A little guidance in cigar tastes

[seegarfan]

shvictor......nailed it for me......try everything you can get your hands on. Because in the end, the only thing that matters is YOU are enjoying the smokes YOU are smoking......regardless if anyone else likes your choices......that being said after you are around for awhile you will probably find members whose taste is similar to yours......then you can bounce new/different sticks off each other which is fun, or you can just read his take on different sticks and then give them a try.

You have a whole world of cigars to choose from.....happy hunting and remember: "Smoke what you like and like what you smoke"

Mark

[BlackIrish]

I'm pretty new here, and I don't have as much experience as many, but I've found that smoking everything I can get my hands on is the way to go.

I've also tried to make a point of trying different wrappers, because they're so important to the flavor. Some ideas for good examples of cigars that showcase the wrappers:

Sun grown wrapper tends to have more flavor, often with sweetness:
Rocky Patel Sun Grown
Arturo Fuente Sun Grown
Cuesta Rey Centro Fino Sun Grown

Cameroon wrapper has a distinctive spiciness:
Torano 1916 Cameroon
H. Upmann Vintage Cameroon
CAO Cameroon

Connecticut shade: creamy and mild, mildest when from Connecticut, more flavor when from Ecuador or Honduras
Cusano 18 Double Connecticut
Macanudo Hyde Park Cafe
Romeo y Julieta Vintage or Reserva Real (Ecuadoran CTS)
5 Vegas Gold (Honduran CTS)
HdM Excalibur (CTS; think it's from Honduras)
Perdomo Lot 23 (Honduran CTS)
601 Black Label (Ecuadoran CTS)
Gran Habano #1 (green label)

Corojo:
Perdomo Habano Corojo
Cusano Corojo 1997
Gran Habano #5 (the red label)
Rocky Patel Edge Corojo
Camacho Corojo

There are more -- criollo, Havana 2000 -- but I've gotta run.

Enjoy the experimentation!