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When Brass Knuckles was launched it Sold Out in 2.5 hours. The feedback from the fans was overwhelming. Everyone wanted more Brass Knuckles! The initial offering was 4.75 x 52 and had a total production of 840 cigars.
The vision of the Brass Knuckles blends are to showcase the best Medio Tiempo and Esteli & Jalapa Ligeros that we've ever smoked! EVER!
Very little is known about this cigar so I am assuming it uses the same basic leaves that the initial production cigar.
Size: 6 x 54
Wrapper: Corojo 99
Filler: Nicaraguan Medio Tiempo, Esteli/Jalapa Ligero
Total Production: 525 cigars (I'd call that an ultra small batch!)
There is nothing special about my getting these cigars. I signed up for updates on the Ezra Zion website. I received an email about the offering of these cigars so I bought a 5 pack.
The cigar is a dark brown and looks spectacular with the tiny metal brass knuckles as the band. The cigar has a very dense feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was great. The initial flavors were a sweet creamy flavor with a lot of brown sugar. There is a sprinkling of citrus but you don't get it until the end of the creamy brown sugar. There was a nice amount of black pepper rated at an 8.
1 inch in there are now thick caramel notes to go along with the brown sugar. The caramel has a touch of butter also. The citrus notes are gone. There is also some black coffee as a base. The finish is a caramel-like flavor with some nice lingering black pepper. The cigar is medium-plus bodied. Not quite medium to full but leaning that way. There is a lot of sweetness in this cigar.
Around the midpoint the flavors have not changed but I must say again, there is a lot of sweet brown sugar and caramel in this cigar. The coffee notes are highly elevated mixing well with the brown sugar and caramel. I had hints of dark chocolate but they did not last. The cigar is now medium to full bodied. There is a nice caramel finish, just like before, with lingering black pepper.
I got a very long burn time out of this cigar. The cigar finished with the massive amounts of brown sugar and caramel. The coffee played a big part as it was quite intense and mixed well. The finish was unchanged. The cigar hit full bodied shortly after the midpoint. This was a very good cigar. Great, sweet flavors with full bodied aspects. If you were lucky enough to snatch some of these let me know what you think but for me it's a winner!
Score: 92
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