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I try to keep mine about 65 as well, though it tends to be a little higher inside the drawers(about 67 - 68 or so).

Lesson learned, patience is a virtue. Usually I do let them rest longer, but I was a bit anxious to participate.

2 was a Perdomo Edicion de Silvio Maduro with over 10 years in my humi.

Great reviews guys, definitely gonna try a couple.

I got my package today from my good ole buddy, illinichaser.

All arrived unscathed.

It's been raining cats and dogs here. So I'm gonna jump in.

Included in the 5'er is a Viage TNT! And one of my fav's the Shark! You will pay dearly. Thanks Bro!

Number 1

You know me well.

Coming in as a hefty 4 x 45
Dark brown wrapper, minimal veins, tight visible seams. Toothy oily satin wrapper. Wonderful humidor aroma.
Tight pack with a perfect draw with just enough resistance.
First light kinda harsh essence of a candle bring blown out but quickly transformed into a very dark leather, with a chewy woody finish.
Getting into the first third I'm picking up on a bitter bakers chocolate on the retrohale, followed by a very peppery long finish.
Going into the second third no changes in flavor. The bakers chocolate is completely gone now, taking over the dark leather, with a fiery pepper finish. It's burn is razor sharp and getting abit hot. Hard not to hit a cigar your not enjoying. I'm going to let it cool down a bit as I get into the last part.
Getting into the last third I had to touch it up just alittle, nothing major.
Wood has come back out, pepper is durn near at full strength but is going down easy with a root beer. I nubbed it. Very good smoke.

Not as peppery as I remember them being. But I'm gonna go out on a limb and say this was
The Baitfish.

I love them little vitola's

Thanks for the smokes, reviews to follow.

From the guy who hates anything with the slightest pepper LOL

You're missing the best part But I retrohale faustos......

Cigar #1 from mountainman is a 5.5 x 54 darker brown wrapped cigar. The seam is noticeable near the cap and looks like it endsl before the cap but a good feel in the hand for this one. V cut this one and the draw is nice and smooth with hints of barnyard and a bit of sweetness.

First draws have a hint of pepper with a sweet finish. A lot of good creamy smoke coming off this one. This one is in my wheelhouse and really enjoying it.

Got caught up in the blackhawks and predators game for half of this cigar. Phenomenal game with a great cigar, unfortunately forgot to take notes as i was afraid to look away.

This cigar being the mid range will be on my list to buy more if it is not already, as it feels really familiar. What was it? And I apologize for the underwhelming review on this one.

Thanks for the cigars mountainman. Looking forward to the MF limited edition and the partagas cc.

Hillbilly got the package today and everything arrived great. Box smelled awesome when I opened it up. Going to give these a few days rest and then try and get to the reviews.

I got to enjoy the last cigar in the blind test from dc, cigar #1. unfortunately my notes got erased from my phone and will have to do the review by memory.

it looked to be about 5'x56 and a nice chocolaty brown color. the seams were noticeable but nothing that bad and a good construction.

pre light it had the aroma of cedar and leather. I gave it a v cut and lit it up.

upon lighting the cigar had a slight pepperiness to it with that cedar and leather staying true. the smoke was nice and creamy, a pretty good cigar to say the least. the ash was a nice white, but didn't hold up much past an inch or so.

the cedar and leather stayed to the end with the cigar getting progressively creamier towards the end. it developed sweet notes and another flavor I would call nutmeg.

a great cigar that would surprise me if it was not a mid level or lower but will be taking a look at getting some for my humidor. it doesn't remind me of anything I have smoked before but a wild guess would be a gran Habano something.

thank you for the great cigars DC! that was one heck of a line up of smokes and I really enjoyed them all! I hope we get to do this again soon!

^that DCLover can't follow the rules

Finally got to relax on the back porch last night. So I grabbed a few DFH 90 minute brews and #3 cigar from bgz.
Size: 5.5 x 46
Wrapper med brn, smooth, firm with no soft spots.
Cut: straight
First inhale brought a nice spice to da tongue. As I thought about how this was a good thing, the next puff went straight to creamy leather notes. That spice was gone. The cigar had perfect draw with plenty of smoke. For the next hour I was in heaven. The cigar was as smooth as a babies butt. Ash held straight for over two inches before I knocked it off. Great burn. Just pass the half way point the flavors remained the same but it picked up in strength to med-full. This was a very good stick. If it had that spice I picked up on during that first hit at the end this would be a 10.
Thanks bgz

Smoked frozen's #3 cigar today and proved my noobness by making another mistake. Started catching a cold, and instead of waiting till next weekend, smoked it anyway.

With that said, I did like it. Seemed like it might have been a little harsh, but that could just be because this cold is coming on.

The flavor was familiar, I'm thinking I've smoked it before. Seemed more full bodied than the other two that I smoked, was hard for me to discern the flavor though.

It had a lighter shade of brown wrapper, and was corona shape.

It did taste familiar though, so I'm certain I smoked these or something like these before. I was thinking it tasted more Dominican but sometimes I was thinking Nicaraguan, all I know is that I did enjoy smoking it.

Thanks frozen, what did I smoke?


The blind reviews has been a fun, humbling experience and I look forward to participating in another one in the future.

Next time I participate, I won't smoke a blind one after drinking all night, I'll let them rest a little longer, and I certainly won't smoke one with a cold, lol.

So, I actually smoked it a couple of days ago, but haven't had a chance to type up the review. .

I smoked cigar #3 which was a dark oily torpedo that was about 7" long and ~54 ring guage. Prelight the cigar had a sweet taste with a hint of cocoa. Immediately upon lighting a nice oaky profile, but the draw was very tight. I continued to struggle with keeping the cigar lit, and fighting a tight draw for the first 2 inches. It took nearly 1.5 hours just to fight through that much. At about the 2 " mark the cigar opened up and had a nice floral nose to it. However, that quickly faded into a bitter, char taste. At this point, I am sorry to say, I gave up. I'm really shocked as this was the first cigar in a blind test, I just did not care for. Maybe it was just a dud, but it was disappointing.

Thanks for the cigar any way though Chazbo, as I do like trying different things and always enjoy participating. . .

well thank goodness I didn't trash the premium. Not surprised at all on what it was, and yeah the misses sometimes happen. I could see it being really good if it was on, this one just wasn't. . .

Adding onto the above. As she held for 2 inches at which point I need to do a slight retouch to the cigar. Getting plenty of pepper and still creamy smooth finish. The cigar has a nice nose to it. Very sweet.

Down to the last inch and this cigar Excellent.

I would absolutely smoke another one again


Thank you Chasbo I enjoyed this is always.

So what did I smoke?

I smoked cigar #2 from the Hillbilly blind review sampler last night.

It was a light brown with reddish tint to the wrapper 6x50 figurado. Nicely looking cigar with minimal veins and seems were barely visible. From the looks of it I would say it is the premium but honestly I looked at the others when I grabbed this one and they all looked to be well rolled so judging from appearance only would be tough. Cold draw I got the normal tobacco taste and not much else which I rarely do.

1/3 Starts off with leather being the main note and just a touch of chocolate in the background. Around 3/4 inch I got a large amount of chocolate in the smoke but it only lasted a short period. I feel just the slightest bit of pepper in the back of my throat also. Retro is nice, just intensifies the flavors but doesn't overwhelm.

2/3 Starts off with the ash still holding strong but I knock it off at this point due to not wanting it to fall in my lap. Burn line is raiser sharp with a shiny black line leading the way. About half way through on this 3rd and I got a citrus almost lemon like note but only for one pull on it. Chocolate is mostly gone now and leather has taken over.

3/3 So far I am really enjoying this cigar, however I keep thinking there is going to be a dramatic change to it that never happens ( this is probably due to my thoughts that it was going to be the high end smoke). This 3rd finishes off much like the rest of the cigar.

Overall I definitely enjoyed this smoke and it hit a profile that I have a hard time finding a cigar I enjoy in. Most of the time when I have a cigar that is in this profile it is too mild for me to really enjoy but this one was medium, maybe even medium-full. I really have no clue what this one is and I doubt I have smoked one before but I will guess it is in the around the higher end of the mid range cigar. As for the Brand I really have no idea, I will guess Camacho of some sort as I have gotten similar notes out of them sometimes.

Great reviews.

#1 Casa Magna Oscuro. Got a bunch of these when I first started cigars. Other than construction issues
Back then I thought they were the cats pajamas.
#2 one of my favorite vitola's from Diesel Hair of the Dog.

#2 from Illi

6x35 double cap, dark brown tight visible seams, a bit veiny, with a very oily wrapper. With some plume.

First light, draw is alittle on the snug side but producing ample amount of smoke for a 35 ring gauge. Mouth is instantly coated by a thick oily mouth feel.

1/3 thick rich tobacco smoke, alittle pepper but not to much. Oil stays with ya but a short finish. Medium to Full mor on the medium side. Nice start.

2/3 pepper ramping up a good bit, getting a good nicotine tingle in the back of the throat. Still super oily chewy smoke. Finish is staying around longer. Started tunneling on me. Just slowed down my draws and it caught back up after a touch up.

Last third having issues with the burn. Have to really throttle it to produce some smoke but not a bad tasting cigar. One dimensional, thick oily rich tobacco.
Got a good buzz going. Double puffing seems to be the key with this stick.

It's a head scratcher

Pepper died down. Decent flavor, tunneling issues, nice room notes....

Down to the nub. Tunneling gone. Peppers back, still on the fence....

If it wasn't for the burn issues I am willing to go out on a limb and say this might have been a CC with the flavor profile.
But then again, I was pretty much hot boxing it during the second and last third trying to get a decent smoke output.

I'm probably shooting myself in the foot but I'm going to say this was the yard gar. Might have a more conclusive opinion when I ash #3
I'm curious to know what this was.
Thanks for the smoke. It was humbling. I have a feeling I'm about to get schooled on this one.

Paired with a Dickle 12 old fashioned.

Two sugar cubes
Two dashes of bitters
Two teaspoons of water
Two shots of Dickle
Two ice cubes

frou-frou but good!

This was a La Palina Mr. Sam Sorry you had issues with the burn. That is unusual.

I'm not used to smaller ring gauges.
I know I was smoking them to fast. I'm blaming user error.

I'm blown away...... Plus it has been raining cats and dogs here for the past week. Very high RH.
Don't go fooling with your Humi's

Thanks again for the cigars.

I live them cedar bombs! That's all I can taste when smoking the
Cohiba Edicion Diamante 2012

I wish I could get more at the price cbid would free fall them for. They age very well for being in a glass Tubo
Glad ya liked it.

Danm's #3. 5 1/8 x 50-52. Triple cap, solidly constructed, flawless light brown wrapper that gives off a grassy barnyard aroma. Slightly musty hay on the firm pre-light draw.

Good flavor to start. Cream, hay, cedar, this must be one of your favorites Dan. I'm convinced Dan has been messing with me. He claimed #2 was Cuban when I would have bet against it. (Did you mix up the bands?) This one has to be.

Not a lot of variation at halfway. Creaminess comes & goes, cedar, oak, pleasant herbal finish, solid medium body.

A decent smoke, just not really in my wheelhouse. How far am I out to lunch this time?