New to the cigar life. I'm looking for recomendations on good quality cigars. Interested in peoples thoughts on Drew Estates- Acids, Java, Kahlua. What do you think? Give me your Fav. Cigars brand, size, and why.
Donk
Donk
Favorite Cigar? and WHY?
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If you are talking NC then I still like the Davidoff Grand Cru #2 as my personal favorite.
I stay away from the flavored stuff for me. I prefer more traditional cigars.
Hard to pin any one favorite for me. A few are Romeo y Juliet Excibicion #4, medium bodied, smooth with sweet flavors. Bolivar Petit Corona are new top 5 for me with earth, spicy, and complex flavors galore.
Hard to pin any one favorite for me. A few are Romeo y Juliet Excibicion #4, medium bodied, smooth with sweet flavors. Bolivar Petit Corona are new top 5 for me with earth, spicy, and complex flavors galore.
I've really just started to experiment :smokingbo , but....
Gran Habanos Blend 5 - rothschild - Just discovered these thru BOTL....I'm smoking the hell out of them. Touch spicy with good flavor & inexpensive.
HOYO DE MONTERREY - Xcorona, oscuro - Been simmering in my humidor for a little while and are deep, rich, & mild.
LA GLORIA CUBANA - Churchill - Seems to have a unique flavor.
ROMEO Y JULIETA - Ex#3 - What got me hooked.
Recently obtained a few ISOM's and I loved the Bolivar PC '03.
Gran Habanos Blend 5 - rothschild - Just discovered these thru BOTL....I'm smoking the hell out of them. Touch spicy with good flavor & inexpensive.
HOYO DE MONTERREY - Xcorona, oscuro - Been simmering in my humidor for a little while and are deep, rich, & mild.
LA GLORIA CUBANA - Churchill - Seems to have a unique flavor.
ROMEO Y JULIETA - Ex#3 - What got me hooked.
Recently obtained a few ISOM's and I loved the Bolivar PC '03.
Give the Flor de Oliva line a try. They're inexpensive but very good. It's my go-to favorite. Others are Sancho Panza, Helix Maduro, well, just about any maduro these days. Almost any Cameroon will do too. It's hard to beat an H.Upmann as well. Lots of people like the Torano line but they have very few that I like. It's all a matter of taste and you have to try everything to see what you like.
Electric Sheep
Dsicle - BoM Dec 06
A buddy's girlfriend smoked a Java last week, and since I've always been curious about them, I took a puff. What a mistake! Cripes, that was a GAWDAWFUL puff. It tasted like 2 things:
Sweet Chocolate & Amonia (like when you mop a floor)
yuk :noemotion
Sweet Chocolate & Amonia (like when you mop a floor)
yuk :noemotion
Wasch_24
2005 BoY
Back in the day...lol...this was one of my favotires as well. I think that if I had never been introduced to Habanods I would be smoking VSGs, Hemingways, and Davidoffs today.
Thank goodness lfg2nrg and xrundog gave me my first two Cuban cigars because I would otherwise be stuck buying uber-expensive non-Cuban cigars.
AZsteelman
April 2006 BoM
Personally, and I don't mean any disrespect at all - I'd rather have my pecker slammed in a door than smoke a flavored cigar...
I really tried to like the Acid line. I even bought the collector's tin.
The best, to my taste, was the Roam. In my opinion, the tobacco could have been better. There were burn problems. Some of the smokes were a bit harsh and my wife said they smelled like incense. I don't like the sweet tip. Tried the Kahlua and it burned too fast, too hot and was harsh.
In all fairness to Drew Estate, I am not into flavored cigars. I did get stuck on the La Vieja Habana line for a while.
The best, to my taste, was the Roam. In my opinion, the tobacco could have been better. There were burn problems. Some of the smokes were a bit harsh and my wife said they smelled like incense. I don't like the sweet tip. Tried the Kahlua and it burned too fast, too hot and was harsh.
In all fairness to Drew Estate, I am not into flavored cigars. I did get stuck on the La Vieja Habana line for a while.
I couldn't agree more. I think our taste profiles are similar. Of the NC's those are exactly the ones I would pick. Today, it's hard for me to smoke an 05 CC let alone a NC. I am truely thankful for the exposure to CC. Of course now I just keep getting more and more picky.
Sure...for me at least. CC=VR clasico NC Davidoff grand cru #2. These have always been great for me.
indyrob
BoM Feb '06 & Sept. '08
I'm a big fan of the Tatuaje line. AF makes some decnt smokes at a reasonable price, but I'm sticking to Tatuaje. It has a fullness to it that most of the other cigars lack.
La Aurora makes one helluva cigar in you want a more refined smoke. I like them a whole bunch. I keep spreading the word on those.
CAO Brazillia is a great cigar too. I have a couple boxes of the Anaconda.
Favrite cheap smoke though is the Padron Fumas. It's a laguito #1 mixed filler cheap as hell but is a great smoker. It's pretty much consistantly good and think that most of the filler is from the x000 lines.
La Aurora makes one helluva cigar in you want a more refined smoke. I like them a whole bunch. I keep spreading the word on those.
CAO Brazillia is a great cigar too. I have a couple boxes of the Anaconda.
Favrite cheap smoke though is the Padron Fumas. It's a laguito #1 mixed filler cheap as hell but is a great smoker. It's pretty much consistantly good and think that most of the filler is from the x000 lines.
Tatuaje makes terrific cigars. I know some that compare them to CC on a regular basis.
Ratbert
BoM Oct '07
I can never tell exactly how Randy feels about an issue :nodlaugh:
indyrob
BoM Feb '06 & Sept. '08
There's nothing wrong with infused cigars, if that's what you like to smoke. I remember having a few Lars Tetens in a jar before. Not bad smokes but they really stink if your smelling someone elses cigar.
Randy...you crack me up bro...
-Rob
I can't stand a flavored cigar but if you do more power to you. I believe you should smoke what you enjoy.