I was let down when San Migel was dropped by AJ I thought that was a good medium blend. I think the biggest let down I had was with CAO OSA SOL, it just wasn't as good as I expected. Another stick that was just horrible was the Mark Twain churchill, I got through about 2 inches and had to toss it, it was acrid, and just nasty.
TONS of sticks for me....but ones that actually cost a price worth saying d@mnit about would be...Ashton ESG, Davidoff (pretty much any but their maduro), Greycliff Grand Cru, Avo La Trompeta, Pinolero, RP 15th Anniversary, Tat Conoju, La Aurora Preferido Red and Gold Tubo, and Liga Privada #9 and T52
My biggest let down has been any ISOM that I have tried. Admittedly I've only had 5 but I always expected more out of them.
Which ones did you have? Are you 100% sure they were authentic?
Monte Cristo's and yeah I'm pretty sure they were real. A friend picked them up in Jamaica from a cigar shop that was inside a 5 star hotel lobby. I mean they were good but not great. And a couple had horrible burn issues that just totally ruined it for me.
My biggest let down has been any ISOM that I have tried. Admittedly I've only had 5 but I always expected more out of them.
Which ones did you have? Are you 100% sure they were authentic?
Monte Cristo's and yeah I'm pretty sure they were real. A friend picked them up in Jamaica from a cigar shop that was inside a 5 star hotel lobby. I mean they were good but not great. And a couple had horrible burn issues that just totally ruined it for me.
I have had a couple with some burn issues, CCs seems more suspect than NCs to do that if they aren't rested for a few years to help balance them out. I haven't had many Monte #2s, but the 2 I had were really good, one was an 07 and the other an 09.
My biggest let down has been any ISOM that I have tried. Admittedly I've only had 5 but I always expected more out of them.
Which ones did you have? Are you 100% sure they were authentic?
Monte Cristo's and yeah I'm pretty sure they were real. A friend picked them up in Jamaica from a cigar shop that was inside a 5 star hotel lobby. I mean they were good but not great. And a couple had horrible burn issues that just totally ruined it for me.
Ricky, my friend... If you are being serious, that pretty much means they were not real. There isn't an LCDH in Jamaica and from my own experience I don't believe any real cc's can be found there. I purchased from a 5 star hotel in Jamaica and they were most definitely not real.
Cuban Cigars. I really don't know what I expected but, when I had my first real cuban I was "Let Down". Not that it was bad or anything. I think I just expected it to blow me away. I guess I expected it to be the best cigar I ever had (the forbidden fruit thing). It wasn't.
For me it would have to be a AF Hemingway Short Story. I had a Hemingway of a different size a couple of years ago at a B&M that I sat down at. I really like smaller ring or gauge sticks and I loved reading about the short story. All of the great reviews it got. I just had to try one. I finally got one from one of the great BOTL's here and lite it up a month or so ago. Boy was I bummed. I lost my notes on it but it was nowhere as good as I thought it would be. Actually it wasn't good at all. I might go out and get another one one of these days, but I got plenty to keep me busy from my secret santa (thanks kuzi) for now.
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