A Brief Cigar Review - Chillin' Moose by Foundry

I purchased a box of the Chillin Moose after noticing one of my humidors was half full. Needing to restock it, I found 3 boxes of cigars, each under $50 at a box sale advertised on famous-smoke, one of these was the Chillin' Moose. Due to it’s very low price yet satisfying flavors and smoke, the Chillin' Moose has been a cigar raved about on many Facebook cigar groups. I had tried a different size around a year ago, but did not share the sentiment. Now I try a smaller Corona size for review. 

Wrapper: Connecticut Habano Rosado
Binder: Ecuador Sumatra
Filler: Nicaraguan, Dominican, US Broadleaf, and Mexican San Andres
Vitola: 5.25 x 45 (corona)
Price: $2.10

Pre-light

The prelight aroma reminds me of a sweet rye whiskey, with a slight cocoa note as well, quite pleasant. A punch cut provides a perfectly open draw.  

Flavors and Smoke

The flavor profile begins quite mellow, yet still has discernible notes. Mostly I notice cedar, almond, slight cocoa, and a very different earthy-base tasting flavor on the finish.. The best way I can describe it is like basil tomato. Very strange for a cigar, but interesting. 

I notice, as my shirt now indicates, the cigar has a very unpredictable and flaky ash. The hand feel is light and has a good amount of give, I think it is due a somewhat loose roll.

I am already nearing the halfway point and the flavors have not changed one bit, I imagine this is going to stay an un-complex cigar. There isn’t anything wrong with that, I guess it all depends on your mood.

The smoke output is cloudy with a retro-hale not super easy, but also not harsh. Again, no big changes to report.

Finally, a slight change in the flavors, the odd basil tomato note takes on more of a graham cracker nuance, with the cocoa increasing slightly. Although, all around it is still a one dimensional smoke. 

The construction was on point all the way to the end.

Final thoughts

For a $2 cigar it is hard to go wrong with a Chillin' Moose. Especially a $2 cigar that provides good construction including an easy draw, and a near heavy smoke output. What you save in money comes at the cost of a somewhat blandness to the flavor profile, as well as a general taste of un-refinement. That being said, many people enjoy the Chillin’ Moose, and I do not regret for a second the price I paid for a box. They will be perfect during daytime yard work, to give out to friends, or for a preliminary smoke to my featured evening cigar.

My emoji rating for The Chillin' Moose: 🙂
(🤢😖☹️😕😐🙂😀😋🤗😍)

Smoke time: 60 minutes
Cigar paired with: R&R whiskey and coke
Price opinion:  👍🏻
Recommend/buy again? Indeed
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