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bobbyg29
CL's Mad Cigar Scientist
Registered: April 2007
Location: Mesa, AZ
Posts: 1719
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Review Date: Sun June 10, 2007
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Would you recommend this to someone? Yes |
Price you paid? In US$: None indicated
| Rating: 7
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very unique flavors/aromas
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Cons:
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burn/construction issues
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Avalon Juke Series Blue
5x50 Robusto
ATMOSPHERE: Smoked on a warm evening on my back patio paired with a root beer and the D’Backs/Red Sox game on the radio.
PRE-SMOKE:
Scent: Slightly sweet and earthy smell from wrapper. Nice sweet (plum) smell from foot.
Appearance: Wrapper rolled over end of foot in a unique way. I cut this before lighting. Mottled dark and light wrapper. Much darker nearer the foot (almost dark chocolate maduro color). Slightly veiny and one noticeable patch.
Feel: Good resistance to squeezing.
Pre-light draw: Earthy and slightly sweet, plum taste on pre-light draw.
SMOKE:
Taste & Flavor: Bitter chocolate and nutty (chestnut) to start. After about an inch I started to get some of the meaty flavors I got from the Honeyboy. I would describe it as the taste you get from grilled chicken skin that is slightly burnt….very nice. Hints of the plum sweetness came through as well. After about 2” I detected some interesting spice flavor (nutmeg?) and a hint of leather. A got a little more of the chestnut flavor when exhaling through the nose.
Strength: Medium, leaning towards to mild side in terms of strength but full of flavor.
Feeling: Good resistance to chewing.
Scent of smoke: An amazing cornucopia of scents!!! It reminded me of the smells from the kitchen when someone is cooking a holiday meal: baked bread, roasted meat, nuts, sweetness. It was hard to identify these b/c I could not separate them.
Heat: None at all.
Draw & Burn: This was the one weak point of this cigar. The draw was a bit tight and the burn uneven. After about 1.5” into the smoke a heard a cracking sound and a ¾” crack opened up in the wrapper. After this the wrapper flaked a lot around the crack and fell on my lap. I don’t think it hurt the flavor, however.
Finish: Pleasant medium length finish: creamy, nutty with a hint of the burnt taste.
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Ash: Salt and pepper in color and pretty flaky but held OK.
Duration: Nubbed in just under 1 hr.
CONCLUSION: A veritable medley of flavors and scents that I thoroughly enjoyed!! Very complex in flavor. I liked it much better than the Juke Ebony in terms of the flavors. The construction/burn issues took away a bit from the smoking experience so I would like to try another one to see if I just got a bum stick. I would definitely buy more for myself and recommend to others, although I could see some not liking the burnt flavors and aftertaste.
FINAL RATING: I would give this an 8 in terms of flavors and a 4 in terms of construction/.burn. Since flavor is much more important to me I will give an overall:
7.0/10
Cheers!
Rob
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Contributing Author and Resident "Cigar Science Guy", Team Stogie Fresh
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Tom Ramsey
Getting Active
Registered: May 2007
Location: Jackson
Posts: 96
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Review Date: Thu June 14, 2007
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Would you recommend this to someone? Yes |
Price you paid? In US$: None indicated
| Rating: 0
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Since I make 'em I dont' think my comments would be objective
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We recommend that you light the folded foot without cutting it. Burning a bunch of wrapper leaf at the start gives the smoke a "kick start" of flavor. It's kind of like splashing a bit of vodka on the top of your screwdriver.
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Maior risus, acrior ensis.
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cory76044
Account Banned
Registered: May 2007
Location: Granbury TEXAS
Posts: 223
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Review Date: Thu June 14, 2007
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Would you recommend this to someone? Yes |
Price you paid? In US$: None indicated
| Rating: 7
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Pros:
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Very unique taste
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crazy burn that you for some reason deal with.
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You nailed it on the head with the burnt chicken skin. With that said, its somehow very dang good? I had some major burn issues but I did not let it rest at all in the humidor. Overall a great Cigar that leaves you wanting more.
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ComanchePeakCigarCompany.com 
Remember: You Reap What You Sow
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