This Geek Critique has been generously sponsored by ntanner (Neil).
The Cigar: Undercrown shade Corona.
The Hype: Drew Estate Undercrown is the blue collar Liga Privada 9, created by the factory rollers when due to overwhelming demand, they were stopped from burning the Liga 9. Drew Estate's master blender, Willy Herrera, challenged the rollers to come up with a Connecticut based blend that would satisfy his palate, and with his input and assistance, the Undercrown Shade came into being.
Undercrown Shade is flavorful and balanced, with an Ecuadoran Connecticut wrapper atop a Sumatran binder and Dominican criollo 98' and Nicaraguan corojo and criollo long-fillers. Mild to medium-bodied, the blend is rich, complex, and balanced, bringing flavors of toast, nuts, subtle spice, and cream with an enjoyable sweetness with the finish. This is a milder cigar that will surprise and fascinate the full-bodied enthusiast.
Criteria: Veteran Status. Also must not have done a review within the last two months or are scheduled to do one in the future.
The Reviewers:
1. ntanner (Neil)
2. nirab (Brian)
3. Gustoff (Justin)
4. gitfiddl (Dave)
5. BewareDaPenguin (Adam)
Due Date: July 24, 2016.
Note: A reviewer who posts their review late will receive neutral feedback. A reviewer who does not post at all will receive negative feedback. There are always exceptions to the rule and a reasonable excuse for tardiness or a no show will be respected and thus not counted against the reviewer. Our sponsoring members and our administrators make the choice of who is to participate in any particular Geek Critique and can be better informed of their choices with this new initiative in place.
Thanks again to Neil for taking this one on and providing the cigar. THANKS!! And happy smokin' :smoker2:
I'd love to review this one. Toss my name in the hat please! :biggrin:
I've yet to do a member sponsored review! Stick my name in for this one please! :cheers: (//../help-emoticons.asp)
Ooooo, pick me, pick me!
I'll toss my hat in...love liga"s :biggrin: been a while since I did a review as well...I'm in if you'll have me thanks...
I'd like to be tossed in on this one!
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Pete,please add nirab, Gustoff, gitfiddl and BewareDaPenguin. That makes the list, sorry Emerson, you missed it by about an hour. I will notify when they ship.
Awesome thanks :thumbsup:
Quotentanner - 4/27/2016 3:26 PM
Pete,please add nirab, Gustoff, gitfiddl and BewareDaPenguin. That makes the list, sorry Emerson, you missed it by about an hour. I will notify when they ship.
Story of my life: day late and a dollar short!
E
OK guy's, the cigars have shipped and it only took 6 weeks since the list was made.
nirab (Brian) 9505511449176166157847
Gustoff (Justin) 9505511449176166157830
gitfiddl (Dave) 9505511449176166157854
BewareDaPenguin (Adam) 9505511449176166157823
They should all arrive by Friday. Enjoy and thanx for stepping up and doing this review.
Great, thanks for getting these out Neil :rocker:
:bigthumbs: :bigthumbs:
Looking forward to it :smoker:
Got my stick with a tag along :biggrin: thanks again letting it rest a while now.
Got mine, along with a hitchhiker...thanks Neil!! :biggrin: :bigthumbs:
Good to hear they are delivered. Hope you fellas enjoy them. I am anxious to see how they come out in the reviews.
OK, my review is in. I will be giving myself good feedback for getting it in early. :biggrin:
Likely be on mine tomorrow!
I'll pick a nice day and get mine in soon as well...we've been lucky with some good weather :smoker:
Just a quick reminder to every one, these are 1 week out from the due date. If you haven't already done it the time to end the procrastination is now. Thank you for you're participation. :shades:
My review is in, thanks a bunch brother! This cigar was... :shy: :biggrin:
I will get mine done this week...thanks for the reminder :thumbsup:
QuoteBewareDaPenguin - 7/18/2016 12:23 PM
I will get mine done this week...thanks for the reminder :thumbsup:
What he said! :biggrin:
Well Mother Nature has had different plans for me so far this week lol but I haven't forgotten it's just rained the past 2 days but I'll get it in soon :smoker:
QuoteBewareDaPenguin - 7/20/2016 6:43 AM
Well Mother Nature has had different plans for me so far this week lol but I haven't forgotten it's just rained the past 2 days but I'll get it in soon :smoker:
What, no umbrella? :biggrin:
Quotentanner - 7/9/2016 3:44 PM
OK, my review is in. I will be giving myself good feedback for getting it in early. :biggrin:
and for the rest of us geeks who got em in early??? :shy: :biggrin:
Mine is in!
Look's like everyone but Dave and Adam have them done. 4 day's left to the deadline. I will be giving feedback after the reviews post up for all reviewers. Thanx for getting these in already Brian and Justin.
Quotentanner - 7/21/2016 3:49 PM
Look's like everyone but Dave and Adam have them done. 4 day's left to the deadline. I will be giving feedback after the reviews post up for all reviewers. Thanx for getting these in already Brian and Justin.
Doing mine tonight.
:biggrin:
Sounds good Dave. Now we just need Adam to get it done and were golden.
I think mine is in.
:biggrin:
Went to light mine and it started raining lol wasn't suppose to rain the next 3 days I'm like I'll go now after dinner. Just my luck lol. I'll get it in thanks again :smoker:
QuoteBewareDaPenguin - 7/23/2016 10:05 PM
Went to light mine and it started raining lol wasn't suppose to rain the next 3 days I'm like I'll go now after dinner. Just my luck lol. I'll get it in thanks again :smoker:
Um, yeah, about that rain thing... :cigarman:
Just got Dave access. Somehow it disappeared.
-Paul
Mine is in, thanks again :smoker:
That look's like everyone. Thanx for doing the review guy's, looking forward to seeing how these come out.
QuoteGustoff - 7/21/2016 3:32 PM
Mine is in!
I do not see your review...I'll need to check that out.
Quotejunglepete - 7/26/2016 7:44 PM
QuoteGustoff - 7/21/2016 3:32 PM
Mine is in!
I do not see your review...I'll need to check that out.
Okay, so Paul does not see the review either. Sorry, it will need to be submitted once again. Thanks.
I dropped Justin a pm. I'm sure he will get it re-entered.
Sorry for the problem... I have it saved on my pc at home... i'll be back in a few hours and get it resubmitted. Not sure what happened, but I'll get on it!
Should be good to go... there is the possibility I neglected to hit submit, and immediately posted on the forum (and emailed ntanner) instead... I'll check it a little later to verify all is well.
Thanx Justin. Appreciate you re=entering it.
It's all good now. All five reviews are in. Thank you gentlemen.
Thanx Pete, good to hear. I have left feedback for everyone. Thanx for you're participation gentlemen.
Sweet looking forward to seeing the other reviews thanks again!
Lots of similar scores there :thumbsup: looks like it rated pretty good...89?! Thanks again...was happy to see everyone enjoyed it like I did should be a fair assessment and that's a good one
Talk about consistent scoring, wow! Great minds do think alike!! :biggrin: :bigthumbs:
Quotenirab - 8/2/2016 2:19 PM Talk about consistent scoring, wow! Great minds do think alike!! :biggrin: :bigthumbs:
:bigthumbs:
I think that is the closest set of marks across the board that I have ever seen. :cool: