Good evening chaps,
Well earlier I decided to strike a light and try one of my own cigars and smoked the first one I'd rolled. This one had rested for a couple of days, so lighting it was risky with it being so fresh but everything went better than expected. Here are some pics of of the smoke.
It cut very nicely, the cap was very sturdy and the draw turned out bang on for what I like. On the light it was a tad harsh, which concerned me a bit. However within about three minutes it mellowed right down into a very pleasant sweet earthiness. This was a light bodied medium strength stick throughout.
About a quarter in the flavour changed into very sweet slightly creamy floral tones, and it mellowed even more. I really abused it at some points drawing every couple of seconds, but it flat out refused to bite which was great! I think I can safely say that it was the most sweet and mellow smoke I have yet experienced, if there was ever a stick I'd smoke over desserts and liqueur coffee it would be this one.
The flavour stayed very consistent all the way down, developing into slightly nutty tones toward the end. The burn was good, I only had to touch up the wrapper once or twice to keep an even burn. I honestly was not expecting to enjoy it, but it turned out to be one of the most pleasant sticks I have smoked lately - it even passed the girlfriend test! She liked it, which is a first.
So I don't want to toot my horn any more about this, but I am seriously chuffed with how it turned out and it's hugely encouraging, I'll definitely be rolling more with this blend. I think most of the credit shoud go to Whole Leaf Tobacco. I'm convinced that the success of this is down to the outstanding quality of their leaf, because it sure as hell wasn't my noobie rolling!
Well earlier I decided to strike a light and try one of my own cigars and smoked the first one I'd rolled. This one had rested for a couple of days, so lighting it was risky with it being so fresh but everything went better than expected. Here are some pics of of the smoke.
It cut very nicely, the cap was very sturdy and the draw turned out bang on for what I like. On the light it was a tad harsh, which concerned me a bit. However within about three minutes it mellowed right down into a very pleasant sweet earthiness. This was a light bodied medium strength stick throughout.
About a quarter in the flavour changed into very sweet slightly creamy floral tones, and it mellowed even more. I really abused it at some points drawing every couple of seconds, but it flat out refused to bite which was great! I think I can safely say that it was the most sweet and mellow smoke I have yet experienced, if there was ever a stick I'd smoke over desserts and liqueur coffee it would be this one.
The flavour stayed very consistent all the way down, developing into slightly nutty tones toward the end. The burn was good, I only had to touch up the wrapper once or twice to keep an even burn. I honestly was not expecting to enjoy it, but it turned out to be one of the most pleasant sticks I have smoked lately - it even passed the girlfriend test! She liked it, which is a first.
So I don't want to toot my horn any more about this, but I am seriously chuffed with how it turned out and it's hugely encouraging, I'll definitely be rolling more with this blend. I think most of the credit shoud go to Whole Leaf Tobacco. I'm convinced that the success of this is down to the outstanding quality of their leaf, because it sure as hell wasn't my noobie rolling!
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