El Presidente Posted May 4, 2023 Posted May 4, 2023 You have to nominate three Cuban cigars as "Mr Consistency" finalists from the list provided. The there cigars who to your mind, box to box over the years, that have not changed much in blend/flavour since you lit the first ones all that time ago. Pick Three
westg Posted May 4, 2023 Posted May 4, 2023 Actually this is a little tough. If I had to pick three to smoke from the list it would not be these. Consistency however Party short for me the perfect second smoke Monte 4 , Monte PE . Tough one Rob 🤔
GaryK 54 Posted May 4, 2023 Posted May 4, 2023 Easy choices for me… SLR, RASS and PSD4. These were the cigars that brought me into this most pleasant of pastimes, and they’re the ones that have kept me here for more than 20 years. Thankfully, I went really deep on PSD4 and RASS over the past several years from our host. Just not enough SLR around anymore…
LizardGizmo Posted May 4, 2023 Posted May 4, 2023 I went with Partagas 8-9-8, Sir Winston and QD Coronas. Not a single bad stick dating back to 2002 boxes.
BrightonCorgi Posted May 5, 2023 Posted May 5, 2023 The next poll should be on "the most reliable cigars". Cigars where you'd feel most confident buying a box sight unseen online. Least likely from being plugged or sub par. 1
Sir Diggamus Posted May 5, 2023 Posted May 5, 2023 It is funny how we all view things in different ways. If there were a poll for "Mr Inconsistency" my top pick would be Monte no 4. I have had great ones, terrible ones, plugged ones, and ok ones. The wrapper color, size, and weight seem all over the map for that cigar. It kinda blows my mind that it is one of the leaders in the poll. My choices were Upmann Mag 46, Upmann Half Corona, and RASCC. 1
BrightonCorgi Posted May 5, 2023 Posted May 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Sir Diggamus said: It is funny how we all view things in different ways. If there were a poll for "Mr Inconsistency" my top pick would be Monte no 4. I have had great ones, terrible ones, plugged ones, and ok ones. This poll is strictly on flavor and profile changes over the years; not production quality/consistency.
Sir Diggamus Posted May 5, 2023 Posted May 5, 2023 21 minutes ago, BrightonCorgi said: This poll is strictly on flavor and profile changes over the years; not production quality/consistency. You have a point, but even taking only flavor into account the Monte no 4 is wildly inconsistent in my view. Sometimes they are a chocolate milkshake, sometimes it's all cedar/wood with only hints of chocolate and cocoa. The really good ones I have enjoyed have this nice light floral note that dances in and out of the cocoa and coffee notes. From both a construction and flavor profile I think every new Monte no 4 I try is a crapshoot on whether it will hit the mark or not.
Wookie Posted May 5, 2023 Posted May 5, 2023 17 hours ago, prshah25 said: No Bolivar in this lineup .. bolivar is a completely different animal today versus late 1990s 1
Corylax18 Posted May 5, 2023 Posted May 5, 2023 2 hours ago, Sir Diggamus said: You have a point, but even taking only flavor into account the Monte no 4 is wildly inconsistent in my view. Sometimes they are a chocolate milkshake, sometimes it's all cedar/wood with only hints of chocolate and cocoa. The really good ones I have enjoyed have this nice light floral note that dances in and out of the cocoa and coffee notes. From both a construction and flavor profile I think every new Monte no 4 I try is a crapshoot on whether it will hit the mark or not. I tend to agree with you. Monte No 4 (and Monte in general) is one of the highest volume cigars in the Cuban portfolio. They are rolled all over the island. Its one thing to maintain a consistent blend and construction quality on cigar that they roll 100,000 or 200,000 of a year. But its a whole different challenge to do it with a cigar they roll millions and millions of every year. I love a good Monte No 2, but I have seen ghastly examples countless times, pales wrappers, underfilled, overfilled, etc. Its just the nature of the beast with Cuban cigars.
BrightonCorgi Posted May 5, 2023 Posted May 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Wookie said: bolivar is a completely different animal today versus late 1990s Agreed. None taste like they did 20+ years ago.
Low Posted May 5, 2023 Posted May 5, 2023 In terms of pure blend consistency, I had to go El Principe, Party Shorts, and PLPC. Unfortunately, I haven't sampled everything on this list throughout the years (Winnie, HDM DC, Punch dc), But I've found that the smaller formats are absolute money. There's a reason that they've never sat longer than 10-15 minutes on 24:24, even before the current times where everything sells out almost instantly. If we had a separate choice for QdO before the rebrand, I probably would've gone with the Claros. Those things were the same year after year, but I feel the blend definitely changed post 2017
El Presidente Posted May 6, 2023 Author Posted May 6, 2023 1. Partagas Serie D Number 4 2. Partagas Shorts 3. H. Upmann Sir Winston. Serie D Number 4 is certainly on a roll 3
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