Riff Raff Cigar #3
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A cold and rainy day here in the Carolinas! Not very conducive to stogie smoking outside! But taking one for the team, I soldier on!
Calibrated eyeball says that this ugly little stick is about 6 X 44. Very rustic looking. Reminds me of how a Macanudo Ascot looks like. Bumpy, veiny but a nice colored wrapper. Snip the cap and the pre-light draw tastes of hay.
So let's toast and light this puppy up!
First puff; metallic tasting. I have a filling in one of my molars and it is ringing. Not the type like when you bite down on some tinfoil on a filling. But close. There is a hint of cedar and licorice as well. A great draw with lots of smoke. A flaky dark gray ash as well. I would call this a mild-medium bodied smoke.
1/3rd: A dominant cedar taste. Still a bit of the metallic taste as well. The retro-hale gives off a bit of leather and cedar.
2/3rd: The ash fell just after taking the above pic. So I took this opportunity to purge. Some hay is present as is the cedar. There were also brief tastes of roasted meat. I have never tasted that before in a cigar. I hope the torcedor didn't leave the tip of his/her finger in there or anything!
3/3rd: Lots of cedar! There is also some sweet tobacco as well. This has moved to a medium bodied smoke. It is starting to get a bit hot and some bitterness is creeping in. Some pepper as well.
Overall impression: Not a bad smoke. It ain't pretty, but it smokes okay. Cedar was definitely the predominant flavor throughout the whole smoke. It had a lingering finish that was nice. I rate this at an 8.6. I might buy this smoke. Kind of on the fence on this one.