Flor de Baloney ~ No. 2 Maduro

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Smoke: Flor de Baloney ~ No. 2 Maduro
Drink(s): Dogfishead 60min IPA
Tunes: nothing

Wrapper: Honduras
Binder: Honduras
Filler: Honduras / Nicaraguan / Dominican
Draw: Medium
Burn: Excellent
Misc: 90 minutes

Pre-light: Dark brown. Has a textured surface, kinda like a pretzel. Veiny. Sweet tobacco scent, and no pre-light flavor

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Light: Easy. Medium draw.

1st 3rd: Seems a medium / full body. Medium flavor. Has a buttery mouth feel. Leather is dominant flavor. No spices detected. Pretty 1 dimensional, but good.

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Ash: Dense layers. Medium gray. Little ash bubbles throughout. Holds on for 1 ¼”

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2nd 3rd: Moving back to a medium body. Still a medium flavor. Same profile as the 1st 3rd, but more melded & mellow now.

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3rd 3rd: Same as the 2nd & 1st 3rd. Mellow, but not without flavor. Interesting Honduran smoke, as I don’t believe I have a lot of Honduran stock.

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Overall impression: Excellent, especially for the price range on JR Cigar. I would surely recommend these for an everyday smoke. Thank you Smoked! for sending this one! I was always curious about it.

Will

With a name like Flor de Baloney, it HAS to be good! :smiley36::smiley36:

I'll be honest.. the name alone has kept me free from any desire to try them. You know.. the whole "book by the cover thing".


Another fine review my friend! :smiley20:

nice review, I thought you were joking about the name, I had to look it up to see if it was for real.
Well done.
Thanks

Keith

Great review Will.

New marketing slogan...with a name like Baloney it HAS to be good :smiley8:

any one have one they want to sell... don't want to order a bundle and find out they don't taste good to me.

I wish I had an Oscar Meyer ci-gar...

I like the review! I arrived a the same conclusion as to the price/value scoring. Also, these are great to hand out to guys who stop in once a year to mooch a cigar off you. They don't suck, any new guy can handle them, and they're cheap. I enjoy them after a big meal of stuffing.

The story Lew tells about the name is amusing. Check it out on JR's site if you're so inclined.

I was chatting with Will while he was working on this review and I actually thought it was a joke. I thought he was eating a baloney sandwich and making a clever joke about smoking a "Flor de Baloney". Damn't I'm such a newb! :smiley5:

Nice review Will.

These are the JR weekly special:

http://www.jrcigars.com/index.cfm?page=weekly_specials

Ahhhhhhhh Baloney! Looks like a good stick to me! Nice review as usual will. Roger.:smiley4::smiley41:

had one last weekend after having them in the vinotemp for about two weeks. i found the cigar to be one of my favorite JR smokes so far, and share many of the same thoughts. the only complaint i had was that the burn was uneven most all of the way down (no matter the attempts to remedy it).

good, good cigar, and a great one for the $.

see ya