Monday, January 22, 2024

Alec Bradley Cigars Magic Toast in Review

BRAND: Alec Bradley
BLEND: Magic Toast

WRAPPER: Honduran
BINDER: Nicaraguan, Honduran
FILLER: Nicaraguan, Honduran

FORMAT: Robusto (552)
ORIGIN: Honduras
INTENSITY: Medium/Med.-full

NOTES:
Black & cayenne peppers | Savory earth | Cherry cola

Begins with a flavorful look-see at some peppery dance moves. Twirling, even whirling. Simple black cracked peppercorns and red pepper flakes. Nice complexity unfolds with some interesting woodsy occurrences; smoked, seasoned hardwoods. Then the flavor-forward experience sees body arise in a manure compost earthen manner, savorily. All the while, a neat-o droning chant of cherry cola. A humming profile.

Combustion and construction. Even burn-line and smooth draw. Short story made long, Decent ash-growth although a tick dark, half-tick airy. Does draw a bit stiff but acceptably-so. Not sure why, but the whole thing is bent a slightly-noticeable amount up toward the cap, but doesn't cause issue. Magic might be an overstatement but not egregiously-so. Hums louder in the second-third, recalls the words in the final-third.

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

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

::: very :::