Craig Mac
BoM 4/10 7/11 12/14
I am getting volunteers out of the woodwork the last few minutes to help donate to get the sticks to you. I'll start sending them soon and you can submit your guess as you go.
Cigar Aficionado Top 25
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Jfire
BoM 9/9' 9/11' 8/12'
Why is it that this type of joke works for HD but not me? Please no cigars in the mail from anyone.
OK, so after work this afternoon, I stopped into the local B&M (as is my Friday ritual) and they did have the Flor de las Antillas toro. So I got one. Here's my capsule review: I did not like. Unremarkable flavor, and a really bad burn (kept getting that hard charred nugget at the end-- is there a term for that??). Maybe I just got a bad stick, but I'm not inclined to have another. Followed it up immediately with a short smoke-- the Perdomo La Tradicion Cabinet Series in cameroon (petit Corona). Perfect, as always. What a relief.
Craig Mac
BoM 4/10 7/11 12/14
Fuck that, it's on
Haha...gotta love it!
CA's list, no matter how much we like or dislike it, is a huge boon to cigar shops. When the top 10 come out I get customers calling like crazy to order them. I walk into stores and they will have a copy of CA with the top 25 and mark which ones they have in the humidor. It is really hard to fault a company for taking care of the people who take care of them. You can have 25 top 25 lists and maybe find 3 or 4 cigars on all the same lists, the rest are just subjective to who they need to pander to or what thier tastes are. We all have different tastes. Im sure if Suckling had his way the top 25 would be almost exclusively ISOMs. I would have mostly Nicaraguans. I do love the conversations these spur though...
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+1 to this ^^
Just a newb here so don't mind me, but I do think at the end of the day this list from CA helps a lot of people in the industry, B&Ms, sales to people probably who are not us. But if these sticks that some of us wouldn't smoke didn't get touched we wouldn't have the awesome variety we've come to love. We "experts" of the forums know what we like and will continue to smoke exactly that, but there are so many casual smokers out there that depend on this list. After all, every cigar is a handmade product and there is someone for every stick that makes this list. If we claim to be at the top of our game, do we need confirmation from CA to tell us we were right??
Smoke what you love!!!
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javajunkie
BoM July '12
was just reading the CA site, and the comments section. i realize that there are ALWAYS going to be people disagreeing with ANY list, nature of the beast, but how do you argue on their own forum? really?
whodeeni
the Cigar "Gangsta" ;0(
That El Diario blend is amazing Dan!
I have fallen in love with the Kill Bill size....It blows away the other sizes in my fairly humble opinion
Hoshneer
Drew Estate NotRex
Yeah, it's pretty retarded but I guess it's good for us.
Sent from my Galaxy S3 while getting a blumpkin!
thejavaman
BoM December 2012
I know I'd be pissed if I knew I made GREAT cigars & kept getting shunned. Totally insane & asinine that no Liga's are in the top 10.
Saka, The ratings on LP's are always interesting from CA, and seem to be lower than they should IMHO. Also it's good your not at the top of the list your stuff is already hard enough to get.
Drew Estate has nothing but class. The love of the industry coming from the factory is shown in the products they produce. Not having the Ligas on the CA list is bullshit IMO. Thank you SSaka for your releasing your personal blend.
I find myself agreeing with Hoshneer's statement as I loom over my Humidor. Selfish Liga whore. I admit it.Yeah, it's pretty retarded but I guess it's good for us.
Sent from my Galaxy S3 while getting a blumpkin!
Country Blumpkin...same...but in an outhouse.