Kingantz
Growing too fast.
Yep, it’s a scorcher today with temps in the high nineties and humidity really kickin’, but as usual its not so bad under the walnut tree with a nice breeze blowing. I decided to put fire to a Viaje TNT, rolled like a stick of dynamite with fuse from the head and closed end foot, another seasonal release specifically for July 4th. The Nicaraguan wrapper is a dark brown with noticeable oil, small tooth, and small veins throughout. It feels a bit light in the hand for its size, and after punching the well constructed cap I find the draw quite open, even with the closed end foot.
After torching the foot, I take several good puffs and again find the draw wide open with a huge amount of bluish white smoke flowing through. My first draw brings a good amount of white pepper spice on the tongue and throat, however not too overpowering, with the smoke medium in strength. There’s not much by way of flavor other than what I would describe as a very clean taste.
A third in and the burn is sharp with a whitish gray ash forming that holds well. Although the draw is quite loose, it is still working really well with the medium strength of the smoke coming through. The peppery spice has subsided to more of a mild, and the flavor has picked up with taste of a muted sweet dark brown sugar and earth, the finish semi-lasting on the palate.
Halfway and everything is pretty much consistent; sharp burn, good draw (although loose), medium strength, and semi-rich flavor that leaves a rather short finish on the palate. It did seem to get slightly bland towards the end with not much finish left.
Although good, it didn’t really blow me away and going for $10 a stick, I expected to get a bit more from it. Still, it was a decent enough smoke.
After torching the foot, I take several good puffs and again find the draw wide open with a huge amount of bluish white smoke flowing through. My first draw brings a good amount of white pepper spice on the tongue and throat, however not too overpowering, with the smoke medium in strength. There’s not much by way of flavor other than what I would describe as a very clean taste.
A third in and the burn is sharp with a whitish gray ash forming that holds well. Although the draw is quite loose, it is still working really well with the medium strength of the smoke coming through. The peppery spice has subsided to more of a mild, and the flavor has picked up with taste of a muted sweet dark brown sugar and earth, the finish semi-lasting on the palate.
Halfway and everything is pretty much consistent; sharp burn, good draw (although loose), medium strength, and semi-rich flavor that leaves a rather short finish on the palate. It did seem to get slightly bland towards the end with not much finish left.
Although good, it didn’t really blow me away and going for $10 a stick, I expected to get a bit more from it. Still, it was a decent enough smoke.
