Taboo Twist Toro 29 60.42%

Arganese Double Wrap Churchill 3 6.25%

Indian Tabac Split Decision The Double 2 4.17%

Indian Tabac Split Decision The Triple 1 2.08%

Indian Tabac Split Decision The Quad 2 4.17%

CAO America Potomac 16 33.33%

Sol Cubano Artisan 6 12.50%

*march madness copyrighted by someone...:-)

As we get ready to enter the best month of the year for college basketball fans, I thought, "How can I do something with cigars like a March Madness"...

Well here it is...a cigar tasting tourney!

The 7 cigars in the poll are 7 barber poles that I will pair up and smoke until we get a winner. I am going to use a rating sheet posted up in the other place by Tech Ninja. It is a 100 point system. I know, we just had a big thread about ratings, but humor me, I needed a point scale.

Vote for your choice for the #1 seed. I'll leave the poll open for a couple of weeks and then use the vote tally to seed the cigars, and pair them up. Most votes #1 seed, 2nd most #2 etc. you can vote for more than one cigar , try to limit to three.

I will smoke one a day, maybe two on the weekends, rate them and post reviews in the review forum.

So, inmates, post up why your vote should be the #1 seed. Yes, #1 will get the bye in the first round as I only have 7 sticks to work from. And yes, I have enough of each to carry this through to the end.

Pics of each competitor to follow.
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Taboo Twist Toro 6x50

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Arganese Double Wrap Churchill 7x50
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Indian Tabac Split Decision "The Double" 6x52
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Should be the Hemingway BTL,,:-)
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Indian Tabac Split Decision "The Triple" 6x52
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Indian Tabac Split Decision "The Quad" 6x52
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CAO America Potomac 5x56
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Sol Cubano Artisan 7.1x58
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I have only smoked the Twist and the America. The others will be new experiences for me. I am storing them in my travel humi with one water pillow for now.

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That's it. Vote away!
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Unfortunately, not one that is in my stock. Maybe we can have a rematch down the road.
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I voted the Taboo Twist as that is the only one of the group I have ever smoked.

You have 7 entries, Sean? Based on the looks of the Indian Tabac Split Decision The Quad, I would put that one at #8. :-) :-) :-)
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Yeah, that one I have a feeling will be an interesting smoke.
:-):-)
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Interesting as in "I hope you live through it", Sean. :-)
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I vote the Twist. I'm not fond of CAO or ITC products. The Arganese isn't bad but just doesn't compare to the Twist. I haven't yet had the Sol Cubano.
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We have our 8th and final competitor. don;t know what I was thinking, but I have these and completely forgot abou them.

I can't edit the poll, so this will be a write in candidate (unless a helpful, friendly mod can add it to the poll)


CAO Bratalia Perfecto...at work now, will post a pic when I get home.

Don;t forget you can vote for more than one choice.:-)
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Not a big ITC fan either, or any of Rocky's stuff for that matter, except for the Super Fuerte's. The America is a decent smoke, but overpriced IMHO. The Italia was my first cigar, so I have a soft spot for all things CAO.
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Here is a pic of the CAO Bratalia...


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Just post your vote for it. It did not make it into the poll. Remember you can vote for more than one choice.
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Just a bump. One week left to vote. Don't forget the Bratalia, just post a vote in the thread.
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britalia for sure :-)

stearns
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Have to go with the Britalia as well. I've had the Taboo, America, and the Britalia. The Taboo was good, the America was underwhelming, but the Britalia was very good.
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We've got a four way tie for the fourth seed. Let's break it up a bit shall we?
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I've had the IT Triple and I did a review on it a while back (too lazy to find it :-)) but it was actually really good. I have some quads in the humi, one day I'll get to them.
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http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7275

:-)

But I am not going to read it until after I smoke it.:-)
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Wanted to give one last bump before the weekend. Poll closes Saturday night. I will post the pairings here on Sunday and then post reviews as they happen in the review forum.

Thanks to those who took time to vote!
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One final bump.

Poll closes tonight at 7pm.

:-)
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