the Gordon Mott technique with 3 matches and the uncut cigar.
Sadly this means there's no pre-draw.
The stick lighted correctly and was followed by a double guillotine cut that was sharp, easy and precise. The draw was excellent.
First draw was somewhat bitter and had almonds flavors. Grilled walnuts with a touch of salt.
The first third was somewhat spicy. It tasted red pepper mixed with some leather. The flavors evolved to peppered nut coffee. Retrohaling only revealed more red pepper to clean the sinuses...
For some odd reasons, the band needs to be removed before the beginning of the second third, unless one plan on smoking its chrome foil.
During the second third the pepper was still present but nuts were more present, and earth got into the equation by the end of the third.
The spices came back during the last third and the finish became a bit longer. That's an interesting evolution. Flavors are now grilled red pepper.
Trough the whole duration, the smoke was abundant and white. Rather cool at the first third but a bit warmer at the second. The smoke is heavy and malleable, making smoke circles that lasts longer than usual. The smoke was remaining at head level.
The cigar produced a solid grey ash. It remained until the last third, although it was somewhat crooked. The ash-to-wrapper line was very fine.
Burn was consistent without relight trough the cigar and until well into the last third, when the cigar started to have a stronger kick.
It was paired with a strong craft ale, which seemed well suited.
Duration was nearly 90 minutes, which is a bit longer than expected considering the 5x50 size.
For a cigar publicising "built bold", this Diploma sure ain't super bodied. The flavor profile isn't the most colorful and the first third is even rather dull. But the flavor profile evolves in an interesting way. It might not be the star of a herf, but it sure is a good offering.
While I would not be chasing this stogie up, I wouldn't mind having another one.
This dog says: Herf Approved.
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