Cigars

[BigNick73]

The clean robusto natural by drew estate was my favorite back when I was smoking cigars regularly.

[rondog]

Edwards Tobacco on Broadway, just n. of Hampden. Great shop, been going there for years. Excellent selection, good prices, friendly, knowledgable staff, smoking lounge in back, 10% discount on Fridays after 3, and 2 gun shops within walking distance! Everyone should pop into M.W. Reynolds sometime just to gawk at the 4- and 5-figure sporting guns they have. Not what you'd expect to find on Broadway amongst the pot shops.

I smoke A. Fuente Cubanitos, small cigars that come in a tin. Very good, I just don't care for full-size cigars much. Take so long to smoke, and I'll have a headache by the time I'm done.

From what I've read, there's just as many crappy bootleg "Cuban" cigars actually produced in Cuba as bootleg Cubans from anywhere else. Just because they come from Cuba and may have a high-end Cuban brand name on them doesn't mean they're genuine and really from that maker. And all the big-name cigar makers have long since started operations in other Caribbean countries nearby to get around the embargo, and they all use Cuban seed tobacco anyway, so it's kind of a non-issue. Cohibas from Honduras are just as tasty as Cuban Cohibas.

[Richard K]

In order or preference:
Don Carlos
Macanudos (cuban when on a cruise or in Canada)
Monte Christo
Swisher Sweets (yeah, I know)

Btw: We were on the Canadian side of Niagra recenty and passed a cigar shop, no place to park so I let my wife out with instructions to buy me a Macanudo. She got back into the car with one at $75 with tax! I was expecting $10 or $15, it was good but not worth $75!

[ray1970]

Off topic, but I plan to smoke a pipe when I get older.

[Dave]

I enjoy Montecristo #1's for a smooth but still reasonably full smoke. I'll go with a Kuba Kuba if I want something with other than tobacco flavor in a still regular looking cigar. If I want a quick smoke I actually grab clove cigarettes, Djarum blacks. If you aren't into any whiskies, I sometimes go with a cab sauv, or another heavy red wine when I smoke. You need something like a whiskey or heavy red to cut through the tobacco flavor and the fact that your taste buds lose sensitivity when you smoke. Scotch on the rocks is my other choice when smoking.

[palepainter]

I like some of the Acids from Drew Estates. Blondie and KubaKuba.

[hatidua]

A cold Guinness with a good Cuban Bolivar Corona-Gigantes, while in the lounge at the Intercontinental in Hong Kong is truly tough to beat...even if comparing to the various options in Habana such as the Hotel Americana.....or so I'm told....:

[Ronin13]

A cold Guinness with a good Cuban Bolivar Corona-Gigantes, while in the lounge at the Intercontinental in Hong Kong is truly tough to beat...even if comparing to the various options in Habana such as the Hotel Americana.....or so I'm told....

Rub it in... I probably, in my line of work or future line of work, will never make my way to HK... Now you have my envy in being able to do such a thing. Sure beats smoking Cubans purchased from a Dutch store in Afghanistan while looking at dirt mountains (look west, imagine those mountains without vegetation, that was my view for a year).

[rondog]

So, you guys that like the Acid line - any of you ever try Lars Tetens cigars? I used to nab a couple of those now and then, and I "think" the Acid line is somehow related. The Tetens had the same kind of aromas, flavorings and construction. Definitely not for everybody.

[Monky]

Tell JM to grab a couple from me next time he sees me... You won't be disappointed


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