Kingantz
Growing too fast.
I’d like to thank Ugaman72 for gifting me a couple of these smokes, one to give a review on and one to age. This cigar was definitely named correctly as it is quite a monster and did remind me of Frankenstein with the green label. Only thing missing was the bolts sticking out the side. It had a box pressed shape and very well constructed with a dark broadleaf wrapper that looked quite thick. From looking at the foot, the Nicaraguan binder and filler looked to have very good bunching and little give when squeezing the sides of the cigar.
I punched the rounded cap and found a perfect draw that had a sweet nutty taste. I torched the foot and volumes of smoke rolled from the burning leaves. After a couple of puffs to make sure the burn was going good, I took a draw and was hit with a huge blast of black pepper spice and a powerfull full strength smoke. I was expecting to get this at the beginning, however it still almost took my breath away. The first quarter inch was full spice and power, however in there were very good flavors of coffee and roasted nuts.
After getting past a quarter inch, I’d say the power of the smoke calmed down slightly and the spice smoothed out just enough to really start enjoying the really good flavors of coffee, worn leather, and roasted nuts. At the halfway point, the cigar wanted to go out and I found myself having to really puff to keep it burning. A thick brownish smoke poured from the ash as I puffed telling me the fire had sunk way low in the filler, and about a quarter inch of the wrapper started turning black where the fire had gone underneath. The wrapper caught up quickly and the ash started fanning out and then fell. Ah! There was the culprit! A nice little hole down through the center.
Luckily the burn straightened itself out after a bit and the cigar started smoking well again. The flavors remained consistent throughout and other than the one spot half-way, the burn was good. I ended the cigar once the fire reached the band as that was plenty enough of this smoke. It was one hour and forty-five minutes to the band. What a powerful, spicy smoke but with really good flavors. I’m betting with a few years or more downtime, these will turn out to be excellent smokes.
I punched the rounded cap and found a perfect draw that had a sweet nutty taste. I torched the foot and volumes of smoke rolled from the burning leaves. After a couple of puffs to make sure the burn was going good, I took a draw and was hit with a huge blast of black pepper spice and a powerfull full strength smoke. I was expecting to get this at the beginning, however it still almost took my breath away. The first quarter inch was full spice and power, however in there were very good flavors of coffee and roasted nuts.
After getting past a quarter inch, I’d say the power of the smoke calmed down slightly and the spice smoothed out just enough to really start enjoying the really good flavors of coffee, worn leather, and roasted nuts. At the halfway point, the cigar wanted to go out and I found myself having to really puff to keep it burning. A thick brownish smoke poured from the ash as I puffed telling me the fire had sunk way low in the filler, and about a quarter inch of the wrapper started turning black where the fire had gone underneath. The wrapper caught up quickly and the ash started fanning out and then fell. Ah! There was the culprit! A nice little hole down through the center.
Luckily the burn straightened itself out after a bit and the cigar started smoking well again. The flavors remained consistent throughout and other than the one spot half-way, the burn was good. I ended the cigar once the fire reached the band as that was plenty enough of this smoke. It was one hour and forty-five minutes to the band. What a powerful, spicy smoke but with really good flavors. I’m betting with a few years or more downtime, these will turn out to be excellent smokes.
