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Hmm interesting, Today i opened my junk humidor and all the Cest La VIes were missing. Well I guess Chester liked them or something till I cleaned out the cat Box, and lo and behold Chester had buried them in there...

a lot of you might not remember"nasty" is the little bro to "nefasto" which is out of production.a sangria blend was used in the fermentation on the nefasto and was easily the most aromatic and unique of all acid.boxes of 10,of course this predates the swisher takeover. my fist acid kuba kuba came from the kiosk across from windows of the world at the world trade center.Johnathon Sans and Marvin Samuel are originals.Puros Herfanos was another drew Estate that's gone and was a hit!

Good post noob.

In complete honesty, the late 90s Puros Indios was my absolute favorite cigar.
Something changed since then. Maybe the old man letting junior roll a few. Maybe my taste buds evolved. Maybe production moved to a septic dump.
But the PI of today are not at all similar to the gems from 15 years ago.

Unless this is a gag I suggest psychiatric help.

I would have to say the GH 2002 Vintages that I got on here when looking for some "expendable" yard-gar-ish smokes for boating on the lake (for 50 cents per!) were not bad at all. The ones I had were flavorful - mediumish - smokes. Did need a touch up but that may not be totally the cigar's fault when on a moving boat on windy days. Unlike the photo you see with these standing on its ash, the ash was not firm at all, so had to watch not ashing people when boat moving.

If there is a good deal on them here, I could see buying them again this summer for boating/swimming/fishing/golfing - Anywhere where I could get soaked/splashed or have to otherwise lose the cigar mid-smoke. Also may stock a few for our summer party where there is always a few non-cigar smokers that want to join-in around the fire pit. They are inexpensive enough to give away, easy to smoke, don't last forever, taste fine IMO - and the cedar wrap looks impressive to the newbie!!

That being said - and to keep the thread on point - the GH Aztec I had one time was one of the worst things ever in my mouth (and that's saying a lot) reminded me of the hand-rolled mexican cigar I posted about above as as the absolute worst smoke ever - maybe they are related!!!!

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Well in my defense, I smoked these back in 2008 when I had about $20 a month to spend on cigars because I was jobless and decided to go back to college for the third time. So it was the best of all the dog rockets. I remember them being not too terrible, perhaps I was just fortunate.

Blood Moon from a 5er on CBid, I gambled on them for a short smoke it took hours to get the frakkin aftertaste to go away. It smelled like puss and grass clippings.

Anything by Gurkha is bad — or, more properly, if they make a good cigar, I've never had one and I'm not gonna spend any more time or money looking to see.

I actually ended up tossing an Oliva V yesterday that had an improperly fermented leaf in it — bitter, alkali yuck... I guess it happens to the best every once in a while, I love Vs.

I think the worst non-defective cigar I've had this year is a Graycliff G2. God, that was a flavorless piece of crap...

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Last bad cigar I had was the Montecristo Media Noche (was a while ago).

I know some people like them, but it just didn't hit my pallet right at all, I trashed it pretty quickly then grabbed something I like.

It could have been the person I got it from just didn't keep them right, I don't know... it was a bad enough experience I never looked at obtaining more.

I've been pretty picky lately though (especially from hanging out on this board with you guys)... guess it could be that.

shocking. I can't find the 'mind blown' emoji anywhere, but trust me, poof. Mind blown.

Tierra volcan. 'Nuf said

bgz, the only Monte Media Noche that's decent is the robusto, the rest aren't good IMO.

The OR Puros Indios was a decent cigar. The current one is dreck. They had a special reserve that was wrapped in burlap. I think it was actually wet burlap. The cigar was bland and slightly acrid, but the stench and flavor imparted by the burlap made the cigar repulsive. If that was the first cigar I had ever smoked, I would have stopped cold in my tracks. Disgusting. Never tried another PI. Ever

Had to dig one out that was 2-3 years old and smoked it today. I have noted changes in Gurkha blends in the past and have heard of licensing remakes, so there's no guarantee this is the same cigar. No major problems, not great, not bad. I smoked a couple a couple of years ago and found a post elsewhere where I was undecided about the cigar and the aging hasn't change it any. In all fairness, it was around freezing while I smoked it. Still have 2 more that I'll try under better weather conditions. If I had to make a call today- it would be mediocre.



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I tried one, just out of curiosity once. As soon as the flame hit the cigar, it started coming apart, almost as if it had been programed to do just that. I made it about 1/4 the way through before it came apart altogether. I got an 'A' for perseverance and a 'D' for intelligence. While it lasted however, it didn't taste bad which isn't the same as saying it tasted good.

The wombat dink still owes us reviews for all the lanceros we sent him...

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read #19, #21, #25...

it's a long story..
but Flor de Gonzolez REALLY BLOWS!!!

Cest la Vie was a tolerable yard gar for about
the first year they appeared...
but then the NOSE DIVED BIGTIME...
MY GUESS is that Puros Indios or Victor Sinclar took over production of Cess la'pool Vie...

We had just arrived in Mumbai(this is in the early 90's),thirsty and looking for a smoke I found this little tobacco store right in the main drinking district.I looked around saw only ridiculously priced Cubans and lots of brands I had never seen nor heard of.After a few minutes of looking the entire shop over Haji approaches me and recommends what he smokes daily.I wish I could recall the name.....all I remember is it had a profile view of an elephants head.I grab the stick(about $3) and bic,no choice unless I want to carry matches,and hit the first watering hole that I see smoke pouring out of.My buddy and I order a beer,I gnaw through the foot(no cutter) prepping my smoke for the light.Our beer shows up,the brand I shall never forget,Old Monk.Its served in a family style bottle,probably a liter size.We pour the beer in the glass and immediately notice its dark amber color,not your usual pale watered down southwest Asian brew,this makes us smile.We raise our glasses and take our first draw of beer in over a month............it gagged me a little,as if it wanted out,holy crap this beer is awful.I have to find a way to get the taste out of my mouth.....oh yea the cigar.My buddy,a cigarette smoker, is puffing away on a Turtle he had picked up before we left Korea.As the smoke lights I realize this isn't very good....as a matter of fact 3 puffs in I take a drink of the Old Funk..........it was a much preferable taste.I take a couple more draws on the stick,it only gets worse.Now I want to throw up in my beer,which IMHO would've improved the taste.Took me 3 days to get that taste out of my mouth.I returned to Haji's shop a couple times and as he had stated........he was puffing away on that Elephant azz cigar,his daily.I was waiting for him to ask me if I enjoyed it........I guess after seeing me pick up a handful of RyJ Churchill Tubos(Habanos)at $12 per he knew the answer.

BTW the beer,Old Monk,is not an amber.As it sits in the glass the sediment heads to the bottom making it just another watered down Asian let down.After watching numerous dead things float down river daily it was obvious to us what the sediment in the glass was.

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