Alec Bradley Tempus Quadrum

This cigar is 5 1/2 X 55, and has a box press.  This size is exclusive to the cigar industry giant: Cigars International.  The cigar is a dark brown, slightly reddish looking stick, with very obvious seems spiraling the entire cigar until it hits the cap.  The cigar is almost weight less and has a light pack.  First light shows a extremely sweet cedar and light coffee taste that is very tasty but fades quickly after the draw and leaves little to no after taste.  The body is mild to medium and the draw on the cigar is loose, giving out huge amounts of smoke.  I will have to make sure I do not take to many puffs as I do not want to over heat the cigar.  Usually with a loose draw overheating can become an issue and produce flavors not intended by the blend.

The second third comes at around 30 minutes, which is a considerable amount of time.  The cigar is burning slowly and I'm starting to get a raisin flavor that's complementing the cedar and coffee very nicely.  The smoke out put is starting to calm down a little bit and the cigar is giving me the impression that its want to go out.

At the half way point the cigar has indeed gone out.  I taped the ash off to find that the cigar has completely tunneled and is not burning properly.  I give it a quick relight and the same flavors from the second third are still there however, a chard tobacco taste is very present and takes over the draw flavors.  This chard tobacco flavor comes every time you have to do a relight on a cigar and can last the entirety of the stick.

Now, I am about a quarter inch down from the half way point and all the flavors remain but the chard tobacco has really kicked up and gotten very bitter tasting overshadowing any of the nice raisin, cedar and coffee I was getting early on.  The cigar is getting really hot, and mushy. The huge amounts of smoke are present again, but the cigar is require a touch up every five or six minutes to keep burning evenly.  At this point the cigar is not appetizing at all and I let it go out.

Price: $8.00
Appearance: 89
Draw: 83
Burn: 82
Flavor: 88
Burn Time: 85

Overall Score: 85


I have three more of this cigar and will re-visit it later on, as for this one: Very Disappointing.