Crowned Heads Angels Anvil TAA 2017

Its that time of year again! One of my favorite annual releases is here.  Today we have the Angels Anvil.  This cigar has a light brown wrapper with no visible veins or seems. It comes in at 6 1/4 X 52.  After lighting, the draw is perfect with just the right amount of resistance.  Its producing a large amount of smoke.  The draw flavors are cedar, and cayenne pepper.  The finish flavors sees the Cayenne pepper stay, with the cedar fading.  A dry tobacco and cayenne pepper note are all that remains.  The flavors stay on the palate long into the next draw and are at a medium to full in body.  The burn through the first inch is slightly wavy.

Just over one inch down and the cigar went out on me.  I tapped the ash and it has tunneled.  I did a quick re-light  and started over.  The cigar, unfortunately, feels like a wet sponge at this point.  The cigar is requiring a double puff to get adequate smoke out put.  The draw flavors are still the cayenne pepper and cedar.  The cayenne pepper has become quite bold since the relight.  The finish has the cayenne pepper flavor, a dry tobacco is also still present.  There is also some cedar notes.  An almond like flavor is also coming in and out but the cayenne pepper still dominates in the end.  The burn has needed a touch up a few times after the relight, and the ash is really flaky.  The body is still at a medium to full.

Two inches in and the flavors have shifted.  The draw flavors have seen the cayenne pepper almost completely drop off.  Now a bread flavor is present mixed in with some cedar.  The finish now has some baking spices, pepper, cedar, and almond.  The change of pace was unexpected but welcome.  The burn has evened out some and no more relights have been required to this point, although the cigar is still quite spongy.  The bod is still at a medium to full and the draw is not requiring as many puffs to produce good output.

Three and a half inches down and the burn is still an issue.  It has required several more touch-ups.  The draw still has a tasty array of baking spices and cedar.  The finish continues with the baking spices, pepper, cedar and almond.  Every few puffs a leather note comes in and takes over the finish.  The cigar is still really really really spongy.  The body is staying right at the medium to full range.

With just over an inch and a half left, the cigar was to warm and mushy to keep drawing. The final smoke time was 1 hour and 35 minutes.  Overall, the cigar burned poorly and tunneled a lot.  However, I love the flavors! I'm going to let this one rest in the humidor for a month or so and give it another shot.  If the construction would have been better overall, this cigar would have rated very high!

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Price: $ 10.50

Appearance: 10/10

Draw: 17/20

Burn: 14/20

Flavor: 17/20

Complexity: 17/20

Burn Time: 10/10

Overall Score:  85 / Enjoyable Cigar