Review Contest deux Cigar 4!!!!!!

[Electric Sheep]

You know, in my "pre-smoke" guesses, I wrote down that I thought it was a Padron Londres. I mean, size/shape wise, it was exactly a Londres. There were a couple of things that threw me off though:

#1 - the oddly uneven discoloration (somewhat visible in my photo).
#2 - the extremely loose cap (typically, Padrons don't fall apart this easily).
#3 - the flavor had that "lemon-pepper twang" that reminded me of a CC.

Now then having said it reminded me of a CC, it doesn't surprise me at all that it's a Nicaraguan puro. It seems that every NC that's made me question its origin has been a Nicaraguan puro.

But to be honest, it doesn't completely surprise me that it was a Padron Londres since that was my initial guess.

And yeah, I guess I'll keep buying them; I've smoked plenty, and I guess that this confirms that (for me and my tastes) it's a good value cigar.

 

[Benzopyrene]

Dont know how much age was on them, bought them right before the pass.

 

[daniyal]

Quite the opposite for me, I don't look at a cigar longer than it takes to select it, cut it and light it. These reviews have made me stop for a couple of extra seconds just to jot down the required info.

Cigars are not any different than food. You can have an elegant looking plate of food that tastes like shit and on the other hand you can have a plate of slop & hash that tastes out of this world.

Appearance does count for something, but the proof is in the roll.

I agree with you that the proof is in the roll but the power of our senses can not be ignored.. I wish I could be as impartial as you but I do find myself, from time to time, making assumptions about how things will taste simply by the way they look or smell. Its basic human nature we eat with our eyes first and then with our mouths.

 

[Electric Sheep]

Dont know how much age was on them, bought them right before the pass.

Well then maybe I should start smoking "fresh" Padrons again. :smokingbo

 

[tubaman]

I agree with you that the proof is in the roll but the power of our senses can not be ignored.. I wish I could be as impartial as you but I do find myself, from time to time, making assumptions about how things will taste simply by the way they look or smell. Its basic human nature we eat with our eyes first and then with our mouths.

daniyal, believe me, if that cigar had been what I consider to be a good tasting cigar, I would have been happy to rate it higher. Rob and I have similar tastes in cigars so it's no accident that we both rated it poorly. I was actually trying to find ways to give it a higher score so as not to seem overly critical.

By your logic, Sheep's reviews must be the best then since he has fancy graphics. Or Asher's because he has pics to go along with his review. Do you see the flaw in the logic? They may very well have the best reviews, I'm certainly not saying that he hasn't, but to say we are jaded in our views by the appearance of the cigar isn't really fair. Part of the review is taking appearance into account, and by everyone's account this was one butt ugly smoke. I've had some other butt ugly smokes (Upmmann Naturales to name one) that were fantastic smokes. My point is, just as we can't make assumptions about how the cigar will taste based on appearance, we shouldn't assume that simply because we observe that the cigar is ugly that the reviewer can't get past that.

 

[Electric Sheep]

I agree, Kevin. It makes sense that you two have similar flavor prefs and, therefore, rated the cigar similarly (and y'all had the exact same rating in the Flavor category).

As for *MY* flavor prefs, it just so happens that my tastebuds are really in-tune with Nicaraguan cigars at the moment, so it's no surprise that in the Flavor category I gave it high marks.

 

[Altercall]

If it makes ya'll feel better, Duane and I have pretty similar taste profiles and if I had bothered to write down my notes, we would have had a similar review (if not score).

 

[Asher]

Interesting reactions thus far.. every one agrees its butt ugly but some how Sheep's review seems most honest the other reviews read as if the writers were put off by the look of the stick and just couldn't get past it.

No offence intended brothers I'm really enjoying the reviews, keep up the good work!

Honestly, based on the appearance, I expected this to be a very good cigar. Since it was so ugly, I figured that the taste had to be the redeeming quality! :hysterica I'm definitely judging these cigars on their appearance (15 points!), but I don't think that appearance is a significant factor in how I perceive the taste. For example, the best looking cigar so far was #2, the Drew Estates Liga Privada #9, and it turned out to be quite a disappointment.

As for this being a Padron, I'm really surprised! I've smoked some of the x000 maduro vitolas, and enjoyed them. All of them had very toothy, uniformly dark wrappers, nothing at all like this one.

 

[tubaman]

the best looking cigar so far was #2, the Drew Estates Liga Privada #9, and it turned out to be quite a disappointment.

As for this being a Padron, I'm really surprised! I've smoked some of the x000 maduro vitolas, and enjoyed them. All of them had very toothy, uniformly dark wrappers, nothing at all like this one.

Two excellent points.