Mystery Stick Game

I got an idea from the Black Band Project. This game would work like PIF but you send someone 3 cigars, without bands, marked A, B and C. The recieving person smokes them and reviews them, trying to guess what they are. After all 3 are smoked and reviewed the sender posts what A, B and C were. That way we rely completley on our palate(which this is a good opportunity to develop) and no brand hype. This way a "highly rated" cigar can be called a bag of ass or a cheap stick an awesome smoke. Only kicker is the recieving person would have to be willing to smoke all 3 within a few days of reciept, humidified shipping would be appreciated. Whats everyone think? If i get a few people interested i'll start things off on Saturday? Good idea?

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Jetmech_63

Sweet! Thanks Joe, I'll get em in the mail tomorrow!

Edit: Just got em packaged up. It'll be Maduro Madness!

j0z3r

Looks like I'm in trouble....my cigar taster isn't well tuned for maduros. Went 2/3 last time, this time....0/3 I bet.

So, who'd like to do some mystery mooching off of me? I'm all out of Grape Swishers, so I'll have to go to the 7-11 and pick out a new stock, might even get one of those fancy tube cigars that has the end already punched. So...any takers?

betasynn

Soon you'll be sending loose cigarettes. FLAVORED cigarettes, at that.

j0z3r

betasynn:
Soon you'll be sending loose cigarettes. FLAVORED cigarettes, at that.

I'd never....you know, maybe....

Jetmech_63

Sticks on the move Joe, you oughta have em monday.

j0z3r

Jetmech_63:
Sticks on the move Joe, you oughta have em monday.

Got 'em. I'll get to reviewing pretty soon here. Probably start tonight. Thanks Vinny.

Oh yeah, guys, I'm still waiting on a mooch. What, did I scare you off with the talk about Swishers? I don't really send those...more of a While Owl man.

j0z3r

I think Cigar A is a 5 Vegas Limitada '08.

edit 7/14: I think Cigar B is an Oliva Serie O maduro.

edit 7/15: I think Cigar C is a Camacho Triple Maduro.

j0z3r

OK, all guesses are in...what say you Vinny?

Still looking for a mooch guys.

betasynn

I am trying not to over-play, but if nobody else steps up, I'd be happy to do it. Wait and see if somebody else wants a chance though.

Jetmech_63

You got one of em!!
A: CAO Brazillia
B: Gurkha Doble Maduro
C: Camacho Triple Maduro

Nice job man.

j0z3r

Yeah, I wasn't confident at all about cigar B, I just threw a guess out there. Now I know why I put down cigar A after an inch...I don't like the Braziillia...again, I wasn't too confident about that guess either. Like I said, maduros aren't my specialty, and the only reason I got cigar C right was due to the figurado shape, once I had an idea the flavor fell right in line. Thanks for the cigars Vinny.

j0z3r

betasynn:
I am trying not to over-play, but if nobody else steps up, I'd be happy to do it. Wait and see if somebody else wants a chance though.

Well, nobody has shown any interest, so you wanna be my mooch? Or anyone? ...?

betasynn

I'd love to mooch off you again, I'll send my new addy.

j0z3r

Cool deal.

Since Vinny sent me a maduro madness pack, I'm going to carry on the wrapper oriented mystery cigars. Get ready for some Corojo Craziness!!

betasynn

j0z3r:
Cool deal.

Since Vinny sent me a maduro madness pack, I'm going to carry on the wrapper oriented mystery cigars. Get ready for some Corojo Craziness!!

SICK! I've been meaning to try some Corojo cigars, since I've been growing a fondness for them; now, I guess I can ask who my mooch will be!

betasynn

C'mon, who wants to be my mystery cigar mooch? Great way to test your cigar tasting skills, and get a couple of good, unjaded smokes.

Goldy

Woo Hoo, finally got 25 posts and a trade under my belt so I want to celebrate by becoming a mystery mootch!

betasynn

Got your PM Goldy, any particular tastes you like/dislike?

Goldy

I lean Medium to full but I am open to trying pretty much anything.

Goldy

Who wants to be my mystery mooch?

betasynn

Goldy; got my mystery sticks for ya, and a few extras. Going out tomorrow, if it stops raining.

Goldy

Hey Betasynn if the sticks have not gone out yet could you send them to a different address? I have pmed it to you. No worries if its too late.

betasynn

You got me in time, gotta delay the shipping to tomorrow though.

betasynn

Alright, I'll edit this post as I smoke 'em, when all three are posted, let me know how I did

Cigar A: Alright, I'd have to say it's a Nicaraguan Corojo wrapper, with a honduran filler and maybe a connecticut binder or something. Only cigar I can think of, that I've never had before, is a Punch Rare Corojo. I've never had this particular cigar before, I can say it with almost certainty. It was a great smoke, with a nice starting punch of spice, with some sweetness on the finish that turned into a maybe honey or vanilla flavor down the line. It smelled sort of strange, like pipe tobacco, very sweet, but I loved this cigar.

Goldy

Anyone interested in some mystery sticks? How about you sir, you in the back, yes you.

j0z3r

How are you doin' on those mystery cigars Beta? I'm just dying to see what you think the last two are.

Goldy

I got the cigars in and am letting them sit for a few days but will start with A sometime this week. Thanks for the extras, that was really above and beyond the call of duty. I am super excited to try the Vegas A.

betasynn

Hey guys, I was on vacation, ended today so I'll smoke B and C tonight.

betasynn

Alright, had Cigar B. I think this was a nicaraguan puro, maybe a Cuba Libre. I haven't had it before, as I rarely smoke anything that length; it was damn good, with the opening spice and a great, underlying sweetness.

Goldy

Boy its hard to give away free cigars. I will be leaving my house for 3 months on Sunday for work so if someone could step up to the plate before then it would help.