Age & Experience

elderboy02 · 03-24-2009, 09:40 AM

In May, it will be 1 year I have been smoking cigars.

My favorites are:
Don Pepin Garcia
Illusione
Padron
Oliva
601

thebiglebowski · 03-24-2009, 09:50 AM

great post. very thoughtful. i'm gonna bump your ring gau... er. nevermind.

i fall in the 10-20 year category myself. sounds like you're kind've directing this thread towards NC cigars. i enjoy both, but mostly CCs. here are the NC brands i enjoy, off and on:

LFD (i like most of what Litto produces)
JdN
Tatuaje (i'm kind've new to this brand, but really like the brown labels)
and Gurkhas

BWAH-HAHAHAHAHAHA!

joking on that last one....

03-24-2009, 10:10 AM

Back when I started in the early '80s I would smoke mostly singles of Davidoff, Macanudo, and Partagas. In the early '90s I discovered La Gloria Cubanas (NC) and started smoking those, mostly. LGC Wavell Maduro is still one of my must-haves.
I also like, in no particular order:
Cruzado
AF Hemi
A few RPs
Gurkha G3
La Aurora
(the list is long)
I like a lot of CCs, too, but I don't see much really different about them.

RevSmoke · 03-24-2009, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thebiglebowski

i fall in the 10-20 year category myself. sounds like you're kind've directing this thread towards NC cigars. i enjoy both, but mostly CCs. here are the NC brands i enjoy, off and on:

Not necessarily. But I would say that CCs might make this a whole different discussion. Of course, our B/SOTLs who live outside the US cannot really comment on many of the NC brands that have come and gone, for they were predominanly for the US market.

I must say that for most of my smoking life, non-counterfeit CCs were not much of an option of me to obtain. I smoked my share, gotten to me by my uncle, when I visited Canada, and from a fellow minister who did a yearly mission trip to Cuba and didn't smoke cigars - but brought as many as he could back for me. I also did enjoy trying some legally and non-counterfeit by reviewing for SMOKE.

I am not limiting, but the majority of the comments will gravitate that way.

Tredegar · 03-24-2009, 10:20 AM

I've been smoking cigars for only three years and have picked up some favorites. I used to smoke cigarettes, but that was a long time ago and I really don't count that.

Favorites:

Fonseca Habana Seleccion
Rocky Patel Renaissance
Rocky Patel Vintage 1990
Punch Rothschild (Maduro)

Texan in Mexico · 03-24-2009, 12:20 PM

I have been smoking for about 15 years where I would smoke a couple a month and then I found Louie and the good folks that are now here!

Dom H. Upmann was my favroite and then I gradually went through the Rockies, Pepins and some of the other favourites.

Nowadays I guess I focus on Padron, Taboo, CC LGC, CC Parties and I got the CC Custom bug recently.

I would be interested to see if we could do a cross analysis based on years of experience you set up.

I bet I know the answer but would be cool to see if we could get 500 answers here and do a real analysis.

Shoot me a PM if you'd like some help organizing data and we could present it to the peanut gallery!

Travis

View Poll Results: How long have you been smoking
less than a year	36	11.88%
1-2 years	60	19.80%
2-5 years	95	31.35%
5-10 years	33	10.89%
10-20 years	51	16.83%
over 20 years	28	9.24%
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03-24-2009, 09:40 AM	#1
elderboy02 Lets Go Buckeyes! Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dan Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 12,519 Trading: (133)	Re: Age & Experience In May, it will be 1 year I have been smoking cigars. My favorites are: Don Pepin Garcia Illusione Padron Oliva 601

03-24-2009, 09:50 AM	#2
thebiglebowski Jack White's Roadie... Join Date: Nov 2008 First Name: larry Location: music city, USA Posts: 665 Trading: (0)	Re: Age & Experience great post. very thoughtful. i'm gonna bump your ring gau... er. nevermind. i fall in the 10-20 year category myself. sounds like you're kind've directing this thread towards NC cigars. i enjoy both, but mostly CCs. here are the NC brands i enjoy, off and on: LFD (i like most of what Litto produces) JdN Tatuaje (i'm kind've new to this brand, but really like the brown labels) and Gurkhas BWAH-HAHAHAHAHAHA! joking on that last one....

03-24-2009, 10:10 AM	#3
BC-Axeman Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Age & Experience Back when I started in the early '80s I would smoke mostly singles of Davidoff, Macanudo, and Partagas. In the early '90s I discovered La Gloria Cubanas (NC) and started smoking those, mostly. LGC Wavell Maduro is still one of my must-haves. I also like, in no particular order: Cruzado AF Hemi A few RPs Gurkha G3 La Aurora (the list is long) I like a lot of CCs, too, but I don't see much really different about them.

03-24-2009, 10:20 AM	#5
Tredegar Sing along with me Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 670 Trading: (9)	Re: Age & Experience I've been smoking cigars for only three years and have picked up some favorites. I used to smoke cigarettes, but that was a long time ago and I really don't count that. Favorites: Fonseca Habana Seleccion Rocky Patel Renaissance Rocky Patel Vintage 1990 Punch Rothschild (Maduro)

03-24-2009, 12:20 PM	#6
Texan in Mexico Feeling at Home Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Travis Location: Puerto Morelos, Mexico Posts: 958 Trading: (0)	Re: Age & Experience I have been smoking for about 15 years where I would smoke a couple a month and then I found Louie and the good folks that are now here! Dom H. Upmann was my favroite and then I gradually went through the Rockies, Pepins and some of the other favourites. Nowadays I guess I focus on Padron, Taboo, CC LGC, CC Parties and I got the CC Custom bug recently. I would be interested to see if we could do a cross analysis based on years of experience you set up. I bet I know the answer but would be cool to see if we could get 500 answers here and do a real analysis. Shoot me a PM if you'd like some help organizing data and we could present it to the peanut gallery! Travis