2 for 30 Contest
alienmisprint
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I have an overage of about 30 cigars (all hand-made, good sticks, just stuff I don't care for any more) that I want to get rid of. I also want to try new cigars. Given these two factors, I have devised this contest.
Here's the basic concept: Whoever wants to participate sends me two cigars (the same two, cigars I have never tried before). These shouldn't be super-premiums (i.e. Opus X, GoF, Camacho PE) as I'm looking for cigars I will enjoy regularly. I will pick whichever cigar I like the best and send that person a mixed bag of 30 cigars.
As I am trying to reduce the number of cigars in my inventory, and for time's sake, I want to limit this to 6 participants. Whoever wants to participate, just post here. Once we have 6 (or a few less if this doesn't catch on), the participants can PM me with a cigar they are planning on sending to ensure I have not tried it yet. Please send two in case I need to revisit one for a tie-breaker or whatever. Once I start getting the sticks in the mail, I will begin burning them and announce a winner after I smoke the last cigar.
Feel free to PM me or look in my bio for some favorites to make your decision on, I'm really hoping to be floored by a stick or two from this. Anyone interested?
Here's the basic concept: Whoever wants to participate sends me two cigars (the same two, cigars I have never tried before). These shouldn't be super-premiums (i.e. Opus X, GoF, Camacho PE) as I'm looking for cigars I will enjoy regularly. I will pick whichever cigar I like the best and send that person a mixed bag of 30 cigars.
As I am trying to reduce the number of cigars in my inventory, and for time's sake, I want to limit this to 6 participants. Whoever wants to participate, just post here. Once we have 6 (or a few less if this doesn't catch on), the participants can PM me with a cigar they are planning on sending to ensure I have not tried it yet. Please send two in case I need to revisit one for a tie-breaker or whatever. Once I start getting the sticks in the mail, I will begin burning them and announce a winner after I smoke the last cigar.
Feel free to PM me or look in my bio for some favorites to make your decision on, I'm really hoping to be floored by a stick or two from this. Anyone interested?
Comments
Nica Libre Toro x 1
Brickhouse Double Corona x 2
RP OWR Maduro 2nds Torp x 3
RP OWR Habano Toro x 1
La Herencia Cubana Oscuro Fuerte Toro x 4
CAO Criollo Torp x 1
AB Maxx The Culture x 1
Ccom Corojo Label Torp x 1
Perdomo Habano Corojo Robusto x 1
CAO Cameroon Robusto x 1
Cusano Corojo Torp x 1
601 Oscuro (Green) Robusto x 1
La Vieja Habana Connecticut Robusto x 1
Perdomo Reserve 10th Criollo x 1
Sancho Panza Extra Fuerte Toro x 1
Indian Tabac Natural Robusto x 1
The above list is pretty much what will be in the grab-bag. I'll have to round it out with some extras, and one or two of the above cigars are no longer in the inventory, but the above is pretty much what you are looking at for the prize.
And all PMs have been answered.
beatnic with Plantation Reserve from N.O. Cigar Factory
ENFIDL with Diesel Unlimited
PuroFreak with Alec Bradley Family Blend
lcpeel with EP Carillo Short Run
MTuccelli with a house blend (it is orderable online)
mbetot with either Magnum Force or Punch Grand Cru
As I get them in, I will keep everyone updated with mini reviews and with the overall progress of the contest. Thank you everyone for playing!
As of now, the EP Carillo Short Run is in the lead.
As much as I enjoyed this stick, the Short Run is still in the lead. The Diesel is a great stick, but I would have to be in the mood for it, or have just eaten. The EP Carillo is a great stick I can fire up any time, and honestly I could smoke multiple of them in a single day.
The Magnum force wasn't great, but it was bad by any means. It was overall a pleasant cigar, and definitely not something I would turn down if offered one, but I wouldn't really go out of my way to get any more of them either.
The house blend from MTuccelli really surprised me. It was a nice sized perfecto, the shop he gets them from calls it a Hemmingway. It was a very good smoke, nice and creamy but still with a good tobacco taste that stayed present for most of the time. It developed nicely throughout the burn time and it left such a great aftertaste that I didn't want to eat or drink anything for a while after I got done. Although it was great, it was a bit on the milder side of medium and a little light in the flavor department. I think this would be a fantastic cigar at the right time/place/event, but its just not something I would smoke every day.
EP Carillo still in the lead, with just the Family Blend remaining.