Lol, yeah, that's why I typically run through a five pack of something before buying a box of them. There have. Been some exceptions, but haven't been disappointed yet, so got lucky on some.
Based on your friend buying so many, I'm going to assume that particular one was a one-off dud and not a common problem at all, or he wouldn't have bought you out of them.
Yes, much better as you can see from the huge difference in scores.
I little milder than what I typically enjoy and buy, but everyone has different preferences when it comes to mild, medium, full, or super full cigars.
I'll bet if they were from around 2012 to 2015 i would have gone ga-ga over them, as JDN's are well known for been fuller cigars, so they would have probably fit my medium to medium-full preference
I friggin love cigars