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This Geek Critique has been generously sponsored by bstessl (Brian)

The Cigar: Blind Review..Please list the cigar under Arturo Fuente Hemingway Short Story when you submit your review . It will be changed once the secret is revealed.


Due Date: May 25th., 2018

Shipping Restrictions: US addresses only please.

The Reviewers:

First 5 Active Members to call it. ACTIVE: Check in every few days or so. Veteran or plus status. Must not have done a Geek Critique review in March, April.,or May, or be schuduled for July's.

1. Cap10 Morgan (Jeff)
2. Mautrak (Jeremy)
3. Beegerply (Byron)
4. junglepete (Pete)
5. headfirst  (Gary)

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 initiative in place.

Thanks again to Brian for taking this one on and providing the cigar. THANKS!! And happy smokin'  :cigarguy:  :cigarman:

I'd definitely be interested.  Never done a blind review.

A blind review?  I like that idea.  I haven't done a review this year.  I check in often but post infrequently.  But if you'd have me, I'd gladly participate.

Any tasting notes?

nope, just blind

I'm in if I'm eligible.

I'll walk blindly into this review if there is a spot. :biggrin:

Hey guts, I'm going to have to pull my name out of the hat.  Got some news yesterday that's going to cut into my free time.

Blind reviews are always fun!

Jeff, Byron and Jeremy...you're all in...two more reviewers still needed.  :biggrin:

Looking forward to this review  :biggrin: thanks for having me.  :biggrin:

I don't see well anyway - so I guess blind is appropriate. I'll give it a shot if any openings left.

This sounds like a great way to try new cigars, I'm in, I've heard Afuentas are great!

Thanks for having me.  Look forward to it.

Thanks, Pete.  Ready and waiting.

Sorry Roberto...Veteran status needed. You'll get there soon enough if you're  active. Welcome to the site!

Since there are so few volunteers on this one, I'll jump in. :biggrin:

Cmon in.  Water's nice!

Bump

Hard to believe it's this difficult to give away cigars. I just did April or I'd jump in.

Are you kidding?  This always blows my mind that it's ever a struggle to get people to sign up for this.  I did January and I'm slated for September, so I don't think I'm disqualified but I was planning on deferring since I'm already doing 2 this year.  If nobody else wants this I'll help turn one of these to ash... :confused:

Quotebstessl - 4/25/2018  1:34 PM

nope, just blind

If it's not considered full or a pepper bomb, I'll throw my hat in the ring.

Gary you're in...thanks.

Just wondering if these have been mailed out?

Brian, my address changed recently, sent you a PM

Jeremy, Brian needs your address.

Brian, I sent a message to you with my address.

Thanks Pete.

:bigthumbs:

Everyone should have their sticks by Tuesday, sorry for the late package.

Thanks Brian

Thanks Brian!  Looking forward to it!

I'll be watching for it  :biggrin:

I got mine last night  :dancing:  :biggrin:

Mine landed this morning. Thanks for the smokes Brian...smoking a tag along right now  :smoker:

Got mine today.  Thanks, Brian!  I'm going to wait until last minute to smoke the review stick.  Gonna give it time to rest after it's trip, but don't worry I will have it done on time.  Looking forward to the blind review.

Package received, thanks for the hitchhikers!

Brian, my cigar finally landed today.  Thanks for the hitchhikers as well!

I'm glad they all arrived safely, sorry Jeremy, if I had your address with the rest of them it would've got there earlier

No worries.  I'll keep blaming the Post Office whether it was their fault or not!

Smoked mine tonight. Reminds me of a few different blends. My curiosity is peaked. I'll spare the details so as not to influence  others.

My review is in, thanks Brian!

Cool, thanks Pete!  Just let me know when you want the cigar info.

My review is in. Forgot to thank you for the extra's Brian, so THANKS :biggrin:

Review done, thanks Brian.

Review is in. Can't wait to find out what it was.  Thanks, Brian!

Critique submitted.  Thank you for having me.  And I'm very curious as to what it was . . . .

Thanks gents for getting these all in on time! They will be posted on the 1st, or close to, with the revealed name

So there we have it. It's Punch. It was good. My second guess after something AJ would have been something General Cigar Co.

I was leaning towards LGC myself...

I thought this would be a good blind review, I had my doubts when I first had it, but was surprised.  For the money, it's not a bad smoke at all.

I'm honestly surprised a Punch was that good...and I'm glad to see I got the country of origin right...with a Nic filler, binder, and wrapper, that was a slow pitch I better not miss!   :lmao:

This was a lot of fun.  Thanks again, Brian.  I'm just glad I found plenty of other reviews around the web that said cherry/dark fruit.  Was beginning to think I was crazy with the "cherry nougat" flavor I got.  Also read a LOT about inconsistent construction.  Based on the various reviews, I would say that is definitely a thing.  Some had issues, some didn't.  The construction of mine was absolutely perfect, and the main reason for such a high score.  Couldn't take off anything for construction or lighting/burn.