Hoyo de Monterrey

Joya

Itc

Punch ( it’s been decades since I had one )

Aladino

Diesel ( had one or two over the years and didn’t love them)

Latitude

Trinidad

Gurkha (kidding but still would take under advisement)

What I love are My Fathers, Perdomo, Olivas etc. just really looking for stuff that I see around here. I get the more esoteric stuff stuff elsewhere

What’s the take on these and maybe some others?

I smoke diesel and punch they aight I like the diesel sherry cask pretty well

I stock up on Herrera esteli here. Recently the laranja was on here.

I can almost always find something good here if I just needed some cigars to smoke. I have a few too many so haven’t shopped here in a bit but last month I scored a lot of good stuff here. Caldwell blind mans bluff I got 2 bundles. Bought the laranja I mentioned and some crowned heads stuff.

There are also some Charter Oak Rothschild up right now that I'd consider

Used to smoke 5vegas…….no longer…

Used to smoke Punch (nc)……no longer

Used to smoke JdN……. no longer….

NC HdM never impressed me……..I’ve tried a few…..that was enough

I could go on…

I have 15-20 lines I buy…..a few from here…….most at other places.

My trying new stuff days are pretty much over.

My free tip of the day…

Get a box of Jaime Garcia Robs, or Toros, and bury them for at least 3 years.

They can still be had for under $100 for a box of 20.

I stashed a few boxes, currently working on one that is 6 years old…………excellent.

Jake needs cigars. Got it!

About 6 weeks ago I tried my first Flathead and I liked it very much and smoked 4 and traded the last one in the noob PIB. I think I had received them in the mail from CB about 3 weeks prior. I really liked them and bought some to put a little age on them. I’ve got a fiver of The Handbrake but I haven’t tapped it yet. Now you got me looking forward to it.

Also, I saw you mentioned Whistle Pig Rye and I looked it up on the internet. I chickened out when I saw the price tag. I’m not a drinker, it would be just to pair with cigars. I don’t want to get stuck like Chuck holding a bottle that I can’t drink. How’d you get introduced to Whistle Pig?

Used to smoke 5vegas…….no longer…

Used to smoke Punch (nc)……no longer

Used to smoke JdN……. no longer….

NC HdM never impressed me……..I’ve tried a few…..that was enough

I could go on…

I have 15-20 lines I buy…..a few from here…….most at other places.

My trying new stuff days are pretty much over.

My free tip of the day…

Get a box of Jaime Garcia Robs, or Toros, and bury them for at least 3 years.

They can still be had for under $100 for a box of 20.

I stashed a few boxes, currently working on one that is 6 years old…………excellent.

King, I’ve collected one Padron, a couple LFDs and fivers of the rest. I’ve actually received some of them from the noob PIB thread where they bombed the chit out of me. Looking forward to trying these but I’ve got a lot of other stuff to smoke through first. Anyway, thanks for the tip.

/Padron

Fuente

LFD

Tatuaje

Dunbarton

Liga Privada

Crowned Heads

Southern Draw

Kristoff

Caldwell

Room 101

Do yourself a solid. In 5 years you can thank me.

Buy a box of Padron 5000 maddies. Nats if you have the cash. Mark the date and the price you paid for it on the bottom of the box. Don't open them. Bury them at the bottom of your coolerdor for 5 years rest. Before you smoke one in 5 years buy a Padron '64 of whatever you bought (Mad or Nat) and smoke it. 3 days after that bust open the box/es and smoke one.

You're welcome.

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Joya

Punch (especially, Bareknuckle, Estate Collection, Gran Puro)

Aladino

Diesel (especially, Rage, Wicked, Whiskey Row)

Trinidad

I like the Ave Maria lines too (especially, Argentum, Divinia, Immaculata, Reconquista)

Not that long ago, you could get all of the above for $3 or less per cigar, except maybe the Aladino and Trinidad.

They used to have more Aging Room and Asylum selections. Maybe they'll get some of those back.

But something I learned early on and often find myself slacking on is the beauty of post-roll aging. I can't think of any cigar I like that isn't improved with age. Age won't make a bad cigar good, but it can make a mediocre cigar good and a good cigar excellent. Like DMV said, I don't know for sure but I suspect Padron anniversary are post roll aged. I'm not a fan of the padron profile but an aged x000 tastes an awful lot like the $20 anniversary cigars.

Several years back I started intentionally aging cigars. I would isolate 2-3 from every 5 pack, I'd take the last 3-5 from every box, label them with dates or keep track however, and not touch them until at least a year. Keep adding to the tupperdor with every purchase and eventually had hundreds of aged cigars. In 2018-19 I pretty much stopped buying altogether because I had so many cigars, I'd already tried all of them at some point so there was no burning desire to try a new cigar, and when I took one from the aged stock it was so much better than a new one.

Keep trying things, look at the whatchu smokin thread, cigar reddit, halfwheel.com, katman, others. Avoid reading sponsored reviews and retailer descriptions. Find the crowdsourced and independent information. Most reviews are ads. CA ratings are ads.

Honestly, I went to the store and saw the name. Sounded cool so I bought it. I'm not sure which one you saw, but they can be had starting around $60 or so. IMO, its well worth it.

Another I love and I recombed to non-drinkers looking to try is Michter's Single Barrel Straight Rye. Its a little lower proof but just all around good. IMO it drinks like a much higher priced rye, and I've seen it as low as $40

TRY MOST EVERYTHING AT LEAST ONCE!