Opus X ... Am I Missing Something

[Dunkel]

Originally Posted by sammyboy405

So heres what ive learned from everyones suggestions and comments.

1. Try it again.
2. Find a Poker
3. Age is everything
4. If you have a choice between an Anejo and an Opus X, buy the Anejo!

Fixed that for ya bro! LOL

[sammyboy405]

Originally Posted by Dunkel

Fixed that for ya bro! LOL

LOL Ok Point taken Sounds like I need to Try one of those then.

[Bill86]

Smoking my first dud Opus X, so far this is really bad. I'm tempted to just chuck it. Perfect burn and draw but it tastes like crap.

if I could describe the taste..... Shoe leather

Do you know what size you smoked; I have narrowed my opus smoking sizes down to a few since they are to me; what opus are should smoke; taste an smell like. The no 2; double corona an petit lancero; but I do enjoy the power ranger time to time. I guess you have to smoke enough to know what you are getting. I smoke one or two a day. So when buying from shops sometimes; I can just smell the stick to see if its up to par. But, to be honest; when I first tried opus; I said "what the big hype"; took many years before my cigar taste matured to enjoy the opus cigar an the hidden power it holds.

[nick2021]

Had a Fuente Fuente OpusX from 1999 which was gifted to me...man was this a GREAT smoke! Better than the one ROTT...seems like the key to these cigars are rest...it was definitely DIFFERENT than the ROTT one I had...

I smoked a 95' petit lancero pigtail the other night; actually did not enjoy it; I love my fresh opus. It was good; but not like a fresh one; lost it's kick'

[Bill86]

Originally Posted by retro_cigar

Do you know what size you smoked; I have narrowed my opus smoking sizes down to a few since they are to me; what opus are should smoke; taste an smell like. The no 2; double corona an petit lancero; but I do enjoy the power ranger time to time. I guess you have to smoke enough to know what you are getting. I smoke one or two a day. So when buying from shops sometimes; I can just smell the stick to see if its up to par. But, to be honest; when I first tried opus; I said "what the big hype"; took many years before my cigar taste matured to enjoy the opus cigar an the hidden power it holds.

I had a Double Corona a few months back that was divine. However I forgot what size this was somewhere around 48-50 ring X 5. It was awful....very bad.

Originally Posted by retro_cigar

I said "what the big hype"; took many years before my cigar taste matured to enjoy the opus cigar an the hidden power it holds.

These have a hidden power?

[Adriftpanda]

Originally Posted by klipsch

These have a hidden power?

The ability to turn you green! Smoked one with a couple years on it and I morphed green. Had to sit down... for a while. Lol

[chippewastud79]

Originally Posted by retro_cigar

I can just smell the stick to see if its up to par.

Can you teach us how to simply smell a stick and know if it is up to par? Does it tell you how good it will taste?

[Bill86]

Originally Posted by retro_cigar

I smoked a 95' petit lancero pigtail the other night; actually did not enjoy it; I love my fresh opus. It was good; but not like a fresh one; lost it's kick'

This is odd, most people prefer rested/aged Opus. You smoke them ROTT/fresh?

Originally Posted by chippewastud79

Can you teach us how to simply smell a stick and know if it is up to par? Does it tell you how good it will taste?

Opus have a certain aroma by smelling the cigar even not holding it directly to the nose; if you can smell it from a inch or two away; its going to be pretty dam good. If you have a few different sizes in your humidor; give it a try; you'll notice some are "faint" an some are "dead on" .

Hidden Power; munchies.

Originally Posted by retro_cigar

Hidden Power; munchies.

No sa!

[chippewastud79]

Originally Posted by retro_cigar

Opus have a certain aroma by smelling the cigar even not holding it directly to the nose; if you can smell it from a inch or two away; its going to be pretty dam good. If you have a few different sizes in your humidor; give it a try; you'll notice some are "faint" an some are "dead on" .

I wish I had the nose that knows how well a cigar will smoke purely based on smell. Would this be true for all cigars or just Opus X?

Originally Posted by Bill86

This is odd, most people prefer rested/aged Opus. You smoke them ROTT/fresh?

Love them fresh; I've smoked many well aged ones an yes they are a little refined; but I enjoy my O fresh. Since they have more of a kick in them; also that signature opus taste an aroma is always there when they are fresh; my personal opinion is that the ligero they are using; with age; weakens along with the aroma an taste. I do have a good stock of oldies; but I just don't enjoy them as much as the fresher ones'; yes fresh one might have a small burn issue; but I care less about little things like that.

Originally Posted by chippewastud79

I wish I had the nose that knows how well a cigar will smoke purely based on smell. Would this be true for all cigars or just Opus X?

When you smoke a certain cigar like people more a certain brand of cigarettes; you get the hand of it. I wouldn't be able to tell with another cigar brand.

[chippewastud79]

Originally Posted by retro_cigar

When you smoke a certain cigar like people more a certain brand of cigarettes; you get the hand of it. I wouldn't be able to tell with another cigar brand.

I think you may have the most unique nose in the cigar community to claim that you can tell how tasty a cigar will be purely based on smell. I have had plenty of cigars that smelled amazing and tasted less than OK and some that smelled like a barnyard that smoked amazing. Its a good thing you can tell which one will even be good before you even light it.

[Adriftpanda]

Originally Posted by klipsch

These have a hidden power?

The ability to turn you green! Smoked one with a couple years on it and I morphed green. Had to sit down... for a while. Lol

Originally Posted by Adriftpanda

The ability to turn you green! Smoked one with a couple years on it and I morphed green. Had to sit down... for a while. Lol

Almost puked last night with a double corona; seriously was trashed.

[icehog3]

I smoked a 5+ year old Petite Lancero the other night. It was OK, nothing spectacular.