Damn – I can’t believe we are already on the 3rd blind review! Thank you again to everyone who has been participating in the first two, but enough of that thanking the readers crap, you all want to know what the hell the 3rd blind review cigar actually is. Surprisingly enough, no one – including Brian, Eric and myself – was able to guess the correct cigar!
Blind Review #3
Brian
Appearance and construction: Light brown mottled stick, kind of inconsistent. It feels like a rock, but the draw is good. The burn is a little inconsistent, one side is having minor burn issues from what appears to be an over bunched area, nothing a little touch-up can’t fix though!
Flavors: Pre-draw has strong coffee, vanilla, and raisin flavors. Lighting it I get very prominent coffee notes with some hazelnut undertones. As it settles down the coffee fades away a little to blend more smoothly with the hazelnut and also some cedar notes that are developing. About halfway through the hazelnut flavors have persisted, but toffee notes and slight vanilla notes have developed as well. It finished up quite nicely, with the last bit having the coffee notes return with the hazelnut overtones and vanilla hints peeking through occasionally.
Blind Review #2
Eric
CIGAR #2: Very dark, rough wrapper – maybe Brazilian Mata Fina – 6 inches x 7/8 inches diameter – very oily – decent construction – 1 large vein – absolutely a maduro – very leathery smell – firmly packed – foot has leather & dark cherry smell – 1 inch in the burn is pretty crooked – dirty grey ash w/ brown tint – dark cherry & chocolate flavours – has a Liga Privada essence to it – burn starting to correct itself – ash pretty flaky – lots of smoke – good draw – smoke has a leather & woodsy aroma – burn still goes wonky & then self corrects – flavours are chocolate and light toasted notes
- had to touch up crooked burn – last third has black coffee flavours – leather is back at the end.
Brian
Appearance and construction: Beautiful dark, oily wrapper, without measuring I’d guess a 56/58ish RG. The cigar burned fairly evenly, but I’ve had to do multiple relights so far (not sure why, my RH isn’t too high in my humidor).
I’m sure you all have been trying to figure out what cigar the three of us had in the first blind review at The Cigar Nut. I can see by the comments that almost everyone was right on target! A couple of you started making me nervous, I think we might have to step up the mystery behind the next couple blind reviews! But – the important part first –
The first blind review cigar for The Cigar Nut is the . . .
Blind Review – #1
Here it is – the first ever Blind Review for The Cigar Nut. All of these cigars started in my posession – my wife picked them out, removed the labels and then I numbered and shipped them to Brian and Eric, so I do have a little bit of an advantage knowing what was in my humidor at the beginning. Please let us know if you like the Blind Reviews ( I know I had fun participating ) and we will be sure to have a few more ready to go soon!
Brian B
Appearance and construction: Beautifully dark stick, appears to be a lancero, pig-tailed cap. Once lit the ash is a very stark white and holds nicely to about an inch. Draw was perfect.
Flavors: Pre-draw brings very light hints of sweet tobacco and cocoa. After light first few draws bring more sweetness, almost chocolate notes. Very smooth smoke, hints of almonds and cedar accompany the sweetness. About halfway through the flavors are still very consistent, however the sweetness has died down a little bit and the stick is growing in strength. Still like smoking a delicious chocolate bar however! The final third is getting a little bitter. A purge gets rid of some of that, but with all the original wonderful flavors there is an underlying harshness probably attributed to just the nicotine buildup.
Overall: The name of this stick is consistency. From start to finish I was getting the same great sweet, chocolate, and almond notes. Only towards the end was there a little bitterness. I would absolutely buy more of these sticks and smoke them.
