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I have started making notes when I smoke a stick I want to review - and I will just copy and paste them in here. If it doesn't read well Let me know and il try a more "prose-d" approach.....
Had heard mixed reviews. Picked up for just a fiver in the local B&M.
Flavour: Medium to Full
Length: 5 3/8" (135mm)
Ring Gauge: 46 ring gauge
Paired it with light Italian coffee.
Pre burn draw was sweet with honey, liquorice, leather.
Lit with cedar strip, was a bit of a struggle.
Super easy draw, gallons of smoke. .
Leather, wood, slight farmyardy must. Citrus and spice on the retro hale, some pepperyness.
A little dry on the throat. Not creamy in any way but definately not unpleasant. An easy smoke, very liquid.
Very wragged burn throughout, gave up retouching it. Put this down to it being quite windy outside today.
Mid way still woody - perhaps sandalwood - leather and increasingly floral and spiced. The bouquet is very perfumed and almost Christmassy! Would go well with a blonde beer, or even a glass of fizz!
Continues in the same vein in to the final 1/3.
Mild but very pleasant. Perfumed almost. Some mild pepper.
Held ash past 2", it's wragged burn slowly coming under it's own control. Fantastic construction, great draw.
Something else I like is the actual taste of the stick itself on my lips. Sweet, woody. Some coffee. Very nice.
This smoke is very demure. Pleasant. Not in the slightest over powering. Lovely hits of specific flavours, with a continuous undertone of woodiness and must, leather, orange and cloves. Again very festive. Other than the pre-light, very little actual sweetness, but great mild spices.
I love the shape of the figurado, and the way it concentrates the draw. The way it holds in the mouth is great, very relaxed and comfortable.
Cool smoke throughout, excellent construction, no wavering from quality all the way through.
Definitely not medium-full, more a milder medium - but an excellent smoke all round. Lasted 45 mins or so. Nice after taste, a buttered toast. As a non smoker other than 2-3 cigars a week it did leave me with a bit of a heady rush.
At ?5 I will be buying all they have in stock!
I have started making notes when I smoke a stick I want to review - and I will just copy and paste them in here. If it doesn't read well Let me know and il try a more "prose-d" approach.....
Had heard mixed reviews. Picked up for just a fiver in the local B&M.
Flavour: Medium to Full
Length: 5 3/8" (135mm)
Ring Gauge: 46 ring gauge
Paired it with light Italian coffee.
Pre burn draw was sweet with honey, liquorice, leather.
Lit with cedar strip, was a bit of a struggle.
Super easy draw, gallons of smoke. .
Leather, wood, slight farmyardy must. Citrus and spice on the retro hale, some pepperyness.
A little dry on the throat. Not creamy in any way but definately not unpleasant. An easy smoke, very liquid.
Very wragged burn throughout, gave up retouching it. Put this down to it being quite windy outside today.
Mid way still woody - perhaps sandalwood - leather and increasingly floral and spiced. The bouquet is very perfumed and almost Christmassy! Would go well with a blonde beer, or even a glass of fizz!
Continues in the same vein in to the final 1/3.
Mild but very pleasant. Perfumed almost. Some mild pepper.
Held ash past 2", it's wragged burn slowly coming under it's own control. Fantastic construction, great draw.
Something else I like is the actual taste of the stick itself on my lips. Sweet, woody. Some coffee. Very nice.
This smoke is very demure. Pleasant. Not in the slightest over powering. Lovely hits of specific flavours, with a continuous undertone of woodiness and must, leather, orange and cloves. Again very festive. Other than the pre-light, very little actual sweetness, but great mild spices.
I love the shape of the figurado, and the way it concentrates the draw. The way it holds in the mouth is great, very relaxed and comfortable.
Cool smoke throughout, excellent construction, no wavering from quality all the way through.
Definitely not medium-full, more a milder medium - but an excellent smoke all round. Lasted 45 mins or so. Nice after taste, a buttered toast. As a non smoker other than 2-3 cigars a week it did leave me with a bit of a heady rush.
At ?5 I will be buying all they have in stock!
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