Hi all,

I would like to start a cigar poll. This will (1) help me find out what cigar brands and varieties are worth trying. (2) Everyone else will see what you like and when the trades come up or when Christmas, birthdays etc. rolls around they will know what you like. So, please post your 5 top brands. After a week I will post a voted result so we can make heads or tails of the top brands as far as the readers of this post goes.

Thanks,
Tim

Tim: Please be more specific. Cuban or non-Cuban, popular priced or premium, etc. etc.

Someone may think you really want "brand" and write Fuente, when, in actuality, they despise all Fuentes except Don Carlos #3, which is their favorite cigar.

In no particular order:

XXO
RYJ Maduro
Bucanero
Torano Signature
Acids

Dont know if that is my absolute top 5, but that is what comes to mind off the top of my head. I could peer through my humi window and probably change my mind 10 more times.

CAO
Arturo Fuente
Bucanero

That's really all I can say...

Very Good Point SteveR...

although I can give top 5 in ISOM and NON ISOM... some folks have not even had their first ISOM's...

Hog

I guess I should be more specific. These would be non-cuban. Most of the cubans you would get in the states would be fake anyway. And out of reach money wise for most. Don't get me wrong, I am not above paying 50 bucks for a cigar. But not for everday use. What I am talking about is If you were opening a Christmas gift that you knew were gars. What specificly would you want to see. Brand and variety of non-cuban gars. Premium or otherwize.

Tim

I had a brain ISOM once.

Tim

LMAO... ISOM Island South Of Miami...

Now we're talking

Top 5 Shelf Domesticaly Available Cigars

Padron 1964 Annaversary Naturals
Padron 1964 Annaversary Maduros
Ashton VSG Spellbounds
Ashton VSG sorceror (sp)
Padron 3000 Maduros

Hog

Bucanero
A.Fuentes Mad. or Don Carlos or Anejo
Padron Maduro or PAM Never had Nat. or PANs.
Perdomo Reserve Maddies, also Like Perdomo2 Maddies.
Did I say Bucanero yet, well they deserve a double mention.
CAO all lines
Torano Sig. and exodus lines
There are a whole lot more brands, that enjoy seeing, when I open a box, but you said top 5.
Later
Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)

Hmmmm...this one is a toughy! Let me think...if I had to pick five brands, I'd say...

1. Romeo y Julieta (love every line, especially the tubed ones)
2. Bucanero (Arrrrrgh!)
3. Arturo Fuente (love 'em all)
4. La Gloria Cubana (especially the Serie R)
5. Tie between Punch and Torano (I just can't decide!)

Good stuff, keep it coming.

I think the CAO's are one of the best buys out there right now. If you like a real full bodied a** kicker try the extremes.

At this time and in no particular order. Found this to be harder than I thought it would be.

1. Fuente Hemingway (Short Stories, Work of Art, Best Seller)
2. Fuente Sungrown Cuban Beli
3. Oliva O Maduro
4. Padron (Whole line is good)
5. Cuesta-Rey Sungrowns
6. La Gloria Cubana (Rolled in Miami and Series R.)

(In this line up you will be pressed to find any sticks that are rolled too tight.)

redneck thats more than 5 LMAO!!! Top Shelf!!!

and yep it's a hard one to toss out there thats for sure...

Hog

padron the whole line pam's
a/f cuban beli's, anejo,858 sg, hemi mads
cao all
love mayorga mad's as an everyday stick
buc mad's
oliva o mad's

i must be mad haha

notice no opus x yet!!!!!!! overated?????

martini

IMHO OpesX's are over rated.. thats because I'm a sissy and cannot handle the heavy Bodied OpusX maintains!!!

Hog

Hog,
Email sent.

Barry

Bolivar Fuerte
HDM Including Seleccion Royale, Excalibur, and Dark Sumatra
CAO
Punch
Partagas. Blacks are especially yummy
Padron

ashton mads
pans
ashton vsg
Davidoff 2000, men.blend
zino plat.

1. RyJ
2. Comacho Coroja
3. A/F
4. Punch
5. Padron

No order really, just off the top of my head.