ROTT

As soon as this thing hits your lips you feel the heat of the wrapper, my first thought was to look for something to drink. So, I grabbed a Sierra Nevada Porter & a glass of water. The pre-light aroma was very earthy and zesty. Wrapper was dark brown and construction was very nice.

First Inch or so was full of spice (black pepper, cinnamon), but not overwhelmingly so. It seemed to blend perfectly with the earthy type flavors I was picking up. For the first third it seemed to mellow down quite a bit but was definitely full bodied and flavored. The burn was impeccable and didn't need any corrections. Tons of thick white smoke.

The Second third was still very consistent, Spice with flavors of raisins and earth picked up, nice complexity. The ash was light grey and held together beautifully.

The last third of the cigar started to pick up the pepper and cinnamon again with a little intensity but again not overwhelmingly so. Still flavors of earth and rasins and plenty of smoke. I smoked it all the way to the nub and was very happy with the performance of this full bodied cigar ROTT.

Make sure you have a full stomach for this one. All and all I enjoyed this cigar in its entirety and the Porter paired perfectly with the full flavors of the Punisher. Can't wait to try one with some age on it.







"Got to get me some lip burn!" - Tim

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Nice review. Looking forward to trying this one. Sounds awesome. Any info on when they'll be released? I know they're only available in the tapout sampler right now.

The Punisher ROTT, freakin' awesome! Sierra Nevada to boot, ummmmm...

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awesome..good to finally hear some info about this one. I thought I remember hearing spring release on these but yet it is available in the Tap-out. Perhaps we will be able to buy singles and boxes at that time.

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Team ENFIDL

I got mine 2 days ago and am going to wait about a month before I try it.
It looks like a great stick.

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I found it to be way too spicy!!! My lips were burning for quite some time after. I won't buy this one again.

christian1971:

I found it to be way too spicy!!! My lips were burning for quite some time after. I won't buy this one again.

That was part of the fun, I didn't like the lip burn at first, but by the half way point I was already looking forward to my next Punisher.

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Nice review. I am looking forward to trying this one out soon.

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j0z3r:

christian1971:

I found it to be way too spicy!!! My lips were burning for quite some time after. I won't buy this one again.

That was part of the fun, I didn't like the lip burn at first, but by the half way point I was already looking forward to my next Punisher.

This is usually the first aspect of a cigar to mellow with age.

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Dang it I want one

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J0z3r - hey man can you email me?  tblythe@cigar.com

Got a question for ya!

timb:

J0z3r - hey man can you email me?  tblythe@cigar.com

Got a question for ya!

email sent Tim.

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timb:

J0z3r - hey man can you email me?  tblythe@cigar.com

Got a question for ya!

You know you are special when you are summoned by "The Beard" :)

This must have been in reference to your quote in his latest email deal.

I just tried The Punisher a couple days ago and wow, what a different stick.
The peppery bite on the lips and the flavors of the cigar. I am going to age the rest.

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Thanks to a trade with ShotgunJohn i will get to add this CA Intenso Punisher to my line up. I think I will create a new challenge. Both blends in one afternoon, Intenso "in extremis"

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ShotgunJohn:

timb:

J0z3r - hey man can you email me?  tblythe@cigar.com

Got a question for ya!

You know you are special when you are summoned by "The Beard" :)

This must have been in reference to your quote in his latest email deal.

I just tried The Punisher a couple days ago and wow, what a different stick.
The peppery bite on the lips and the flavors of the cigar. I am going to age the rest.

And can you believe I didn't even get a free five pack?

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