Kingantz
Growing too fast.
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- Oct 6, 2007
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This is a very special cigar as it is one of the five gifted from Brian’s (Infinity) humidor by his family a little while back. This is one aged looking cigar with pale brown wrapper and no oil I can see, the band a bit faded and yellowing. The foot is box shaped coming to a very pointy tapered cap and a prominent vein running the length. It’s very light in the hand and has a slight give when squeezed and with the cap clipped, I find the draw to be spot on with a mature tobacco taste.
I torch the foot and blow the embers getting an even orange glow, take a couple puffs and a long draw. A perfect spice is on the tongue from the mild, not quite medium bodied smoke. Delicious flavor of a dark, ripe fruit comes through with a nice woodiness that makes a nice balance of flavor. Hints of roasted nuts and cocoa come through as well. The finish is smooth and sits well on the palate, long and lasting.
The burn was good right at the beginning, however within a couple of minutes started going to one side quite badly. I started to not get very much smoke through and the fire went well beneath the wrapper. In no time a good inch had burned with barely any smoke coming through and the fire had gone completely awry. I did some serious touching up with my Zippo torch, then purged and let it sit for a bit, and purging again.
I finally went to knock the ash off at a little over an inch and a serious cone was left. Some of the worse tunneling I’ve seen in a cigar was revealed, which was obviously the issue with the burn. I puffed, purged, and continued to touch up the straying burn pretty much until about an inch and a half from the head. By that time, my mouth and tongue had basically had enough, so I put it down.
It was unfortunate that there was such burn issues as from what little bit of good smoking I got in the first quarter inch, this would have been one incredible smoke. Being one of Brian’s favorites, there’s no doubt it would’ve rocked! Thanks very much to Brian Jr. and his family for the incredible opportunity to smoke one of Brian’s cigars. Believe you me, it was more than a special smoke for me.
I torch the foot and blow the embers getting an even orange glow, take a couple puffs and a long draw. A perfect spice is on the tongue from the mild, not quite medium bodied smoke. Delicious flavor of a dark, ripe fruit comes through with a nice woodiness that makes a nice balance of flavor. Hints of roasted nuts and cocoa come through as well. The finish is smooth and sits well on the palate, long and lasting.
The burn was good right at the beginning, however within a couple of minutes started going to one side quite badly. I started to not get very much smoke through and the fire went well beneath the wrapper. In no time a good inch had burned with barely any smoke coming through and the fire had gone completely awry. I did some serious touching up with my Zippo torch, then purged and let it sit for a bit, and purging again.
I finally went to knock the ash off at a little over an inch and a serious cone was left. Some of the worse tunneling I’ve seen in a cigar was revealed, which was obviously the issue with the burn. I puffed, purged, and continued to touch up the straying burn pretty much until about an inch and a half from the head. By that time, my mouth and tongue had basically had enough, so I put it down.
It was unfortunate that there was such burn issues as from what little bit of good smoking I got in the first quarter inch, this would have been one incredible smoke. Being one of Brian’s favorites, there’s no doubt it would’ve rocked! Thanks very much to Brian Jr. and his family for the incredible opportunity to smoke one of Brian’s cigars. Believe you me, it was more than a special smoke for me.