Wait please

Man my notes are awful compared to some of these reviews.

send the notes to me. for a small fee I'll punch 'em up some...cuz I'm good wif words, and stuff.

Want it now or later?

i've heard Frank is like some kind of genius. Better take him up on it.

Dan I'll wait till after the next review this afternoon.

Dan I'll wait till after the next review this afternoon.

Fired up #3 this morning.
7 X 50? maddie. Looked very nice, uniform color, barely noticable veins.
Lit up - first inch - blast of, best I can describe it, medicinal bitterness. Not one to give up, continued to smoke. After the first bbit, the flavors pretty much went away. Occasionally, a bit of spice, but nothing else. Draw was perfect as was the burn. But the flavors, or lack of, weren't to my taste.
Don't know what this was, but definately a yard gar - your yard.
As you guys can tell, I'm not very verbose when it comes to reviews. It's basically - detected flavors and opinion. Pre-light aroma, tsste, etc, don't correlate to actual taste after lighting, to me anyway - although many others detect connections.

Well, what were my 3?

Yeah now i am curious on the one i have resting. the UC i first had was a couple summers ago, haven't gone back yet since it drop me on my butt. the UC shades do leave a tingle if i nub them down, but not unmanageable. so maybe its time to revisit the UC's.
these reviews are really interesting thou with the blind draws. with 2 outta the 3 smoked, i hope that i found the yard gar, but i really dont know what to expect from the last one that hopefully goes up some time this week.

Ypetryna,
Are you going to post all three reviews at the same time?

1 was a god of fire series b 2010.

2 was a Fuente queen b I cheated a little this was my yard gar, I usually get them for about 4 bucks.

3 was a rm 101 master choice 1. Mid range

Thanks

Queen B for $4???

Yes have purchased several boxes at that price over the last 6 months

Last Review of Cigar #3

Beautiful Triple Cap Colorado Claro Wrapper in Corona Vitola. Cap is very well done Cuban quality you can tell the first cap was flagged from the end of the wrapper. Great construction, wrapper has lots of teeth could be some age to this. Tight roll and the foot was cracked slightly might have been my fault. I clipped the cap with a regular ring cutter as opposed to a table cutter. The wrapper came undone a little bit nothing a little saliva glue can't fix.

1st Third- Slight Tight draw but getting lots of rich creamy smoke with this one. Immediately I am getting some pepper and barnyard. The flavors start to develop and I am getting a whole pantry full of flavors toasted oak, cinnamon, cocoa, toast, leather, cream. I love every bit of this smoke through the first third. I tried to ash myself so it doesn't fall in my lap this time and the ash refused to drop.

2nd Third- The abundance of flavors start to die down and the true flavor of the cigar comes out very creamy nutty flavor and some vanila. About halfway through I get a bizarre flavor that reminds me of Irish Spring Soap bit weird at first but I enjoyed it. Stayed creamy through this part and ends with a blast of pepper that fades quick and the nicotine starts hitting me.

Last Third- I set the cigar down and leave it for a bit. Cigar went out and needs a relight but first I give it a draw to try to bring it back to life and I was getting some burnt rubber/gasoline. Lit it back up and the flavors from the 1st third were bouncing around again. The last 3rd certainly wasn't amazing was getting some chemical flavor that was alternating between the wonderful flavors mentioned. The chemical taste took a backseat and was still enjoyable overall. I nubbed the cigar. Total Smoking time about 1 hour 20 mins.

Overall- I this was my favorite of the 3 mystery cigars I will definitely buy these up and get a couple of #1 in the lineup. I didn't care much for #2 but I'll have to give it another shot since Dan swears by them and I got a "dud" When I had inspected all 3 originally I suspected this one to be a premium and possibly a Cuban. The flavors were very complex with very few unenjoyable puffs towards the end. So of my last 2 one was the premium and 1 was the yard gar. My guess is the #1 is the yardgar and #3 is the Premium. I don't even want to guess a brand. I haven't done many mystery reviews and I am really happy with the ability to get a truly blind review without any brand expectations. Thanks Chaz for putting it together and thanks to Dan for some great choices and the bonus cigars that were sent along.

What are my last 2?

Both have some age, so not sure if current production will do you right.

The first you smoked was La Palina Black Label. Midrange

The second was a 2013ish Liga Privada T52. Premium

The final was a 2014 Herrera Esteli Lonsdale. Yard gar.

Well done sir. I bent rules a bit since I don't really have any good yard gars on hand, at least none that I've not included in past blind reviews. The La Palina and the Herrera Esteli are both midrange, but I got the box of HE for about $5/ea so I called it the yard gar.

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Okay....I am back to finish up.

First some lingering thoughts on the #1 little catfish.....It seemed like there must have been a mexican or ligero binder under a broadleaf sungrown wrapper....that is my best guess on why it changed the way it did. No clue as to who rolled it but I suspect it is not a well known vitola but perhaps rolled by one of the well known operations. Definitely a fantastic find.

Now for #3

I pulled it out of cello and set in on my desk while I was finishing up something on computer. I was surprised I picked up the aroma from a distance of about 18". This cigar is rolled very tight. feels like a rock. Visible veins and a little wrapper discoloration. The wrapper has burnished marks like maybe this was light box press. Color suggests maybe Colorado and not maduro? This is a larger RG robusto (robusto gordo?) About 54 to 56 RG. I didn't measure anything.

Prelight draw presented a nice tobacco sweetness. Draw is very tight. I cut off more of the cap.....seems like a triple cap. I get a little cedar on the first few draws. A little bit of spice on the backside.

This is burning very straight with a pure white ash. Seems to be Nicauraguan but not real peppery. Some subltle favor variations back and forth. Very nice.

I wish this draw would loosen up a bit. I poke a couple of holes into the foot to improve the draw. Still a little tight. Hearty flavor.

It develops a perfect 1 1/2 " ash before it drops. Burn line staying dead perfect through the first third. Draw has loosened up and no complaints.

Into the second third. I peg this as the mid range cigar of the group. Flavors are pretty consistent but nice. Things have settled into an earthy flavor profile. Spices have died down.

It goes out once. I relight. Smoke some more. I would keep smoking this if I didn't have other things to do. I let it go out at about 1/3 to 1/4 - not compelled to nub it. A solid medium +. Very satifying. I would smoke more of these depending on what I could pick them up for. Nothing in there that puts it above the class I am pegging it at - a solid mid range cigar. If this were a yard gar or could get them at a bargain, I would be real excited.

Thanks for the opportunity to do this. Now tell me what they were, please!

Another cheater on the yard gar category!!! I don't care what you got the HE for, it is not a yard gar. Neither was the AF Queen B by Dharbolt. Supposed to be retail value. Just sayin'.

Awesome Dan thanks. I came close guessing number 2 was maybe a liga. Not surprised 3 was a drew estate also. Much appreciated. Never had the 52

Awesome Dan thanks. I came close guessing number 2 was maybe a liga. Not surprised 3 was a drew estate also. Much appreciated. Never had the 52