FOH 2021 International Blind Tasting Cigar Number Three Reveal.

[El Presidente]

Congrats to all who nailed the BBF as cigar number 3 in the 2021 International Blind Tasting. 

Inspector Clouseau and Chilbears are 3 for 3.  Nice work gents 

 

 

[Skeng Don]

@Bijan Color matches from his stash, not cool

[Bijan]

As for my detective work from the video:

As I messaged Rob the following:

I voted before the video came out.

But the statement:

the box press is going to throw some people off gave it away again!

Only one you'd be surprised on that is the BBF. Which was my choice anyways 

Even further than that, though less definite I took the statements:

swetness is going to throw people off (as it's not SC la Punta)

cherry is going to throw people off (as it's not RyJ)

salty (and cream) is going to throw people off (as it's not SP)

box press is going to throw people off (as it is BBF)

😎

But if it's not the BBF I guess that'll shut me up. 

Oh well, guess it was a BBF

[Edicion]

The review did reveal the cigar as per above (which I posted on the review thread), I still went with an R&J simply because I didn't like the cigar and BFF is one of my favourite go-to-cigars and I refused to admit it was one. I even called it a dud and gave it a low score 😂

Congrats to all who got it right

[Skeng Don]

So this contest visually alters the cigars shape and possible wrapper color, to throw you off?

yea.... let me think this thru 2020-2028

[Bijan]

11 minutes ago, Skeng Don said:

So this contest visually alters the cigars shape and possible wrapper color, to throw you off?

yea.... let me think this thru 2020-2028

BBF come in dress boxes as well as slide lid boxes. The dress boxes haven't come up on 24:24 in a while (at least I haven't seen them in the past little while).

Edit: As to wrapper color, that's all over the place for anything other than maybe maduros. Even Cohibas are sometimes dark these days. And the lightest CCs I ever had were a box of BPC.

[Skeng Don]

1 minute ago, Bijan said:

BBF come in dress boxes as well as slide lid boxes. The dress boxes haven't come up on 24:24 in a while (at least I haven't seen them in the past little while).

I've got lots more to learn....which means more cigars... fair enough 

[nKostyan]

A great cigar to confuse

[JohnS]

So @Bijan is now Inspector Closeau, @El Presidente ? Vraiment ? 😮

[LordAnubis]

Noooo... oh well, my run had to stop some time... the only important thing is.... did old b@$7ard @Fuzz pick this or not?

[Edicion]

37 minutes ago, JohnS said:

So @Bijan is now Inspector Closeau, @El Presidente ? Vraiment ? 😮

I think he's more of Sherlock Holmes for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science, logical reasoning and general dissection of everything verbal and non-verbal to find clues to solve great mysteries. 

Plus we may get the opportunity to tell him "no sxxt, Sherlock" every now and then. 

 

[Ken Gargett]

i have to say that i wonder whether there was a great deal of discrepancy between the cigars that went around. to be honest, i normally can't pick a cigar to save my life but that one seemed extremely obvious. but then i read a lot of the comments and people were seeing things that were simply not in mine. and not in what i would think was a typical BBF. i think that would have made it really hard for many. even rob's and mine differed enormously, certainly in quality. mine was a BBF for certain, but not a very good one. 

[Edicion]

40 minutes ago, Ken Gargett said:

i have to say that i wonder whether there was a great deal of discrepancy between the cigars that went around. to be honest, i normally can't pick a cigar to save my life but that one seemed extremely obvious. but then i read a lot of the comments and people were seeing things that were simply not in mine. and not in what i would think was a typical BBF. i think that would have made it really hard for many. even rob's and mine differed enormously, certainly in quality. mine was a BBF for certain, but not a very good one. 

With over 50+ contestants I believe at least three different boxes have been used? They are from the same year and same codes though I would think. Still that leaves a lot of room for differences between and within the boxes themselves. I am 100% certain that whoever rolled my cigar took an R&J and put a Bolivar band on it. I have plenty more excuses for getting it wrong though.

[Fuzz]

5 hours ago, LordAnubis said:

Noooo... oh well, my run had to stop some time... the only important thing is.... did old b@$7ard @Fuzz pick this or not?

That would be a negative, little buddy. I thought the woody, salty cream was a Sancho Panza. Never tasted that in a BBF. Never got any earthy leather that I normally associate with a Bolivar.

[Zaxeiler]

Could have sworn I had a perfume note that took me down the San Cristobal route… The fun of the blind tasting!

[CptGoodTimes]

4 hours ago, Fuzz said:

That would be a negative, little buddy. I thought the woody, salty cream was a Sancho Panza. Never tasted that in a BBF. Never got any earthy leather that I normally associate with a Bolivar.

Right there with ya Fuzz, with just a little twist.  From start to finish mine was a Woody, Caramel, Cream bomb.  No Guinness Stout, Earthiness, or Leather, like some 04, 14, 15, 19 BBF versions I’ve enjoyed in the last couple of years.  And the aroma wasn’t quintessential Boli.  And my nose typically straightens me up.  Color me VERY surprised by this one.  

[Chibearsv]

I caught floral sweetness in the middle of that cigar that almost had me picking RyJ but it didn't last and went right back to more of a bitter woodiness.  I was 50/50 between BBF and RyJ and glad I trusted my gut.  Next one I'm absolutely certain on which has me very worried. 😁  I'm rooting for either one of us to sweep but I'll certainly have a tough time keeping up with "Clouseau" 🤣

[saltbox]

For the first time, the right answer wasn't the most common answer, with RyJ Belicoso getting 17 votes over the BBF's 15.

For the people that were 2/2 heading into cigar #3, we did worse than average with only 2/13 people getting this cigar right (15%) vs. the overall rate of 26%. The most common answer for this group was the La Punta.

This one definitely threw me for a loop, I didn't get any Bolivar flavors either and thought I was 100% dead on with the sweet pancake note of San Cristobal. I've never had a La Punta though, and have only had one BBF (last year's Christmas sampler). Definitely humbled by this one! 

[Chas.Alpha]

14 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

i have to say that i wonder whether there was a great deal of discrepancy between the cigars that went around. to be honest, i normally can't pick a cigar to save my life but that one seemed extremely obvious. but then i read a lot of the comments and people were seeing things that were simply not in mine. and not in what i would think was a typical BBF. i think that would have made it really hard for many. even rob's and mine differed enormously, certainly in quality. mine was a BBF for certain, but not a very good one. 

Mine was pure R&J cherry and wood. Absolutely nothing like a BoliBeli. This cigar had an identical profile to a box of 2017 R&J’s that I am currently dipping into. Fake news! Rigged contest!!! 😀

[mbrody]

Tough one. I was 50/50 but mentally leaning RJ. Mine tasted passable as more likely RJ than Boli, but interesting how close this example was between the two rather than definitive. I had a recent BBF and it screamed boli. Cigar 3 had me scratching my head. wonder If I should dry box cigar 4?