SnakeHips Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Took one of these out of the box and smoked it yesterday - 2003 box code. Didn't need to test the draw first, these are always rolled perfectly. Perfectly-centered punch cut, perfect draw (slightly firm). Cold draw gave me tobacco and wood. I figured I was in for a treat, as it was being nice to me already. Lit it up, got pretty much what I expected in terms of flavor - woods, slight sweetness, maybe some leather in there. Mild, as expected. Smoke production was disappointing though; gave me the flavor, but didn't give much smoke to taste, so I struggled to find the flavors. Burned fine, but wouldn't give up the goods. Continued that way for a while, until the half-way point. After then it began to increase in smoke production, giving up the brand flavors of woodiness and baking spices with a surprisingly prevalent sweet note on the back of the tongue that crept up in the second half. Hadn't gotten that before, it was nice. At about an inch left, it began to get bitter and harsh, so I let it go. All in all, satisfying, but not up to par for this smoke. 87/100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josie67 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 I had 7 boxes of these, but over the last 3 months, I have traded 4 away. The 4 boxes I traded were all DIC '05, and I hate to say it, but as these get older, they are becoming more bland. They are fairly mild to begin with, but I loved them up until about 8-10 months ago when I noticed they had less and less flavor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanceSchmerr Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 I had 7 boxes of these, but over the last 3 months, I have traded 4 away. The 4 boxes I traded were all DIC '05, and I hate to say it, but as these get older, they are becoming more bland. They are fairly mild to begin with, but I loved them up until about 8-10 months ago when I noticed they had less and less flavor. Really? I have an oppotunity to pick up a box of these from 2000, and I'm really keen to do so, because they are very hard to find......but if the're gonna be super bland, I don't know........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeHips Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Really? I have an oppotunity to pick up a box of these from 2000, and I'm really keen to do so, because they are very hard to find......but if the're gonna be super bland, I don't know........ When constructed well, my '04s (I said '03 in the review, but I was wrong) taste great, not bland. But I would be wary of any lonsdale from 2000 - plug city usually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PigFish Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I love these, one of my favorite lonsdales. I may dig one out and smoke it today! Thanks for the tip! -P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dochowl Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 When constructed well, my '04s (I said '03 in the review, but I was wrong) taste great, not bland. But I would be wary of any lonsdale from 2000 - plug city usually. Yeah... I've got a box from Oct '01 and it is running about 60% plugged. The ones that are smokeable are quite good. Unfortunately, I'm tossing about half of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rristevski Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 What factory are those from 2001 and 2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotusguy Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 What factory are those from 2001 and 2000 This thread is 6 years old - I wouldn't expect a response.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevieboy Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Hahaha.... Fair comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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