Cigars

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 21 Jun 2005 09:05

Wondering what types of cigars y'all smoke (if any)...

Me, I've tried Arturo Fuente (Corona, I think), Ashton (Corona), CAO (Brazilia) ... and I've got some RyJ's (Chuchills), a Fonseca (10-10 Maduro), an Arturo Fuente (8-5-8), a Montecristo Churchill, and a Kahlua Corona to try sometime soon. I'm looking for suggestions, and I'd love to return the favor as I develop my pallete more!

Commodore · Post by **Commodore** » 21 Jun 2005 10:03

I haven't tried cigars and I won't because they are bad for health!

FlexThis · Post by **FlexThis** » 21 Jun 2005 10:06

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 21 Jun 2005 10:06

To each their own, and that's fine. But I would like to mention (for those of you that don't know) that you don't INHALE cigars, so very little smoke ever gets to the lungs. It is mostly just "bad" for your mouth and/or throat. It's about the taste and the experience, and it's more of a social thing that cigarettes. I'd like to relate it to beer or wine. Both of these are not necessarily great for your health in excess, but when done in regulation can be a great social tool.

Later on!

BainbridgeShred · Post by **BainbridgeShred** » 21 Jun 2005 10:23

I've been smoking a lot of cigars lately because my brother gave me his old drivers license, and he's 19 now.

But yeah, the cheaper the better too. I mainly smoke choclate swishers and Colts. Black and Milds are alright too.

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 21 Jun 2005 13:59

i like dutch masters, an phillies. i collect cigar raps, that lable that u pull off to get the plastic off the cigar. im gonna make a cologe with them i got over 2000 now.

i dont smoke tabacco.

Tsiangkun · Post by **Tsiangkun** » 21 Jun 2005 15:04

I like macanudos and romeo y juliet branded cigars, but I haven't smoked on in about 4 years.

sampotter · Post by **sampotter** » 21 Jun 2005 20:05

Black and Milds alllll the way baby

quadgun · Post by **quadgun** » 21 Jun 2005 20:11

I don't smoke, but I know people who smoke Black and Milds ... they love it ... but I hate the smell of them!

BainbridgeShred · Post by **BainbridgeShred** » 21 Jun 2005 20:59

That's cause you dont have any hair on your chest

quadgun · Post by **quadgun** » 21 Jun 2005 21:05

lol ... thanks

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 22 Jun 2005 03:58

Last night I had a Kahlua Corona and an Arturo Fuente Fora Fina 8-5-8. I liked the AF 8-5-8 more, but perhaps because it was a smoother smoke than the Kahlua. The Kahlua seemed pretty harsh, I think I may have gotten a bad one though. The flavor was really nice, but the smoke was too much for my nostrils and eyes to really enjoy last night. The AF 8-5-8 was really nice, and lasted about an hour and ten minutes.

I plan on getting a CAO Brazilia or Italia, another Ashton Corona (my current favorite), and one of those ACIDs.

For those of you that like Swishers or Black and Milds, I would suggest trying out a Kahlua, or from what I hear, an ACID. Any flavored cigar by Drew Estates would probably be good for you. A Swisher or a Phillie or a Black and Mild smoked "out of the box" is not. A recent spokesman for one of these companies (forgot which one though!) stated that he didn't think people actually smoked these out of the box. He said they were better as "rolling papers," because the chemicals these companies put in their cigars are horrible to one's health! I smoked White Owls, Swishers, and Phillies, for weeks before I got turned onto really good cigars, like CAO, Arturo Fuente, Ashton, etc. But now that I know that those machine made cigars aren't 100% tobacco and are fairly bad for one's health, I won't be smoking them (as much - an occasional one at a quick break at a jam session shouldn't be too bad, I suppose). But that's just me.

Any suggestions from anyone? I look forward to smoking either my Montecristo Churchill or my Fonseca 10-10 Maduro sometime later this week.

Colin · Post by **Colin** » 22 Jun 2005 07:47

An educated jazzer developing his smoke pallete? Careful not to be defined by your peer group, David.

As for cigars, I'll smoke ANYTHING when I'm drunk, but tobacco is pretty well a no-no for sobercolin.

sampotter · Post by **sampotter** » 22 Jun 2005 19:37

I use them more for rolling papers.

Sporatical_Distractions · Post by **Sporatical_Distractions** » 23 Jun 2005 14:53

zachatree wrote:i like dutch masters.....

my great uncle smoked a dutch master every couple of hours since I was born. So i'm prone to dutch masters

this also caused him to die of lung cancer

Jdigges · Post by **Jdigges** » 23 Jun 2005 17:26

Im not too into cigars. but if im drunk and someone offers me one ill smoke some of it. they are nice durin poker games too. i usally get cheap ones if i do.

My bro wentto mexico awhile back, and brought a couple packs of Cubans back with him

mmmmm...dems are fiiine cigars

shaggster · Post by **shaggster** » 23 Jun 2005 20:59

i only smoke a cigar when ive had at least 3 beers, hmm chocolate and strawberry swishers

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 23 Jun 2005 21:10

Tonight I shared Romeo y Juliettas with my dad. It was pretty good. Creamy, consistent, good taste, but I just wasn't in the mood I guess. He was the one that suggested it and I figured I'd say sure why not.

Anyways update: I got an ACID Infusion, a CAO Italia, and an Ashton Churchill. I still have the Fonseca 10-10 Maduro and Montecristo Churchill.

I think I will wait a little while before buying some more, but I will probably smoke this weekend. I will give reviews! Later!

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 05 Jul 2005 20:54

So I had a few more cigars since last time:

Fonseca 10-10 Maduro
June 28
One hour and 10 minutes of burn time
$5.65
Thick smoke
Leather, "jungle" taste
Complex, not too strong
Maybe medium-bodied
Uneven burn, but not horrible
I will get another one of these in a few months. Nothing too special but good.

ACID Cold Infusion Tea
July 1, Hour and 15 minutes burn time
$5.75
Foot was folded
Smells odd
Pre-light: cut/nice, draw/good, taste/WOW
Tastes very sweet, easy light
First 2/3rd okay, last horrible, made me sick
Even burn
Grey ash
Overall I would not get another one of these.

Ashton Churchill
July 2
$9.20
Didn't write any comments down about this but it was very good. I liked the Ashton Corona way more though, and it is a few bucks cheaper. I will stick with the corona for now.

CAO Italia
July 6, 45 minute burn time
Pre-light: Draw/Fine, Taste/Nice, Cut/Okay
Hard to light
Medium bodied (heavy at beginning, thinned out after a while)
Uneven burn
Overall I would get another one of these, but I would like to find it cheaper and I would like to not experiment with more full bodied cigars like this for a while because I got a really heavy buzz afterwards and that's not exactly what I wanted tonight.

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 12 Jul 2005 05:17

Right

I had a CAO Flavored Moontrance the other night and didn't love it or anything. It wasn't that bad.

Jeremy and I have been posting on the forums at Club Stogie. If you want to learn more about cigars, and/or boast the name of footbag, check it out!