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Lasabar:Mmmmmm Kelner Musk...It's kinda like when you notice a Stripper fart... Yeah it smells, but she's hot and you paid $20, so you ain't saying nuthin'
rwheelwright: Lasabar:Mmmmmm Kelner Musk...It's kinda like when you notice a Stripper fart... Yeah it smells, but she's hot and you paid $20, so you ain't saying nuthin' Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp!
kuzi16: 4-29-10 been in humi since 12-24-08 Gurkha Beast (6.5 x 58) Wrapper: Costa Rican Maduro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Dominican, Honduran, Columbian This cigar is dark. In the humidor it was sitting between a 5 Vegas Series A and a Gurkha Titan. I’m only noting this because all three use a Costa Rican maduro wrapper, with Dominican and Honduran fillers. The titan is, as far as I can tell the same blend as the Beast but in a bit smaller vitola (6.2 x 56). All three of these cigars are about the same color. I’m not sure how they got next to each other. The smell before it is cut is very barn yard. This seems to be typical out of many maduros that are this dark. The band is very hard to take off. A tiny bit of the wrapper comes off as I peel off the band. I hate that. Far too many cigars do that. The cedar and second band came off just fine. A lick on the cap has almost no flavor at all. there is just a hint of classic tobacco. Cut with my Xikar 007 punch. I find the draw a bit on the easy side and it brings with it a mild coffee and earth flavor. The first puffs are slightly sweet and a hint of coffee. The finish is a tiny bit of spice. All of these flavors are a bit washed out. There is nothing that stands out at all. An underlying earth develops after a very short time but again it is not pronounced. The cool temperatures of the smoke, in conjunction with the easy draw, give a very airy texture to the puffs. The first ash is just after an inch. A bit of spice has entered the mix on the finish and is a bit long but not unfavorably so. The sweet has left but the cigar is not bitter. there is maybe a bit of coffee and cedar but again, nothing jumps out. At the half way point the sweetness returns on an inconsistent basis. The draw is a bit too easy. The draw is so easy, and the flavors are so mild it is causing me to smoke fast, and this speed is probably what is causing the inconsistent sweet. The body is a medium-full but the flavor is mild-medium. The fast smoking to get flavor and full body are causing me to feel the cigar more so than I would otherwise. The burn isn’t perfect but all problems with the burn seem to even themselves out quickly. The last third finally has built up some flavor. It has rounded out and reminds me of how many Honduran cigars’ smoke feel in the mouth. It is earthy, coffee, slightly nutty, with a mild pepper on the finish. As the burn approaches where the band was the wrapper becomes a bit flakey. The final puffs are consistent with the final third. Burn to the nub in 2 hours 15 minutes. Part of the hype about this cigar is the size. It’s a big enough vitola that it’s called “Beast.” So as strange as this may sound, in my opinion this cigar would be better in a (much) smaller ring gauge. The flavors would not be as washed out. This cigar would have a better feel to it if it was about half the cost. IMHO that’s closer to what it is worth. This cigar would have also rated higher if the balance between the flavor and the body were better. That brought it down considerably. Burn: 9 Draw: 8 Taste: 8 Aftertaste: 9 Balance: 7 Construction: 8 Feel: 7.5 Overall: 8.1
Ken Light:Now what we have is a president who is a limp d!ck worthless piece of slow-acting, overly-analytical nonsense wrapped in a fast-melting candy-coating made of hope... Get him the hell out of there.
Dark Roast:+1 on review of review. Your a natural!