Whatever Doc smokes! Especilly on Saturday nights!

Anything from Padron..........I have tried just about all varieties of this particular cigar brand and have never been let down. I am sure that most folks on this board have tried Padron cigars but for those who haven't.........wow.....I wish I could name just one but the entire line of cigars is fabulous

Gurkha Louis XIII Crystal
Macanudo Vintage 1997
Partagas Spanish Rosado
and Helix Maduros for the price

Bad Day? Have a Cigar.
Good Day? Have a Cigar.

Hmmm lets see.....

Davidoff Double <R> (mild but def full of flavor)

Opus X (Some may say too pricey but if your near Philly you can get a double corona for 12$ or a torpedo for 7 from Holt's)

Perdomo 2
Avo 77
Davidoff millenium
LFD Ligero 3,4,500
LFD Limitado

Mr R

Cigars to try, in no particular order:

Fuente Sungrown
Montesino Sungrown
Torano Silver
Torano 1916 Cameroon
El Original Maduro and Natural
Griffin Fuerte
Oliva "O" Bold Natural and Maduro (only had a few, but impressive)
Montecristo Afrique
Camacho Corojo
CAO Brazilia
Cuba Aliados Maduro (for when I'm in the mood for that particular flavor profile...unique)

Padrons K series (not usually my thing, but puros are always a good thing to try just to get the flavor of the countries' tobaccos)

One of the spicy General products (LGC, ERH, FdAA)

I also agree with the Acid/Lars thing, just to know why never to consider smoking one again

A good pricey cigar and a bad pricey cigar (again, just to expand horizons and understand what you are or aren't missing)

Also a really crappy cheap cigar to understand that there is also a lower limit to price/quality.

"I usually read the obituaries first as there is always the happy chance that one of them will make my day."
-Dr. Richard Ames

Must try cigars...some are my top shelf smokes other's I consider a must-smoke experience to get you thinking differently about this wonderful hobby (obsession?) of ours. After smoking all of these then you can say "Been there, smoked that."

Special Releases:
Fuente Between the Lines
Fuente Anejo Sharks

Inexpensive with kick:
El Rico Habano Habana Club

Expensive with kick:
Fuente Opus xXx Power Ranger

Good, but you are paying for the tube:
La Aurora Platinum/Maduro/Cameroon Preferidos

For sheer fun factor:
Casa Blanca Jeroboam 10" X66 ring guage.

True rarity:
Any cigar that is 20 years old.

The best of the super premium's:
Padron Anniversario Maduro Diplomaticos and Monarchas

Best free cigars you will ever get from a manufacturers event:
La Gloria Cubana Trunk Show selections, any year.

Cigar that will have you rethinking your stance on flavored cigars:
Drew Estates Natural Robusto.

"Binder: The Newbie Slayer Sharpened Spanish cedar stakes, check. Mold-Plume indicator, check. Cellophane-on-or-off repellent, check. Crucifix of Thompson Rare Black Pirhana Churchills, check..."

"Un día sin los cigarros es como un día sin el sol."
"A day without cigars is like a day without sun."

I dont think this one's been added on here, and after trying it the other day I must say it deserves a spot high on the list:

Ashton Aged Maduro

"I guess you really love women...
Above all things... A very very distant second, is a Ferrari"

Since no one has mentioned them yet, I will. Several of the brands from Tabaclera Esteli/Cuban Crafters are excellent and have been getting fantastic reviews around the country and on several internet bulletin boards.

For the most part they are Nicaraguan puros and all of them are medium to full.

These are the brands and the vitolas in each brand that I really like and would highly recommend.

1. J.L.Salazar- Torpedo 6x54 or Toro 6x52
Beautiful Ecuadoran sun grown wrapper and a sun grown filler.

2. Cuban Crafters- Chairman 6x60 or Torpedo 6x54
Cocoa, chocolate, slightly sweet, medium to full.

3. Vegas de Tabaclera Esteli- Torpedo 6x54 or Toro 6x52
Beautiful, dark, oily, criollo maduro wrapper. Very flavorful, solid medium.

Wow, What a great thread...


Hey, for fun, try a Sancho Panza Double Maduro. Not too expensive and both smooth and full.

I can't believe I forgot...

Skip to the Cuban side and go for a Moticristo # 2

quote:

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Originally posted by sigosix:
I can't believe I forgot...

Skip to the Cuban side and go for a Moticristo # 2

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Ah ah, not so fast. Non Cubans only for this thread

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Wow, that's a list.
I like the topic but, would suggest that cigars be submitted only if they have
been smoked on a more than one basis and the writter stands by them personally.

Of the above list I have smoked these cigars and enjoyed them.
Romeo y Julieta Reserve Maduro
La Gloria Cubana Maduro
La Gloria Cubana Serie R Maduro
Montecristo White Label
Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur
CAO Brazilia

I would add:
La Perla Habana Maduro
Carlos Torano Exodus 1959 Silver Edition
Por Larranaga 1834 Signature Series
Partagas 1845

Wow. Tony Maduro, I just saw the composite list that you added to your original post. Very impressive. Nice work. And a lot of work, too.
Thanks.

I agree that it might be a bit more helpful if it were narrowed down. But that's even a bigger job. Several somewhat arbitrary de-limiters could be applied, however. For example, include on the list only those cigars that were mentioned by name at least three times (or twice, or whatever). Eliminate the all-inclusive entries like, "anything from Fuente."
While it might be true, it's not very helpful for those who might use the list to make purchasing decisions. Eliminate cigars that should be tried only for comparisons sake, that is, because they are so bad. Or, those who contributed to the original list could be asked to pick their specific top three for the ultimate must-try list -- kind of a voting thing.

Anyway, I'm just rambling. Thanks, again for a great thread and the work you put into the list.

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Nothing has really happened until it's been described.
-- Virginia Woolf

You lose it if you talk about it.
-- Ernest Hemingway

No problem, Osnat45. I'm doing it for all you cigar-lovers out there! I agree with your opinions and will take them all into consideration. I'll work on the list a bit more once I get some free time

-T

This thread became pointless. When everyone lists different cigars as "must try" cigars, does that mean we "must try" all the cigars out there? This is about the same as asking peopleto list their favorite cigars. Some people even listed what appear to be their daily crap cigars on here. To me a must try cigar is one that is better than 90 percent of the stuff out there... not one that is good for the price. In any event.. to each his own I guess.

Don't bother me. EYE am on a permanent vacation.

I agree, pmpimbura. When I said "be picky", I meant to "BE PICKY"!

I seem to be in the minority on this forum but not necessarily with the general public when I highly reccommend Diamond Crown Maximus esp in larger sizes. These are somewhat hard to come by but worth it in my opinion. I've enjoyed 1 every couple of weeks for the past year, and it remains one of my fav NC smokes

I would say a 'must try' List like this one should be of cigars that you might not want to spend the money on, but you need to try at least one in your life just to know what it's about. I would say you need to try at least 3, but to each his own. So, I think we are talking about cigars that cost over lets say $8/ stick. My list for those would be. ( lets also leave it to sticks still in production to make it easier)

1. Davidoff Millennium ( My favorite normal production cigar by far)

2. Davidoff Double "R"

3. OpusX

4. Diamond Crown (Both lines)

5. Padron 46 and 26

6. Oliva Master blends

7. Torano Tribute ( I have smoked both the Maduro and the regular line, and they are both great. When the Maduro comes out in sept. I would suggest that everyone try this cigar. The prototype I had was one of the best cigars I ever had.)

8. Ashton VSG

9. Zino Platinum Crown ( the new Barrel shape is my favorite. Don't even waste your time with the scepter series.)

10. Fuente Anejo

11. Jose Seijas signature collection ( this is the blender for Montecrisco. This is his own version of the platinum line, and what a better version it is.)

12. Oneoff ( I am getting more and more into these cigars. Not really sure why, but I like them. Mostly the Marevas size, and don't usually smoke small cigars.)

13. Camacho Corojo 11-18 Perfectos

14. FUENTE DON CARLOS ( one of the only cigars I like from Fuente anymore)

15. Perdomo EDICION DE SILVIO ( it's a must try, but I think I'm going to agree with CI on the review of this one)

16. CAO 65th Anniversary ( if you had these before and didn't like them I can understand, I didn't either. After the RTDA this year the cigar is going to have a different blend, and I'm being told that it's the best cigar CAO has ever put out. I haven't tried this one yet, but I'm sure it will be a must try in a couple months, so keep a look out.)

I'm sure there is a couple I forgot, but this is a good start for people that want to try some of the better stuff in life.

Of course after this I have a list of the hard to find limited cigars that you would have to raid my humidor to get. Well really you would just have to come over, and smoke one with me. I'm easy like that.

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"The cigar...is something that commands respect. It is made for all the senses,
for all the pleasures, for the nose, the palate, the fingers, the eyes... A good
cigar contains the promise of a totally pleasurable experience."

--Zino Davidoff

[This message was edited by prccaptain on June 21, 2004 at 10:34 AM.]

Ok, now its getting weird! A must try cigar in my opinion is a damn good cigar regardless of price. Why in the hell would I want to spend 8 plus dollars on a cigar I dont like, and better yet one someone recommeded and they dont even like. I dont understand that. Why would someone list a cigar they dont even like as a must try, that dont make no damn sense to me.

I think there are two kinds of must try's. There are everyday must try's and there are must try's at least once just because you can't afford to smoke them everyday. Most of my list is the second, but some I do smoke almost everyday because I like them so much. There are just to many must try's of the first kind to list.

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"The cigar...is something that commands respect. It is made for all the senses,
for all the pleasures, for the nose, the palate, the fingers, the eyes... A good
cigar contains the promise of a totally pleasurable experience."

--Zino Davidoff