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So far all the BLTC cigars are robustos measuring in at 5" x54 and vary in their blends. The Lawless is all Nicaraguan with an oily Colorado Maduro wrapper that smelled of cocoa and spice. Very nicely constructed though the seam was raised and hard. The label is a work of art and I imagine many smokers will be saving them. Despite having only been unboxed yesterday and humidified overnight they were ready to go and felt just right, firmly packed with a little spring when squeezed. I smoked this with MarkLondon so we compared notes throughout. We both punched and the draw was easy and tasted of earth with a little chilli sting on the lips.
It lit easily and was soon producing plenty of smoke with a slightly salty and oily texture and a definite roast nut flavour. The manufacturer describes it as having cinnamon notes; a flavour you can't mistake, but neither of us got that. Despite this it was off to a great start.
The burn on both of them was uneven and the ash was a pale grey and layered nicely. Mark's was racing away and I initially put this down to him smoking faster than me as usual but I soon noticed that my smoke production was slowing down dramatically. I took the drastic step of lancing it with a convenient panel pin which opened up the draw again but I noticed that it took a lot of effort to pierce. Think of pushing a pin into fibreboard and you'll be close.
A couple of times we both noticed flavour transitions but neither of us could pin them down, best description would be a cleaner taste.
Mine went out and needed lancing again and eventually went out completely with two inches ago. A little field surgery care of a Stanley knife revealed a few quite hard knots of tobacco in the last inch or so. Mark's conversely smoked fine till the end except for needing some burn correction and lasted 75 minutes.
We both agreed on a score of 7/10 and were saddened that what started out so promising just ran out of steam. If it really had tasted of cinnamon I would have forgiven anything!
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It lit easily and was soon producing plenty of smoke with a slightly salty and oily texture and a definite roast nut flavour. The manufacturer describes it as having cinnamon notes; a flavour you can't mistake, but neither of us got that. Despite this it was off to a great start.
The burn on both of them was uneven and the ash was a pale grey and layered nicely. Mark's was racing away and I initially put this down to him smoking faster than me as usual but I soon noticed that my smoke production was slowing down dramatically. I took the drastic step of lancing it with a convenient panel pin which opened up the draw again but I noticed that it took a lot of effort to pierce. Think of pushing a pin into fibreboard and you'll be close.
A couple of times we both noticed flavour transitions but neither of us could pin them down, best description would be a cleaner taste.
Mine went out and needed lancing again and eventually went out completely with two inches ago. A little field surgery care of a Stanley knife revealed a few quite hard knots of tobacco in the last inch or so. Mark's conversely smoked fine till the end except for needing some burn correction and lasted 75 minutes.
We both agreed on a score of 7/10 and were saddened that what started out so promising just ran out of steam. If it really had tasted of cinnamon I would have forgiven anything!
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.....Music was good......Conversation was good.....Lunch was good.
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