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This is the most expensive rye I have ever had. It's got a really deep caramel flavor right off the bat. It's also really, really smooth unless with alcohol content of it is, but it is like…
The drawing is okay, the smoke production is pretty good. Over our really good flavor, I got some floral notes out of it, and towards the end it's starting to gain some depth of flavor, whi…
Very good. Draw a lot of woody notes. A little bit of hay too. I'm about 23 minutes in, about 1/3 done with the stick. I'm getting some deeper notes, still a lot of woody flavor but more nu…
The construction is pretty good. The draw is about average. At the very beginning and getting a bit of chocolate off the jaw. The draw. Just 8 minutes into it. The flavors are really starti…
Okay, draw, pretty good construction I'm getting some sweet notes at the very beginning. Tastes like fermented dough. In a good way. Overall, not bad. Nothing really special about it, the n…
Great draw, starting off with some real rich notes on the better side. Very strong, I'm very excited to see how this develops. Still at the very beginning but I'm getting some dark rich cof…
Green construction. Great! Draw, a little bit of sweetness to it. I'm getting a little bit of a cardboard flavor right at the beginning. 16 minutes in right now. Getting some leathery notes…
It's got a good draw, good construction on the cigar overall. I'm about 22 minutes into it. Right now. I'm getting some hay flavors. There's not a lot of complexity to this, but it's not a…
Right away, I'm getting a perfect draw. Great smoke production. Very dark flavors, toasted, dry fruit. This is starting off with a lot more flavor and complexity than you get out of an aver…
Good draw, a little bit of bitterness but mixed with some very sweet honey notes at the same time. Very interesting. Not a lot of depth at this point though. Just two real one-note flavors:…
This was an interesting cigar, it didn't really have much impact on me. The flavor is good. Not great. Nothing really special about it. The draw was very good. the construction was good. No…
Really good draw on this cigar. Some really interesting flavors right from the beginning too, it's kind of a medium-to-full body.
Very unique flavors, it seems like there's about six or seven individual notes coming through. I'm getting fruit and leather and wood. Good. Overall, this cigar has some of the most interes…
A little bit of a tight draw but not too bad. Very dark bitter flavors to begin with. About 30 minutes in, not too much difference in the taste so far. It may have mellowed out a little bit…
The draw leaves something to be desired. Notably more airflow. Smoke production is terrible. I did a double punch that seems to have improved airflow considerably. Still not great or even v…
Decent draw and smoke production. Starting off with some strong flavor. Some bitter flavors are coming through initially. A half hour in and about one-third in, the flavors are more complex…
Some pretty good flavors right at the beginning, I get a really good draw and I am getting some woody notes some cedar maybe but some other stuff too like a very mellow version of cedar. Af…
At the beginning getting a lot of wood flavor. Not too much going on at this point. Draw is below average. 24 minutes in. The flavor is getting a lot more depth to it now a lot more enjoyab…
The draw is about as good as a draw can get. 10 out of 10 on construction. Starting off with some basic woody notes at the very beginning. Getting a little bit of floral notes. Half an hour…
The draw is okay. Could be better. Smoke is very good though. The flavors are very good. I'm still not getting a great draw, which is one of the most important things to me on a cigar. No m…
A consistent 1–10 system
1–3 Skip it
4–6 Mixed to good
7–8 Recommended
9–10 Exceptional