Pre-light Experience

Aaron: The wrapper on the ADVentura Blue Eyed Jack’s Revenge Robusto is medium brown and carries some raised, knotty veins. The seams are raised in some areas while the head is well finished. The band is metallic blue and gold with some blues and whites to show the ocean, sky and clouds. The company name is on the left side and the line name is on the right. The aroma from the wrapper is a mellow mix of cedar and earth while the foot brings a fuller combination of cedar, stone fruit sweetness and earth. The pre-light draw brings aged cedar and a faint floral note.
Seth: The ADVentura Blue Eyed Jack’s Revenge Robusto is finished with a nice looking wrapper that is Colorado Maduro in coloring. It has some milk chocolate aspects with a lot of red earth coloring. The cigar has a nice smooth texture with a very fine grit, and there are medium sized veins present throughout. The cigar is firm in hand with strong aromas of sweet spices, strong pepper, rich earth, tobacco and leather.
John: The ADVentura Blue Eyed Jack’s Revenge Robusto came in cellophane and had a UPC sticker with the cigar information and a perforated tear tab to remain intact when opened. I weighed the cigar at 15.3 grams and measured the humidity at 63.5% with the HumidiMeter Pro. The aromas from the wrapper included mossy wood and light earth. Out of the foot, I was picking up sweet, syrupy tobacco.

ADVentura Blue Eyed Jack’s Revenge Robusto

First Third

Aaron: The cigar begins with heavily toasted cedar, slightly sharp black pepper and some earth. At a quarter inch in, the earth is now even with the black pepper, which are right behind the cedar. At a half inch in, the earth is now even with the heavily toasted cedar up front and the black pepper loses the sharpness and mellows a bit. The retrohale is toasted cedar and dry earth with mild black pepper. As the third comes to a close, the heavily toasted cedar and earth are even up front, with the black pepper in the middle of the profile. The strength was right at medium.
Seth: The first third starts out with a nice dry earth flavor profile that is paired with some soft pepper, tobacco and leather. There are sweet spices present with this mocha quality on the finish. I would classify the cigar as medium in strength and body.
John: Chocolate and espresso open the first third with black pepper to finish. A lingering wood and nuts combination moves into the post draw out of the gate. After a few puffs, the pepper from the finish starts to linger into the post draw. Shortbread sweetness settles into the retrohale at light strength as the first third continues. A mossy component joins the post draw some time later. The center of the profile takes on a nutty and wheat character moving towards the halfway point. As the cigar reaches the halfway point, the espresso on the retrohale has fallen almost to a background note as the light-plus strength chocolate remains.

ADVentura Blue Eyed Jack’s Revenge Robusto

Second Third

Aaron: As the second third begins, the toasted oak and earth have become very detailed. The retrohale remains toasted cedar and dry earth with mild black pepper. At an inch in, a heavily roasted coffee note joins the profile. As the third comes to a close, the heavily toasted cedar and earth are even up front, with black pepper and heavily roasted coffee in the middle of the profile. The strength bumped up to slightly above medium.
Seth: The second third begins to show a rise in the pepper notes and the earth becomes dryer and more prominent. Tobacco, leather and sweet spices are present as well. The mocha flavors are much softer in this third. Medium to medium-full in strength and body.
John: Creamy wood, nuts and white pepper lead the cigar into the second third as tannic wood and nuts finish. Spices are present on the post draw at medium to medium-plus strength. On the retrohale, a creamy green vegetal note settles in. The spices on the post draw calm down to light-plus by the bottom half of the second third as the white pepper continues to balance out the sweetness.

ADVentura Blue Eyed Jack’s Revenge Robusto

Final Third

Aaron: As the final third begins, the cedar gains a light char. At a quarter inch in, the heavily roasted coffee moves up to become even with the lightly charred cedar and earth. The retrohale is now toasted cedar, earth with light amounts of black pepper and heavily roasted coffee. As the cigar wraps up, the lightly charred cedar, earth and heavily roasted coffee are all even up front, with black pepper in the middle of the profile. The strength remained at slightly above medium.
Seth: The final third shows more pepper notes with the sweet spices, and it has a finish of earth, leather and tobacco. Very little mocha flavors are present in this third. Like the second third, the cigar is medium-full in strength and body.
John: My initial flavor impressions in the last third are creamy wood and tobacco sweetness with light-plus spices and wood carrying into the post draw. Tannic wood also joins the post draw as the cigar marches towards the halfway point. There is an increasing strength on the tannic wood to medium through the bottom half. Some mintiness is present not long after as the cigar heats up.

ADVentura Blue Eyed Jack’s Revenge Robusto

Burn

Aaron: The burn was a bit wavy at times, but never needed any intervention. The ash held on through each third.
Seth: The cigar had a decent burn line from start to finish.
John: The burn was straight in the first third and razor straight in the second and last thirds.

ADVentura Blue Eyed Jack’s Revenge Robusto

Draw

Aaron: The draw was perfect, with just the right amount of resistance that I prefer.
Seth: The cigar had a smooth draw. Nice level of restriction throughout.
John: The draw was at most one notch towards the resistant spectrum which puts it in the ideal range between open and resistant.

Overall

Aaron: The cigar began with heavily toasted cedar, slightly sharp black pepper and some earth. The earth later became even with the toasted cedar up front. The second third saw a heavily roasted coffee join in. The final third saw the cedar become lightly charred and the heavily roasted coffee moved up to become even with the cedar and earth. The ADVentura Blue Eyed Jack’s Revenge Robusto had an average flavor profile throughout with the heavily toasted, later lightly charred cedar, earth and heavily roasted coffee being the drivers. This is a heavier profile than I’m used to from ADVentura, and nice to see some range from the brand, but the flavor profile just didn’t really do it for me. If you like the heavily toasted cedar, earth and dark roasted coffee combination, then this is definitely one to try out, but I don’t see it as something I’d return to.
Seth: The ADVentura Blue Eyed Jack’s Revenge Robusto was a balanced cigar with a nice core flavor profile from start to finish. It smoked well and it had some sweet spices throughout. I would classify the cigar as medium to medium-full as the cigar progressed, and I like the rise in pepper and tobacco notes. ADVentura has really had a roller coaster for me as a brand in terms of favorability, and this cigar seems to counter my earlier in the year review of another ADVentura release. Price is approachable, and I would purchase in the future.
John: The ADVentura Blue Eyed Jack’s Revenge Robusto had a promising start to it with a rich medley of balanced flavors. The second third was still pleasant in nature but the complexity continued to step down as the cigar continued. I found the construction to be amazing for both the burn and the draw. Looking back on my notes, I might be inclined to try this cigar again, but the price point puts it just under the average price on the market for 2024 which gives me some pause. Given that, I would likely try it in one of the other two sizes to see how it compared. Total smoking time was 1 hour and 51 minutes.

Aaron Loomis

SCORE

5.65

Cost/Point

$2.51

Scoring System

Seth Geise

SCORE

5.50

Cost/Point

$2.58

Scoring System

John McTavish

SCORE

6.10

Cost/Point

$2.33

Scoring System

Team Cigar Review: ADVentura Blue Eyed Jack’s Revenge Robusto