In the next few days, five of you will be conscripted into the Cigar Geeks Bomb Squad. You will each receive a package in the mail with an unbanded cigar, and your responsibility will be to defuse the bomb, by smoking the cigar, posting a review, and giving your best analysis of the identity of the cigar. After everyone has posted their review and analysis, I'll reveal the identity of the cigar. The Geek(s) who guess correctly or make the best guesses will remain on the Bomb Squad for the next assignment. I'll pick additional membes, in a completely arbitrary and capricious manner, to replace those who are less successful in disarming the bomb.
The cigars will be from brands or makers who are generally well known. The cigars will have been selected for all sorts of arbitrary reasons. I might think that they're particularly yummy but under the radar, and want to introduce you to them without the preconceptions that come with a band. I might personally think that they're over-rated and want you to smoke them blind to get your honest view. Or I might just have had five dog rockets lying around that I wanted to get rid of.
I've posted this in the contest forum, but there's really no prize other than (1) a free cigar, (2) the opportunity for more free cigars, and (3) the esteem and/or ridicule of your fellow Geeks.
Bomb Squad members, please report in when you receive your assignment.