HdM Excalibur 1066 Merlin

50 x 5.25

Overall score:    2.5/5.0

A non-event.  Pretty stick, good construction, nice draw, good smoke volume, no flavor - maybe a little in the last 2 inches.  Got one short hit of cocoa when I exhaled smoke through my nose.  No finish.  A very disappointing cigar.  The Knob Creek I was sipping completely overpowered the cigar so I switched to water until the cigar was finished.  I have a couple more, perhaps they will be better in the afternoon on an empty stomach.

I suppose it could have been the ambience that overpowered the cigar.  75th floor of the Columbia Tower in Seattle after a 5 course meal on the 76th floor with Jary - crab cakes, mushroom bisque capped with puffed pastry (not a cream eater, so I just nibbled on the pastry), mixed green salad with chilled baked pear, Aussie lobster tail and filet mignon, and a medley of fruit in a crisp sugar caramel syrup cup. 

Met the pres of Oracle, Charles Phillips, and got to ask questions about the direction of the company.

Demonick