Best Blend of 2023: An Elimination Game

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Aug 11, 2022
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Cedar Rapids, IA
For my first move, I'm going to take the perhaps-unusual step of upvoting OGS and downvoting Peterson Flake. I had a surprisingly wide range of experiences with the latter, whereas OGS always seems to deliver the same mild sweet flavor.

Anomalous - Sutliff - 11
Grape - Captain Black - 7
Brown Twist #4 - SG - 10
Aged Burley Flake - Solani - 9
Luxury Navy Flake - Peter Stokkebye - 11
Squadron Leader - SG - 11
Royal - Captain Black - 8
Golden Sliced - Orlik - 11
Red Virginia - Robert McConnell - 10
Dockworker - HU - 10
Oriental Silk - C&D - 9
Match 20 - Sutliff - 8
Pegasus - C&D - 11
Mixture #79 - Sutliff - 11
Rouxgaroux - WCC - 10
Ennerdale - GH - 10
1989 - Erik Stokkebye - 11
Stratfordshire - C&D - 10
Full Virginia Flake - SG - 11
Maple Shadows - Sutliff - 10
Holly's Non Plus Ultra - Dan - 10
Rich Dark Honeydew - GH - 10
From Beyond - C&D - 10
Bob's Chocolate Flake - GH - 10
Hogshead - SPC - 10
Black - Sillem's - 10
Dorchester - Esoterica - 11
American Cut Plug - Watch City - 10
Exclusive - C&D - 11
Skiff Mixture - SG - 10
No. 69 - Peter Henrichs - 10
Flake - Peterson (Dunhill) - 9
Lancer Slices - F&K - 10
Wintertime Flake - SG - 10
Royal Yacht - Peterson - 9
Dark Bird's Eye - GH - 11

P.S. Edited to include @minerLuke 's deltas.
 

jbfrady

Part of the Furniture Now
Jul 27, 2023
743
3,228
South Carolina
I'll keep this vote within the house of Sutliff.
Anomalous +1
Maple Shadows -1


Update:
Anomalous - Sutliff - 12
Grape - Captain Black - 7
Brown Twist #4 - SG - 10
Aged Burley Flake - Solani - 9
Luxury Navy Flake - Peter Stokkebye - 11
Squadron Leader - SG - 11
Royal - Captain Black - 8
Golden Sliced - Orlik - 11
Red Virginia - Robert McConnell - 10
Dockworker - HU - 10
Oriental Silk - C&D - 9
Match 20 - Sutliff - 8
Pegasus - C&D - 11
Mixture #79 - Sutliff - 11
Rouxgaroux - WCC - 10
Ennerdale - GH - 10
1989 - Erik Stokkebye - 11
Stratfordshire - C&D - 10
Full Virginia Flake - SG - 11
Maple Shadows - Sutliff - 9
Holly's Non Plus Ultra - Dan - 10
Rich Dark Honeydew - GH - 10
From Beyond - C&D - 10
Bob's Chocolate Flake - GH - 10
Hogshead - SPC - 10
Black - Sillem's - 10
Dorchester - Esoterica - 11
American Cut Plug - Watch City - 10
Exclusive - C&D - 11
Skiff Mixture - SG - 10
No. 69 - Peter Henrichs - 10
Flake - Peterson (Dunhill) - 9
Lancer Slices - F&K - 10
Wintertime Flake - SG - 10
Royal Yacht - Peterson - 9
Dark Bird's Eye - GH - 11
 

Servant King

Lifer
Nov 27, 2020
4,833
28,171
39
Frazier Park, CA
www.thechembow.com
I'm going to maintain faithfulness to my nominee:

PSLNF +1
G&H Bob's Chocolate Flake -1

@Streeper541 looks like your nominee is going down like Dukakis. Is it just sour grapes? 😆

@sablebrush52 you'd better get on here and start voting...Holly's Non-Plus Ultra is on the ticket, and if it starts picking up steam, there will be MAYHEM on this forum...
 

Streeper541

Lifer
Jun 16, 2021
3,194
20,233
44
Spencer, OH
I'm going to maintain faithfulness to my nominee:

PSLNF +1
G&H Bob's Chocolate Flake -1

@Streeper541 looks like your nominee is going down like Dukakis. Is it just sour grapes? 😆

@sablebrush52 you'd better get on here and start voting...Holly's Non-Plus Ultra is on the ticket, and if it starts picking up steam, there will be MAYHEM on this forum...

Maybe... I don't really understand the rules to the game anyway.

Am I supposed to vote today or something? Was I supposed to vote yesterday? Do I get a vote everyday? I don't know...
 

jbfrady

Part of the Furniture Now
Jul 27, 2023
743
3,228
South Carolina
Maybe... I don't really understand the rules to the game anyway.

Am I supposed to vote today or something? Was I supposed to vote yesterday? Do I get a vote everyday? I don't know...
You can vote every day but you don't have to. You just deduct one point from any listed blend and transfer it to one of your choice.
 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate
Nov 12, 2014
45,299
119,538
Celephais will nuke your pipe, your tongue, your house, and any children you may conceive in the the future... but it tastes/smells fantastic!
I originally bought an Andrey Kharitonov rose just for it. But use it for CBG.
 

WerewolfOfLondon

Part of the Furniture Now
Jun 8, 2023
522
1,729
London
McConnell Red Virginia +1
Pegasus -1

So why hasn't a blend been knocked out yet? I thought the lowest scoring blend is knocked out every day?
 
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