So here are the results of this past year of smoking great cigars. The BOTL brothers have spoken and I have tallied the results. It was a daunting task.
I scored all choices with 5 points for a first choice down to 1 point for the 5th choice. If the person submitting did not rank the cigar but only gave me their 5 best then I gave each one 2 points. There were over 230 entries by almost 50 brothers.
And the Number One Cigar of the Year is .........
SOUTHERN DRAW ROSE OF SHARRON with 19 points
The rest of the Top 5 are;
# 2 My Father Le Bijou 18 points
# 3 H. Upmann Magnum 15 points
# 4 Joya de Nicaragua Cinco Decadas Diadema 11 points
# 5 Raymon Allones Specialty Select 8 points
The top 3 based on the number of votes rather than the score are;
# 1 Southern Draw Rose of Sharron 7 votes
# 2 My Father Le Bijou 5 votes
# 3 H. Upmann Magnum 4 votes
The top brands based on the total scores for that brand are;
# 1 Warped 37 points
# 2 H. Upmann 26 points
# 3 Romeo & Juliet 26 points
# 4 Southern Draw 24 points
# 5 Partagas 23 points
The top brands based on the number of votes for that brand are;
# 1 Warped 14 votes
# 2 Southern Draw 9 votes
# 3 H. Upmann 9 votes
# 4 Oliva 8 votes
# 5 Crown Heads 7 votes
I scored all choices with 5 points for a first choice down to 1 point for the 5th choice. If the person submitting did not rank the cigar but only gave me their 5 best then I gave each one 2 points. There were over 230 entries by almost 50 brothers.
And the Number One Cigar of the Year is .........
SOUTHERN DRAW ROSE OF SHARRON with 19 points
The rest of the Top 5 are;
# 2 My Father Le Bijou 18 points
# 3 H. Upmann Magnum 15 points
# 4 Joya de Nicaragua Cinco Decadas Diadema 11 points
# 5 Raymon Allones Specialty Select 8 points
The top 3 based on the number of votes rather than the score are;
# 1 Southern Draw Rose of Sharron 7 votes
# 2 My Father Le Bijou 5 votes
# 3 H. Upmann Magnum 4 votes
The top brands based on the total scores for that brand are;
# 1 Warped 37 points
# 2 H. Upmann 26 points
# 3 Romeo & Juliet 26 points
# 4 Southern Draw 24 points
# 5 Partagas 23 points
The top brands based on the number of votes for that brand are;
# 1 Warped 14 votes
# 2 Southern Draw 9 votes
# 3 H. Upmann 9 votes
# 4 Oliva 8 votes
# 5 Crown Heads 7 votes