Tonight I smoked an Exile churchill during the Pro-Bowl. It's been in my humi for 5 months.

Pre-smoke:
Unique and gorgeous paper wrapping. Wrapper was rough, but in a good way. Construction was top notch. Pre-light smell was a little peppery and the draw had tastes of black licorice and apricot.

Smoke:
Cut it with my new Tat cutter I got at the event yesterday and lit it with my trusty Blazer torch.
Draw was smooth and gave me a good amount of smoke on each puff.
Burn started very poorly with bad flagging in one place. I needed to touch it up 4 times until the halfway point when it finally evened out.
Ash was a nice light grey, but was flaky.
Slight nutty taste, but full of that good "cigar" flavor. Very little taste of pepper.
Cigar started out medium and ended Medium-Full.
I got a nice little nic buzz from it.
I had to re-light it with about 1 1/2 inches left, but I really wanted to nub this smoke because it was good enough to. Not harsh or hot.
Overall, I gave it a 7 out of 10. I have a few smaller Exiles that I feel will pack more "punch" and I'm looking forward to trying.

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Nice pics Ron!
I especially like the composition of the NUBBER. Never saw one of these before.
When we get together at Famous I'll have to see this tool.

I enjoy the EXILE PErfection #2 quite a bit. I've not had another type...
Tom
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Carlito's stogie nubber I bought from cigarmony.com. I got it back b4 x-mas and it comes in handy. i haven't actually used it at an event yet. only at home.
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Thanks for the review and the pictures Ron.
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Thanks for the reveiw. I have a few of these resting in the humi. Cant wait
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