FOH 2021 International Blind Tasting Cigar Number Five : Reviews, post them here.

[El Presidente]

FOH International Blind Tasting Competition: Cigar Number 5 .  Preparation 

Review   on this thread Cigar Number 5 and send your pick to Lisa by Sunday 19th of December. 

 

You are encouraged to post your review on Cigar number 5 on this thread.  However, keep your guess to yourself. 

1. You will e-mail Lisa your nomination for that cigar by Sunday the 19th.  Now you can smoke all the cigars and email Lisa the results but we will be revealing cigars 1-5 over successive weeks. You get your picks in by the end of Sunday your time and we will post the results by the following Tuesday (time differences etal).

Important 

This year three of the 5 cigars are aged (5 years +). 

For a bonus half point, you at the time of your email to lisa  need to nominate  if the cigar is one of the three aged cigars.  You only have three chances to nominate a cigar as aged.  If you do not nominate then it will be recorded as non aged by default. Yes, to gain a half point bones you also must have selected the cigar correctly. 

Once emails are sent there will be no alteration to your selections. Late entries will not be accepted. 

 

Enjoy 

 

 

 

 

[Bijan]

Flavours from beginning to end:

Somewhat similar predraw to 4

Light Spice

Baking spice (not cloves, less savoury, definitely baking)

Light

Leather Tobacco and Dried fruit (these are probably the dominant flavours)

Zoned out but mostly above

Aromatic wood/tobacco

Savoury taste coming in and out

Raisins but a bit sour

Not as light anymore

Finished tobacco just a bit bitter

90 minutes

[Zaxeiler]

21 minutes ago, Bijan said:

90 minutes

For that giant??? Sometimes I get 75 out of a petit corona. You’re a man among boys Bijan, for many reasons. 

[Bijan]

1 minute ago, Zaxeiler said:

For that giant??? Sometimes I get 75 out of a petit corona. You’re a man among boys Bijan, for many reasons. 

I've gotten 80+ minutes for a Petit Corona at times too (Siglo 2 and PLPC tend to be denser) but smoking time is very variable for me depending on the draw.

[Chibearsv]

Ok, done with no. 5. Here’s what I got

cold aroma was slightly floral, a little sour, and peppery

tasty sweet and twangy tobacco taste before lighting

medium body

musty newspaper, sourdough, pepper, hint of spice

Bitter burnt coffee and slight dried fruit sweetness

Strong nicotine strength at the end, slight fruit, spice, and toast

Overall an ok smoke but very hard to peg down. I’m 50/50 on this one

[Boxer31]

#5 blind taste

Aroma earthy mushroom, sourdough 

 Nice draw 

After lightning little cedar, but mostly earth and mushrooms, little spice as well. Burn and draw remain excellent. Getting a little coffee flavor now, mushroom disappeared, still some earth. Chilly Sat afternoon (10 days ago) and now I am sorry did not pair with a nice rum or bourbon. Still getting a roasted coffee aroma but not on taste. More earth,forest/wood and mushroom flavor is back. A little saltiness but not too much. Rye bread flavor towards end.  Solid 95. Probably the best of the lot.   Going aged on this one as well. 

[mbrody]

It’s going to get colder so tonight’s the night for cigar 5. Cold draw is milk chocolate. Draw is tight…first third is tight. There’s a knot at the last third. This is going to be a short review. Struggling to get through the first third. I just put it down and grabbed a Medio Siglo to set things straight…oh well, it’s just part of the game.

[RichG]

General characteristics I got throughout in different combinations were:

Salt, wood, caramel, raw cocoa, coffee, cream.

Plan on riding this one in for a glorious 0/5!

[Nevrknow]

Right off the bat I knew this was a 

Nice draw, not to firm, no wind tunnel.

First 1/3 I got a lot of….

2/3 it developed into some…

last 3rd it definitely turned into some….

This was an easy guess. I sincerely hope my review doesn’t give it away. 😎

[inter4alia]

1 hour ago, Nevrknow said:

Right off the bat I knew this was a 

Nice draw, not to firm, no wind tunnel.

First 1/3 I got a lot of….

2/3 it developed into some…

last 3rd it definitely turned into some….

This was an easy guess. I sincerely hope my review doesn’t give it away. 😎

Perfect review. I felt exactly the same way. If I end up being wrong, I'm going to sell all my cigars on Bond Roberts and take up a different hobby/vice 😂. 

[EMC12]

Blind 5

 

1/3 - mild

Sourdough

Woody

Sweet tobacco

Little cream

2/3 - med

Fruit

Leather

Spice

Bitter Nuts

3/3 - med

Toast

Bitter

 

85

I didn’t get this one at all, it must be a …

[nKostyan]

I can't write much about the taste of this cigar, except woody-spicy. Quite a complex taste. It is worth noting that it has a high nicotine strength, so I make a choice by strength, whether the bet will win.

[CptGoodTimes]

Cigar #5 :  I have had quite a few of these, I think, over last year.  This toothy specimen was a delight.  I pretty much got some light sweet cocoa and sour bell pepper. Where that leads, who knows. 🤪 

After starting out a hot 2 for 2, I’m now starring in Frozen.   So I’m just gonna Let it go…let it go…let it go.  
 

 

[coug28]

Don’t foresee these jumping off the shelves on 24:24 after the reveal based on these reviews….

 

Sign me up for a box of sure-fire 85 pointers….said no one, ever lol 

[Chas.Alpha]

7 day work week before the holidays prevented me from even lighting this, but since my entry had to be in today... I voted for what Rob and Ken gave as their tasting notes. Hell, it worked for @Bijan!!! Got home just in time to continue my 5 engine bash of the Estes Saturn V. This toy doesn’t qualify as a high powered rocket, but it’s fun. I’ll burn it after dinner tonight and see if I guessed wrong.

[Fezztone]

On 12/19/2021 at 3:32 AM, mbrody said:

It’s going to get colder so tonight’s the night for cigar 5. Cold draw is milk chocolate. Draw is tight…first third is tight. There’s a knot at the last third. This is going to be a short review. Struggling to get through the first third. I just put it down and grabbed a Medio Siglo to set things straight…oh well, it’s just part of the game.

I had the same experience with mine. It was really plugged even with perfect draw drilling. Too bad.