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Padron 3000 Maduro.

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Hamilton Coronas, almost indistinguishable from Don Diegos.

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Middleton Cherries.

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Illusione Rothchilde

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Dominican Montes - quickly found Padron though
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S.H.I.T. herfers. While not a cigar and I wouldn't smoke any one of them, the cigars I had smoked were really good but smoking with the NoMex crew really is the best part, I relax with a cigar, but I laugh and genuinely have a great time with the S.H.I.T. herf crew and have made many friends there and through them.

To play the game though, a '05 Party Short from Angel is the first cigar that opened my eyes and made me say "whoa".

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PAM Exclusivo.

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Padron 2000 Natural.


Been a Padron whore ever since. Although my tastes have broadened. I had been smoking before with friends , already had a humidor. But thats the cigar that made me go from 1-2 a week to 1-2 day.

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Opus X Super Belicoso XXX with a few years of age....Wow

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Marsh Wheeling Deluxe Dark Stogies in 1962

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Here's a surprise NC Partagas #1. I still sometimes like to revisit it and always enjoy it quite a bit. the 10's are good too. Obviously niether are my favorite or even close to it but there it is.

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Santa Rosa Torpedo

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Mini baccarat's that came in a tin. I have no interest in trying them again, but I'm sure glad I liked them all those years ago :tu

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Monte no 4

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Adam made me think of the cc that got me hooked on cc's. It was a crusty little old ERDM lunch club that Dball sent me. For some reason I'm thinking it was from the 70's.
Then Clayton (akumushi) sent me a fiver of properly kept cc's, and that was it. Hooked.
Only good Party short I ever smoked was in that bag. :D

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La Gloria Cubana. I was working on a project in Miami for about a year in the late 80's and the locals told me about the factory in Little Havana. I went over and stood in line for my 20 freshly rolled toro size, and after trying one realized that there was another world to cigar smoking that I had not yet appreciated. Every once in a while I have a La Gloria to bring back memories...

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Early on, first cigar I got flavor out of that I noticed and then first box purchase was the Carlos Torano Virtuoso robusto.

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The first one I smoked.
It was more about the setting, weather, and mood than the actual smoke, but nevertheless, I was hooked.

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Undercrown drew estate

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ISOM Monte #4.

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CAO Cameroon Box Pressed

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I'd have to say the 601 Blue got me hooked and has kept me as hooked as I can be.

Thanks to a certain Maduro thread for giving me the guts to explore outside of the Macanudo world, way back when...

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Macanudo Rothschild

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Partagas Black Label. Still enjoy them from time to time

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Punch punch 1998

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Padron 3000 Maduro was the best cigar I had smoked the first time I tried it. This particular shop kept recommending Romeo Y Julieta (Altidas) and other General/Altidas stuff and I kept thinking there has to be better stuff out there :)

I've been a loyal customer of the shop that got be going on the Padrons ever since!

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Oliva serie v. Went into full blown addiction after that.

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Padron '64 Anniversary Maduro Torpedo

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Same here. I have a box of Wavells tucked away in the coolidor that I occasionally grab a stick from.

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The cigar that got me "hooked" on the hobby was a Nazareth's of Bev. Hills, Honduran rolled, RyJ Churchill. I want to say it was in '89. I had smoked cigars many times prior but they were on whims and I didn't have a humidor until after the first Naz when I went on a buying spree.

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Partagas 1845.

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Hoyo De Monterrey Epi #2 from the mid 90s. Amazing.

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Bolivar Royal Corona. It was a revelation.

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601 Blue

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One day with a friend I had a Montecristo Epic and an Islay dram and something happened with those coming together that I had never experienced and since that day the gloves are off and I have never regretted it.

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LFD air bender chisel

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PSD4 in 2011

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An early 90's Avo if memory serves.

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I forgot about those Wavell's. They were fantastic.

The cigar that totally blew my mind and made me realize there were insanely good cigars out there, it was a PAM 26 #6.
I smoked it around the dinner table with my gf's brother, mother, and father.
Awesome company, I was having a blast, but that cigar was so good it made me pay attention.

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Arturo Fuente 858 Sun grown

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Dredging up an old thread, but I'm agreeing with the Partagas 1845. I had smoked an occasional cigar, but the 1845 was one that I really noticed and thought "dang, this is good!"

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Hoyo Epicure #2

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Got hooked with a Nub back in 03 or it was something of that size but pretty certain it was a Nub.

Didn't start smoking and enjoying until 05, had my first CC. It was a Monte #2 (which was fake). Although it was fake, I did enjoy it and seeked out to find some authentic habanos. All down hill from there.

Allen mentioned Hoyo Epi #2, that actually was my 1st box I purchased in 05.

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Nubs came out in 2008, Huy.

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Pre-production Nub, give the guy a break. He knew someone on the inside.

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I would have guessed Huy and Sam Leccia would be buds.

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2003/2008... same difference.

I believe it was 98 Bolivar CJ or 99 Punch Petit Punch (cabinet).

The 15 dollar Fuentes, VSGs, Padrons , etc never truly got me "hooked"

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2003, 2008, whatever it takes.

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I said or some similar size/cigar!

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97 or 98 Punch Punch