FINAL REVEAL 2019 INTERNATIONAL BLIND TASTING

[First Lady]

Hi everyone

 

Thank you for participating in this year’s 2019 FOH International Blind tasting, we hope you had as much fun as we did J

 

The Fourth and Fifth cigar is ............................ 

 

CIGAR 4 – MONTECRISTO NO 2 – BOP FEB 19

 

CIGAR 5 – COHIBA ROBUSTO – GOS FEB 19

 

 

We have three overall winner with 3 wins each and they are Dobbs, nsills and Prodigy 

To the winners receive a  $170 Gift voucher (USD/AUD) since it is a tie ( please contact Diana to redeem your Gift Voucher must be used within the month )

 

Until the next year and we start the fun all over again  ? 

 

Have a wonderful Christmas and a safe holiday break

 

Lisa

 

A $25 credit for any cigar you pick right to be used on a box (or sampler) purchase over $125 (USD/AUD) ( if you have picked two correctly please use the credit individually eg. NOT $50 OFF ONE PURCHASE ? ) from the carts or 24:24 stock. This must be used BY THE 20TH DECEMBER  the winners of that round being announced (prior to the next round of winners being announced). 

This will keep the admin process nice and easy...

 BLIND TASTING 2019 FINAL .pdf

[Bucky McSwensen]

Nice I got 1.  I'm a god!

[Islandboy]

Haha! Got one too, at least I avoided going 0 for oh!

That was brutal.

Congrats to the winners.

[tigger]

Congratulations to the winners!

And thanks to Lisa and the rest of the team for a fun, humbling time.  

[inter4alia]

What a blast. Very humbling. I was pretty confident in what numbers 4 and 5 were not, and I was dead wrong. But it looks like many others made the same guesses I did. I'll be happy with 1 for 5 on my maiden voyage. 

[Artin]

Nice. I just realized I got #3 right. Just to get things clear, do I have until December 20th to use my $25 credit? I didn’t quite understand what it says after that sentence.

[Meklown]

Went 1/4 on #4 then threw myself off with #5 - completely forgot about coro as that's what I guessed (wrongly) for #2 so for some reason I mistakenly exposed it in my head! Thinking back the flavor profile was spot on

[Thirds]

Haven’t smoked #5 yet but had to make a guess!   I’ve got work to do for next year.  

$25 credit will indeed be used! 

Thank you, FOH team.  

[BeerPimp]

I have only been smoking CC for about 1 1/2 years and I am pretty impressed I went 2 out of 5.   I will say that Monte #2 is one of my favorite cigars and I hope to never get another example like #4 and that every Coro I smoke is exactly like #5. 

[RD_26]

So odd I was certain #2 was the Coro and #5 tasted more like the D4 lol. Ah well I'm happy with 2 out of 5. Thanks for putting this on, was lots of fun! 

[Buck14]

Well, #2 and #4 were two of the worst sticks I’ve ever smoked - tossed them after 15-20 minutes. Good to know they were Party Serie D4 and Monty 2, which had been perhaps my least favorite two sticks in the entire Habanos portfolio...yuck. Of course I didn’t guess either of them!

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[BeerPimp]

I want to thank you guys for putting this on I know it takes a bit of effort but it definitely was a very interesting fun contest.   I imagine El Presidente has fun picking cigars that he knows will throw us off.   Like a really light wrapper.

[lovethehaze]

Congrats to the winners ! Lots of fun. 

[slowsmoke]

Well, I didn't get a damn one right.  But this was really fun and I feel like I learned a lot.  Thanks to FOH for putting it on, and congrats to the winners.  Looking forward to next year!

[prodigy]

Wow! Thanks for this. I cant believe I guessed right 3 times! Congrats to the other winners.

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[MigsG]

Wow, amazing... Can't believe that was a CORO. No way. LOL.

Fun contest regardless! Thanks FOH and congratulations to the 3 winners!

[dobbs]

what an awesome contest. surprised i was so wrong with #4 and #5. thanks for the effort in putting this together, i enjoyed it immensely!

-dobbs

[mwaller]

Dang..  that was the nastiest CoRo ever...

[mwaller]

33 minutes ago, MigsG said:

Wow, amazing... Can't believe that was a CORO. No way. LOL.

Fun contest regardless! Thanks FOH and congratulations to the 3 winners!

Ditto!

[nKostyan]

Congratulations to the winners!

Great entertainment, which is organized by FOH. Thanks to Rob, who chose the most interesting samples all year! Thanks to the beautiful ladies who prepared cigars and processed our letters! Thanks to everyone who commented on cigars, it was fun!

I liked all the cigars and enjoyed them. Great idea, I look forward to the next one...

 

[NSXCIGAR]

My goodness. That was the mildest Montecristo I've ever smoked in 23 years of smoking CCs. No trace of a Monte profile. I got sourdough and paprika. If it had been stronger I'd have gone PSP2 but I guessed Dip 2 and was about 90% sure about it.

And CoRo? Wow. Had zero Cohiba DNA. Black coffee start? I had it as a JLS2 until it got mild and a little cherry came in and I thought RyJ Short Churchills. 

And #3 a BPC...another wow. Never had a BPC that had a Cohiba profile. 

[HopeUgood]

Pro tip, match the band number on the cigar to the number you submit for your guess......

[nKostyan]

I forgot to comment my bets on numbers 4 and 5:

About #4

The strong spicy confectionery taste inclined me to Diplomatico. I know that Diplo and Monte are related brands, but from a dark wrapper I would expect DNA Montecristo and I did not feel it. On Saturday smoked Edmundo ABO Dic 18 and it was a very similar profile, but the choice was already made.

About #5

Full body and full strenght - only Bolivar or Cohiba. The taste was closer to Cohiba Robusto. Also the triple cap was too beautiful

 

[FUHNAHTIK]

So my completely overfilled and bursting wrapper # 5 was a CoRo ... some kind of quality control there. I guessed Juan Lopez, because it had to be a value brand based on the aesthetic. Shame on me, and whomever selected that cigar off the table to become a Cohiba. ?

 

[Derboesekoenig]

2 minutes ago, FUHNAHTIK said:

So my completely overfilled and bursting wrapper # 5 was a CoRo ... some kind of quality control there. I guessed Juan Lopez, because it had to be a value brand based on the aesthetic. Shame on me, and whomever selected that cigar off the table to become a Cohiba. ?

 

At least it was a GOS code and not a UAO (or rather, MAR which apparently is EL as of MAR?). You win some, you lose some.