Could anyone here recommend a moderately priced decent cigar? I hate the ash taste some cigars seem to have, but have also had some cigars with a wonderful tobacco flavor without tasting like an ash tray. I had one with a label that said "gloria de cubana" I really enjoyed but cannot find another.
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Give your cigar a firm whack to de-ash before each puff. Most of them have cheap filler that tastes like burning newspaper, which doesn't help. Get a Thompson Sampler and see if any of them strike your fancy, none are top-shelf but sometimes they don't have to be.
Better yet, just get a good briar pipe (Irish Seconds are good) and if you really love tobacco, get some Mac Baren's Latakia Blend or any of the quality English tobaccos. The flavored stuff that many smoke shops sell smells good but tastes terrible.
Don't forget to wash your palette once in a while with some quality single-malt Scotch.
Gear
Sounds like advice from a guy with experience.....
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Thanks... I am an ex smoker although cigars are not a problem for me... I will have to look again for Thompson cigars. I believe they made the one I really enjoyed
You better watch where you go and remember where you beenThat's the way I see it I'm a Simple Man. - Charlie DanielsFor if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. -Matthew 6:14-15
When I drink hard liquor though it is normally Jim beam black.... good stuff and I recommend it always
You better watch where you go and remember where you beenThat's the way I see it I'm a Simple Man. - Charlie DanielsFor if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. -Matthew 6:14-15
Rocky Patel Vintage 92 seconds from Cigars International. About $3.75 a stick delivered for Toros (6.5"x52 ring).
http://www.cigarsinternational.com/c...-vintage-2nds/
ETA: Thompson's always arrive dried out for me. I stopped ordering from them.
ETA2: They have La Gloria Cubana too. Not my favorites, but there is a key for every lock...
http://www.cigarsinternational.com/s...+Gloria+Cubana
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I smoked cigars for 50 years and the man said no more. After 6 years I still miss them and have been known to follow a guy smoking one for a 1/2 block. I used Jr in North Carolina Take a look at a brand called La Finca they were my daily Cigar for 25 years . I was known to get some pretty good high priced Cigars from the my Sons during Christmas time and always considered them a treat . Give jr tobacco a call they have a real nice cigar catalog tks KEN
I had class once before I got hooked on cigarettes. Finally quit those two or three years ago (funny, now I can't remember!) and was scared for a while to touch tobacco. A few months ago I dug out the pipes I hadn't smoked in nearly 20 years and found I can have a bowl of Latakia and a half-jigger of Ardbeg Uigeadail once a week or more seldom even and not have any nicotine flashbacksOriginally Posted by btroj
I've always been a light drinker if a drinker at all, so I enjoy an occasional Scotch or Hendrick's and Tonic just for the taste.
My wife says the Uigeadail and Latakia makes me smell like hot paving equipment, but I just love it.
Gear
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Anything with Arturo Fuente's name on it is a very good Cigar. La Finca Romeo is one of my favorites as well.
I miss Nevada member JohnnyFlake. Last activity a little over a year ago. His avatar was of him lighting a cigar. Always figured he was a "wise guy" and his interests, aside from gun related, included "cigars and pipes" and Texas Holdem. Will never forget that avatar, he looked like he loved lighting up a cigar. Here's to you JohnnyFlake.
I tried it all over a period of 30+ years; cigarettes for 26 of those. Been off cigarettes for 16 years now. I still have nightmares that I'm smoking again.
I'm not quite in Gear's class, but I'd be happy to join him for a couple four of five shots of The Macallan or Glenlivet 18 year old.
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+1 on the MacAllen have found Victor Sinclair cabinet 99 to be a good smoke at reasonable cost, available at Thompson cigar, and i prefer the 18 year old scotch😊
I had a Don tomas cigar recently that lasted maybe 1 minute before I put it under the water spigot and threw it away
You better watch where you go and remember where you beenThat's the way I see it I'm a Simple Man. - Charlie DanielsFor if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. -Matthew 6:14-15
I will be sure to check out arto fuente in the near future... thanks for the input everyone
You better watch where you go and remember where you beenThat's the way I see it I'm a Simple Man. - Charlie DanielsFor if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. -Matthew 6:14-15
The cigars I have smoked for alot of years are the Marsh Wheeling Deluxe with dark wrapper. Nothing fancy but I like them. They are part of National Cigar now. I think they are a 32-34 ring and about 7 inches long. Never measured them. Am partial to long slim cigars. Go well with a single malt highland.
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I had a Cuban in Afghanistan. I'm not sure what all the hype was, but it wasn't the greatest thing in the world. I had some other Swedish one or something and it was pretty good! That was a year and a half ago tho.
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Me and the missus have bought a variety from Thompson with mixed, though generally good results. If you enjoyed the La Gloria De Cubana, I'd suggest Thompson's Donna Ines. I'd also suggest sticking to the medium "Robusto" size. Seems the larger cigars always go off by the end. Our favorite brandsother than Thompson smokes follows:
Partagas Black Label, CAO Criollo, Gurkha (any Gurkha has been good)
And we go for single malt scotch, or similar quality Tequila (we like Sauza or Republic)
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There may be better things than a good single malt and a good Cuban handrolled cigar but they're probably illegal. Come to think of it, Cubans are illegal, lol. I've only had one Cuban cigar but it made me want to lobby to lift that embargo. Not a big cigar smoker but this one made a beliver of me. Just wish I knew what it was....
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If you liked Cubans check out the offerings from Nicaragua. Different soil which does affect things but it's the same genetics that were rescued by Cubans fleeing Cuba as Fidel took power.
Here is the castboolits equivalent of the tobacco world, www.fairtradetobacco.com
I am good for a least one pipe a day. My preferences lean to Savinelli for pipes and to 1Q, Frog Morton, Sea of Tranquility, Three Friars (though it is not up there with Three Nuns), and even an occasional Prince Albert for pipe tobacco's. I prefer smoking in peace with no TV, no people, just me and God.
As to cigars. That one is tough. I would suggest finding a good tobacconist and follow his recommendations. Sample many as I think we all have different likes and dislikes. A good shop will help you out. Be prepared to part with a few $$ during this process as good cigars do not come cheap.
Good thread! Oh, How about "Bushmills Black Bush 17"?
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