Rating Methodology

1-10 - A simple 1-10 scale. But why? Things as rich and complex as cigars, simplified down to a single number? What about flavor, what about intensity? Ash quality? Build? Draw?

See, here's the thing - remember when we said we had "average Joes" in mind when we thought up this idea? (We weren't too drunk at the time, we assure you). We wanted to keep it simple. Our 1-10 is basically a "would I smoke it again" rating. Nothing more, nothing less. We'll talk about qualities of the smoke (or drink) in the review/tasting notes, but that's about as far as it goes.

One other note: price. We'll talk about price (since it can be a deciding factor), but price won't weigh in to our actual rating.

Obviously, a simple 1-10 scale alone doesn't tell you everything you need to know about a cigar. Type comes into play as well, a mild cigar that's good at being mild could presumably also be a spicy cigar that's terrible at being spicy... this is where tags come in.

Tags - we'll be tagging works "Mild, Wild or Medium" - based on where the cigar generally falls - a "10" mild and a "10" wild will both be good cigars, but will be so for vastly different reasons. We may need to add a few more for drink tasting notes, but those will be discussed as they arise.