Slavac Cigar #8
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Cigar: Mystery Cigar 8
Setting: Back deck on a 60 deg afternoon. Amazing weather for a cigar.
Drink: Nada
Initial Impressions: Cigar looks very well wrapped and constructed with a slight 'pigtail' on the end.
Cut and pre-light draw:
Cut easily using my xixar multi-tool. Draw is medium and what I would consider 'ideal'. No plugging evident.
Lit easily using my tri-torch.
Draw after lighting: Remained ideal.
First Third: Draw was smoothe, and flavor was heavenly. There was notes of pine, the occasional sweet hint and love. The flavor profile didn't change throughout the cigar which makes for a boring review, but a lovely damn smoke.
^Playing with different angles.
Second Third: Developed some very weird cigar issues. The burn started freaking out and retreating rapidly to reveal an almost perfect hole in my cigar. Any idea what the hell this is anyone?
Third Third: Smoke volume diminished to almost nil after the hole appeared. That said, the flavor remained amazing and the volume of smoke picked up toward the end of 3/3 with a bit of tar buildup despite purging.
Final Impressions: Even with the funky burn, this was one of the best cigars I've had in a long wile.
Would I buy again: Absolutely.
Would I smoke again: In a heartbeat.
Overall Rating With 10 the highest possible and 0 the baseline: 9.25
Final Thoughts: I'd like to see what the burn was all about. If anyone has any ideas, lemmie know.