hnixon12
Sunday, August 5, 2018 2:19:25 PM
Just tried these on the whim...i like them! good prices too... and at local B and M! only tried a couple so far

Anyone a fan?

cacman
Sunday, August 5, 2018 2:32:43 PM
Like the Wavell Maduro. Used to chain smoke the minuto maduro when they were made.
jespear
Sunday, August 5, 2018 5:58:05 PM

Just tried these on the whim...i like them! good prices too... and at local B and M! only tried a couple so far

Anyone a fan?

hnixon12 wrote:

IIRC, mjtoal's brother used to smoke the LGC "R".

I'll ask his opinion next time I talk to him.

frankj1
Sunday, August 5, 2018 10:28:10 PM
gotta be close to ten years, used to smoke a lot of wavell maddies.

might be time to revisit.

Pudding Mittens
Monday, August 6, 2018 12:15:23 AM
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Some say LGC's quality/flavor is a mere shadow of what it was. If I recall right, Ernesto Carrillo sold it to one of the giant cigar corporations, and many say the product went downhill a lot after that.

My own memory seems to support this, but it's been many years since I had a pre-sellout one. The recent ones I've had haven't been impressive to my palate though.

I'd advise buying a 5-pack or something and evaluating. Don't jump in and buy a box or more at first until you're sure they aren't lame nowadays.

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frankj1
Monday, August 6, 2018 9:43:40 AM
maybe I won't revisit
DrafterX
Monday, August 6, 2018 9:52:20 AM
Smoked a bunch of the maduro wavells too... Didn't care for the naturals much... 😟
midmofan
Monday, August 6, 2018 3:56:54 PM
The story I read once was that after the sale, Carrillo retained control somehow over the Series R blend but none of the others, hence them coming out with a lot of similar but not quite blends like the Wavell, etc
Cathcam13
Monday, August 6, 2018 11:25:26 PM
All I can say is don’t get the serie R Maddies they taste like pepper and cheap tobacco, I like the regular serie R, but this maddies are disgusting.