"During the Cuban missile crisis, every time I saw [President Kennedy] on the second floor of the White House, he was smoking a Cuban cigar." - Arthur Goldberg, former Supreme Court Justice
Started by Koop, 08/01/2018 09:27 PM
QuoteKoop - 8/1/2018 10:27 PM Not a great cigar night - but these are first world issues. Last night I puffed a Perdomo Fresco Natural Toro. I know, it's a bundle value smoke, but Nick Perdomo doesn't disappoint. Tonight I thought I'd try something new - I've only been at this for a few months. I fired up a CAO Brazila Go! I bought it in Nashville at the Cigar Club. It had been in my humidor for 71 days. It wasn't good. To be fair, I think it suffered somewhere along the line - but not in my humidor - the wrapper cracked and the taste was indifferent - no flavors to describe. I gave up half way through. So, being the glutton for punishment that I am I lit a Flor de Oliva Maduro. Not a good cigar night for me.
QuoteCigary - 8/2/2018 3:12 PMHad the same experience with the CAO Brazila Gol many years ago and after smoking it thought that this is a cigar that is over rated and dull....how could these be popular at all? One day I picked one up that had been given to me in a PIF and thought....oh brother....might as well give it a try and if it sucks it gets thrown into the pine trees. 5 minutes into this cigar and it was like....is this the same one I smoked years before ( it was becuz it had the same banding...same everything ) but the taste was really really good. We have to be honest with ourselves that our tastes change no matter if we're newbs or Veterans and taste buds die off or medications change etc. etc. Revisiting brands we tried and didn't like at the time is sometimes worth the effort to try again and then find ourselves discovering we're in for a treat for whatever reasons ...#secondchances!!
Quotec9belayer - 8/3/2018 6:03 PM So, dear geeks, what are the favorite cigars you return to when you want to end a stream of bad-cigar-luck?
Probably something by Crowned Heads or RoMa Craft.
Quotec9belayer - 8/4/2018 10:41 PM BenchJockey: Agreed on the Roma Craft! Another of my go-to cigars is The Envy; I buy those by the box when I can.
I've been smoking the Ambition from the same blend and love it.