It may not be an emphatic yes, but it’s a yes nonetheless. The dark chocolate morphs into a thick Hershey’s syrup, with cinnamon and molasses trailing along into the toro’s final moments. A punchy spice is followed by an overdose of hardwoods (a combination of charred oak and hickory), being almost barbecue-like when combined. Halfway and beyond, there is a noticeable downturn in flavor output. Throughout the first half, the cigar is roughly medium-full in flavor, medium in strength, and medium-plus in overall body. The burn is straight, revealing a semi-flakey, dull gray ash-which holds for nearly two inches. The cigar’s first half is rounded out with a darker chocolate note, an exceptional toasted marshmallow sweetness, and cherry lingering in the background.Ĭhuck shows a much better smoking draw than the pre-light experience, being virtually perfect (perhaps a hair too firm, if anything) and backed by medium bursts of smoke on each puff.
This combination makes for a brilliant pairing with bourbon, bringing out more of the toasted wood components and ramped up sweetnesses of vanilla and caramel. There are also loads of sourdough, a very distinct Oreo chocolate, and campfire-like charcoal sensations. Peppercorn zips through the nostrils, being zesty without crossing the line. The cigar wastes no time in developing an enjoyable mixture of flavors following ignition. With a straight cut the toro shows a medium-firm resistance and light flavors of mineral and fresh gardening soil. On the foot there are notes of cedar, peppercorn, and earth. The wrapper is fairly oily when held to sunlight, having a hue that is nearly maduro in shade.Ĭhuck’s wrapper shows only light aromas, with notes of tangy musk. The cigar appears well-made from the outset, boasting triple-cap construction, minimal veins, and a medium-plus bunch. The cigar itself is the shortest full-sized Monster (along with Tiff) in the series, with many of the others hovering around Churchill formats. Additionally, the coffin-style boxes have a tongue-and-groove side that allows the Chuck and Tiff to interconnect, with each box’s artwork being completed when connected. The Chuck packaging is made to be paired with Tiff, with each featuring jigsaw artwork themed around the Child’s Play film series.
6⅜” x 43 | Skinny Monsters Cazadores Edition (2017).
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But Johnson was later persuaded by fans of the series and debuted both cigars in dress (and non-dress) boxes in October 2019. Skipping the Chuck and Tiff cigars, Johnson released the 13th Monster in 2018, as Chuck and Tiff were planned to be released sans dress box.
Most likely due to concerns with impending FDA regulation, Tatuaje owner, Pete Johnson, announced the series’ close at the 2017 IPCPR trade show, showcasing The Michael as the 10th release and announcing Chuck as the 11th, Tiff as the 12th, and The Bride as the 13th release. These blends would go on to be included in additional spinoffs over the years (Skinny Monsters, Skinny Monsters Cazadores Edition, and Skinny Monsters Lancero Edition), but it wasn’t clear until 2017 as to whether the blends would be included in the primary Monster Series.
But the Pudgy Monsters release also contained two new blends: Chuck and Tiff. Both cigars were first released in 2014 as part of Tatuaje’s spinoff Pudgy Monsters collection, where the first six cigars in the Monster Series were offered in short/stout expressions of their full-sized counterparts. The latter change involves the 2019 launch of both the Chuck and Tiff cigars, being listed as the 11th and 12th cigars in the 13-piece series, respectively.
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