Review template

[steveo]

I posted this a few years back on ICC. This is my template for reviewing cigars. Hope someone can use it.
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Date:
Cigar:
Intro:

Pre-Smoke
Apperance and Construction

• Color – Double Claro Claro Colorado Maduro Oscuro
• Texture – Fine Medium Course Rough Oily Dry
• Cap – Well made poorly made round flat
• Bunch – Under filled soft medium firm solid

Comments:
/10

Aroma/Bouquet

• Aroma – None Mild Medium Full
• Pre-light Draw – Consult flavor wheel

Comments:
/10

Smoke
Burn

• Burn – even uneven tendency to go out thick sharp
• Coal – flat pyramid Tunnel
• Combustion – smoldering medium complete
• Ash color – white gray dark gray black
• Ash structure - flaky typical solid

Comments:
/10
Draw

• Draw - too loose loose perfect tight plugged
• Smoke volume – overwhelming ample medium modest none

Comments:
/10

Flavor

• Richness – weak, medium, ample, voluptuous
• Balance - perfect, imbalanced, one dimensional
• Strength - bland, mild, medium, full, Overwhelming
• Body - empty, thin, mild, medium, generous, thick

First Third
Second Third
Last Third

/20

Finish/Aftertaste
Sweetness – none, light, medium, pronounced
Bitterness – none, light, medium, pronounced
Acidity: – none, light, medium, pronounced, pleasant, unpleasant
Saltiness – none, light, medium, pronounced
Finish – very short, short, medium, long

First Third
Second Third
Last Third

/20

Summery (your overall impression. How did this cigar leave you?)
/20

Appearance/Construction /10
Burn /10
Draw /10
Aroma/Bouquet /10
Flavor /20
Finish/Aftertaste /20
Summery /20

Total /100
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General Terms​

Bitter, bright, complex, dry, green, harsh, hot, fresh, pleasant, punchy, sharp, smooth, sour, steamy, sweet, subtle, tangy, tart, toasty


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Flavor​

Sugar
Cain ,Brown, Unrefined, Refined

Salt
Sea-salt, Table

Honey
Wild, Honey

Bread
French, Sandwich, Ginger, Sour, Fresh, Stale, Cracker

Caramelized
Butterscotch, Carmel, Toffee, Molasses, Soy, Sauce
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Chocolate
Burnt, Dusted, Milk, Dark, Cocoa, Raw cocoa bean

Vanilla
Liquid, White-chocolate

Nut
Roasted, Almond, Chestnut, Peanut, Peanut-Butter, Hazelnut, Walnut, Cashew, Salted
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Coffee
Fresh-roast, Cappuccino, Drip, Espresso, Press

Tea
Light, Dark, Green, Exotic

Milk
Cream, Butter, Cheese

Alcohol
Scotch, Whiskey, Rum, Gin, Cognac, Pure(Hot Pungent)
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Fruit
Dried, Ripe, Citric, Jam, Dark, Light, Hard, Soft

Herbs
Herbaceous (fresh/dry)

Vegetal
Artichoke, Garden-salad, Olive (Martini, Green, Black, Dry), Green-beans, Mint, Bell-pepper, Steamed, Dried, Garlic, Cabbage


Spice
Anise, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, pepper, rosemary, spice
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Earth
Rain, Dusty-dry, Most, Mushroom, Forest-floor, Barnyard, Peed, Flint, Sand-rock, Attic dust, Clay (moist/dry)

Floral
Garden, Wild, Pollen, Nectar

Grass
Fresh-cut, Dry, Country-wild, Straw-hay, Wet-straw (ammonic usually comes alone with this tasting note)

Tobacco
Fresh, Toasted, Clean

Wood
Hardwood, Charred (smoky-burned), Oak, Cedar, Fresh, Old, Soft, Basel, Wet, Sawdust, Red, Bark, Mahogany
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Leather
Fresh, Worn, Shoe,

Animal
Wet-dog, Blood, Zoo, Sweat, Fish, Skunk, Women
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Paper
Notebook, Cardboard, Printer, Wet Filter

Chemical
Sulfur, Burnt match, Rubber, Tar, Gas (petrol), Acid, Menthol (cool pungent), Soap, Burnt-Hair

Metallic
Steel, Iron