Cigar aficianado best of 2011...

[Bill86]

To think of the cigars they waste.... 700 cigars is less than 2 a day. Why can't they smoke the full cigar?

They don't need to resmoke the first inch of a bunch of cigars either.

[weak_link]

Originally Posted by Bill86

To think of the cigars they waste.... 700 cigars is less than 2 a day. Why can't they smoke the full cigar?

They don't need to resmoke the first inch of a bunch of cigars either.

How do you get 700 hours + of cigars into 80 hours?

I'm not a fan of their testing methods either but I don't see how you could smoke full cigars with that kind of deadline. Which begs the question- why not give themselves a larger window?

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by weak_link

Which begs the question- why not give themselves a larger window?

... or more man-power.

This makes me very curious just how unimpressive something has to be for them to pitch it in the first inch or so. I could understand if it was simply terrible and irredeemable, a la my rom-com analogy, above. However, I've experienced MANY a stick that simply did nothing to impress or differentiate themselves until well into the second third and then proceeded to really come alive. I don't know if anything with a mediocre first third could end up in a 'best of' running, but it certainly does call their entire review methodology and scores, 'best of' or otherwise, into question.

... further question, that is.