Thanks to everybody for the kind welcome. I'm looking forward to learning from everybody here.
Welcome from SoCal, Nice intro. I'm surprised by your thoughts on the Onyx, I love them, maybe it needed some more time to rest. But everyone has different tastes. With the other smokes listed, you are off to a good start.
Yeah, I was a bit surprised, because the Onyx seems like something I'd like. Some of the cigars I've smoked recently have been mediocre, but this was the first one that really tasted bad. I bought it at a chain tobacco store (Tobacco Outlet, or something like that), and maybe it wasn't kept properly. I think I smoked it the same day I bought it. I'll pick up another one at some point and make sure it's properly humidified, then give it another try.
BTW, where in SoCal are you? I grew up in San Diego, and my folks still live there.
No, they're worse than bad! My address is in my profile so I'll make you a deal. If you send me the Puros Indios you have (just so I can be sure you won't smoke it) I'll replace it with two cigars that are of MUCH higher quality that you will actually enjoy. So, for the cost of postage (please don't send priority or worry about humidifying this cigar on the way to me as it will be trashed the moment it gets to my hands) you will receive two great cigars.
Deal?
Wade
Well, I'm a newbie, so you might be trying to trick me out of one of Rolando Reyes's fine creations :smile:, but you've got a deal. I'll send the PI out with a stamped return envelope. Thanks!
I won an extra 20-count humidor on c-bid last week (had a few lowball bids in), so I seasoned it and put a couple of my new favorites in as a "starter pack" for a friend of mine who has enjoyed the cigars I've shared with him in the past. (I have an ulterior motive: cigars smoked with a friend seem to taste better than cigars smoked alone, and maybe I'll be able to smoke
his cigars at some point. :smile
I tossed a CAO and a couple of Rocky Patels in my friend's new humidor, and briefly contemplated tossing the PI in there too, but then I read some of the scathing comments, and thought better of it. (I was eventually going to try it myself, but I wouldn't inflict it on a friend if it's as bad as you all say.)
-Asher