Resurrecting the MYSTERY STICK game

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  • CharlieHeis
    CharlieHeis Posts: 8,974 ✭✭✭✭✭
    And who is next? Don't let my inept attempt at a blind review dissuade you from trying this. It was still fun and a good way to try a stick with no preconceived notions because of the band. 
  • cbuck
    cbuck Posts: 9,143 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ok, Mr. "I'm no good at this", you got it! Nice! It is a MOW Little Devil! Thanks for playing! I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did.
  • CharlieHeis
    CharlieHeis Posts: 8,974 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I can't take full credit for this one. The cap looked like you removed the pigtail to throw me off. That made me think  it was something I had had before and was definitely one of the reasons I guessed what I did. image
  • cbuck
    cbuck Posts: 9,143 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I didn't remove it intentionally! Must have fallen off on the trip! Still a difficult thing! Your one better at it than I was'
  • CharlieHeis
    CharlieHeis Posts: 8,974 ✭✭✭✭✭
    CharlieHeis said:
    And who is next? Don't let my inept attempt at a blind review dissuade you from trying this. It was still fun and a good way to try a stick with no preconceived notions because of the band. 
    Bump.

    Anybody? How about @avengethis, @Usaf06, or @Puff_Dougie. If not it's back to Gibby.
  • avengethis
    avengethis Posts: 5,697 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm good fit right now. Somebody needs to get in on this right @Patrickbrick
    Team O'Donnell FTW!

    "I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn't going to smoke ever last one of 'em." - Ron White
  • jgibv
    jgibv Posts: 9,245 ✭✭✭✭✭
    CharlieHeis said:
    CharlieHeis said:
    And who is next? Don't let my inept attempt at a blind review dissuade you from trying this. It was still fun and a good way to try a stick with no preconceived notions because of the band. 
    Bump.

    Anybody? How about @avengethis, @Usaf06, or @Puff_Dougie. If not it's back to Gibby.
    yeah come on slackers!!!!  get on this! 

    if you don't get any takers, that sounds good @CharlieHeis ; send it my way

    * I have a new address as of 3/24/18 *

  • CharlieHeis
    CharlieHeis Posts: 8,974 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Anybody want to try? 

    @jgibvI can get this together this weekend if no one else bites. 
  • Guitarded
    Guitarded Posts: 4,720 ✭✭✭✭✭
    CharlieHeis said:
    Anybody want to try? 

    @jgibvI can get this together this weekend if no one else bites. 

    If nobody wants to volunteer, I will be your huckleberry.
    Friends don't let good friends smoke cheap cigars.
  • Patrickbrick
    Patrickbrick Posts: 8,085 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I will not play this game.  My review would read some thing like, I liked it, I think its this.  No one wants to read that crap, oh wait sorry. 

    "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give".  Winston Churchill.
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  • CharlieHeis
    CharlieHeis Posts: 8,974 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Guitarded said:
    CharlieHeis said:
    Anybody want to try? 

    @jgibvI can get this together this weekend if no one else bites. 

    If nobody wants to volunteer, I will be your huckleberry.
    Addy up.
  • CharlieHeis
    CharlieHeis Posts: 8,974 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sorry I'm so damn slow @Guitarded.

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  • Guitarded
    Guitarded Posts: 4,720 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No problem Charlie. It must have taken a while to dig out from what those noobs did to you. Looking forward to trying this. I just hope you were gentle. LOL
    Friends don't let good friends smoke cheap cigars.
  • Guitarded
    Guitarded Posts: 4,720 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Arrived today. Looking forward to this and you really need to work on your math skills Charlie!! TY M
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  • Guitarded
    Guitarded Posts: 4,720 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2016

    I apologize for the delay, work and stuff, and wanted a clean palate for this.

    Mystery stick A

    4 1/2 by 46? Petite Corona

    Wrapper is dark chocolate color but not black like a maduro. Corojo?

    Almost seamless and very small veins, triple cap, beautiful!

    Foot feels firm, but the rest of the cigar has the right amount of give to the touch.

    Prelight the aroma is like an old barn, but a clean old barn. Almost like an antique store, musty and old wood. After cutting the draw has just the right amount of resistance and tastes a bit of leather and spice.

    A slow toast and the first few draws are great. Leather, spice, and smooth aged tobacco flavors dominate. Tons of smoke and a slightly flakey ash.

    One touch up after first third and the flavors mellow a bit. Flavors are rich, but not too overpowering. More leather, less spice. The ash falls on its own. Smoke stays warm but not hot on the palate.

    Spice flavors return with the final third and leather flavors more intense. Smoke gets warmer down to the nub (thanks @stubble).

    Overall a very enjoyable little cigar. I would definitely smoke many more of these!!

    My guess is from My Father. DPG or Jaime Garcia??

    Thank You @CharlieHeis

    P.S. My first written review and not as easy as I expected. 

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  • Wylaff
    Wylaff Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very well written Mike!
    "Cooking isn't about struggling; It's about pleasure. It's like sǝx, with a wider variety of sauces."

    At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...
  • johnnyB
    johnnyB Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You have a way with words sir
    That was a great review 
    Non Crux sed lux
  • CharlieHeis
    CharlieHeis Posts: 8,974 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good guess. Partial credit given as it is a My Father Le Bijou 1922. Nice review.
  • Guitarded
    Guitarded Posts: 4,720 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thank you to @charlieHeis, @wylaff, and @johnnyB.

    My wife walked by as I was struggling with the keyboard and asked if she could help, as I never learned to type, so my method is not hunt and peck but seek and thump. I explained to her that I would rather pave a driveway than have to write a paper in school. It has always been difficult to put my thoughts into words so your comments are greatly appreciated.

    Two more reviews to go!!

    Friends don't let good friends smoke cheap cigars.
  • kswildcat
    kswildcat Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well done Mike. Hats off for trying this,  I wouldn't dream of it. 
  • dirtdude
    dirtdude Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭✭✭
    well done Mike
    A little dirt never hurt
  • genareddog
    genareddog Posts: 4,450 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice Mike
  • Guitarded
    Guitarded Posts: 4,720 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bump for @danielzreyes Got any Opus?
    Friends don't let good friends smoke cheap cigars.
  • jgibv
    jgibv Posts: 9,245 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Where we at on this? 

    Is it still with @Guitarded ?

    Did you ever finish the mystery sticks?  Did I miss your guesses?

    * I have a new address as of 3/24/18 *

  • Guitarded
    Guitarded Posts: 4,720 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is still on me. Only had time for 1 try, have been busy and wanted a clean pallet to do this right. I will get focused on this!
    Friends don't let good friends smoke cheap cigars.
  • jgibv
    jgibv Posts: 9,245 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sounds good @Guitarded .... now that temps are warming up across the US, I'm hoping folks will be able to get out & enjoy some cigars and we can get some more interest in this. 

    * I have a new address as of 3/24/18 *

  • Guitarded
    Guitarded Posts: 4,720 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I did not forget about it. I may take it too seriously, I should just enjoy the cigar and guess what it is. Not attempt to review it. Leave that to the professionals!!
    Friends don't let good friends smoke cheap cigars.
  • jgibv
    jgibv Posts: 9,245 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Guitarded said:
    I did not forget about it. I may take it too seriously, I should just enjoy the cigar and guess what it is. Not attempt to review it. Leave that to the professionals!!
    @Guitarded ; correct the review doesn't need to be taken too seriously, and you don't need to write a novel for review. 

    just a short, few sentences, mini-review and a picture or 2 will suffice....per the game rules outlined in the OP.

    jgibv said:

    Step 3...
    Receiving person smokes cigars, posts up a mini-review, and guesses what they are.
    (I would like to see them smoked & guess/review posted within 10 days of receiving package, so we can keep the game moving along).



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  • Guitarded
    Guitarded Posts: 4,720 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Stick B
    5x50 robusto 4 caps!!!
    Beautiful dark red wrapper
    Prelight draw has perfect resistance
    Spicey but not overpowering.
    Lots of rich smoke. Well constructed. Even burn.
    My guess is DPG Legado de Pepin.
    Thanks @charlieHeis
    Promise to get this moving again.image
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  • CharlieHeis
    CharlieHeis Posts: 8,974 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sorry I missed this earlier @Guitarded. That was an Oliva V. 

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