Hoyo de Monterrey Double Corona, Late 2016 SSR

[Kitchen]

What can I say, life is good and this year has been great.

Not only have I been balls to the wall busy with work, with little time to relax, my other half and I managed to buy our first house not even two weeks ago, for about 35% below market value.  If you’re wondering how, well you cant get a house that cheap without it being a fixer upper.  Not that I mind; I’d rather design and renovate a house to my liking then buy something that is poorly designed.  So in addition to photographing a ton of projects this fall, I have also been demoing our kitchen down to the joists and studs (I swear, removing plaster is the dustiest activity I have ever engaged in), meeting with a kitchen cabinet & countertop guy, electrician, plumber, and a roofer.  Needless to say, I have not had time to celebrate, until now.

Out in Rochester, MN this weekend for a project and have a whole lot of time to kill this Friday.  So why not light up this Hoyo DC I brought with me.  I have yet to try a Hoyo DC and have been looking forward to lighting this one up for the last few months.  I am not sure of the exact date; picked this up with 3 other singles, but it is about a year and half old.  So we here we go.

Aroma at cold was a nice light coffee, and the first light brought out different shades of coffee, mainly light roasts.  Wrapped in was a nice amount of vanilla and cream throughout, with a finish of light white pepper, just noticeable, but it quickly disappeared.  The body was mild to medium and quite a nice start.  Unfortunately, after I lit this up, it started raining and I was a mile walk from my hotel.  So I was found a nice gazebo to hang out under to wait the rain out.  

After the stick got heated up a bit, some cloves and baking spices started to come out.  The coffee aspect of the stick now moved to the finish but was still light in roast.

The rest of the first third was an interplay of changing notes and a fight for dominance of flavor.  Baking spices started transitioning in a out, with cloves being the dominate force.  Cinnamon was there too, maybe nutmeg, if you really thought about it.  Very much reminded of the Lotus Biscoff cookies that are served on planes at times.  Vanilla also came in and out as a dominance flavor.  

As the first third comes to an end, the stick becomes pure coffee, and starts to take the forefront, becoming a more medium roast.  Also the white pepper starts to introduce itself again.

As the midway point approaches, the coffee starts to come back down to a light roast and that hazelnut/Frangelico aspect of Hoyo, we all love, starts to come in, although mild.  This remains consistent, for the next 30 minutes or so, and was quite enjoyable.

The final third stayed pretty much the same as the midway point, only the nuttiest got stronger.  At first, the hazelnut aspect increased, but soon cashew and a touch of peanuts started to become introduced.

After about 90 minutes, it was time to end it.  The stick was getting quite warm at this point, become pure nuts and a little mongrel of its youth was coming out.  All and all though, a great stick to celebrate a new house purchase.  Now just to decide what to have when the renovation is complete.  Hopefully it will not be too cold.  

[BinBin]

Can’t wait for my box to come. These seem pretty rare for a few months. Heard only good things

[MikeinKS]

Great review.  I had my first HDM yesterday and really enjoyed it.  The subtleties of the flavors building throughout the smoke actually made me enjoy it more and more - even after I was done smoking it.

[Raskol]

Nice review... Thank you! Congrats on your new house..

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[Islandboy]

Well done. You captured the essence of one of my favs.

[Kitchen]

On 10/27/2018 at 1:39 PM, Islandboy said:

Well done. You captured the essence of one of my favs.

Thanks.  I can see why it is a fav of yours!

[Kitchen]

On 10/27/2018 at 10:53 AM, Raskol said:

Nice review... Thank you! Congrats on your new house..

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Thanks.  I hope we can get it finished in time for the holidays!