ROOM101 Cigars Hit & Run Redux in Review

BRAND: ROOM101
BLEND: Hit & Run Redux

WRAPPER: Mexican San Andres
BINDER: Ecuadorian Sumatra
FILLER: Nicaraguan, Pennsylvanian

FORMAT: Robusto
ORIGIN: Dominican Republic
INTENSITY: Medium-full
SPICE: 3/5

NOTES:
Walnut mocha torte | Paprika | Pumpernickel

Depth. Complex layers. Dense and weighty. Plush. Well-balanced. A dark unfurling of motion and stillness. Dappled sunlight exhibits traces of mulling spice, cola, black dahlia.

TASTE: A-
DRAW: B+
BURN: A-
BUILD: A-

FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79

A word about dahlias (black and otherwise, I'd imagine) from The Perfume Society: "One thing's for sure: dahlias don't smell as blowsy as they look. It's the leaves and the stems which are used in fragrance, giving a slightly bitter note."

In the fullest of disclosures, this review was conducted nigh immediately upon receiving this sample. While I'm not normally as big on 'resting' cigars as some folk are, I will dully note this here. As well as promise a deeper (if not longer) redux review in fair time. thx

::: very ::: 

Big Sky Cigar Co. Yellowstone in Redux Review

BRAND: Big Sky
BLEND: Yellowstone

WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Connecticut
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan

FORMAT: Robusto (550)
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Mild/Mild-medium
SPICE: 1/5

NOTES:
Lemonade | Cedar | White peppercorn

"Anything so innocent and built like that just gotta be named Lucille." Dragline, Cool Hand Luke. Classic scene. Sunshine, sundress, bit-of-soap. Rural. Stifled-frenzy. Builds intensity-focus.

... Sweetness. Not afraid of biting; don't. An old car. Tom Petty tune(now). "I call her Honey Bee." Must be Spring. Must be a Springtime smoke.

TASTE: B
DRAW: B+
BURN: B+
BUILD: B+

FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79

Original review link: Big Sky Cigar Co. Yellowstone in Review. 'Tween this and that, you'll grok the smoke.

::: very ::: 

1st & 15th Podcast "Sucker Punch" NEW EPISODE

1st & 15th Podcast "Sucker Punch" NEW EPISODE

"In this episode of 1st & 15th, Phil and Kap discover parental volunteer traps of having student athletes, grapple with chess, and suppress bully tendencies. Kap also finds something else to collect along with his bread clips. Why are you listening?" - Phil Kurut, co-host, show producer, pollster.

To listen to this NEW EPISODE and to find out more about other exciting Kaplowitz Media. listening and/or watching opportunities, please visit this link: Audio/Video.

About the 1st & 15th Podcast: Twice a month (see show name for dates), Phil Kurut and I chat too long about nothing of consequence. A pure waste of time. Cool.

::: very :::   

Lampert Cigars Ocean Breeze in [Synesthesia] Redux Review

BRAND: Lampert
BLEND: Ocean Breeze

WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Habano 2000
BINDER: Ecuadorian
FILLER: Nicaraguan, Peruvian, Undisclosed

FORMAT: Robusto Extra (554)
ORIGIN: Costa Rica
INTENSITY: Early sun thru Venetian blinds

NOTES:
Yellow diagonal lines | Rumba music | Challah

I don't have a Roomba but I imagine they make a slight droning sound. Although perhaps I'm tasting more rumba, come to think of it, far away and low. I see challah being dipped in salt. Three times, as is proper. Yellow diagonal lines is how I feel, pointy-edged and something like jagged; falling like slightly pelting rain.

Breeze? Too on the nose, but I do sense a dewy meadow. No, more of a hillside feel. Not too walkable but I smell the rope of a hammock. I'll lay there and watch the chickens frolic. Consistent yet transient. Vulnerable. I'm chilly. Sackcloth but not mourning. Morning. A blend that smokes like a good stretch.

TASTE: Island Escapism
DRAW: Yellow Ovals
BURN: Deep sigh
BUILD: Bust of David

::: very :::

I'm enamored by this blend. As proof, I reviewed it twice already. Below is that particular reading list (titles are links).

Lampert Cigars Ocean Breeze in Review
Lampert Cigars Ocean Breeze in [Olfactory] Redux Review

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