Lovely Cigars Bay City Connecticut Robusto Gordo in Review

BRAND: Lovely
BLEND: Bay City Connecticut

WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Connecticut
BINDER: Sumatran
FILLER: Nicaraguan

FORMAT: Robusto Gordo (5.25x54)
ORIGIN: Nicaragua (Tacasa SA)
INTENSITY: Mild/Mild-medium
SPICE: 2/5

NOTES:
Lemonhead candies | Vanilla Bean | White Pepper

A nice ginger vibe spins out from citrus. Vanilla extract more-so than bean? Maybe. But the bean seems more important. White pepper, finely ground. Dandelion bite and chamomile calm get rolled in buttery suede. Golden hay. Sweet with pale spice warmth. Consistent.

Salt | Honey Graham Crackers | Boiled Peanuts

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

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

FURTHER KM. READING

Lovely Cigars Bay City Connecticut in Redux Review (Toro)

::: very ::: 

Stolen Throne Cigars Argos Brody LE in Review

BRAND: Stolen Throne
BLEND: Argos Brody LE

FORMAT: Belicoso (5.5x54) closed foot
ORIGIN: Nicaragua (Rojas)
INTENSITY: Medium-full/Full
SPICE: 3.5/5

NOTES:
Smoked Meats | Chocolate | Mulling Spices

Dried fruit compote, too. Mexican hot chocolate brownies comes to mind re the chocolate note noted above. Gooey-chewy textures. Lamb. Star anise headlines the spice array; distinct from the chocolate experience. Big smoky output gives off the aroma of jumping twixt BBQ and dessert food trucks.

Billowy-pillowy whilst still structured via a molasses sweet cedar frame. Sating but not overly stuffed. Pumpernickel toast, buttered. Smooth draws. Slow, even burn. Ash builds like Bob. A roasty citrus lifts from the millings to cleanse-some. A real feast, to say the least. Something something beast.

::: very ::: 

CAO Flathead Speed Shop Habano Crankshaft in Review

BRAND: CAO
BLEND: Speed Shop Habano

WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Habano
BINDER: San Andres
FILLER: Nicaraguan, Dominican

FORMAT: Crankshaft (6.5x54) box-press/flat head
ORIGIN: Honduras
INTENSITY: Medium/Medium-full
SPICE: 2.5/5

NOTES:
Dessert Spices | Peaches | Butterscotch

Dessert spiced pale-to-pink (peach?) fruitiness off the bat, cushioned in chewy butterscotch. Malt. Fustiness. A fleeting hint of cardboard. Peanut butter on whole wheat toast. Sandy. Salty. Quite consistent and when transitional, kindly-smooth. Notes entrench via progression, pick up nicely intermingled nuances.

Ash is some-flaky. Press rounds a 1/2" off the cherry. I think I taste cherry. Burn-line is even, but a bit thick and un-pretty. Seams and other assemblages hold. An almost ruby red grapefruit note comes on once going strong. Excellent smoke volume, sweet cedar olfactory. Cedar hits mouth. Apple butter. 

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

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

::: very ::: 

Punch Cigars Egg Roll XL in Review

BRAND: Punch
BLEND: Egg Roll XL

WRAPPER: US Broadleaf
BINDER: Ecuadorian Sumatra
FILLER: Colombian, Dominican, Mexican, American

FORMAT: Gigante (660) shaggy-foot
ORIGIN: Honduras (HATSA)
INTENSITY: Medium
SPICE: 1.5/5

NOTES:
Sweet Malt | White Pepper | Clay Loam Soil

A rising throughout (but never high-up) citrus lilts-lifts the white pepper. Feels like someone ordered this with no MSG. Still a pleasant cigar, excellent for those with sensory hypersensitivities. Draws a tick-plus tight, and a toothpick/massage combo loosens it enough but not all the way.

Ash is a proud grower. Smoke out-put increases via progression from moderate to more-than, although aroma remains muted. A quite-slow rate of speed. No fast movements, keeps its hands where I can see 'em. Build outside of knotted draw is excellent. A simple, kind escape.

The horse you put the fussy old lady on at a dude ranch. Maybe her nervous grand-kid. She'll walk them both right to calm.

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

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

::: very :::