Welcome Home Contast

**Newfie** · 05-04-2009, 01:47 PM

This was my first Cigar Board, and always considered it my "Home Board" prior to my self-imposed exile 10 months ago.

Last month the Bride and I took another trip to Cuba and of course, I brought back some cigars (duhhhhhhh).

I had a mixture of boxes, singles and 3 & 5 packs, totalling 7 different brands.

The first person to correctly identify 4 of the 7 brands will win a sampling from the boxes I bought and a couple of others from previous trips.

Two rules:

There's one judge, and that be moi.
To enter, thou shalt be a member in good standing and not be an asshat (and because i've been gone for a while, I reserve the right to ask for references from one of the FOGs)

EDIT:

As an afterthought, I will post how many guesses in each post were correct, BUT NOT which ones were correct.

**bigwhiteash** · 05-04-2009, 01:51 PM

Cuaba
Montecristo
Ramon Allones
Partegas
Cohiba
Vegas Rabaina
RyJ

Welcome Back Jim!

**ashauler** · 05-04-2009, 01:54 PM

Thanks for the contest sir.
My guesses:
Cohiba
Ramone Allones
Cuaba
JLP
Por Larranaga
Bolivar

**mrtr33** · 05-04-2009, 01:57 PM

Ramon Allones
Trinidad
Juan Lopez
El Rey del Mundo
Montecristo
Partagas
Bolivar

Thanks for the contast!

**Newfie** · 05-04-2009, 02:03 PM

Post #2:

2 right

Post #3:

3 right

Post #4

1 right (fuggin pussycat wanna be!!!

)

By the way, a few things to add I never thought of:

Edited guess posts will not be accepted
Guess away. No limit on guesses.
Limit of 7 brands named in each post. Obviously someone could guess ALL Cuban brands and be right. More than 7 will be disqualified

**ashauler** · 05-04-2009, 02:08 PM

Guess #2
Cohiba
Ramone Allones
Cuaba
JLP
Por Larranaga
Bolivar
Partagas

**bigwhiteash** · 05-04-2009, 02:10 PM

Bolivar
Ramon Allones
Partagas
Cuaba
H. Uppman
Hoyo de Monterrey
Montecristo

**badwhale** · 05-04-2009, 02:12 PM

Thanks for the contest. I hope I qualify.

Cuaba
Cohiba
Bolivar
H. Upman
Monticristo
Gispert
RyJ

Will

**mrtr33** · 05-04-2009, 02:12 PM

Ramon Allones
Cuaba
Cohiba
Quai d'Orsay
Por Larrañaga
Hoyo de Monterrey
JLP

**Newfie** · 05-04-2009, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by ashauler

Guess #2
Cohiba
Ramone Allones
Cuaba
JLP
Por Larranaga
Bolivar
Partagas

And we have a winnaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! And he beat bigwhiteash by 2 minutes, who also had 4 right.

The list was:

Hoyo de Monterrey Petit Robusto
H. Upmann Magnum 46
Partagas Ser D #4
Jose L Piedra "~ 5-1/2" X 42 machine made" I bought for yard gars
Cuaba Divinos
Por Larranaga Montecarlos
Punch Petit Punch

PM me your addy and they'll be off in a couple of days.

**mrtr33** · 05-04-2009, 02:20 PM

Nice pickup, Jamie. Thanks for the contest, Newfie. That was a lot of fun.

**ashauler** · 05-04-2009, 02:21 PM

Thanks again for the contest sir!!

**bigwhiteash** · 05-04-2009, 02:22 PM

Nice Haul!

Congrats Jamie!

**badwhale** · 05-04-2009, 02:24 PM

Thanks Newfie. Man, I suck at process of elimination.

Will

Edit: Oh, and congrats Jamie.

**Newfie** · 05-04-2009, 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by mrtr33

SNIP>> Thanks for the contest, Newfie. That was a lot of fun.

Very welcome.

I was kinda hoping it would last a bit longer though

Cuaba, Punch was kind of a given for me, but the PL and JLP I never thought anyone would guess for a while.

I did get a chuckle out of all guess except for 1 had Cohiba. I'll go on record that "for my tastes", Cohiba are by far the most over-priced smokes to come out of Cuba, but as noted, that's just me.

I did see a full box of Monte Cristo "A"s in one shop there and I wanted those sssssooooooooo bad. I've never seen 1 before in Cuba, let alone a virgin box.

**mrtr33** · 05-04-2009, 02:29 PM

Originally Posted by Newfie

I was kinda hoping it would last a bit longer though

For one, you are offering to give away cigars. Secondly, it's the "region" of where the cigars come from that are, shall we say, quite popular.

It was a lot of fun. I admit to going so far as to setting up a spreadsheet to eliminate possibilities. What can I say? It's a slow Monday.

**Eville** · 05-04-2009, 02:32 PM

Damnit! I go outside to smoke my first cigar in weeks and miss a contest! Oh well. Congrats ash on the win and thanks for putting on the contest Newfie!