forgop Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Gonna meet up with a buddy tomorrow night and having a taste test between the Partagas Short, Bolivar PC, RASCC, and Monte No. 4. All are '14 HQ boxes as they are all the small cigars I've ventured into recently. We'll be pairing with some Partida Anejo tequila and Jefferson Presidential 18 year. Just for kicks we'll finish off with a nice and oily JL No. 2. Who will win? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjohn7 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Depends entirely on your preferences, but if I was smoking them I think the RASCC would win. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt45 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Who will win? You and your friend 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginseng Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Ooh, all quite different. For me, it proceeds as follows: Partagas Shorts - a crusty Cuban veguero punches you in the mouth with his sun-baked, tobacco-juice stained fist Bolivar PC - a young Ibrahim Ferrer sings you a son while pouring a glass of Havana Club RASCC - a professor of Arts and Letters at pre-revolution Universidad de la Habana recounts the history of the Tainos Monte 4 - a rakish young gentleman shares his dream about traveling to Boston while walking with you on the Malecon Wilkey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optic101 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 As mentioned all are different and great at the moment. And it depends on your taste and if you really want to find a winner. Btw Great Idea. Share your results and pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunod Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 The Monte wins. Lets see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthson Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Gonna meet up with a buddy tomorrow night and having a taste test between the Partagas Short, Bolivar PC, RASCC, and Monte No. 4. All are '14 HQ boxes as they are all the small cigars I've ventured into recently. We'll be pairing with some Partida Anejo tequila and Jefferson Presidential 18 year. Just for kicks we'll finish off with a nice and oily JL No. 2. Who will win? I'm assuming the Party Short will win as it is the only smoke out of your list that is good without a couple of years on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo17pip Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Dang you should of had the Boli corona junior instead of the PC, totally different animal. RASCC for me are great young, so that might come out winning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC4 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 If the Monte 4 is on, that'll win. If not, the Parti Short 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramon_cojones Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 wrong j are we smoking this w/e? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgop Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 The Boli PC is the only one I have. I just happened to just jump on a the 2 box combos on the 12:12. It wasn't until a couple of months ago that I owned a box of cc's under a 48 RG. Main thing I was looking to get a sample of the smaller RG cigars from the manufacturers I like the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgop Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Here's the lineup ready to go in my zipidor. Not going to do a blind test as I don't care who I name the "winner". I think I will have a pour of the bourbon and tequila to see which I like better with each cigar though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbandz Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 For me to do this would not be possible. Palate fatigue and high proof spirits would overwhelm my taste buds long before it was over. I could do the Partagas and the RASCC in one go,plenty of difference tastewise between those,for sure. I would light both and not touch spirits before half way. Then a taste of spirits to determine the best pairing. Eat a snack,brush your teeth, and repeat with the Boli and Monte. For sure a good time and a realistic method of evaluation. I would save the J.Lopez for the next trial...........perhaps against a SLR or Choix........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEOguy10 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 For me to do this would not be possible. Palate fatigue and high proof spirits would overwhelm my taste buds long before it was over. I could do the Partagas and the RASCC in one go,plenty of difference tastewise between those,for sure. I would light both and not touch spirits before half way. Then a taste of spirits to determine the best pairing. Eat a snack,brush your teeth, and repeat with the Boli and Monte. For sure a good time and a realistic method of evaluation. I would save the J.Lopez for the next trial...........perhaps against a SLR or Choix........ Agreed.....After the party short I doubt I would be tasting much with the others. What do you plan on smoking first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC4 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 wrong j :-) There was no RASS so I had to say Monte 4. are we smoking this w/e? Most likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgop Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 I'll probably start with the Monte and do the Party last. I'm the last guy on the face of the earth that will ever say I tasted any of the specific flavors some proclaim to. I'll just know which one I like best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subport Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I'm assuming the Party Short will win as it is the only smoke out of your list that is good without a couple of years on it. disagree BPC is just as good fresh as Party Shorts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWC Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 What?! No SCdLH el Principe? That would be the winner. Without that in the running the Bolivar will win if your tastes are anything like mine. But I agree with what others have said about smoking 4 different cigars back to back to back. If you're reeeeally good friends, you could each take one different cigar and share them. ;-} -Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthson Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 disagree BPC is just as good fresh as Party Shorts disagree with your disagree BPC are just too tannic when young 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 disagree with your disagree BPC are just too tannic when young I've enjoyed the box I have smoked with less than a year on it, have not found them so tannic, but they might have been a dud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1LegLance Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 The issue is that you need to smoke these in an order from lighter to stronger in order to really enjoy them I would start with Bolivar, then Monte, then RASSC then Parti... but that is according to MY taste. I do agree that you can blow out your taste between strong spirits and smoking these in a reverse order. At most you might smoke the Parti before the RASSC or the Monte before the Boli but that is the rough order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgop Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 Well, the night didn't go quite as planned. The temps were low enough that we had flurries as I drove over to his house. Thus we just didn't have it in us to get through all 5 as we went back inside to warm up for quite a while. We managed to get through just the Bolivar and Monte and to be honest, the weather really hampered my ability to really pay attention to the differences. We still enjoyed them and the spirits as he broke out some Jameson 18 year which was nice. The Partida and Jefferson went down quite well in those temps. One day I will get around to doing this again with much less temperature interference. I still left him with the other 3 to try when he has time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soutso Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 1. Bolivar PC 2. Partagus Short Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownpeter335 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Great! nice taste prediction... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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