I won single for $2.

It has a Gurkha-like MSRP of $12 or so

Looked nice, good construction, decent smoke output.

EVERYTHING else about the cigar suqs.

Flaky ash that barely stays on for 1/2 an inch.

Basically a no flavor airball, until the second half, when a rather foul, bitter finish started cropping up.

I tossed it.

My first AB in a loooooooong time.

It will absolutely be my last.

Send me your addy, I’ll send you all the gifted ABs I have (…’cause you know I sure as h-e-l-l wouldn’t buy them!…)

I overpaid.

It had been so long, figured I’d risk $2 (these days its tough to find a smokeable $2 yard cigar)

Meh…………this cigar was boring initially, then turned bad…………. better off smoking AJ yard gars……….still able to get those for $2/ea or less.

Still havent fired up any of those LHC Oscuro Fuerte Toros I won for 20 cents each.

Maybe I’ll try one this weekend.

The only AB I’ve gotten from different sources that has been reasonably consistent is the Coyol lancero.

Tats and Fuente are pretty much the only thing I will buy now other than some Saka things to stay in good standing with my shpo that protects me.

I pretty much stick to Tats, Crowned Heads, My Father, and stuff from Saka, Illusione, LFD, and occasional Fuentes and Padrons.

I still buy occasional yard gars to pass out to non smokers who want a cigar, and stick to AJ cigars, and sometimes some Room 101 stuff for yard gar duty.

So weird though, the Prensado looks great, smokes great, tastes like nothing……….until it tastes like chit.

Just sad….

I’m thinking the ornate bands on ABs is what attracts most nOObs. Kinda like Gurks and some RPs

I’ve definitely slowed down on cigar purchases. With that being said, in the last year and a half-ish, Warped and Southern Draw have been the most bought brands but…mighta spend more $$$ on htf / higher end Fuentes and Padrons. No longer chase after LE Tats after going overboard on the T110 Redux.

Ha!

I keep forgetting to try some Southern Draw cigars I won some time ago………it was a sampler………will have to try a few.

I hear good things about Warped………..but I think I’m at a stage in my cigar life where I try less and less new stuff, as in, new to me stuff.

Just getting old I guess…

Heh heh………….back in the day, the Tempus Maduro was fire proof…

Still smoke some rocky smokes. There’s some I like some I don’t. I’ll try any of them once.