Fourtotheflush
BoM Apr 12'
LFD Airbender - Maestro
5.5x52
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano
Binder: Dominica
Filler Dominica
Prelight:
I got a box of these cigars about a month ago, so Im just on the cusp of my mandatory waiting time.:dunno:
I figured I was safe busting one out.
The cigar is really a dark chocolate brown, very toothy and oily. veins are very visible, but not really pronounced.
The cigar is heavy in the hand and really firmly packed. It almost feels like holding a small lead pipe!
The aroma is smooth barnyard tobacco w\ a little hint of cocoa. The cold draw is fairly complex with Sweet & Hot pepper zing along with a bitter dark chocolate flavor in there also.
Really looking forward to lighting this one up.
Light:
I hit it with my single flame torch and it runs out about 1/2 way through the light.:hammersma
2nd time this lighter has done this to me in the last month or so and the last time someone was there to bail me out. This time I was solo - so off to the matches
It was a bit windy and I couldnt get a light with the matches, so I went with backup #3 the bic.:argh:
1st Third:
Cigar smashes you in the face with pepper off the bat. It was also a bit ashy and bitter.:crosseyed
(I attribute this to me botching the light as it was way off center and one side was buring or lit WAY faster than another side).
So the pepper coats your pallet like caramel on a candy apple. It is like a blast and subsides after the 1st few puffs.
The strength on this is FUll FULL by my standards, but im a lightweight.
:crosseyed
After the 1st inch the lighting problem evens itself out to a razor straight burn line - AMAZING!:cbig:
Cigar is producing CLOUDS of cobalt colored smoke! Very tasty! The first third goes from Pepper to tasty to earth / bland.
2nd Third
Smoke output is fabulous. Flavors around the 1/2 way point really pickup and the cigar settles down to a medium - Medium full. I am feeling it, but not like in the 1st inch. Flavors settle down to a nice bitter dark chocolate(Good bitter, not bad bitter) and a heavy flavor I cannot put my finger on. I have had the AB befor and know that on the others I have had the last half/third is the best!
last third
I am just into the last third and my analogy is that the flavors are taking off like a rocket ship. Then I get the call to go backto work. Im on lunch, but I have to be flexible where I work. I take a couple more puffs and have to chuck it!
I think that this is a good to great cigar. They can be had at a reasonable price (I got these for under $5 a stick). I am going to put a 5er away to age for at least a year and see how they do. I traded 10 away and will smoke the remaining 4 here and there!:glassesgr
I hope you guys enjoy! - Sorry no pics camera phone is busted!:crying:
5.5x52
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano
Binder: Dominica
Filler Dominica
Prelight:
I got a box of these cigars about a month ago, so Im just on the cusp of my mandatory waiting time.:dunno:
I figured I was safe busting one out.
The cigar is really a dark chocolate brown, very toothy and oily. veins are very visible, but not really pronounced.
The cigar is heavy in the hand and really firmly packed. It almost feels like holding a small lead pipe!
The aroma is smooth barnyard tobacco w\ a little hint of cocoa. The cold draw is fairly complex with Sweet & Hot pepper zing along with a bitter dark chocolate flavor in there also.
Really looking forward to lighting this one up.
Light:
I hit it with my single flame torch and it runs out about 1/2 way through the light.:hammersma
2nd time this lighter has done this to me in the last month or so and the last time someone was there to bail me out. This time I was solo - so off to the matches
It was a bit windy and I couldnt get a light with the matches, so I went with backup #3 the bic.:argh:
1st Third:
Cigar smashes you in the face with pepper off the bat. It was also a bit ashy and bitter.:crosseyed
(I attribute this to me botching the light as it was way off center and one side was buring or lit WAY faster than another side).
So the pepper coats your pallet like caramel on a candy apple. It is like a blast and subsides after the 1st few puffs.
The strength on this is FUll FULL by my standards, but im a lightweight.
:crosseyed
After the 1st inch the lighting problem evens itself out to a razor straight burn line - AMAZING!:cbig:
Cigar is producing CLOUDS of cobalt colored smoke! Very tasty! The first third goes from Pepper to tasty to earth / bland.
2nd Third
Smoke output is fabulous. Flavors around the 1/2 way point really pickup and the cigar settles down to a medium - Medium full. I am feeling it, but not like in the 1st inch. Flavors settle down to a nice bitter dark chocolate(Good bitter, not bad bitter) and a heavy flavor I cannot put my finger on. I have had the AB befor and know that on the others I have had the last half/third is the best!
last third
I am just into the last third and my analogy is that the flavors are taking off like a rocket ship. Then I get the call to go backto work. Im on lunch, but I have to be flexible where I work. I take a couple more puffs and have to chuck it!
I think that this is a good to great cigar. They can be had at a reasonable price (I got these for under $5 a stick). I am going to put a 5er away to age for at least a year and see how they do. I traded 10 away and will smoke the remaining 4 here and there!:glassesgr
I hope you guys enjoy! - Sorry no pics camera phone is busted!:crying:
