Ep. 01: CAO Mortal Coil

Today, we take a look at the CAO Mortal Coil, part of CAO's Arcana line. The Mortal Coil is a limited-run offering from CAO, with only 5,000 boxes released, made using a unique, albeit traditional, tobacco curing technique. If you're lucky enough to still be able to find one, we recommend grabbing it while you can.

PRICE: $10.99 US (MSRP)
VITOLA: 6 1/8" x 50 Toro
WRAPPER: Connecticut Broadleaf
BINDER: Connecticut Shade
FILLER: Dominican Andullo, Dominican Piloto Cubano, Honduran Jamastran, Nicaraguan Esteli

With notes of dried plum and raisins, this stick offers lots of interesting pairing opportunities. Today's choices are:

-Samuel Smith's Organic Chocolate Stout - a frosty, chocolatey, organic stout, with hints of malt
-UNTITLED ART. Raspberry Chocolate Imperial Stout - a sweet dessert stout, like a raspberry truffle transformed into a beer
-Probitas White Blended Rum - from Foursquare Distilleries, a blast of guava jam and molasses

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