Wrapper: Ecuadorian Desflorada
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Dominican, Nicaraguan
Vitola: 6 x 48
Purchase Link: Warped El Oso Blanco
EL OSO BLANCO REVIEW – CALIFORNIA
Summary: Call your high school English teacher and say, "what's up," because this cigar starts out with some serious alliteration: pepper, potpourri, and peanuts. Tagging in for the short-lived nuts, ginger joins the jaunt.
Halfway down, honey, Graham crackers, and a tinge of coffee bring me to peak enjoyment levels. Green pepper continues the trend of fresh spice. The smoking time on this thing is going to be way longer than I expected, and I'm all about it. Potpourri persists to the finish like a wreath of flowers for a derby victor.
If You Like That, You Might Like This: Lightspeed.
Pairing Suggestion: Rye.
Purchase Recommendation to a Friend: Box.
EL OSO BLANCO REVIEW – WISCONSIN
Summary: This cigar brought flavors of peanut, hay, cream, Ritz cracker, lemon, and pepper on the finish. But there was virtually no pepper before the finish. The cigar was mostly defined by creamy citrus notes.
The draw was on the loose side, but in the 'completely acceptable' range. The burn got uneven at times, but always corrected itself.
If You Like That, You Might Like This: Lemon cheesecake
Pairing Suggestion: A light ale.
Purchase Recommendation to a Friend: 5-pack.
EL OSO BLANCO REVIEW – OREGON
Summary: This cigar looks baller. Aesthetically pleasing. The cold draw is perfect. Tasting bread and some nutmeg.
Wood, green apple, and a creamy floral note hit the palate out of the gate. The retro hale is creamy and citrusy at the front but carries a decent white pepper heat at the end.
Middle section and things have changed a little. Mild wood notes join with sour apple notes and bread along with a creamy leather finish. The retro hale is a creamy mixture of wood, mineral notes and some citrus on the end. There’s an interesting spicy flavor hanging in there too.
End portion of this cigar is a super smooth and creamy mixture of leather and wood notes accented with citrus. The retro hale is picking up more heat again. Lots of white pepper and leather. Although the flavor profile doesn’t seem to have any major changes, I really like it.
If You Like That, You Might Like This: Mild cigars you can recommend to a friend.
Pairing Suggestion: Tequila…this would be a perfect match!
Purchase Recommendation to a Friend: Box it up!
Participants in this blind review were completely unaware of the cigar they were evaluating until all submissions were received and processed. Each participant was asked to answer a summary paragraph, an if/than statement, a pairing suggestion, and a purchase suggestion. Cigars were provided by Small Batch with only the expectations of candid responses. All pictures, information, and formatting were completed by a Coordinator outside of the reviewing process.
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