i have a box of the 05 mag 50's....how do they compare to the regular productions? should i treasure the originals....will the new verison be same with equivalent aging?

Treasure them (but smoke them of course). Particularly since you would have paid an arm, a leg and your firstborn son for a genuine box of them. The new Magnum 50 is not the same cigar. Even if they were the same basic blend, the EL used aged tobaccos and a different wrapper. I've never smoked an EL Magnum 50 though, so I don't know how they actually compare taste-wise, but I do know the ELs are considered very, very good.

The new mag 50 is a piece of crap.

05s are the original release and are very very good, but very rare as these where not produced in huge numbers,

i think the P SD2 are better but are wider availalbe

i dont mind the new Mag 5o, at times hit and miss but generally a very good day to day smoke, not one you would save for a very special occasion,

this is purely my opinion only,

no disrespect to Poupon

I find the regular production mag 50 to be way to mild for my tastes...

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Originally posted by michaels:
i have a box of the 05 mag 50's....how do they compare to the regular productions? should i treasure the originals....will the new verison be same with equivalent aging?

The new version is nothing like the old but quite enjoyable IMHO!

In my case I only had the LE´s and none of the regular production. And for the comments in this post I will keep it that way...

If the regular production is that bad go for the Mag46... the best Upmann along with the Sir Winston

Piece of crap defined: Gets soft, unravels in the last inch, burns uneven, little or no evolution in taste and a good dose of ammonia.