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eleltea Offline
#1 Posted: Fri, Dec 13 2002, 8:09 AM EST
Joined: 03-03-2002
Posts: 4,562
Like But Didn't?

I really like Hoyo de Monterrey Rothschild Maduro Maduro, so I assumed I would like the new HdM Rothschild Dark Sumatra.

Nope. Not for me.

What has disappointed you like that?

bildo Offline
#2 Posted: Fri, Dec 13 2002, 8:13 AM EST
Joined: 09-24-2002
Posts: 104
I enjoy the regular punch line, mostly the maduros, but I was not at all pleased when I tried the grand cru. Yuck!!! IMO. I have not yet tried a grand cru maduro but I was not very impressed with the naturals.
mhollowa Offline
#3 Posted: Fri, Dec 13 2002, 8:17 AM EST
Joined: 10-03-2001
Posts: 517
The first Padron maduro I tried was a #4000, and it was a good smoke. Haven't felt the same about the others like #2000 and #3000. They all burned well. The flavor difference seemed to be the wrapper.
SteveS Offline
#4 Posted: Fri, Dec 13 2002, 8:31 AM EST
Joined: 01-13-2002
Posts: 8,751
Buttermilk ... I like both butter and milk and had therefore assumed I'd like buttermilk ... the only thing I was ever more wrong about was thinking that since I liked pickles, I'd like cucumbers ..... those, however, are the most vile food on earth IMHO.
huskey Offline
#5 Posted: Fri, Dec 13 2002, 8:34 AM EST
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Posts: 275
LMAO SteveS. Always thinking outside the box. Clark
SteveR@CigarBid Offline
#6 Posted: Fri, Dec 13 2002, 8:43 AM EST
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The Ho. Steve, you know what I am talking about :)
huskey Offline
#7 Posted: Fri, Dec 13 2002, 8:49 AM EST
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iam steve, you had a ho you thought you were going to like but she wasn't any good?
DrMaddVibe Offline
#8 Posted: Fri, Dec 13 2002, 9:03 AM EST
Joined: 10-21-2000
Posts: 55,513
The new CAO Criollo. I was expecting this powerhouse cigar, and the taste was substandard to their other lines. It didn't measure up. Who likes those itty-bitty sizes? If you're going to smoke a cigar, smoke a cigar. If you're going to smoke a cigarette, smoke a cigarette. Those tins of smokes are all right, because if you're short on time, but want a cigar taste you can get it, but the prices CAO wants for the Criollo doesn't justify cigar's size.
FredS Offline
#9 Posted: Fri, Dec 13 2002, 9:13 AM EST
Joined: 10-23-2002
Posts: 40
Opus X. A friend gave me one to try and I thought it was ok but not nearly as good as it costs. The HdM dark sumatra is my #2, #1 is MC negra cubana. That'll probably change tomorrow though...
eleltea Offline
#10 Posted: Fri, Dec 13 2002, 9:22 AM EST
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Fred, did you mean the MNC is your #1 disappointment or your #1 favorite? I have some MNC double coronas and I like them, but the only MNC corona gorda (or cuban corona) I tried had a really tight draw and was no fun at all.
SteveR@CigarBid Offline
#11 Posted: Fri, Dec 13 2002, 10:31 AM EST
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Huskey, she went sour faster than milk in the sun.
eleltea Offline
#12 Posted: Fri, Dec 13 2002, 10:51 AM EST
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Wasn't that Hortense?
E-Chick Offline
#13 Posted: Fri, Dec 13 2002, 11:11 AM EST
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Slimboli...

;)
xibbumbero Offline
#14 Posted: Fri, Dec 13 2002, 11:29 AM EST
Joined: 01-25-2002
Posts: 12,535
IT Gorilla Maduro. X
Spiny Norman Offline
#15 Posted: Fri, Dec 13 2002, 1:50 PM EST
Joined: 09-04-2002
Posts: 899
Just tried a Perdomo reserve Rosado. Great description on C-BID, nice construction, pretty to look at. Couldn't taste a thing. (Fortunatly for me I was able to sleep through most of it.)
tailgater Offline
#16 Posted: Fri, Dec 13 2002, 2:34 PM EST
Joined: 06-01-2000
Posts: 26,185
Try lighting it next time.
I thought the rosado had it all over the maduro in terms of balance.
Does anybody actually buy buttermilk anymore?
CJBully Offline
#17 Posted: Fri, Dec 13 2002, 2:47 PM EST
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Posts: 753
CAO gold corona. It was ok but I expected more oomph.
efm Offline
#18 Posted: Fri, Dec 13 2002, 3:17 PM EST
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Posts: 499
CAO Extreme. Lotsa guys love them but to my taste it was extrememly nasty.
eleltea Offline
#19 Posted: Fri, Dec 13 2002, 5:46 PM EST
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FWIW, I like buttermilk, milk, butter, houses and butterflies. You would think from that, that I would also like houseflies. This is not the case. I HATE flies!
jreddoch Offline
#20 Posted: Fri, Dec 13 2002, 6:12 PM EST
Joined: 12-30-2000
Posts: 1,309
Padrons. Just plain don't care for 'em.
Santyth Offline
#21 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 10:48 AM EST
Joined: 11-17-2002
Posts: 107
Probably an Ashton Aged Maduro.

Don't get me wrong, it was good. Just not THAT good. With what they go for around here I had myself convinced that it was going to be the best cigar ever. I guess the Oliva 'O' maduros have spoiled me. Though the LGC Serie R maddie and Onyx Reserve also score higher in my book.
WSUCoug Offline
#22 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 11:05 AM EST
Joined: 04-27-2002
Posts: 103
Excalibur Prensado. Tried two, thought they were bland and uninteresting. I was very dissapointed......mostly in myself for ordering a box without having tried them first.
THL Offline
#23 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 11:44 AM EST
Joined: 10-22-2002
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Montecristo Vintage Club Cabinet '93; #40. Man, with a name like that I thought they've got be great. Smoked 3 of them so far hoping to see an improvement. Maybe after 8 yrs in the humidor......
harleydude Offline
#24 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 12:00 PM EST
Joined: 12-05-2002
Posts: 59
I have a few that were hyped so I bought them with eager anticipation only to be very disappointed :
HDM dark sumatra - ammonia taste
CAO Maduro - o.k , but not what I expected
CAO Brazilia- again , o.k but wouldn't smoke again unless given to me
H.Upmann coronas - Yuk!might as well have lit up a dutch masters
Slimboli Offline
#25 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 12:13 PM EST
Joined: 07-09-2000
Posts: 16,139
harleydude --- let the first three sit awhile, the ammonia taste is a sign the cigar is still in its 'sick' (too green) period.

... they will improve.

The last one ... I agree.
SteveS Offline
#26 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 2:14 PM EST
Joined: 01-13-2002
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Slim, about the Upmann ... I've wondered several times if Upmann were a Dutch name ...
CJBully Offline
#27 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 2:35 PM EST
Joined: 07-31-2002
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Steve,

re: Upmann

A great favorite among aficionados, the history of this brand began around 1840, when Herman Upmann, banker and almost fanatical cigar enthusiast, offered to open a branch of his family-owned bank in Havana Cuba.

In 1844, he (not surprisingly) invested in a cigar factory, and from then until 1922, the company traded as both a bank and a cigar business. In that year, both companies failed, and a British firm, J. Frankau & Co., saved the brand and ran the cigar factory until 1935. It was then sold to the newly-founded Menendez y Garcia Company. And so it was that a legend was re-born.

c/o an ISOM site
xibbumbero Offline
#28 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 4:28 PM EST
Joined: 01-25-2002
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LLT,I like houseflies. I get a large bag of those when I order a hamburger at a Chinese fastfood place. X
Charlie Offline
#29 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 4:38 PM EST
Joined: 06-16-2002
Posts: 39,751
Ballet, thought I would enjoy it and it bored me to sleep!!! Sort of like a soccer game!

I do like the girls soccer matches!

This is screwed up!

Charlie
Tobasco Offline
#30 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 4:41 PM EST
Joined: 02-08-2003
Posts: 2,809
I thought Id LOVE an Opus-X. When I finally got one,it wasnt as good as I had hoped for. Maybe all the "Hype" about these made me have unrealistic expectations. Or maybe I got a Fake. Who knows. Just My opinion.

Mag
Tobasco Offline
#31 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 4:43 PM EST
Joined: 02-08-2003
Posts: 2,809
PS: The price sure wasnt "Fake" $18. Hehehe! Oh well, Live & Learn.

Mag
rayder1 Offline
#32 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 6:20 PM EST
Joined: 06-02-2002
Posts: 2,226
5 Vegas Pyramide. Liked the other 5 Vegas' but the pyramide tasted like cigarette tobacco to me.

Jazzman likes 'em...gave him the rest of mine.
eleltea Offline
#33 Posted: Sun, Dec 15 2002, 2:30 AM EST
Joined: 03-03-2002
Posts: 4,562
LMAO at X's flinch flies.
calavera Offline
#34 Posted: Mon, Dec 16 2002, 4:00 AM EST
Joined: 01-26-2002
Posts: 1,868
Trilogy Native Cameroon: normally I love Cameroon wrapped cigars. These are crap.

Perdomo reserve No. 4 in rosado: I think that I smoked some of these. At least I lit them and drew smoke through them, but as far as flavour goes- nothing.

Padron: yawn.
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