Kid Montana
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A friend gave me this stick and since I got off work a little earlier than usual I smoked it while drinking a near-beer (fizzy water).
Climate Conditions:
Early evening, 80 degrees, 11% RH, 2mph wind from SW
Drink: Becks NA
Appearance: Darkish brown, dry looking wrapper, very faint veins, not snugly wrapped, slightly rough texture
Cut: guillotine cutter, 1/2" below the tip
Pre-lit draw and taste: perfect or slightly easy draw, no noticeable flavors on the tip or draw.
First Third: This cigar lit quickly and evenly and initial puffs were nutty and mellow. Every thing about this cigar was mild, mellow, chill, dude. Smoke was fairly dense, creamy, inoffensive with hints of cappuccino. Zero spice/pepper or leather. The ash was very light gray, flaky but held together decently for about 1" when I rolled it off into my cigar holder. There is something in the flavor I've tasted in other Drew Estate products but I can't put my finger on it.
Second Third: Still mellow, drawing even and easy but not hot whatsoever. It wanted to go out if you set it down to much and started to adopt a tangy flavor. The cappuccino flavor transitioned into a dark roasted coffee, fairly pleasant but needed a spot of cream to make it really great. I also detected a hint of anise or something you'd find in root beer although this was a very subtle flavor. The overall body of flavor started to become more pronounced and lost some of the creaminess from the first third. The smoke started to lose some of its fullness and the burn got pretty uneven and required touching up..
Last Third: After the second ash it was obvious this cigar was made using the "booked" technique; the leaves were nested together and more thickly on once side than the other, resulting in an uneven burn on the thicker side. Not egregious construction, just not premium. The cigar gave up its coffee notes for a mellow blandness with a hint of spice/pepper and a trace a leather that became more pronounced as the cigar burned down. I gave up on the cigar with about 2.25" remaining since I began to get metallic hints and a sniff of ammonia. I could have tolerated the cigar a bit longer if it hadn't lost that nice mellow flavor from the middle third.
I did a quick search and these can be had for about $2.75 each when purchasing a box, but considering there are better cigars for nearly the same money, give it a pass. Its a nice mellow cigar initially but it thoroughly lacks a satisfying finish.
K.M Score: 2.5/5
Climate Conditions:
Early evening, 80 degrees, 11% RH, 2mph wind from SW
Drink: Becks NA
Appearance: Darkish brown, dry looking wrapper, very faint veins, not snugly wrapped, slightly rough texture
Cut: guillotine cutter, 1/2" below the tip
Pre-lit draw and taste: perfect or slightly easy draw, no noticeable flavors on the tip or draw.
First Third: This cigar lit quickly and evenly and initial puffs were nutty and mellow. Every thing about this cigar was mild, mellow, chill, dude. Smoke was fairly dense, creamy, inoffensive with hints of cappuccino. Zero spice/pepper or leather. The ash was very light gray, flaky but held together decently for about 1" when I rolled it off into my cigar holder. There is something in the flavor I've tasted in other Drew Estate products but I can't put my finger on it.
Second Third: Still mellow, drawing even and easy but not hot whatsoever. It wanted to go out if you set it down to much and started to adopt a tangy flavor. The cappuccino flavor transitioned into a dark roasted coffee, fairly pleasant but needed a spot of cream to make it really great. I also detected a hint of anise or something you'd find in root beer although this was a very subtle flavor. The overall body of flavor started to become more pronounced and lost some of the creaminess from the first third. The smoke started to lose some of its fullness and the burn got pretty uneven and required touching up..
Last Third: After the second ash it was obvious this cigar was made using the "booked" technique; the leaves were nested together and more thickly on once side than the other, resulting in an uneven burn on the thicker side. Not egregious construction, just not premium. The cigar gave up its coffee notes for a mellow blandness with a hint of spice/pepper and a trace a leather that became more pronounced as the cigar burned down. I gave up on the cigar with about 2.25" remaining since I began to get metallic hints and a sniff of ammonia. I could have tolerated the cigar a bit longer if it hadn't lost that nice mellow flavor from the middle third.
I did a quick search and these can be had for about $2.75 each when purchasing a box, but considering there are better cigars for nearly the same money, give it a pass. Its a nice mellow cigar initially but it thoroughly lacks a satisfying finish.
K.M Score: 2.5/5