{"id":3256,"date":"2024-12-15T13:36:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T21:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/?p=3256"},"modified":"2024-12-16T19:55:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T03:55:16","slug":"ep-carrillo-pledge-prequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/?p=3256","title":{"rendered":"EP Carrillo Pledge Prequel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Size:<\/strong>&nbsp;5&#8243; x 50<br><strong>Origin:<\/strong>&nbsp;Nicaragua<br><strong>Wrapper:<\/strong>&nbsp;USA<br><strong>Binder:<\/strong>&nbsp;Ecuador<br><strong>Filler:<\/strong>&nbsp;Nicaragua<br><strong>Smoking Time:<\/strong>&nbsp;40 minutes (I put it down early)<br><strong>Body:<\/strong>&nbsp;Medium-Full<br><strong>Strength:<\/strong>&nbsp;Medium-Full<br><strong>Price:&nbsp;<\/strong>$11.25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lets start with some positive news. This is definitely a nice cigar to look at. The wrapper is a deep, rich brown. The cigar smells fantastic prelight. There&#8217;s a ton of sweetness present on the wrapper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I gave the cigar a straight cut. The cold draw is pretty mild. Just some tobacco and cedar notes present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the light, I&#8217;m hit with a big blast of pepper. It&#8217;s not appealing. The finish is long and peppery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully the pepper settles down after a few minutes, but the flavor profile is pretty flat. Just not much going on. The cigar is burning great, however. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As things progress, the cigar does become smoother but there really isn&#8217;t much happening on my palate. Some faint raisin notes enter the mix but that&#8217;s about it. It&#8217;s a perfectly smokable cigar, but there&#8217;s just not enough there to keep it interesting. I decide that this cigar really isn&#8217;t my cup of tea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cigar goes out about halfway through and I take that as a sign from the cigar Gods, and don&#8217;t bother relighting it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Construction Notes:\u00a0<\/strong>About the only bright spot. Great draw. Great burn up until it went out at the halfway point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When to smoke it:&nbsp;<\/strong>Ehhhh, maybe just don&#8217;t. Smoke an Allegiance instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pledge2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pledge2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3258\" srcset=\"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pledge2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pledge2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pledge2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pledge2-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pledge2-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pledge2-1200x900.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pledge2.jpg 1319w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Size:&nbsp;5&#8243; x 50Origin:&nbsp;NicaraguaWrapper:&nbsp;USABinder:&nbsp;EcuadorFiller:&nbsp;NicaraguaSmoking Time:&nbsp;40 minutes (I put it down early)Body:&nbsp;Medium-FullStrength:&nbsp;Medium-FullPrice:&nbsp;$11.25 Lets start with some positive news. This is definitely a nice cigar to look at. The wrapper is a deep, rich brown. The cigar smells fantastic prelight. There&#8217;s a ton of sweetness present on the wrapper. I gave the cigar a straight cut. The cold<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[145,142,74,158],"class_list":{"0":"post-3256","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-new-world","10":"tag-non-cuban","11":"tag-pledge"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3256","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=3256"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3262,"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3256\/revisions\/3262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canadacigarforum.com\/homev3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}