Popular Post ChangBang Posted October 17, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) Chose to do a JLP '17 Conservas that I've had resting since July for this water test review! Figured we should see how a short filler cigar deals with the water dunk...for science Chose 2 that weighted and looked around the same. Left for now and right for Monday or Tuesday. Had a couple of these already and they seem like decent smokes that have a strong flavor. Burn is usually average to below average and doesn't really have flavor transitions. These have been kept around 63-65 rh. To the review Jose L. Piedra Conservas APG OCT 17 Dry Review Cold aroma on these are by far the strongest I've smelled from any cigar. To the point where I considered separating from my other cigars like infused cigars - they have a strong barnyard earthy aroma. Did a punch cutter and draw was a tad loose, but nothing too concerning. Lots of smoke volume due to that. 1/3 and 2/3 Had a strong earthy, leathery and barnyardy flavor through most of the cigar. Quite a bit of pepper in the retrohale that eased up the more I smoked it. 3/3 Last third had a change in flavor profile - getting a lot of grass and hay taste to it. Pepper is all gone and the remaining flavors took a backseat to the grass and hay. The cigar burned a little quick at 45min, which worked for me as I am doing nightshift through the weekend and this was a pre-work smoke. Burn itself was fine, think I ended up touching it up twice, and it was a minor issue. Overall I give it a 5.5/10 - little above average. Flavor was good - not my favorite flavor profile, but still glad I got a box! Jose L. Piedra Conservas APG OCT 17 Wet Review Finished my round of night shifts and was able to do the wet portion of this review. So weird dunking the cigar in a glass of tap water, but here it goes! Did the same punch and the draw was perfect - this is different from the previous loose draw I had, so seeing a difference already. After dunking and punching, immediately went to lighting. Took about 5min for the wrapper to dry and I had to take off the band as that was holding water. Compared to my previous review, there was no pepper detected and predominantly a barnyard and earthy taste to it. Either the other flavors were muted or these flavors just took over after the dunk. After an inch or so, started getting hints of dark chocolate and a touch of sweetness which was cool to see. There really wasn't a change in flavor till I put it down. No grass or hay flavor I got with the dry review. Burn was a touch more wonky and towards the end I had a harder time keeping it lit. I'd give this a slightly lower rating at 5/10 - although the flavor was stronger, it didn't have as many secondary flavors to keep my interest. It was a fun experiment and I'm surprised that there was a noticeable difference with water. Edited October 19, 2020 by ChangBang Added wet review 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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