Hit and Run Ii Rip and Dip Cigar Review

In 2017, Matt Booth returned to the cigar world afterward a curt hiatus. The return was through a collaboration with Robert Caldwell with a cigar known as the Hit & Run. That cigar placed #sixteen in the Stogie Press top cigars for 2017. Now back in full swing again, Booth and Caldwell have collaborated again. Introduced at the 2018 IPCPR, the Hit & Run Part Deux (Rip & Dip) was introduced to the world.

Hit & Run Part Deux (Rip & Dip) — Hitting & Run Part Deux (Rip & Dip)

Robert Caldwell explained to me at the show that this next rendition of the Hit & Run was blended to be bolder than the original, using a special Central American Habano wrapper. The total alloy is not fully disclosed, but what we were told, it is blended as follows:

Wrapper – Central American Habano
Binder – Undisclosed
Filler – Domincan, Nicaraguan, U.S.

The Striking & Run Part Deux is available in four vitolas and come packaged in 10-count boxes:

Short Robusto (4.5 ten 46 ) MSRP $9.50
Almost Robusto (4.75 x 54) MSRP $11.fifty
Super Toro (6 x 54) MSRP $12.fifty
About Churchill (six.25 x 48) MSRP $10.50

Like other Caldwell offerings, the Striking & Run Part Deux is manufactured at Tabacalera William Ventura in Tamboril, Dominican Republic.

For this review I sampled the Striking & Run Part Deux – Well-nigh Robusto, which I received at the Caldwell Cigars berth at this years IPCPR.

Pre-Lite Test

The Striking & Run Role Deux showcases a beautiful reddish brown marbled wrapper that has a few veins and a decent oily sheen. The cigar feels solid in the manus with no noticeable soft spots. It is finished with a well applied triple cap.

Two bands adorn the cigar. The chief band features the Room 101 logo centered on a grey background. The engagement 2018 is printed in gold to the left the "LTD" in gilt on the right of the logo indicating this is a limited 2018 release. A gold secondary band lies below the primary and is printed with "101" in the heart cogent this is a Room 101 creation. Information technology should be noted that these are being distributed by Caldwell Cigars.

Running the cigar across the nose I picked up a sweet curing barn aroma forth the barrel and earthy notes off the pes.

I sliced the cap with my double bract Xikar cutter and proceeded to take in some common cold depict puffs. In that location was a nice restriction to the depict with notes of black pepper, earth, and sweet. The pre-light was inviting and now it was time to fire upward the Hitting & Run Role Deux to see how it performs.

Cigar Review Notes

A stiff black pepper starts the journeying opening the nasals on the first few puffs and retro-hale
Rich thick smoke fills the palate
Shortly into the journey, an off burn developed which I left alone to see if information technology corrects
A solid white ash evolves resting on a thick char line
Sugariness and spice with a fruity finish enters
The run continued and information technology required a major affect up earlier the cease of the get-go third
The ash fell during the affect-upward and revealed an off-centered burn cone and hole on top
Maple syrup smell wafts off the foot
Spice continues
The shaft gets hot to bear upon in the second third
Slight bitterness enters and then fades into a natural sugariness
Herbal notes join the spice and sweetness
Off burn starts again and required another touch on-up
Cinnamon spice opens up treating the palate to a delectable set of notes reminding me of a morning cinnamon bun
Creamy Sweetness at the final
Medium in Strength
Full Smoking Time was 1 hour and xx minutes

Overall, nosotros rate the Caldwell-Booth Striking & Run Office Deux Almost Robusto an 87. While the cigar had some terrific flavor notes and aromas, the off burns and major touch-ups have seriously detracted from the score. Sadly, at a price of $eleven.50 per cigar, this is not ane I could recommend. I expect an error-complimentary smoking experience at that price regardless of which cigar I take from the box.

Bespeak Deductions: (-4) Multiple/Major Touch-ups; (-1) Burns hot to the affect; (-1) Off Centered Burn Cone; (-1) Flat Burn Cone; (-2) Should be Lower in Price