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Cigar Name: Helix X550 - Maduro
Purchase Price: $2.00(shipped)
Location of Purchase: JRCigars.
Beverage: Diet Coke.
Cigar Size: 5×50 .
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf.
Binder: Honduran(Talanga Valley).
Filler: Brizilian Mata Fina, Dominican Piloto Cubano, and Mexican tobaccos.
Appearance: Dark brown with a shine from the oils.
Construction: Very firm, veins are hardly noticeable.
Aged: A year in well kept humidor.
Pre-Light Aroma: Wheatgrass.
Method of lighting: Pre cut method(10 inch match, flame tip just under cigar foot while rotating cigar, cut cigar after cigar is lit).
Method of Cutting: Large ring punch.
Burn: Even.
Problems: Cap was a little to thin and brittle, cracked a tad when punching..
Ash Color: Light gray.
Ash Structure: Smooth and solid.
Draw: Super easy drawn, large white clouds.
Strength: Medium.
Tasting Notes:

First Third: Sweet with chocolate and hints of nuts.

Second Third: Chocolate and sugar, with some wood mixed in… Awesome.

Finish: Sweet chocolate never ends, all the way to the nub even through the spices.

Overall Impression: Other have said it before but I will say it again… this is a quality cigar. Delicious every time. They are very consistent in their blends and they never stray too far away. The flavors are massive but not overpowering and the price point is excellent. It will probably run you four or five bucks locally, but wit hall the good input on this cigar all over the net you may as well just dive in a purchase a box. You will not regret it and your sticks will be seriously cheaper.

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Cigar Name: Cigar Review: JR Edicion Limitada Alternative - Montecristo C
Purchase Price: $1.55(shipped)
Location of Purchase: JRCigars.
Beverage: Diet Coke.
Cigar Size: 5.62×46 .
Wrapper: Ecuador Sumatran.
Binder: Nicaraguan.
Filler: Nicaraguan.
Appearance: Chocolate brown, very smooth, very oily.
Construction: Very firm, slightest traces of veins.
Aged: Six months in well kept humidor.
Pre-Light Aroma: Dark tobaccos and woodsy.
Method of lighting: Pre cut method(10 inch match, flame tip just under cigar foot while rotating cigar, cut cigar after cigar is lit).
Method of Cutting: Large ring punch.
Burn: Pretty even all the way down past the band.
Problems: Ash fell off in lap even though it looked firm.
Ash Color: White ash with bits of gray.
Ash Structure: Looked perfect then fell off at half an inch in lap.
Draw: Easy draw, clouds come easily.
Strength: Medium full.
Tasting Notes:

First Third: Bold taste of nuts with hint of sweetness.

Second Third: The sweetness has taken over as the primary flavor with hints of cream, and just a tiny hint of nuts and wood.

Finish: Super sweet and cream, with some spiciness past the band..

Overall Impression: This is a great cigar. For the price they can not be beat period. Premium tobaccos, quality construction, premium flavors… all under the JR name. This cigar is delicious and even though ti is a strong cigar, I don’t think a newcomer would be in over their head with this one…. as logn as they smoke it slowly. Over an hour of smoke and I didn’t want it to end.

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