18 Sabbaths - Jas Sum Kral Red Knight - 8th Sabbath

B"H

THE CIGAR

Jas Sum Kral Red Knight
5 x 50 Robusto
Closed-foot, Pig-tailed
w. Ecuadorian Habano
b. Mexican San Andres & Jalapa Seco
f. Undisclosed

Check out my initial write-up and talkie re: this JSK offering HERE.
This is Serie II of my 18 Sabbaths project. Please read all about it HERE.

Sweet in darkly matured tobacco nuances, and stand-alone JSK trademarked cherry dalliances. A slight and kindly bit of sours is afoot in a tannin-laced wine cask manner on the immediate draw. Not overtly salted but kindly dashed with the stuffs, particularly on my lips. Verily and richly bitter, sans an iota of bite. Loads of savory umami by way of toasted grains and meat. No acidic tendencies, nor chemical attributes. Gently textured on refrained weighty notes. Perfect moisture-level in smoke-hole. Body is a -full meaty chew with bittersweet then clean finish. To paraphrase Love and Rockets, "its legs are long, and they are oh so strong -- and they don't don't come from this town." Unless, of course, this town is Macedonia. Flavors, too, are at the -full level. Strength here took a tick longer to come up than on other Sabbaths, but it did tuchus me during the 3/3 in a boozey chest and challah-basket way. Verily rich and balanced. Each third sees its own transition. Complexity and nuance? Check and check. Verily so, each of 'em.

Flavors in order of appearance: (cold) is a spice-laced bitersweetness. (hot) red pepper. Maraschino cherry. Leathery oils. Compost barnyard fills the under-belly with a bittersweet lilt. Cayenne, particularly through the schnoz. Cuban coffee. Smoky baccy, with smoked meat attachment. Molasses. Cream with cocoa vibe, toasted. Barley and kasha, barley malts and gets a bissell boozy. Black pepper and salt arrive in tandem. Pecan/walnut shows both a toast and paste. Black cherry addition to maraschino. Wine cask. Band-aid adhesive-cum-malt; new malt addition hits the since meow somewhat hiding cocoa. Candy bar milk chocolate. Licorice. 

Construction is a medium+ pre-light density of pack with no soft/hard spots to be found. Seams are not overly tight, but evenly done did. Toothy. Minimal veins, none of any broadness nor crimping. Nicely affixed cap. Dark reddish under-belly hue on a dark chocolate canvas with some espresso bean marbling. Waxy sheen. Once lit, notes are delivered on a medium draw that occasionally hints at a bit of airiness hither and tither. Seams hold fast and tighten once heated. There is a substantial softening of shaft past 1/2, but no other performance aspect is hindered. Shoulder holds well and barrel stays cool to ye olde nub. Combustion is ideally paced on an even line after the first half-inch self-corrects from covered foot zero toasting light. At about the half, there's a hint of filler burning a tick hot, but then there quickly ain't a hint a' that. Ash is white and silver-flecked with some only slight flaking; a sheath chunking off at each third. 

EDITOR'S NOTE

Whilst posted on the Sabbath, this is an automatically generated thing, gentlepersons. These are not written during the Sabbath, but typically on a Friday noon-ish. Shabbot shalom and Gut Shabbos -- and to the goyim: hey, have a heckuva Saturday!

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