Rocky patel the edge A-10 toro
			 
			 
			
		
		
		
			
			Ok first off, a-10, btw, are they naming their cigars after military jets? Anyway I digress.  
 
Size: 6x52 
 
Band:8.5/10 simple but elegant.  
 
Preliminary observations: a Maduro stick with with a corojo barber pole overlaid on it. Dry puff was peppery with a bit of a floral note.  
 
Flavors: 8.5 initial light revealed pepper, leather, and grass, with a bit of Autumn leaves, and a finish of leather and a slight coffee. An inch in, the pepper died down, leaving leather and coffee, and a bit of a meaty flavor,  like searing a rib eye on the grill. There is a bit of sweetness on the finish. The meat builds until the halfway point,  where it combines nicely with the leather and pepper. I smoked it down to an inch and a half remaining,  with an hour and 15 minutes burn time.  
 
Body: solid medium  
 
Construction: 6.5 it burned unevenly,  but self corrected. The more alarming problem was the barber pole stripe lifting off, requiring constant babysitting. 
 
Final thoughts: smoke this one before dinner, it will make you hungry. I will pick these up occasionally,  but the overlay issue keeps this from being a regular smoke for me.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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