Steve: I think I just stepped in something...no inference needed.

Not much for flavored cigars but picked up a real "bargain" on cbid with those Chatillys Vanilla.... first one tasted like 20 year old grass clippings stored in a dry, dusty garage... and that was with a me sucking so hard my eyeballs caved in! Was so out of breath I couldn't call for help and without any smoke from this dog turd it didn't even look like I was smoking... just having a heart attack. Ended up giving the rest away to some fools at work who mooch everything left out... ha, ha, ha!

Tamayo Y Pareto maduro churchills. I learned from these that a good cigar improves with age and a bad cigar just gets older. The wrapper was a weird purple color like crepe paper left over from a party. I tried to smoke them and the best thing I can say about them is: They burned.

I know I'm going to get a lot of disagreement on this, but here goes: I have never smoked a Punch that I enjoyed and every Te-Amo I have ever had tasted like lawn cuttings

RPD--no one can disagree if you don't like something, as far as te-amos, i think they are sold at your local 7-11.

Te-Amo's are consist in flavor, they consistantly taste like dirt. Just a super earthy flavor.

Don

I bought a box of the Aristoff numbered maduros on clearance, thank God I didn't buy those when they sold for premium prices, I gave 15 away last week at bowling league. I also think Bering's are the world's most boring smoke, and Excalibur the most harsh and grassy. Oh yes, I breathed a huge sigh of relief when I finished the box of Mayans I bought on clearance here a few years back. My personal favorite clearance cigar here was the Carlos Torano, except for their Grand Nica's I never smoked a cigar of theirs that I didn't truly enjoy, I say that before winning a box of their St. George here last week.

Sad that Gurks didn't even make this list......

[quote=Taps86]Sad that Gurks didn't even make this list......[/quote]

Yes, but back then, they where actually made by Gurkha. The ones that gave the brand a bad name are the recent Chinese rolled ones sporting a "purchased" label.

Gran Habano Azteca Fuerte torpedo and Ortsac Toro corojo which came with dog tags, which could have been a forewarning.

[quote=dpnewell]Yes, but back then, they where actually made by Gurkha. The ones that gave the brand a bad name are the recent Chinese rolled ones sporting a "purchased" label.[/quote]

True Dat.

I wonder if Trish would pull out the ban stick if someone created a licensed brand thread. The list would be quite long, however, the way people bid around here I doubt sales would be affected.