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Homebrew Offline
#1 Posted: Sun, May 18 2003, 5:56 PM EST
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Posts: 11,885
Hey everybody,
I am sitting here, thinking back to when I first
started smoking cigars. It was in the 1980's. I was going trying to get off a drug, I refuse to utter it's name, but it was part of what killed John Belushi. My friend, who was there to help, told me to find a crutch. He gave me a H. Upman. I smoked, and chewed on it. Everytime The cravings got bad, he would give me one. I hated those things as much as I loved the drug I was trying to quit.
One day I was having a fit, turned out it was my third day off the ****, and he was out. We stopped in to a smoke shop, and he told me to pick out a cigar. I did, and prepared to be disappointed. I loved it.
I still have a very expensive habit, but at least I am alive well and sane enough to enjoy it.
Later
Dave
P.S.
The cigar was an A.F. Short Story, and the drug started with a C. Love those Hemis.
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#2 Posted: Sun, May 18 2003, 7:46 PM EST
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first cigar to impress me was a monte #5 that cigar store owner gave me. when he got in a box of them which he said he never ordered and assumed it was shipped to him in a big order by mistake, i paid him a little under $100.00.

that was almost 10 yeas ago.


since then i have smoked every thing from bad frogs, funjky looking, to isom cohiba lanceros at $15.00 ea, to monte "a" at close to $30.00 ea, and 2 of those special, lost in a warehouse and stored properly, i believe they were partagas and they were $30.00 ea.

mag sent me a gift of a bohemian revolution predator and i have been smoking them, i bought 12 boxes here on auction in the last month, constantly. (bad sentence structure rick.) i bought my first box from ci at full retail and have been adding to my collection until i have a stack of them 8 foot high.

it is getting harder and harder to buy them here for under $50. an ammo box full. i calibrated the hygrometer and use only the humidifier that came with it, and the little bugger is holding right at 70%

send me your snailer and i'll send you a little taste.

RICKAMAVEN
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limoric Offline
#3 Posted: Sun, May 18 2003, 8:14 PM EST
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Hey Rick, got your package about 5 days ago, as I posted earlier, you gave me the advice on the Humidor. Cigars have been in the humidor for about 5 days now. Have the Bohemian you sent, seems to be a pretty dense cigar. It's pretty hard, like it's overfilled or maybe a little dried out from the trip. Should I leave it in the Humi for another week or is this normal. Want to give this cigar a go. You sent a couple of square pressed torps with it, what are those.

Thanks again for the advice, and the generous assortment
limoric Offline
#4 Posted: Sun, May 18 2003, 8:19 PM EST
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oh ya,

It was a Monty #2(ISOM) that caught my attention. It was in a tub. Prefer Uppman or Partagas, but that Monty was Just great. Smoked it till my fingers burnt
auximage Offline
#5 Posted: Sun, May 18 2003, 9:04 PM EST
Joined: 05-08-2003
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First cigar I truely 'enjoyed' was a Butera. Don't know the make/model, but I was sitting in a little shop outside of Atlanta (Cartersville) in a leather couch and a relaxing atmosphere. I think back to that day now and just want to thank the owner of that shop for introducing me to such a relaxing experience. I think I might drive back down there soon just to let him know. (And perhaps pick up another Butera)

lifesacatch22 Offline
#6 Posted: Sun, May 18 2003, 9:27 PM EST
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Brazilia Amazon.
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#7 Posted: Mon, May 19 2003, 1:04 AM EST
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limoric

"pretty dense" cut the end and smoke it. it should draw perfectly even though it's packed full. i have yet to have a problem after a boxful. the rollers just know how to pack a lot of leaves and leave out (pun intended) the petioles. no hotspots and no holes.

the little square torpedos are alhambra's. not at auction at the moment. they were $4.00 a box and i sold several of the empty boxes somewhere on a competitor site. they are hard to keep lit, even though they are on the dry side. for 16 cents a stick, you don't get coffee and desert.
Fatshotbud Offline
#8 Posted: Mon, May 19 2003, 1:32 AM EST
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Have smoked off and on casually since about '72. Never paid any attention or got serious about them until recently. My first real attention getter has to be Dunhill Altamiras (Tubos). My mouth felt like I was sucking on a stick of sweet butter it was so creamy. Talk about some rich thick smoke!
calavera Offline
#9 Posted: Mon, May 19 2003, 3:25 AM EST
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The first cigar that caught my attention was the Cuesta Rey no 95. I bought a three pack of them at Osco Drug. They were the first real hand-rolled cigars that I had ever had. I bit the end off of one and smoked it in the car on the way to my house. It was mild and delicious.


J
rasdas Offline
#10 Posted: Mon, May 19 2003, 4:52 AM EST
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First cigar was a Santa Damiana Connecticut...was during the cigar boom so i believe i paid something like $13 back then...was creamy and smooth...and just the thing to hook me...

Funny thing is that i picked up a couple of 5 packs here a couple of weeks ago for $9 (not each, the whole 5-pack)...oh have the times have changed...and that is not a complaint....

Anyways, now smoke more medium to fuller bodied cigars...but once in a while i will light a Santa Daminana and it really does take me back...

RasDas
Charlie Offline
#11 Posted: Mon, May 19 2003, 6:02 AM EST
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First to grab me was a Montecristo #2 that one of the guys in my squadron traded with a Cuban guard in Gitmo for a carton of Marlboros a couple of pairs of Levis, He two boxes of Monties and a box of Partagas and we had a ball smoking them. I was a Navy Lieutenant at the time and of course we were not supposed to trade with the Cubans.

Charlie
SteveS Offline
#12 Posted: Mon, May 19 2003, 6:15 AM EST
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One year at Christmas time, a business aquaintance asked me if I were a cigar smoker ... I told him "yes" although in more than 10 years of being a smoker, I really had never bought or smoked more than perhaps a cigar a month and was really more of a pipe smoker ... as a Christmas gift, he sent me a box of what he said were his favorite smokes ... Habano-made Romeo y Julietas that were maybe 6x42 or 44 ...

Yeah ... it's safe to say, those grabbed me
wer Offline
#13 Posted: Mon, May 19 2003, 6:16 AM EST
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The first cigar to make me a regular was an overpriced boom brand called VSOP. Not a particularly great (or even good cigar), but it opened up the world of variety and complexity that cigar smoking brings. Been sampling new stuff ever since.

The real story here is Dave's moving tale. Thanks for sharing and I applaud your strength and success.
gerber Offline
#14 Posted: Mon, May 19 2003, 6:29 AM EST
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The cigar that first really captured my imagination was a Juan Clemente, which had a great spicy, peppery flavor. Although I had been thoroughly enjoying such standards as Santa Rosa and Royal Jamaica those many years ago, the Juan Clemente introduced me to the true possibilities of cigar flavors.
limoric Offline
#15 Posted: Mon, May 19 2003, 8:19 AM EST
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RICKAMAVEN

Will do. Not the first time I've come across a tightly packed smoke, but your right, some know how to roll a lot of leaves between the rapper. Will smoke tonight

RICKAMAVEN Offline
#16 Posted: Mon, May 19 2003, 9:54 AM EST
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limoric

start a new thread and give your review to the whole world. everyone likes to read reviews, good or bad.
deadeyedick Offline
#17 Posted: Mon, May 19 2003, 9:58 AM EST
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I remember pilfering my 1st from my dad who had a box of White Owls when I was about 10 and smoking it behind the tool shed.
The first really great smoke was a Dunhill Little Chico that came about 10/tin and I selected them because I was going on a backpacking/fishing trip and needed something that would not crush in the pack. After a day in which I caught and released about 70 smallmouths on anAz. river, we sat around a campfire and lit the Dunhills. Won't ever forget that one!
DED
DrMaddVibe Offline
#18 Posted: Mon, May 19 2003, 10:03 AM EST
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I've smoked a lot of cigars, but I've never had one sprout arms and grab me! Sounds like you might want to ziplock those cigars of yours to kill those beetles!
JustDanD Offline
#19 Posted: Mon, May 19 2003, 12:44 PM EST
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Though I started cigars with the Acids, it was the Sinatra My Way that really got me going. Not saying it is the best cigar in the world, but it was good enough that it started my appetite for "the leaf."

Homebrew. Glad to hear you found a better partner in the leaf and not the powder. We need you here to run the birthday club.. and give reviews.. and crash trucks.

Dan
choner Offline
#20 Posted: Mon, May 19 2003, 1:39 PM EST
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I remember the first girl to grab me.

But, the cigar that got me into smoking had to be 5 vegas. Bought a box and was hooked to smoking since.

choner
Homebrew Offline
#21 Posted: Mon, May 19 2003, 2:15 PM EST
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I must say, the people you meet here, are a lot more friendly than the folks I met through that other addiction. But most of all, I credit A.Fuentes with giving me a great crutch when I needed it. Now anytime I am feeling down, I grab a Fuentes, and remember that Life is good.
Later
Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)
P.S. the remaining birthday Bombs, for thie first newsletter, go out tomorow. Sorry I'm late.
Robby Offline
#22 Posted: Mon, May 19 2003, 2:56 PM EST
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This is an interesting question.

My first first was when I was probably 18 or 19. I bought a box of R&J which were in tubes. At the time, they were excellent! I can't recall what I paid, but they weren't cheap.

Although I wasn't really a cigar smoker at the time, so I'm not sure that counts. The first cigar I recall that I really enjoyed when I started smoking regularly about 12 years ago was a Creedo. Can't recall if it was 1 e or two.
Stickbow Offline
#23 Posted: Tue, May 20 2003, 3:23 AM EST
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I had tried cigars as a kid. The White Owl, Garcia Vega but it was cigarettes for me. I smoked cigarettes from the age of 21- 42 that’s 21 years. I quit them about five years ago. I hang out with a group of guys that smoke cigars. A couple of years ago one of my buddies kept offering me a cigar. I hadn’t smoked cigarettes for a few years now and I was thinking a cigar might be nice. I decided to take one when it was offered again. The cigar my pal offered me was a CAO Cammie bellicose size. I smoked that gar all the way to a nub. It was great burn, taste, smoke, comfort, I was hooked. The next time I met with my friends I had a cigar of my own to smoke. The next month I bought a box of CAO Churchill’s and a jar humidor and there you go.

hoagie55 Offline
#24 Posted: Tue, May 20 2003, 4:52 AM EST
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I started smoking cigars whenever I went fishing on one of those hot humid summer days to chase away the mosquitos my first year in college. For the most part it did drive away the mosquitos, but you also smelled like crap for I started with Swisher Sweets for the first several years. Then they came out with Backwoods cigars, and being a big western fan I switched to the Backwoods and started to enjoy the tobacco. I stayed with them for another several years until my younger brother's wedding. A buddy brought a handful of cigars when we went out for his bachelor's party and I enjoyed it down to the nub. I do not remember what brand the cigar was, but it introduced me to the finer cigars. I tried numerous cigars from Macanudos (my first nice cigars) and Mayorga to RyJ and LGC. I think the first one to really reach out and grab me was when I tried a CAO maduro. Now that was a cigar and I've been hooked on CAOs ever since then.
klausy88 Offline
#25 Posted: Tue, May 20 2003, 5:36 AM EST
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I thought this was a great question, so I figured I would throw my 2 cents in.

I smoked a few Garcia Vega's in high school, mainly because that was the only thing I could get my hands on. A few years later as a college student, I smoked a few other low-end cigars at parties, but nothing special. On a trip back to my parents to stock up on food and clean laundry I grabbed a few Nat Sherman's and RyJ Churchills from my old man's humi, and that is how it all started for me. The first RyJ I smoked made me think, "So that's what this is supposed to taste like."

That was 3 years ago, and now I have 5 humi's stocked, and smoke a cigar or two a day. I'm pretty young (23), so not many of my buddies smoke gars... yet!!! I have shown a few the light and I'm recruiting more day by day.

-klausy88
BigTony Offline
#26 Posted: Tue, May 20 2003, 8:11 PM EST
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First cigar that grabbed me was a Canaria 'D Oro. What hooked me on cigars was Avo's. I still have the cedar box from the Avo #9's that was my first box of cigars I ever purchased. Guess I'm just sentimental......
---Tony
tailgater Offline
#27 Posted: Wed, May 21 2003, 3:36 AM EST
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Like most, I had the obligatory garcia vegas during poker games and the like.
Then, while tailgating before a Pats game, a good (great) friend handed me a Griffin robusto.

I still have the burn marks on my thumb and forefinger...
5augie5 Offline
#28 Posted: Wed, May 21 2003, 4:15 AM EST
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Ah yes, looking back 24 years ago on my honeymoon in Bermuda....After a great dinner in Hamilton, the waitress brought out an array of Cuban cigars as an after dinner option. I asked her to choose for me and she selected a Monte #2. It was cut and I had the great pleasure of smoking my first Cuban cigar, sipping on a brandy, and enjoying after dinner conversation with my lovely bride. And yes, I smoked the cigar IN the restaurant along with others at neighboring tables. I have been hooked ever since.
rayder1 Offline
#29 Posted: Wed, May 21 2003, 8:56 PM EST
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I was about 19-20. I worked security at a mall and got to know the cigar /pipe shop owner. I smoked pipes for a while but I always though it looked weird for a 20 year old. The shop owner gave me a few Macanudo Portofinos and said it's a pretty good entry level cigar.

He was right. It hooked me.
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