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Ok results are in for cigar 1. Sorry that Greg got a plugged stick. All 4 did identify the origin country correct. Mu Mike actually had the brand right. At one point in Miamipadronsmoker review he actually mentioned the cigar in question but went with another guess.
Kingantz
As you'll read, I had a really tough time making a guess at this one due to draw issues. It actually could've been one of a number of marcas, however I guessed on what I actually tasted, which again is probably wrong due to not getting the true flavors through. Shame as I have a feeling this would've been an awesome little smoke. Thanks Don!
Cigar No. 1 has a medium brown wrapper that is very coarse with a patchwork of veins throughout and only slight noticeable oil. It has a little give when squeezed, a good weight in the hand, and the pre-cut draw is very tight with very little air coming through. Hopefully, once lit, the heat will loosen the cigar enough to allow ample smoke through.
As I am torching the foot, dark sinister looking clouds are moving in, and I can hear a low rumbling of thunder can be heard. A cool breeze is picking up as well, something wicked this way comes. With the foot nice and toasted, I take a few puffs to get the fire going and then a long, slow draw. There’s a nice bite to the cigar with a smidgen of pepper on the back of the throat. The tight draw is skewing the flavors slightly I think, however I’m detecting a small amount of vanilla and a hint of toasted nut in the mild to not quite medium bodied smoke.
The burn is good, a dark gray ash forming that holds well. As the cigar heats up, I can really feel the hard patch right below the head, which is more than likely the cause of such a tight draw. A few drops of rain starts to fall, and I look to my left across the field and can see it coming like a hazy sheet. I hear it in the trees before it reaches me, very cool. Unfortunately, the draw doesn’t loosen up but increases in tightness, so I grab my draw tool and poke a little fun at it. It actually helps some, but not enough to my liking.
I try taking very slow, long draws to get good smoke out, and I do get enough to get that smidgen of spice on the back of the throat. It’s really pouring down now. Flavors are a bit mild with vanilla, a hint of nut, and wood. I’m getting a decent enough finish on the palate that is semi-lasting. If only the draw would open up, I believe I would very much enjoy this smoke.
The further in I get, the more I’m hoping the cigar will open up, but alas even with using the draw tool I’m struggling to get smoke out, and very difficult to discern true flavors. What I am getting is quite good to my palate. Medium bodied smoke with a nice spice coming through and a decent enough finish on the palate after exhaling. At the end the cigar was getting a bit hot from my trying to draw smoke out, so put it down with about an inch or so left.
I’m going to say this is definitely Cuban. With the draw issues, it’s very tough to make a good guess, however I’ll say it was a Jose L. Piedra Conservas.
Mu Mike
Cigar #1
I received the bag of four mystery cigars today and felt like a kid at Christmas. I have never done a blind taste test challenge before and am very excited to get started. I started smoking in 1995 and feel like I've smoked just about everything at least once, but I've never been artful in describing cigar nuances. I just smoke what I like and like what I smoke and don't often do reviews. Until now.
I left work early and headed to the local cigar lounge to start smoking. Cigar #1 is a corona sized cigar with a colorado wrapper. The cigar was soft to the touch with a slightly veiny wrapper.
I didn't really have any preconceptions about this cigar until I lit it and took some draws. I immediately felt like it was a cigar that I had smoked before. I didn't know what exactly, but it felt strangely reminiscent. First tastes were slightly muddled as it had some bite to it. I had an initial slight taste of oatmeal stout and the bitterness that accompanies that type of beer. As I mentioned, my first thought was that it was a Bolivar Coronas Extra, but the muddled taste didn't let any of the typical "earthiness" (whatever that means) shine through, so perhaps it wasn't a BCE.
As I got into it more, though, the flavor opened up with a soft sweetness from the wrapper. Primarily though, it opened up an earthy boquet that lasted throughout. The flavor was warm to the throat and full of flavor, but not strong. It burned very evently until a final touch up was required at the end.
I enjoyed this cigar and hope my taste buds (and past experience) didn't let me down. I think it's a cuban Bolivar Coronas Extra from 2007 or 2008.
Thevitalemob
This one was tough for me, but I'm reasonably confident in my guess.
Origin: Cuba
Brand: Partagas
Size: Mille Fleur
Let's hope that I'm somewhere close on this one, or my Vegas odds go in the tubes.
Thanks much,
-Chris
Miamipadronsmoker
It was a pretty rainy day here in Miami. I had a wonderful night
last night at a Latin Club with a 06' Trinidad Fundadore that smoked
like a dream for 2 hours. I decided to try stick number one courtesy
of Don this morning while it wasn't raining. This cigars wonderful
aroma hit me while pulling it out of the bag. This looked like a good
cigar to start the day off with. It's pretty hard to tell what this
cigar is with the head already clipped but the barnyard smell and
wrapper color had me thinking fresh Habano. The cigar had a spongy
feel with veins that were prominent throughout. The pre light draw was
perfect but tasteless. The cigar was a Mareva, Petite Corona in size
around 42 x 5. Hard to tell the length with the head clipped though.
can't tell if there ever was a triple cap. Anyway time to light up. I
had no idea what i was in for so I decided to pair it with some cold
San Pellegrino. I used cedar to light the cigar to preserve whatever
hints of flavor I could get to determine its origin. At first draw I
got a blast of peppery spice that I would equate with a Nicaraguan
cigar. The cigar then immediately turned pretty bitter so I purged.
Unfortunately this did not help. I continued to smoke and at close to
the halfway point I was sure this was a Habano and my guess so far was
a young Por Larranaga Petite Corona with a pretty dark wrapper. I
thought of a Bolivar at one point but PLPC was my real thought. I
enjoy this smoke but have only had a handful of them, all of them had
good age. Well that's my guess and I'm sticking with it.
--
Robbie
SCORE AFTER CIGAR 1
Mu Mike 4 points for correct country or origin and brand
Miamipadronsmoker 1 point for correct country of origin
Thevitalemob 1 point for correct country of origin
Kingantz 1 point for correct country of origin
CIGAR 1 WAS A BOLIVAR PC JANUARY 08[/bold]
Kingantz
As you'll read, I had a really tough time making a guess at this one due to draw issues. It actually could've been one of a number of marcas, however I guessed on what I actually tasted, which again is probably wrong due to not getting the true flavors through. Shame as I have a feeling this would've been an awesome little smoke. Thanks Don!
Cigar No. 1 has a medium brown wrapper that is very coarse with a patchwork of veins throughout and only slight noticeable oil. It has a little give when squeezed, a good weight in the hand, and the pre-cut draw is very tight with very little air coming through. Hopefully, once lit, the heat will loosen the cigar enough to allow ample smoke through.
As I am torching the foot, dark sinister looking clouds are moving in, and I can hear a low rumbling of thunder can be heard. A cool breeze is picking up as well, something wicked this way comes. With the foot nice and toasted, I take a few puffs to get the fire going and then a long, slow draw. There’s a nice bite to the cigar with a smidgen of pepper on the back of the throat. The tight draw is skewing the flavors slightly I think, however I’m detecting a small amount of vanilla and a hint of toasted nut in the mild to not quite medium bodied smoke.
The burn is good, a dark gray ash forming that holds well. As the cigar heats up, I can really feel the hard patch right below the head, which is more than likely the cause of such a tight draw. A few drops of rain starts to fall, and I look to my left across the field and can see it coming like a hazy sheet. I hear it in the trees before it reaches me, very cool. Unfortunately, the draw doesn’t loosen up but increases in tightness, so I grab my draw tool and poke a little fun at it. It actually helps some, but not enough to my liking.
I try taking very slow, long draws to get good smoke out, and I do get enough to get that smidgen of spice on the back of the throat. It’s really pouring down now. Flavors are a bit mild with vanilla, a hint of nut, and wood. I’m getting a decent enough finish on the palate that is semi-lasting. If only the draw would open up, I believe I would very much enjoy this smoke.
The further in I get, the more I’m hoping the cigar will open up, but alas even with using the draw tool I’m struggling to get smoke out, and very difficult to discern true flavors. What I am getting is quite good to my palate. Medium bodied smoke with a nice spice coming through and a decent enough finish on the palate after exhaling. At the end the cigar was getting a bit hot from my trying to draw smoke out, so put it down with about an inch or so left.
I’m going to say this is definitely Cuban. With the draw issues, it’s very tough to make a good guess, however I’ll say it was a Jose L. Piedra Conservas.
Mu Mike
Cigar #1
I received the bag of four mystery cigars today and felt like a kid at Christmas. I have never done a blind taste test challenge before and am very excited to get started. I started smoking in 1995 and feel like I've smoked just about everything at least once, but I've never been artful in describing cigar nuances. I just smoke what I like and like what I smoke and don't often do reviews. Until now.
I left work early and headed to the local cigar lounge to start smoking. Cigar #1 is a corona sized cigar with a colorado wrapper. The cigar was soft to the touch with a slightly veiny wrapper.
I didn't really have any preconceptions about this cigar until I lit it and took some draws. I immediately felt like it was a cigar that I had smoked before. I didn't know what exactly, but it felt strangely reminiscent. First tastes were slightly muddled as it had some bite to it. I had an initial slight taste of oatmeal stout and the bitterness that accompanies that type of beer. As I mentioned, my first thought was that it was a Bolivar Coronas Extra, but the muddled taste didn't let any of the typical "earthiness" (whatever that means) shine through, so perhaps it wasn't a BCE.
As I got into it more, though, the flavor opened up with a soft sweetness from the wrapper. Primarily though, it opened up an earthy boquet that lasted throughout. The flavor was warm to the throat and full of flavor, but not strong. It burned very evently until a final touch up was required at the end.
I enjoyed this cigar and hope my taste buds (and past experience) didn't let me down. I think it's a cuban Bolivar Coronas Extra from 2007 or 2008.
Thevitalemob
This one was tough for me, but I'm reasonably confident in my guess.
Origin: Cuba
Brand: Partagas
Size: Mille Fleur
Let's hope that I'm somewhere close on this one, or my Vegas odds go in the tubes.
Thanks much,
-Chris
Miamipadronsmoker
It was a pretty rainy day here in Miami. I had a wonderful night
last night at a Latin Club with a 06' Trinidad Fundadore that smoked
like a dream for 2 hours. I decided to try stick number one courtesy
of Don this morning while it wasn't raining. This cigars wonderful
aroma hit me while pulling it out of the bag. This looked like a good
cigar to start the day off with. It's pretty hard to tell what this
cigar is with the head already clipped but the barnyard smell and
wrapper color had me thinking fresh Habano. The cigar had a spongy
feel with veins that were prominent throughout. The pre light draw was
perfect but tasteless. The cigar was a Mareva, Petite Corona in size
around 42 x 5. Hard to tell the length with the head clipped though.
can't tell if there ever was a triple cap. Anyway time to light up. I
had no idea what i was in for so I decided to pair it with some cold
San Pellegrino. I used cedar to light the cigar to preserve whatever
hints of flavor I could get to determine its origin. At first draw I
got a blast of peppery spice that I would equate with a Nicaraguan
cigar. The cigar then immediately turned pretty bitter so I purged.
Unfortunately this did not help. I continued to smoke and at close to
the halfway point I was sure this was a Habano and my guess so far was
a young Por Larranaga Petite Corona with a pretty dark wrapper. I
thought of a Bolivar at one point but PLPC was my real thought. I
enjoy this smoke but have only had a handful of them, all of them had
good age. Well that's my guess and I'm sticking with it.
--
Robbie
SCORE AFTER CIGAR 1
Mu Mike 4 points for correct country or origin and brand
Miamipadronsmoker 1 point for correct country of origin
Thevitalemob 1 point for correct country of origin
Kingantz 1 point for correct country of origin
CIGAR 1 WAS A BOLIVAR PC JANUARY 08[/bold]
