Nice mid afternoon sweet smoke. Not overly sweet like some of infused. Construction,burning and draw all near perfect. Just a glass of water to drink. I'll keep some of these around.
Smoooooooooooooth. The sweet cap was an unexpected but pleasant touch. Easy light and draw, and the retrohale has intensity without bite. This is what a cigar should be and punches wel above its price point, in my opinion. This is my new, current go-to smoke. The second and final third had much more bite and wood flavor, but this is just a great cigar.
Very different from my usual. Reminded me of smoking a pipe. Not bad but not something I’ll go for very often. Paired nicely with a s’mores flavored bourbon I picked up. A very sweet treat on a Friday night.
I'm new to the world of cigar smoking, so I'll likely be updating my reviews as I learn more.
That out of the way, Betty is one of my favorites. It has sweet flavors that almost remind me of smoking pipe tobacco, as does the aroma it leaves in the air. I'm not a fan of cigars that have really tight pulls, and this gives enough to know you are smoking without making you feel like you have to work for it. This cigar is definitely a commitment to time, so it's great while in good company, This could be considered the big sister to Sweet Jane, I think, so if you like Sweet Jane, you'll enjoy this as well--and for longer.
Fat Bottom Betty is one of my favorite cigars after a meal. The sweet tip gives just enough to get the experience going with this Maduro. I get a nice leather, cedar, and a hit of cocoa on the back end of the puff. Really pulling out the flavors in the retro-hale.
I don’t like any of the ACID cigars, but the Deadwood series will make you think again about whether or not they can make a sweet tip cigar. Fantastic!
I was given this cigar by a friend and it was fine. I just donet like the artificial sweetened flavor on a cigar. Give me subtle tasting notes, not this over the top stuff. I gave it a decent score because I think it is probably a decent version of this kind of cigar and it smoked ok.
Finally tried one of them trendy deadwood sticks. I loved the 1st half, nice barnyard taste, leathery mouth coating, candied citrus flavor, lots of vanilla and cacao but I was disappointed in the thin smoke, especially for a Drew estate. Unfortunately the last half tasted like nothing but ash. I would try it again though.
• Date: 10/8/2023
• Cigar: Deadwood Fat Bottom Betty Robusto
• Drinking: Water
• Weather: 60 F and very windy. Had to smoke sitting in corner of house with shed door blocking the wind
• Smoke Time: 65 minutes
• Draw: Easy
• Burn: Pain in the ass to light. Consistently ran more on one side so needed regular touchups the whole way through.
• Ash: Decent
• Mouthfeel: Medium/Full
• Nicotine Strength: Light/medium
• Unlit Flavors/Smells: Cap is sweet and tastes of brown sugar and coffee. Absolutely wonderful aroma of sweetness, milk chocolate and raisins. Hints of vanilla and cinnamon. Dry pull has cinnamon and spice and raisins
• Smoking Notes: Starts off spicy with a rough and unpleasant retrohale. Floral tobacco notes with just a faint whisper of coffee. For the first inch black pepper dominates. Secondary notes of cedar. As the 1st third is in full swing it begins to show chestnuts, coffee, and chocolate notes. Half way through the spice has mellowed substantially but retrohale is still uncomfortable. No real prominent flavors other than “burnt” – like chestnuts that were over-roasted. Was about to leave the band on this one until I swished some water around in my mouth and took another pull and it seemed to be more pleasant. Alas it still failed to impress in the final third.
• Conclusion: This was a highly rated one so was excited to try it. Starting to realize I may only enjoy full body cigars that are well aged. Young ones are just harsh (“spicy”) and make retrohaling unpleasant. You really need to be careful to take your time with this one because it is not forgiving when it gets hot. Although this may not be a proper representation of what a young but robust cigar can do seeing as the cap/wrapper is dipped to flavor it but not “infused” so may have substantially lower quality tobacco. This one smelled and tasted better unlit, and the aroma of the smoke was more pleasant than actually smoking it. Wrapper started to unravel towards the end as well, as it seemed dry in spots (despite being a PITA to light). I feel like this was just not kept properly and must be a bad example, so I feel compelled to grab another one from a different vendor and age it for a while in proper conditions. 2/5