Top Cigars of 2011 According to Everyone Else

[MaytagMan]

This is a copy of a blog post I just did...


Top Cigars of 2011 According to Everyone Else

Okay, well it is that time of year when everyone is releasing their “Top Cigars of 2011″. Well, instead of coming up with yet another list for you to read over and agree with, disagree with, or laugh at, I thought that I would try something a little bit different.

I decided to create a composite index of sorts, poll some of the cigar lists, and come up with a list representing the general overall trends of the top cigars of 2011.

So here is what I did… I picked out 9 cigar blogs that I read that are all very popular – much more so than me needless to say – and I took note of their lists.

To come up with the composite score for each cigar, I gave 15 points for 1st place, 14 points for 2nd place, 13 points for 3rd place, etc. all the way down to 1 point for 15th place. On the lists that did not contain 15 (Top 10, Top 12, etc), I continued down, still with 15 points for first, until I reached the end of their list. One blog that I picked out just had a “Top Cigars” list without placing them in order. On this list, each cigar was awarded 8.5 points.

After totaling the point scores and coming up with the final order, I though it would be interesting to also see how many blogs out of the 9 that I polled mentioned each cigar. So for example, the San Lotano Oval was mentioned by 6 of the 9 blogs, etc.

This is by no means scientific – I just saw a lot of the same cigars on the lists, and wanted to see how things came out.

My opinion was not included in the list at all, and in fact, I don’t agree with a few of the cigars even being on a Top Cigars of 2011 list. But I thought the results were interesting, so here it is – the Top Cigars of 2011 according to everyone else!

SCORE / CIGAR / MENTIONS
71.5 / San Lotano Oval / 6
63 / Quesada Seleccion Espana / 6
53 / Drew Estate Undercrown / 5
43.5 / Four Kicks by Crowned Heads / 4
42 / Casa Magna Dominus Magnus / 4
42 / La Casita Criolla / 3
41.5 / E.P. Carillo – New Wave Connecticut / 5
29.5 / Cro-Magnon / 4
29.5 / Emilio Cigars Grimalkin / 3
27.5 / Tatuaje Black Label Petite Lancero / 3
27 / E.P. Carrillo Short Run 2010 No.4 / 2
27 / My Father El Hijo / 3
23 / Fausto / 2
21.5 / New Havana Cigars – Capa Especial / 2
21 / Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Limited Edition 2011 / 2
19 / Casa Miranda / 2
19 / Padron SI 15 Maduro / 2
18 / My Father Le Bijou 1922 Corona Gorda / 2
17 / Emilio AF 1 / 2


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[MU Mike]

This is a copy of a blog post I just did...

A blog post? What is a blog?

 

[javajunkie]

what, no warlocks???

 

[jmvcp]

what, no warlocks???

No Rockys either.

 

[TreeFrog Frank]

A blog post? What is a blog?

I have a blog... :dunno:

 

[kockroach]

You gotta take a list like this with a grain of salt. Obviously not every site reviewed the same cigars (or most likely that is the case). So that affects the score. Perhaps average the score against the number of sites that reviewed it (but note how many sites reviewed it too).

 

[NickThePyro]

I feel that less that 1% of the people on this board could even give a valuable ranking on the 2011 cigars. I don't mean this in a bad way, I just feel this way because for one sole person to rank a cigar as best they SOLELY must try every single cigar released for themselves and not many of us have that time. Everybody's opinions differ so if I say something is an 50 and somebody says its 100 then we rank differently. So when people consider in other people's rankings all the systems are ranked differently and will skew the order that they are ranked in, compared to as if everything was ranked by the same individual. Hence why I refuse to say what the best cigar of 2011 is.

 

[ckay]

Cool list...San Lotano seems to be a real sleeper and we all know the interest in the Espana. Couple that with the fact that you are talking about new releases.

 

[kockroach]

Just to follow up on my previous post. The list is quite different if you average their scores across the number of sites that reviewed them. Obviously, hard to really judge since a number of cigars had only two reviews.

42 / La Casita Criolla / 3 14
27 / E.P. Carrillo Short Run 2010 No.4 / 2 13.5
71.5 / San Lotano Oval / 6 11.92
23 / Fausto / 2 11.5
43.5 / Four Kicks by Crowned Heads / 4 10.86
21.5 / New Havana Cigars – Capa Especial / 2 10.75
53 / Drew Estate Undercrown / 5 10.6
63 / Quesada Seleccion Espana / 6 10.5
42 / Casa Magna Dominus Magnus / 4 10.5
21 / Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Limited Edition 2011 / 2 10.5
29.5 / Emilio Cigars Grimalkin / 3 9.83
19 / Casa Miranda / 2 9.5
19 / Padron SI 15 Maduro / 2 9.5
27.5 / Tatuaje Black Label Petite Lancero / 3 9.17
27 / My Father El Hijo / 3 9
18 / My Father Le Bijou 1922 Corona Gorda / 2 9
17 / Emilio AF 1 / 2 8.5
41.5 / E.P. Carillo – New Wave Connecticut / 5 8.3
29.5 / Cro-Magnon / 4 7.38

Total scores at the front, as originally listed, with the average at the end.

 

[MU Mike]

It all looks like fuzzy math to me.

 

[kockroach]

It all looks like fuzzy math to me.

Agreed. The big issue overall is applying a 15 to 1 number to rank their top cigars. If they actually rated the cigars....they wouldn't necessarily have a 1 point difference between them, not to mention differences from site to site. Doesn't really give a strong view of a possible Top Cigars List across multiple sites.

 

[Craig Mac]

 

[TreeFrog Frank]

I do, however, notice one very important fact in this list...


There's still no Warlock on it. LOL

 

[hdroadglide]

since this weekend is frank's birthday, i think it would be really nice if everyone who has access to the top ten warlocks, send them to the old frog so he can celebrate properly!

 

[MReschke0626]

Just to follow up on my previous post. The list is quite different if you average their scores across the number of sites that reviewed them. Obviously, hard to really judge since a number of cigars had only two reviews.

42 / La Casita Criolla / 3 14
27 / E.P. Carrillo Short Run 2010 No.4 / 2 13.5
71.5 / San Lotano Oval / 6 11.92
23 / Fausto / 2 11.5
43.5 / Four Kicks by Crowned Heads / 4 10.86
21.5 / New Havana Cigars – Capa Especial / 2 10.75
53 / Drew Estate Undercrown / 5 10.6
63 / Quesada Seleccion Espana / 6 10.5
42 / Casa Magna Dominus Magnus / 4 10.5
21 / Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Limited Edition 2011 / 2 10.5
29.5 / Emilio Cigars Grimalkin / 3 9.83
19 / Casa Miranda / 2 9.5
19 / Padron SI 15 Maduro / 2 9.5
27.5 / Tatuaje Black Label Petite Lancero / 3 9.17
27 / My Father El Hijo / 3 9
18 / My Father Le Bijou 1922 Corona Gorda / 2 9
17 / Emilio AF 1 / 2 8.5
41.5 / E.P. Carillo – New Wave Connecticut / 5 8.3
29.5 / Cro-Magnon / 4 7.38

Total scores at the front, as originally listed, with the average at the end.

With some obvious LE, expen$$$ive sticks, and personal taste exclusions, I actually agree with a good chunk of this NC list. Almost everything on it that I've had, ranks about where I'd put it. Not bad, Jere.

I think the one thing we all can agree on is despite whatever popular trends there are, all of our lists would have stuff others wouldn't and will disagree with. We all just have different tastes. One man's Cigar of the Year is another man's MU.

 

[Dread]

I like that list. No Warlock and lots of Emilios

 

[TravelingJ]

It's going to be seriously badass, when I figure out how to understand this thread.

 

[apaniagua]

It's going to be seriously badass, when I figure out how to understand this thread.

^ THIS hahaha


Everyone is kinda crazy for these cigars in my country lately:
San Lotano Oval
Quesada Seleccion Espana
Drew Estate Undercrown
Four Kicks by Crowned Heads
Casa Magna Dominus Magnus

And i haven't taste anything...are they THAT good?

 

[Vegan702]

Have only had a couple of those, but to me the undercrown wasn't very good.

 

[javajunkie]

And i haven't taste anything...are they THAT good?

question is, are they that good to you? seriously, all of this is subjective. take the recommendations, or not, but make up your own mind. I would say, yes, the smokes on your list are worth checking out. but, no, it should never force your hand, to compete with anyone's arbitrary "latest and greatest hit list".