Which Brands Are You Done With?

[duhman]

I find good and bad in all the brands I try. I like Gurkha Shaggy Foot and G3s, not much else, but I won't stop smoking the brand. I don't like RP edge maduros, but I like all the other wrappers they come in. I smoked a AF Don Carlos that started good but finished bad and I won't smoke one again, but I don't hold that against AF.
A business practice, like trying to bully the market, not the cigars, would get be to stop buying from a whole brand. I stopped smoking all CCs over the Elian Gonzolves case.

[Addiction]

Pretty sure I'll never buy another DCM, Fuente (unless they redo Cammy sharks), Pepin, Ashton and unless both zombies and the end of the world come to pass I wouldn't buy a gurkha. I also won't buy any of the brands that are the rebranded Cuban brands, they are listed in the Winston embargo!

[butterbeezy]

Peace out Fuente... it was an interesting experience but not interesting enough for me.

CAO I never really cared for

and anything made by the Reyes family is

[kas]

Trying to figure out why so many people are done with Pepins. Different strokes, I know, but sheesh.

I am pretty much off Fuentes after going through a Fuente fad and cut way back on Toranos but still love the 1916 Cameroon. But I haven't tried a Pepin I haven't liked.

[carterwsu]

im getting to the point of being done with Carlos Torano. Liked them at first, but tastes are changing.

[duhman]

Every time these threads get started I want to say "send all those smokes to me" which has already been said. But, yeah, sheesh, a lot of picky smokers here.

[sikk50]

Gurkha, I only had one that I ever liked, and after having another of the same I was let down.

RyJ has probaly one more chance to impress me. Its basicly time for me to start spreading my wings on more than just my trust AF, CAO, and Oliva.

[Mr. Ed]

I too am done with Pepin.













































A DPG Serie JJ Robusto that I just got done smoking

[No1der]

I never liked the Gurkas
Victor Sinclair
RP Fire and most other RP's except the Vintage.
Pepin. Not that Pepin's are bad they just don't wow me in any way and this includes the blue.
I'm certain there are more that I have no interest in revisiting but those are off the top of my head.

Right now I'm thrilled with Sancho Panza Extra Fuerta as well as the Double Maduro's.
Always loved Padron and I'm a big fan of Taboo in general.
Torano's are good although not my favorites but once in a while I like to smoke them.

I have a very long "Favorites" list but this isn't the thread for favorites.

Cheers,
Rob

[Cigar Lover 101]

Don Tomas.

I had one just a few days ago, mostly because I had one when I was really young, back in the 90's and that cigar had a special memory.

I remember it bak when being a decent cigar. Nothing amazing but nothing special.

Now I won't touch em'!

La Gloria Cubana is also not my style at all. Taste profile is too weird for me.

[Bax]

I have to say CAO. I've got one left and it'll probably be my last.

[shemp]

Gran Habano any of them

[Tackett]

Edit: arisen from the dead! Forgot I had done a search when I was reading this.

I can't say that I'm DONE with any brand, but there are certainly a few brands I'm weary of buying:

I've never had anything I've liked so far out of:
Sancho panza. Just got finished with a double maduro that was awful, my last try.
Macuando
Indian tobac
Drew estates (javas taste like trying to smoke a tootsie roll)

A few other brands I like just a few:
Ghurka: ancient warrior and black dragon
Carlos torano: siggys only
Rocky patel: maduro edge
NC cohoba: blacks
NC montecristo: white labels

Brands I have liked every single one so far:
Greycliff (1666 is one of my fav sticks)
Arturo fuente
DPG
Onyx

[Col. Craggyblast]

Originally Posted by kas

Trying to figure out why so many people are done with Pepins. Different strokes, I know, but sheesh.

But I haven't tried a Pepin I haven't liked.

I agree. I love the Cuban Classic robusto!

Actually, this thread's freakin' me out. I can find something good in just about every cigar I smoke as long as its construction is sound.

[Arnie]

I'm lucky because I'm not married anymore, so I can buy boxes of cigars and smoke a few and let them rest. I've got hundreds. So I don't smoke a brand til it wears on my nerves anymore. But having said that, I'm a lot more careful buying the cheap stuff on Cbid or JR. But I do like most of the consuegras I've tried, nice cheap throw-away smoke. Victor Sinclair is on my list though. Not too happy with them lately, although the Vintage select isn't too bad.

My advice is: don't smoke the same thing day after day. Mix it up. Try mild one day, full the next. Maduro, then Ct Shade, then Habano, followed by Corojo. Use your imagination.