DBall's Newb Blind Taste Test Thread

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Flat4boxer Cigar #4
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Unknown cigar number 4 is a smaller, firmly wrapped 4 1/2"- 5" stick. Small veins cover this carmel brown wrapper.



Pre-light

After the cut, the pre-light draw is VERY tight. I get hints of nothing as I get no air through it. "This is going to be fun" comes to mind as I hit it with the torch to fire it up.

Light

The stick starts to burn uneven almost from the start. It is very hard to draw and when I do, almost no smoke gets to my mouth.



First 3rd

I find myself reaching for the trusty draw tool. After several attempts to open the airway, I give up. This thing is a complete plug. The only way I can get a taste of smoke is to REALLY puff on this bad boy. Even then it's minimal smoke and taste for maximum effort. I keep puffing and puffing hoping that as some point it will burn past the plugged area and I'll get to see what this stick is all about. This never happens.



Second 3rd

I don't give up totally thinking things will turn around at some point but it is just not happening. The uneven burn continues.



Finally I just have to give up. My cheeks are numb and tingling from trying to get this thing to come to life. In the end it's like trying to smoke a 2X4. Just ain't happening.



I know know the dissapointment that Brad felt on the first cigar we tested. I did get a hint now and then of a flavorful smoke but never enough to judge or expound on in any manner.

Overall I have to give this cigar a 7.5/10

It was well constructed (too well perhaps) and the little flavor I did taste left me wanting more but I just never got it.

I'll hold off on recommending this stick. I'm sure that if I could have drawn some more smoke it would have faired very well. I will chalk this one up to being a "bad one in the bunch."