Graycliff 1666

[leonthebum]

Hey guys,

Where is Graycliff 1666 these days? Haven't seen them available for a long time. Maybe they just stopped making them...

Anyway I used to love Graycliff 1666 and have somewhere around 20-25 in my humi, but am wondering if my tastes have changed. They have 4+ years aging on them in a well-conditioned humidor, but I just don't like them anymore. Seems hard to believe that the aging would have had a detrimental effect on them.

Anyone else out there have some experience with these sticks?

Cheers,
David

 

[Dave]

I'm curious....when did you start smoking cigars? I would venture to guess that it was not too long before you thought you liked these. I have a long list of stuff from CI that I thought didn't suck for a couple years when I started. Most of them really blow chunks....now. I'm sure they've all just gotten worse over the years...

I wonder because I found the 1666 to be particularly objectionable even back when I smoked stuff I wouldn't touch today.

 

[Argus17]

I'm curious....when did you start smoking cigars? I would venture to guess that it was not too long before you thought you liked these. I have a long list of stuff from CI that I thought didn't suck for a couple years when I started. Most of them really blow chunks....now. I'm sure they've all just gotten worse over the years...

I wonder because I found the 1666 to be particularly objectionable even back when I smoked stuff I wouldn't touch today.

Same here, Dave. I won some 1666 years ago when I first started smoking. Back then I didn't know about CI owned labels, and thought they where the real deal. I smoked them for about a month before I realized just how bad they where. Turned me off to Graycliff for years, before I discovered that there where "real" Graycliffs out there, which are pretty decent.

Leonthebum, as Dave said, the aging probably didn't do anything to them. You where probably new to cigars, and didn't realize how bad they where.

 

[javajunkie]

FWIW greycliff makes some killer smokes. problem is, the bahamian tax base SUCKS. BADLY. so their premium stuff is just stupid expensve. also they have some cotract brands that have... maybe gottne away from them is the best term?

leon, if you dig greycliff, most of them should still well be out there, but there may be cigars better priced and equally as well made, since you last checked...

 

[leonthebum]

It was early on that I discovered them. I'd gotten one in a sampler pack, but it sat in my humi for a year before getting around to it. It was great! I got more and let them sit at least a year before touching them. While a lot of cigars can be inconsistent between sticks, I found the 1666's to be great 8/10 times. Now though they consistently have a bitter taste to them. Bleh, I say.

Sounds like you guys think I just didn't notice it before, ha. Could aging them though have made them worse? I thought it worked the other way around with cigars....