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Originally Posted by bigheadmark
that's strange..the ones i had were quite good...did you smoke them ROTT?
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ROTT, about three months later, and just so I didn't write them off without a fair go, about 8 months to a year later. I still don't understand the attraction, but I don't need to. They just aren't for me.
I'd go so far to say that I agree with the OP somewhere around 100%. I got dirt, burned wood, and barnyard out of them. The burned wood was more like burned something else, but I couldn't put a finger on it. It was more sooty flavored than charred anything. Definately not flavors I look for in a cigar. The spice was there, but it was obscured by the other flavors so that it wasn't even remotely enjoyable to me. It wasn't at all a sweet spice, or one that stood on it's own. The flavors all sort of jumbled together into a nastiness rather than setting themselves apart, or blending and complimenting.
I had the identical reaction to the plain old Diesel, so I'm guessing it's one of the tobaccos they're using in the blend. Or it's the diesel fuel soot from the burners in the tobacco houses.
I'm just glad so many guys are enjoying them. I really like to find a good value smoke to put away, but this one just didn't have anything going for it, at least not in my book. As always, that's just my opinion. It shouldn't dissuade anyone from trying a cigar, not even this one. I'm a firm believer in giving everything a shot, even if it's a 39 cent Flying Rooster or $2.00 Pirate's Ear. Someone is going to find a winner, even if they're the only guy that'll smoke them.
(Sorry, I posted my reply before I was finished, then timed out on edit time.)