Johnny O (Updated Feb 9 2018) World Famous Reviews: B-54 & 1966

[Buck14]

All, 

After having my eye on Johnny O cigars for quite sometime I took the plunge and ordered a sampler of 3 different 5 packs earlier this month.

All were WORLD FAMOUS Marca:

Behique 54

1966

Baby Salamon

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1966:

I smoked this one within 48 hours ROTT dryboxed for almost 2 days.  All cigars, having been freshly rolled within the last few weeks I’m guessing, were extremely wet/over-humidified. This is expected. But I am a ROTT guy at least with new to me vitolas so I took the plunge. Cigar was very squishy and still over-humidified when I lit it up and was an absolute dog rocket. No flavor at all. Surprisingly loose draw.  Wrapper held up fine in 19F temp. Burn was OK structurally but burned very hot. But no flavor at all. I think I’ll throw this review out given the circumstances if it.

Behique 54 Review #1:

Cigars were frozen for 3.5 days direct from room temp on both bookends. Then into Humi at 67rH and around 68-70F for 5 days. This stick was then dry boxed in a non-humidified humidor at room rH of between 37-40 rH for almost 2 days. Stick drew perfectly with the ideal amount of resistance.  Pre-light texture was slightly squishy to the touch but vastly imrpove over the 1966. Couple of touch-ups along the way but ideal draw and good burn. Very light in stregnth, maybe a 1-1.5 of 10 in strength with no complexity. Very one note. The only Cuban I’ve had with less flavor and strength was SLR Regios from SEP 2015 but that stick yielded no flavor at all. I got no “ahhhh Cuba” aroma from the smoke or Cuban taste from the draw at all. The last 40% of the cigar was unsmokeable. 0% flavor profile and really burning hot....dog rocket.

Behique 54 Review #2:

Same as above except dry boxed for 4.5 days. Cigar had perfect consistency to the touch. Lit easily. Draw perfect. Burn good. Strength maybe 1.75 out of 10. Very one note. 52F outside during smoke 37rH. Couple minor touch-ups. But, when I got to the last 40% turned very bitter, harsh, ash-y. Another dog rocket.

Baby Salamon: not tried yet.

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Now, I realize having one ROTT and two others shortly after freezing may not be the ideal conditions under which to smoke them. I will try again in a month and if no improvement again next Spring. If there is any material change in my judgment of these smokes I will update this thread with my subsequent reviews.

Buck

[Wilzc]

I'll check in again with u in a years time


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[Optic101]

Good to know, try to resist to light mine for another couple weeks or so.

[Habana Mike]

I've had a few good 66 with 1-2 years on them.

[polarbear]

I find they need 12 months at the absolute least

5 years is better if you can forget you've got them

[cigcars]

     * Pardon me if I'm asking a redundant question, but I really didn't get much of an answer the last time I asked - some three+ years ago: Do Johnny O's contain Cuban tobacco? Thanks.

[Bartolomeo]

  On 12/20/2017 at 6:10 AM, cigcars said:

     * Pardon me if I'm asking a redundant question, but I really didn't get much of an answer the last time I asked - some three+ years ago: Do Johnny O's contain Cuban tobacco? Thanks.

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Yes, they are Customs rolled in Cuba with Cuban tobacco

[cigcars]

  On 12/20/2017 at 7:00 AM, Bartolomeo said:

Yes, they are Customs rolled in Cuba with Cuban tobacco

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      *Thank you, Bartolomeo! Now to just hunt down where to buy them! 

[Buck14]

  On 12/20/2017 at 6:10 AM, cigcars said:

     * Pardon me if I'm asking a redundant question, but I really didn't get much of an answer the last time I asked - some three+ years ago: Do Johnny O's contain Cuban tobacco? Thanks.

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All I can relate to you is my experience above, and they did not smell or taste like the Cuban tabacco I’ve been smoking for 25 years. Does that mean they are not Cubans? I don’t know.

[CaptainQuintero]

  Freshies almost always need to be smoked within the first month of rolling, after that generally they need a full year of rest before they have started to settle down. Add in the usual 3 month wait from receiving shipped cigars and really you're bordering on wasting money at this point, certainly you're not going to get a fair representation of what I cigar is

 

 

[Buck14]

UPDATE: NEW Johnny O Review

Last night as snow was pounding Chicago I was out sipping Bourbon and smoking sticks at my local cigar lounge.

Fired up a Johnny O World Famous 1966 from December 2017.

These sticks had now been in the same Locker humidor for about 7 weeks. I had no intention of smoking one but I was rearranging my Locker and felt a Johnny O - these sticks are much more solid to the touch. So I decided what the hell.

Close to medium bodied now, some complexity of flavors, definitive Ahh Cuba Aroma with the smoke. These absolutely have Cuban tabacco in them and are probably puros. What a nice cigar, just needed a reasonable amount of time to acclimate in the humi and we were off and running. Good construction, good draw. My buddy had a Baby Salamon that he loved as well. I definitely can recommend Johnny O’s World Famous line. I look forward to the remainder of my sampling from him and I will buy more! 

[CanuckSARTech]

  On 12/21/2017 at 11:33 AM, CaptainQuintero said:

  Freshies almost always need to be smoked within the first month of rolling, after that generally they need a full year of rest before they have started to settle down. Add in the usual 3 month wait from receiving shipped cigars and really you're bordering on wasting money at this point, certainly you're not going to get a fair representation of what I cigar is

 

 

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This.  First month "off the bench" - delicious, sometimes "mongrel", wild experience, that is outside the "norm" of what people think of [boxed / regular production] Cuban cigars to be.  After that first month, 6-9 months at a MINIMUM (depending on the blend / roller / cigar), with a year to 3 years being best for the tobaccos all melding together.

 

[PabloJr]

Recently places an order for some of the WF 1966. Looking forward to getting them in.

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[garbandz]

love seeing a convert...…………..