Cigar Geeks - Lost & Found (formerly B/C/S, Impromptu) Pepper Cream Soda

Cigar Geeks Geek Critique

Lost & Found (formerly B/C/S, Impromptu) Pepper Cream Soda
Written by Cigar Geeks Member: Gary (headfirst)

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Welcome to another Member sponsored Geek Critique. This one has been generously sponsored by our member 05Venturer (Kent). The cigar provided for this round is the http://www.cigargeeks.com/cigardb/default.asp?action=showcig&cigar_id=192578">Caldwell Lost & Found Pepper Cream Soda Corona Gordo.

The Hype: Keeping in line with the rest of the Lost & Found cigars, these are vintage sticks that Robert Caldwell "discovered" in his travels and re-branded for limited release. The original Pepper Cream Soda was released in 2014 as a Robusto. This Corona Gordo, hailing from the original Robusto 2006 variety, is limited to 3,200 cigars.

Lost & Found (formerly B/C/S, Impromptu) Pepper Cream Soda

Brand:: Lost & Found (formerly B/C/S, Impromptu)
Name:: Pepper Cream Soda
Length:: 5.5
Ring Gauge:: 48
Country of Origin:: Dominican Republic
Filler:: Dominican Republic
Wrapper:: Ecuador
Color:: Colorado
Strength:: Mild-Medium
Shape:: Corona Grande
Average Member Rating:: (2 Review(s))
Notes:: Keeping in line with the rest of the Lost & Found cigars, these are vintage sticks that Robert Caldwell “discovered” in his travels and re-branded for limited release. The original Pepper Cream Soda was released in 2014 as a Robusto. This Corona Gordo, hailing from the original Robusto 2006 variety, is limited to 3,200 cigars

This cigar was enjoyed with Enegren Dunkel Munich Style Dark Lager

Pre-Light: 7 Points of 10 Possible

The wrapper is medium brown with no real sheen at all, a little bit of visible veining. The band almost has the look a green construction paper, very simple look overall to the cigar. The canon is firm and feels fairly weighty in the hand for the size. Triple cap seems well applied and nice tight seams. The pack on the foot looks about right, not overpacked and not too loose.

The aroma on the wrapper is sweet with some baking spices, maybe nutmeg and clove.

Lighting and Burn: 14 Points of 15 Possible

The light was a little laborious but it did eventually light all the way around. Ash is tight and white, burn is incredibly even, very impressed on how solid the ash was and how straight the burn was. No corrections needed at all, not even a waver.

Construction: 10 Points of 30 Possible

The wrapper and cap performed flawlessly throughout the smoke. That's where the positives end here.

V cut reveals a completely plugged situation. Straight cut to see if that fixes things, no luck. Bored up to 2 inches and it didn't help. The draw was very tight the whole way, like drinking a milkshake through a straw.

Flavor and Aroma: 35 Points of 45 Possible

First puffs are telling of the name, some creaminess to it and almost a white pepper in the retro and the finish. I get a hint of sour lemon now and then early on. The creaminess almost takes on a peat quality, almost chalky on the pallet.

At the first inch I detect something new in the retro, a little cedar and the sweetness and spices mentioned on the prelight wrapper aroma. The sour lemon starts to dominate on the pallet and the pepper has pretty much vanished. It's an interesting dynamic between the pallet and the retro, on such different parts of the flavor spectrum from each other.

Around 1.5-2 inches the peat starts to show up again, over the lemon on the pallet.

At about the halfway mark I pick up a little nuttiness on the retro which comes and goes into the last third. With 2 inches left the cigar turned bitter/harsh, I'm sure from the draw battle, and I called it a day.

Overall I wanted a little more intensity on the flavors but I'm sure it was hampered by the tight draw.

Summary

Thanks to Kent for sponsoring on this one, I was glad to try it. Unfortunately this one was plugged from start to finish so it didn't impress. Hoping others didn't have this issue and I look forward to seeing what they thought.