Project X: Offering #11 Serie II - Blind Cigar Review (Camacho Corojo)

Blind review, then? Oh, yes. Blind review.

Revealed on the next (6/19) Sunday Kibbitz.

THE CIGAR

*classified*

5 x 50 Robusto Colorado 

(by my guesstimations)
DECLASSIFIED
Camacho Corojo
5 x 50 Robusto

ACT I

FLAVORS

Animal: Musk. Roasted meat (r/h).
Sweet: Creamy. Sugar. Toffee. Dried fruit. Coffee and cream. Chocolate/cocoa.
Spicy: Chili pepper. Cinnamon. Cloves. Nutmeg. Salt. White pepper.
Woody: Aromatic tobacco. Cedar wood.
Vegetal: Bell pepper. Herbs. Nuts, raw.
Earthy: Dust. Musty/old cellar. Peat. Wet cardboard*.
Chemical: Astringent.

K A P L O W I T Z SCALE

K being the least, Z the greatest

Appearance O
Construction O
Combustion W
Flavors/Body O
Strength P

NOTES

• Quite unassuming looking.
• Cold draw is the fig note in a pipe tobacco pouch-aroma.
• Draw starts a tick snug.
• Again, reminded of pipe in the aromatic tobacco element.
• Earth notes cover wet, damp, and dry. Interesting under-belly there.
• Draw loosens a comfy tick.
• Retro-hale stays sharp chili - cayenne. Draw sweetens.
• Ash is loose lilt at 1"...
• ... when rolled off, the core is very dense, oily.
• *wet cardboard in the taste of the cap/shoulder. Bothersome.
• Draw tightens again. Suking on a cardboard nipple.
• Nice mouth-tingle of cayenne and coarse white pepper.
• Apple! No apple. Apple! No apple. Apple! No...

ACT II

FLAVORS

Sweet: Creamy. Sugar. Dried fruit (less). Coffee and cream. Caramelized sugar.
Spicy: Chili pepper. Cinnamon. Cloves. Nutmeg. Salt. White pepper. Black pepper.
Woody: Aromatic tobacco. Cedar wood. Paper.
Vegetal: Bell pepper. Herbs. Nuts, raw. Alfalfa.
Earthy: Dust. Musty/old cellar. Peat. Wet cardboard*.
Chemical: Astringent.

K A P L O W I T Z SCALE

Appearance W
Construction O
Combustion W
Flavors/Body O
Strength P

NOTES

• Draw tension keeps fluctuating across med+.
• Burn is nice an even. Excellent combustion. 
• Mouth-feel errs a tick toward dry.
• Classic medium profile. Lighter on strength.
• Burn-rate slows a good tick.
• Ash has been a medium grey throughout.
• Packing softens slightly at 2" left. Construction other-wise holds.
• Flavors are all decently explained by charting up-top. Straight-forward.
• Musty notes have been sharp all along, and that's weird.
• Draw has verily tightened with an inch left. Sucking out fillings.
• Very oily nub. Soft. Smoke warms a tick and three-quarters.
• Good stick for trimming roses w/. Propagating mint.
• Just missed being great a couple times. We'll kibbitz.
• Good smoke-time.

SMOKE TIME
80mins

FINAL GRADE

****B****

POSTSCRIPT: In the interest of uniformity, I will be working from a flavor chart via Stogie Fresh. ("Malt" if applicable, added by moi.)