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Old 04-30-2018, 11:13 AM   #1
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JR's Nicaraguan Overruns

I went through a bundle of these in the Churchill size with the Habano wrapper last Winter. They were dark, strong and heavily box pressed. I liked them okay for a cheap smoke.
I decided to buy a bundle each of the claro wrapper Churchills and Robustos for next Winter. My buddy laughed at me thinking the claro is the green wrapper. I thought it was light brown but just shrugged it off. How bad could they be?
Well they arrived today and are sort of medium brown. The cigars are cylindrical which I am happy about. I was fine with the box press, but it's not my preference. The wrappers are blotchy and toothy and substantial. And that's okay because I don't want a fragile wrapper in the cold. They are rolled nice and tight but have a good draw.
I pulled a Churchill while I was unwrapping all the cigars and putting them in what I now call my Winter humidor.
It was an okay smoke. The burn was straight. The flavor was pretty good. It was a little bitter and a little sweet. Like Chinese sweet and sour.
For less that $2 a cigar these are good. Maybe after sitting until it's cold again they will be a little better. But if not, it's okay.
I'm probably going to lay up another bundle of Honduran bench made Corojos and declare myself stocked up for next Winter.
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Old 04-30-2018, 08:18 PM   #2
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bitter can be a sign of a damp cigar.... JR used to sell some wet Nics back in the day....
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Old 05-01-2018, 03:57 AM   #3
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bitter can be a sign of a damp cigar.... JR used to sell some wet Nics back in the day....
Yeah, wet cigars travel better. And I smoked it fresh from the bundle. So I expect that several months in the box will probably do these some good.
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Old 05-02-2018, 04:11 PM   #4
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Gave one of the robustos to my buddy and smoked one myself. The wrapper looked a lot different than the Churchills. We debated what it might be. We decided that the generic EMS is a good description. It may be something completely different that the Churchills. Who can tell? We both agreed though, that it was a pretty good cigar. Nice flavor, straight burn, the wrapper held up. These are good! Even better than the Churchills.
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Old 05-10-2018, 09:43 AM   #5
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These are all from the My Father Factory. When they originally came out they had 50 or 60 cigars. All in a bundle of 20 for $30. I still have a couple of bundles of the My Father Lancero that cost a little over a buck a pop. I made the decision to start a third cooler when I figured out what it was.
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Thanks for the info Tony! I am not surprised. I smoked a Churchill yesterday. It was okay. The robustos are better.
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Old 05-14-2018, 02:20 AM   #7
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These are all from the My Father Factory.

JR sells Nicaraguan Overruns and Nicaraguan Factory Overruns. I think the Nicaraguan Factory Overruns are made by My Father. I don't know who makes the NOs.


The NOs have been hit-or-miss for me. I've smoked a lot of the NFOs and all have been decent to very good. Unfortunately JR recently raised the price of the NFOs by 50%.
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I somehow missed that there are two types of Nic. Overruns. And that's weird because I've bought both. The boxed pressed version I had last year with the Habano wrapper were just Overruns. The version I bought recently wuth the claro wrapper that I like are Factory Overruns. Prices are the same.
I probably missed it because I bought them from a JR's sale e-mail.
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Old 05-15-2018, 05:06 AM   #9
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JR sells Nicaraguan Overruns and Nicaraguan Factory Overruns. I think the Nicaraguan Factory Overruns are made by My Father. I don't know who makes the NOs.


The NOs have been hit-or-miss for me. I've smoked a lot of the NFOs and all have been decent to very good. Unfortunately JR recently raised the price of the NFOs by 50%.
You are correct sir. The Factory Overruns are My Father. The JR code is MFO (my father overruns). The Overruns are who knows what. I've bought a few bundles of the overruns and they were all good. The only problem is that don't necessarily get what you want. They put on the page size could change. I ordered 5x42 (because I like small ring gauges) and got 4x60. I was pissed, but they ended up being really good. It's kinda a grab bag.
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