Badwhale Challenge contest!

[craig]

You have good taste, sir.

[badwhale]

Apparently I dropped the image ball on this one...

Smoke ??? ~ 5.0x36
Drink ~ Yuengling Lord Chesterfield Ale ; Tunes ~ Nirvana ~ In Utero

Prelight: Solid medium brown (Colorado) wrapper. Kind of rough construction...bumpy and veiny. Musty sweet tobacco scent. Plain tobacco flavor on cut prelight taste.

Light: Easy. Medium draw.

1st 3rd: I get a lot of that walnut skin oily bitter. Not overwhelming, but dominant. That kind of leaves quickly, and goes into an oily, nutty & sweet tobacco flavors.



Ash: Medium gray decent stacking. Holds on for 1"



2nd 3rd: Had to relight here...more of the same, like the second description of the 1st 3rd. Nutty with a sweet and oily mix. If you give a good draw, you can pull a little spice flavor. Tasty! Had to relight again near the back of this 3rd.

3rd 3rd: Needed some more relights and purging down near the end. Flavors are mostly there, but getting hot. Need to milk it down here.



Overall Impression: BWC5 is still the front runner, but I'd try some more of these next in line.

Thanks Craig for BWC#2

[craig]

One more to go!

[EGQ]

I'm surprised Will didn't craft his own "Badwhale Culebra" out of the 5 smokes...

[badwhale]

Unfortunately, this one has limited pictures for a different reason. I did not notice upon receiving, but this baby took a beating in transit, and the wrapper and binder were busted up and down the cigar. I didn't really notice it until I took it out of the celo....I tried to light it, but I got no draw whatsoever, so, I made do, and clipped it down at the last third to salvage some flavors for the review......

Smoke ??? ~ Shit, I forgot to measure it...it was about 5x36 or 38
Drink ~ Yuengling Lord Chesterfield Ale ; Tunes ~ None

Prelight: The wrapper had a kind of greenish twinge to it, but also had a light brown color. Not much prelight flavor or scent. I should also note that this had a pre-clipped end, or no cap.



Light: Easy. Light draw

1st 3rd: Couldn't get it to draw with the broken wrapper and binder....Oh well.. Clippy Clippy....

2nd 3rd: N/A

3rd 3rd: This won't be the greatest rendition, as I started it down here, but here goes: Mild body. Hay flavors and maybe a little nutty. Hard to say....Very light. No bitterness, but I really can't be more descriptive...



Overall Impression: Sorry I couldn't do a better job.

Thanks Craig for BWC#6

[Paddy]

Will,
You made your own "NUB".

[badwhale]

Will,
You made your own "NUB".

Yeah, well I don't think I hit a "sweet spot" with that one

Thanks again Craig for my required participation in the contest.

Will

[heftysmokes]

Thanks again Craig for my required participation in the contest.

Will

Ah, how I love a backhanded compliment first thing in the morning!

[craig]

Hefty: He had a choice at the beginning.

So ... #6 died en route. Too bad, because it was a Hajenius http://www.hajenius.com/ A long time ago I won a contest on another board put on by Renefatdude and have developed a taste for these when I want a break from my usual smokes. They are a high-quality short-filler cigar - a blend of 15-20 different tobaccos from around the world - in one cigar. This particular cigar was a Hajenius Corona - their largest(!) size - and is designed to be super-mild yet have a lot of character. A unique smoke.

Thus, there are now five cigars:
Summary of BWC #1: Nice smoke, however isn't quite up my alley (I think)
#2: BWC5 is still the front runner, but I'd try some more of these next in line.
#3: Interesting, however I'm not a fan of a really tight draw.
#4: Nice smoke, more my speed for a morning or midday quick smoke.
#5: Seems like a good morning smoke (although I normally aren't a morning smoke person), or something for later on the milder side, but very flavorful.

... and eleven choices:
a) Bolivar
b) El Surco
c) Jose L. Piedra
d) Macanudo
e) Partagas
f) Plasencia
g) Por Larranaga
h) Quintero
i) Rafael Gonzalez
j) Rocky Patel
k) Romeo Y Julietta

Also, where there are duplicate brands, assume the version not currently sold in the USA.

I'm off in a few hours and back on Monday so we'll see how it goes. One set of guesses per person (e.g., 1a, 2b, 3c, 4d, 5e), no editing, etc. Monday night I'll either declare a winner or drop some hints. If I drop some hints people can enter again (one new set of guesses per person).

I must say Will has been guessing on a few them in PM's and has made no mistakes in his choices!

Thanks Will for the reviews!

[Tdre977]

No mistakes, thats a skillfull palate. Thanks for the contest craig, I'll just take a wild stab with....
1-macanudo
2-Boliva
3-partagas
4-rocky patel
5-Jose L. Piedra

[Mangyrat]

1 e

2 a

3 i

4 c

5 h

[big bill]

1F
2H
3C
4G
5A
Thanks for contest Craig!

[WinstonSpencer]

1. C
2. K
3. H
4. G
5. F

Cool Contest!

[ashauler]

1. B
2. I
3. G
4. D
5. K

[craig]

Now that I've recovered from the weekend (and found my misplaced phone battery charger), lessee where we're at:
Tdre977 - none right and none of the brands right
Mangyrat - 1 right and two brands right
Big Bill - 2 right and three brands right
WinstonSpencer - none right and 3 brands right
Ashauler - interesting approach if I had sent 7 cigars. None right and three brands right.

Cigar #3, the plugged one, was a Rafael Gonzalez Panatella Extra. When not plugged, and aged for a few years, this overlooked brand gives an exquisite mild floral taste - that has fallen out of fashion. Unfortunat?y this one was plugged, something else that is much less common these days.

So, another round, everybody gets a fresh start and can guess again (no editing). There will only be one more round, ending about this time next week.Good luck!

[Mangyrat]

1. B
2. I
3. N
4. G
5 .O

Bingo i win

[Mangyrat]

Now that i won send me your info and ill get a prize pack out to you

[badwhale]

1. B
2. I
3. N
4. G
5 .o

bingo i win

now that i won send me your info and ill get a prize pack out to you

lmfao!

[Tdre977]

Jeez, nothing right and none right, maybe my girl is right.....

[mail man]

Thanks again for the contest.

1. B
2. F
3. I
4. A
5. K



Keith