What cigar got you interested in brand X?
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Which cigar turned you guys onto different manufacturers/blends? That cigar you smoked and said "Hey, that's pretty good; I wonder what the other cigars in the line taste like?"
For me, Hoyo de Monterey Excalibur got me into cigars, the Padron 4000 Maduro turned me onto the Padron line and the MOW Virtue got me interested in AJ Fernandez, MOW Armada got me into Maduro's, and AVO No. 9 Maduro got me into AVO
For me, Hoyo de Monterey Excalibur got me into cigars, the Padron 4000 Maduro turned me onto the Padron line and the MOW Virtue got me interested in AJ Fernandez, MOW Armada got me into Maduro's, and AVO No. 9 Maduro got me into AVO
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SCCC got me interested in AJ Fernandez and the rest is history.
Gran Habano Vintage 2002 got me interest in most of that line.
As for higher end sticks, I still like to play pickie choosie with them as I like variety. I try and not buy too many of the same cigar because I don't want to get bored with it and kind of treat them like a reward for an accomplishment, big night out, vacation, etc.
Sancho Panza got me into cigars.
RP Connecticut got me into RP, which I don't smoke anymore.
1990 got me into maduros.
Edge Maduro got me into full bodied smokes.
Ruination got me into full bodied habanos.
Professionale got me into Graycliff.
Camacho Trip Maduro got me interested in Camacho
LE 10 got me onto Avo
Opus got me onto Fuente
Dark Corojo got me into JDN.
Airbender got me into LFD.
Zino Platinum got me interested in Zino, and based on that and the Avo stuff, the Tabadom factory.
Bought some Millenniums on the strength of that, and loved 'em. Now I'm starting to explore Davidoff, tentatively.
From the start of that list to the end is about 3-4 years, and it may not be in perfect order, but that's the general gist of it. There's a bunch of other brands I've tried, but I only listed what were for me, the game changers.
Sol Cubano Cuban Cabinet made me fall in love with AJ.
Original Blue made me fall in love with DPG.
The Forum Blend made me fall in love with Alex.
I'm a lovey kinda guy.
As far as cigars in general, the first cigars I ever smoked that really made me notice how awesome cigar smoking is were the Acid Kuba Kuba and a Carlos Torano Exodus Gold. Then the list is something like this:
R&J Reserve Maduro got me into Maduros
Pryme got me into Alec Bradley
Oliva G Maduro turned me on to Oliva
5 Vegas Miami and Tatuaje Miami got me turned on to DPG and the 5 Vegas lines and Tatuaje lins
Pretty much everything else has come from the boards, whether due to reading something about a new (to me) stick and picking up a few to try or from passes/bombs/trades.
Then I had a regular line Fuente in the cameroon and realized that cigars we're pretty good and I bought a box of the Curly head deluxe maduros, and enjoyed those quite a bit and expored the rest of the affordable and semi affordable fuentes. still haven't tried any of their high end stuff.
Partagas Black got me into Partagas.
Padron Maduro Palmas (I think that was the size) got me into Padrons, becuase it knocked me on my a$$.
Gurkha Masters Select Perfectos got me intrested in the smaller brands of cigars and especially gurkha
DPG blue got me into DPG stuff and the Blue is still probably my #1 smoke right now.
For me, Diesel UHC = AJ Fernandez. for my tastes its his best.
I've had alot of other good cigars over the years, but these are the ones that stick out for me.
DPG Cuban Classic got me hooked on Pepin's smokes.
This lead me to want to try the Tatuaje line since they are made by Pepin, and the Havana VI was the first one I tried. Was hooked instantly!
The Zino Classic was my first venture into the Davidoff/Zino/AVO/Paul Garmirian cigars and I have come to enjoy every single one of these lines I've tried. I actually need to get a few AVO and a few of the PG's on hand in my humidor!
RyJ isom I had while in Afghanistan is what got me in to cigars in general. Oliva Serie O maduro is what kept me interested enough to join this forum. And from there I haven't even slowed down!
DPG JJ natural as well as the 5 Vegas Miami knuckle got me REALLY in to Pepin's stuff for a while.
Oliva MB III got me hooked on maduro wrappers and started me on the path of the super premiums.
Man O' War Ruination is what really started my intense interest in this hobby though. When I smoked my first one it was like a fog was lifted. I was so blown away by that cigar, and it changed my perceptions of my entire day with just a few puffs of smoke. From that point on I was sold on cigars being a lifestyle!
Did pretty much the same thing for about a year and a half. CAO, DPG, Perdomo, EO etc. Just randomly pluckin different stuff off the shelf.
Then I started reading online and all that.
Diesel for AJ.
Oliveros 1927 for Oliveros.
Doble Maduro for Gurkha
Habano for Padilla
RP Fusion got me into decent handmades
Monstesino's got me into maduros
A. Fernandez signature series got me into all things AJ
5Vegas Miami got me into Pepin (although I have yet to explore a whole lot of his stuff)
Punch Gran Puro got me into Honduran cigars.
Avo Domaine got me into Kelner blends.
LFD airbender got me into Litto Gomez blends.
Camacho SLR Maduro got me into Camacho. i have two or three of these in my aging humidor with almost 5 years of age on them. when the weather gets warmer ill dig one out.
I missed yesterday's DD and didn't see it until I got home from school at 9:30 PM. I thnk my neighbors heard me scream.