How good is your palate? And how well do you trust it?
j0z3r
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Guys, I want to do a one-off game with some of you. I like the idea of a blind review, and I like the idea of several people reviewing the same cigar in a competition even more.
Here's what I'm proposing. I want to host a game where I send 3-5 of you a package of 3-4 cigars, each package will be identical, and I will likely be pulling the cigars from boxes/mazos to be sure all are the same age. Bands will of course be removed, and the cigars will be numbered accordingly.
Here is the responsibility of the people participating. First, you'll have to commit to the full set of reviews and to doing them in a timely fashion...by timely, I'd like to wrap this up within 2 weeks of the last package landing, if that's not reasonable make a suggestion. Second, a guess at the cigar is not sufficient and will not score full points, what I'd like to see is as follow: a description (wrapper shade, vitola, measurements), a country of origin, a review and finally a guess at what the cigar in question is. Finally, the winner will get a five pack of hand-rolled cigars from each other contestant...and probably something from me as well.
Each cigar will carry with it a point value consisting of the following criteria:
Country of origin: 2 pts.
Brand 5 pts.
Vitola (specific, if it has a non-standard name, ex. Camacho Corojo Diploma is a robusto, but just calling it a robusto won't get points, calling a MoW robusto a robusto will score points):1 pt.
Reviews will be submitted to me via PM, and will then be posted by me once they've all been submitted. Points will then be awarded accordingly.
I'll caution anyone thinking about this that I don't intend to make this easy, and I don't want anyone to participate if they don't intend to give it an honest try. But more importantly, I want this to be fun and maybe a learning experience.
So, what do you guys think? Any takers?
Here's what I'm proposing. I want to host a game where I send 3-5 of you a package of 3-4 cigars, each package will be identical, and I will likely be pulling the cigars from boxes/mazos to be sure all are the same age. Bands will of course be removed, and the cigars will be numbered accordingly.
Here is the responsibility of the people participating. First, you'll have to commit to the full set of reviews and to doing them in a timely fashion...by timely, I'd like to wrap this up within 2 weeks of the last package landing, if that's not reasonable make a suggestion. Second, a guess at the cigar is not sufficient and will not score full points, what I'd like to see is as follow: a description (wrapper shade, vitola, measurements), a country of origin, a review and finally a guess at what the cigar in question is. Finally, the winner will get a five pack of hand-rolled cigars from each other contestant...and probably something from me as well.
Each cigar will carry with it a point value consisting of the following criteria:
Country of origin: 2 pts.
Brand 5 pts.
Vitola (specific, if it has a non-standard name, ex. Camacho Corojo Diploma is a robusto, but just calling it a robusto won't get points, calling a MoW robusto a robusto will score points):1 pt.
Reviews will be submitted to me via PM, and will then be posted by me once they've all been submitted. Points will then be awarded accordingly.
I'll caution anyone thinking about this that I don't intend to make this easy, and I don't want anyone to participate if they don't intend to give it an honest try. But more importantly, I want this to be fun and maybe a learning experience.
So, what do you guys think? Any takers?
Comments
GOOD LUCK.
im rootin for ya.
I remember Tim and Alex used to do a few blind taste tests in the ccom video section if you guys want to get an idea of what your in for you should pul them up. hahaha, I'll second what Kuzi said about this not being an easy task.
Just want to reiterate not to post reviews in the thread, please pm them to me and I will post them all at once. If you want to take pictures as well, please do, I'd love to include them.
One last thought...if you guys think it might be a good idea to let these cool off for a bit before smoking them, I'm all for it. We can have next Monday be the official start time if you like.
Thats all sounds good to me Joe... Looking forward to it...... Thanks for the Test....
ROTFLMAO as he says this to an Alien! HAHAHA i crack Me up!