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bwhite220
Brandon | BotM Jan 2038
One of my favorites!! Great choice!
Eastern Standard Midnight Express this morning...not a contender for my morning smoke rotation, but worth trying if you're a Caldwell fan. For me that wrapper neutralizes much of the subtle Eastern Standard flavor.
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About 1/3 of an inch in and I'm not duly impressed. The burn is lopsided to the point of being worrying. Also, the stick is a Dominican puro, but it tastes like they were trying to get a Nicaraguan or Honduran flavor without using tobaccos from those countries.
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A little over an inch in and the flavor is leather, dark earth, white pepper and hints of cedar. The draw is still a little tight and looking at the foot after the ash fell makes me believe this might be a sandwich.
Second ash fall and this thing is a one note pony. Plus, some of the filler is bunched clockwise and some counter clockwise. How does that happen?
I hit the final third and tossed it. I would not recommend this stick. Which brings up an interesting point. The stick I was most worried about, the Villainy, was actually better than the one I gave the highest probability of liking. The cheapo with no blender information was a passable substitute for the Diesel coronas that are so hard to find. The one from the fabled Boutique Blends was a one note smoke that lacked anything I consider a redeeming quality. Maybe it needs six months of humidor time, but I have a feeling it is more like the Funfetti. A bad attempt to get a good manufacturer to blend to a cheap price point instead of to their skill level.
About 1/3 of an inch in and I'm not duly impressed. The burn is lopsided to the point of being worrying. Also, the stick is a Dominican puro, but it tastes like they were trying to get a Nicaraguan or Honduran flavor without using tobaccos from those countries.
Edit:
A little over an inch in and the flavor is leather, dark earth, white pepper and hints of cedar. The draw is still a little tight and looking at the foot after the ash fell makes me believe this might be a sandwich.
Second ash fall and this thing is a one note pony. Plus, some of the filler is bunched clockwise and some counter clockwise. How does that happen?
I hit the final third and tossed it. I would not recommend this stick. Which brings up an interesting point. The stick I was most worried about, the Villainy, was actually better than the one I gave the highest probability of liking. The cheapo with no blender information was a passable substitute for the Diesel coronas that are so hard to find. The one from the fabled Boutique Blends was a one note smoke that lacked anything I consider a redeeming quality. Maybe it needs six months of humidor time, but I have a feeling it is more like the Funfetti. A bad attempt to get a good manufacturer to blend to a cheap price point instead of to their skill level.
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