Grumpy Dano
Lost In The Jungle
As promised I got to try my first Taboo today. It was the Robusto Special Forces Original. It was sent to me by jaycarla as posted in the bomb thread yesterday. Again a thanks goes out to him for giving me that chance at a Taboo.
Before lighting it up I noticed it was very dark wrapped and the appearance was solid and all in all a very good wrapped cigar. I did a punch cut on it and toasted the foot and began to enjoy.
A note here, about ten minutes into it, my water heater burst so this was smoked during the mad rush to eliminate the ongoing distraction of having to put out that fire so I could enjoy this fired up smoke. I do not like to be distracted when trying to enjoy what would turn out to be a very pleasant experience.
The first tastes were spicy but not overpowering. It was easy to snork and very mellow but for the most part tasty.
I noticed right after firing it up it seemed to draw a little hard, but for being distracted as i was, I didn't pay the tight draw too much attention.
At this point I noticed a little irregular burn but the taste held solid but it seemed to not improve as far as the draw went. I did something I never have tried before and was scared I was about to screw up but I took my cutter and snipped off the cap just a little and the draw improved somewhat. I guess the snipping off was done before the cap got to moist and it didn't damage the cap area at all, lucky me.
At this point it still was burning a little irregular but I figured when the ash finally did decide to drop away I could repair that easily, but still the draw seemed tight. This sucker definitely hold the ash well and still the taste was good and I even has hints of a semi sweetness to it.
With the first ash drop off I did a little investigation and found the tight spot on the stick was at the cap area so I did a little gently rolling it and squeezing it in my fingers and all of a sudden the draw problem was not an issue anymore. Again the ash held solid, and the taste was medium to me and the flavor was pleasant.
As you can see with the better draw I think the burn corrected itself nicely and the flavor intensified as it got to a nub size.
All in all it was a very enjoyable smoke and I noticed when all was done I had a slight buzz going as well. I needed that as by this time I was up to my neck with a water heater mess that just wouldn't go away.
I will smoke more of these for sure. Next time it will be on my terms and not my exploded water heater.
I hope this half-assed review helps those out there who were deciding to go grab one of these cause I think its definitely worth a try, and definitely worth another day as well.
-Danny
Before lighting it up I noticed it was very dark wrapped and the appearance was solid and all in all a very good wrapped cigar. I did a punch cut on it and toasted the foot and began to enjoy.
A note here, about ten minutes into it, my water heater burst so this was smoked during the mad rush to eliminate the ongoing distraction of having to put out that fire so I could enjoy this fired up smoke. I do not like to be distracted when trying to enjoy what would turn out to be a very pleasant experience.
The first tastes were spicy but not overpowering. It was easy to snork and very mellow but for the most part tasty.
I noticed right after firing it up it seemed to draw a little hard, but for being distracted as i was, I didn't pay the tight draw too much attention.
At this point I noticed a little irregular burn but the taste held solid but it seemed to not improve as far as the draw went. I did something I never have tried before and was scared I was about to screw up but I took my cutter and snipped off the cap just a little and the draw improved somewhat. I guess the snipping off was done before the cap got to moist and it didn't damage the cap area at all, lucky me.
At this point it still was burning a little irregular but I figured when the ash finally did decide to drop away I could repair that easily, but still the draw seemed tight. This sucker definitely hold the ash well and still the taste was good and I even has hints of a semi sweetness to it.
With the first ash drop off I did a little investigation and found the tight spot on the stick was at the cap area so I did a little gently rolling it and squeezing it in my fingers and all of a sudden the draw problem was not an issue anymore. Again the ash held solid, and the taste was medium to me and the flavor was pleasant.
As you can see with the better draw I think the burn corrected itself nicely and the flavor intensified as it got to a nub size.
All in all it was a very enjoyable smoke and I noticed when all was done I had a slight buzz going as well. I needed that as by this time I was up to my neck with a water heater mess that just wouldn't go away.
I will smoke more of these for sure. Next time it will be on my terms and not my exploded water heater.
I hope this half-assed review helps those out there who were deciding to go grab one of these cause I think its definitely worth a try, and definitely worth another day as well.
-Danny