MEGA Review: Emily (Punch Gran Puro Libertad)

[buzz]

last words:

buzz: good cigar, will pick up a fiver.

craig: probably the best cigar of the five objectively, but i preferred carolyn's taste profile.

egq: decent smoke.

heftysmokes: really good. Unfortunately, the combination of way too much rum and writing in the dark made my notes pretty much illegible... "farting cat"? Really, hefty?

logan37: "emily, it's not you. It's me. I just want to be friends." (but i'll never call you again.) this lady started out very good, but after a short while became what i'm not looking for.

mangyrat: broken wrapper that i had to keep a finger on or the draw was way too easy. My fault i got carried away when i cut it. I liked this cigar a lot.

memphisfred:

mizicke5273: as i stated at the beginning, i thoroughly enjoyed this smoke, to the point i didn't take many notes. I just couldn't arsed with it and be taken away from the enjoyment of it. :) (buzz's note: I have no idea what "arsed" was supposed to be)

nhab: nice oily maduro wrapper, construction was not very good, cap was sloppy, but solid. The tobacco was rich. Too tired and relaxed to finish. Nice med-full bodied stick.

slcraiders: the name emily smells of expensive. This is not a bad tasting stick. Too bad mine had construction issues. I am hoping these go for less than my price guess.

tachycoventry: not a bad stick, it just didn't have the flavor profile that i prefer.

tdre977: i think i have 1 more emily in my box, i'd like to give her another try, this stick was just giving me some mean burn issues. Photobucket was giving me grief too so i don't have any pics up, just not my night.

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EDITOR’S NOTE:
These cigars were purchased from RMR Cigar (www.rmrcigar.com). They were running a 30% off special so we were able to pick them up for $57.36 (box of 20). The cigars came nicely packaged in a cedar box, each cigar in a cedar sleeve inside a nice aluminum tube. The lowest box price from the December 2010 CigarCyclopedia's Comparison Shopper is $79.90, coming out to $4.00 per stick. The average price guess was a little high at $6.89.

And so the winner is...



| PARTICIPANT:... | AMANDA | BETTY. | CAROLYN | DAWN.. | EMILY. | TOTAL. |
| TachyCoventry.. | $ 6.68 | $ 1.02 | .$ 0.92 | $ 4.55 | $ 1.16 | $14.33 |
| Irish79 ....... | $ 4.12 | $ 5.72 | .$ 0.00 | $ 3.91 | $ 5.56 | $19.31 |
| EGQ ........... | $ 1.98 | $ 3.58 | .$ 2.56 | $10.83 | $ 3.43 | $22.38 |
| Tdre977 ....... | $ 4.31 | $ 1.50 | .$ 6.08 | $10.83 | $ 2.08 | $24.80 |
| Mangyrat ...... | $ 4.12 | $ 4.93 | .$ 0.92 | $13.39 | $ 1.80 | $25.16 |
| MemphisFred ... | $ 4.12 | $ 4.93 | .$ 0.92 | $11.75 | $ 4.00 | $25.72 |
| badwhale ...... | $ 6.68 | $ 2.66 | .$ 2.56 | $12.91 | $ 1.16 | $25.97 |
| nhab .......... | $ 1.98 | $ 1.02 | .$ 1.35 | $14.71 | $ 7.27 | $26.33 |
| Mizicke5273 ... | $ 2.77 | $ 4.93 | .$ 4.01 | $12.91 | $ 2.08 | $26.70 |
| logan37 ....... | $ 5.04 | $ 5.72 | .$ 4.01 | $10.83 | $ 1.16 | $26.76 |
| slcraiders .... | $ 0.11 | $ 5.72 | .$ 1.35 | $11.75 | $ 8.36 | $27.29 |
| craig ......... | $ 8.00 | $ 2.66 | .$ 3.48 | $10.83 | $ 3.43 | $28.40 |
| heftysmokes ... | $10.20 | $ 7.06 | .$ 0.92 | $ 8.69 | $ 5.56 | $32.43 |
| Alcibiates .... | $10.20 | $ 2.50 | .$ 6.08 | $16.91 | $ 4.00 | $39.69 |

Thanks for participating guys, that was a heck of a lot of fun! Special thanks to ashauler for helping out.

-Buzz

[Mangyrat]

Great cigar.
I just tried to order a box and that site was down.(www.rmrcigar.com).

[buzz]

Great cigar.
I just tried to order a box and that site was down.(www.rmrcigar.com).

Yeah their site has been down for a month now...

[TachyCoventry]

Thanks for setting this up Buzz and Ashauler! This was a really fun mega review and I look forward to the next one!

[buzz]

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Tachy - I will send your prize pack ASAP (I just gotta find those dried dog rockets I've been saving in the closet). The pack will include the freebie cigars that were part of the Punch purchase.

And, since he gave a valiant effort and came oh so close, I will be sending a "First Loser" prize pack to Irish79. His pack will include two Barbie dolls and a half-empty bottle of margarita mix. I'll likely throw a lizard in there too. And what the heck, I'm feeling generous, so Tachy will get a lizard too.