{"id":3204,"date":"2024-10-30T11:40:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T18:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/?p=3204"},"modified":"2024-11-09T09:28:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T17:28:23","slug":"ep-carrillo-allegiance-sidekick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/?p=3204","title":{"rendered":"EP Carrillo Allegiance Sidekick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Size:<\/strong> 5&#8243; x 50 (Robusto)<br><strong>Origin:<\/strong> Nicaragua<br><strong>Wrapper:<\/strong> Ecuadorian Sumatra Seed<br><strong>Binder:<\/strong> Nicaragua<br><strong>Filler:<\/strong> Nicaragua<br><strong>Smoking Time:<\/strong> 60 minutes<br><strong>Body:<\/strong> Medium<br><strong>Strength:<\/strong> Mild<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For today&#8217;s review, we&#8217;ve got an interesting stick from EP Carrillo. It&#8217;s actually rolled at the Oliva factory using Oliva tobacco but was blended by EP himself. Pretty cool! There&#8217;s some more information <a href=\"https:\/\/epcarrillo.com\/allegiance\/\">here<\/a> if you are so inclined to read about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a beautiful looking cigar. The wrapper is a deep shade of brown and smells wonderful. The bands are striking in appearance. I could do without the band on the foot however, as it was difficult to remove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first 2\/3rds of this cigar are quite pleasant. It starts with a tangy taste that reminds me of whole wheat sourdough. There is a nice long finish. The cigar remains consistent with this flavor profile throughout the first 2\/3rds. Unfortunately, the final third of the cigar takes a turn for the worse with the pleasant sourdough notes fading. I begin to pick up some grassy notes which are not terrible, but the first 2\/3rds of the cigar were better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Construction notes: <\/strong>Great construction! The burn line got a little wavy at times but corrected itself. The cigar did not go out at all and required no touchups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When to smoke it: <\/strong>I think this cigar would work well in the afternoon or evening. It&#8217;s firmly medium bodied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EPC1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EPC1-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3208\" srcset=\"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EPC1-769x1024.jpg 769w, http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EPC1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EPC1-768x1023.jpg 768w, http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EPC1-150x200.jpg 150w, http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EPC1-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EPC1.jpg 933w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Size: 5&#8243; x 50 (Robusto)Origin: NicaraguaWrapper: Ecuadorian Sumatra SeedBinder: NicaraguaFiller: NicaraguaSmoking Time: 60 minutesBody: MediumStrength: Mild For today&#8217;s review, we&#8217;ve got an interesting stick from EP Carrillo. It&#8217;s actually rolled at the Oliva factory using Oliva tobacco but was blended by EP himself. Pretty cool! There&#8217;s some more information here if you are so inclined<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[145,148,142,74,147],"class_list":{"0":"post-3204","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-written-reviews","8":"tag-ep-carrillo","9":"tag-medium-body","10":"tag-new-world","11":"tag-non-cuban","12":"tag-written-review"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3204"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3209,"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204\/revisions\/3209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}