BLEND: The Big Payback Extra Fuerte 70s
WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Habano
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Honduran, Nicaraguan, Dominican
FORMAT: 770
ORIGIN: Honduras
INTENSITY: Medium-full
SPICE: 2/5
NOTES:
Scorched Woods | Seared Meats | Raisin Wine
A kicky harmony. Simple black pepper. Weird that the Maillard Effect isn't more seen in smokes; it is here. Dark, darkly toasted grains. Plurals run rampant. Anise. A certain starchiness on the mouth feel brings a pot of cholent to mind. Broiled grapefruit. Weighty. Sometimes mushy.
An at-once open and less than responsive draw. Solid though un-pretty ash growth off a fairly quirky perhaps too cooled burn. Requires a lot of puffs, still though, avoids feelings of labor. Uneven smoke out-put from petering to plethora. Well-built. Chocolate bread hits olfactory, misses mouth.
TASTE: B+
DRAW: B
BURN: B
BUILD: B+
FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
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