Review Notes: Very enjoyable. One hour and 15 minute experience. Beautiful to look at, this 7 1/2" monster is wrapped in a silky chocolate wrapper with little to no veins. Feels solid. Easy light, but tough draw, even after my modified DrawPoker (a wooden shishkabob skewer), which I have seen in other Gurkha/K. Hanstotia products. Rich spice to start that folded into notes of cedar, oak, toast, and vanilla. An appreciable sweet aftertaste thorought the whole stick. Mellow to medium-bodied. Not in your face or overpowering. Not a headspinner intrinsically, though the tough draw did have an effect. Gray-white ash. Mild canoeing. Paired well with my Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. All in all, a very pleasant tasting smoke. Bought 10.