(Description taken from Cigar-coop.com website)
After a one year absence, Crowned Heads’ Four Kicks Mule Kick LE 2022 is back for its sixth release. This year the Mule Kick will feature a San Andres Mexican wrapper.
When Mule Kick was first released in 2012, it featured the same blend that was used on Crowned Head’s inaugural release, Four Kicks – but it added a darker priming Ecuadorian Habano wrapper. The Mule Kick Limited Edition 2012 had a limited production of 5,000 cigars and achieved a cult following. Five years later, the company re-released the cigar as the Four Kicks Mule Kick Limited Edition 2017. From 2018 to 2020, the Mule Kick would feature different wrappers (Connecticut Habano, Ecuadoria Sumatra, and Nicaraguan Jalapa). The Mexican wrapper on the 2022 continues the trend of different wrappers.
“We’re very excited to be bringing back the Mule Kick brand after a two year hiatus,” commented Crowned Heads co-founder Jon Huber in a press release. “We began working on this rendition late last year with Ernesto (Perez-Carrillo) and quickly discovered that the Mexican (San Andres) wrapper really complemented the Mule Kick blend; it lended a unique taste profile to the cigar that is unlike any previous Mule Kick version. The 2022 Mule Kick is impeccably balanced with great structure, and exhibited a nice smokey-sweet profile.”
The Mule Kick is a 5 7/8 x 52 vitola. The 2022 edition will be packaged in 10-count boxes. A total allocation of 4,000 boxes were made. Pricing is set at $11.95 per cigar.
The cigar is nicely made and quite dark. It has an average feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was a little firm. I decided I would work with it. The initial flavors at light up were citrus peel, brown sugar, thick nutmeg, dry cocoa, and light black coffee. There was black pepper rated at 7.
At the first third (21 minutes) the ash is still intact. The cigar is starting to develop. The front end most flavor is crabapple and apricot with brown sugar, nutmeg, dry cocoa, and dark chocolate. The finish is apricot and brown sugar with average lingering black pepper. The cigar is medium bodied. I would like the sweetness to develop more but the cigar is not bad. I rated the first third 92.
Moving through the second third (48 minutes) I had the same flavor notes but the citrus peel has crept back in. And now there are light walnuts in the mix. The cigar seemed to get a little sweeter too. Now there is black coffee at the base to go along with the dark chocolate. The flavors have expanded. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The finish is light apricot, light brown sugar, and dark chocolate with good lingering black pepper. The cigar had some improvements. I raised the score to 93.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 13 minutes. The sweetness took a little nose dive in the final third. The crabapple/apricot/citrus peel are quite light, as well as the brown sugar. There is plenty of dark chocolate and black coffee, however. I didn't have the walnut notes anymore. The finish is dark chocolate with good lingering black pepper. The cigar is now full bodied. The cigar got quite dark. The sweetness that crept up in the middle section dropped in the final third. I rated the final third 90.
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