Do you believe in love at the first puff? An ERDM Love Story.

[psygardelic]

Originally Posted by larryinlc

Hello all. New poster here. Did I get a bad box? I bought my first box of the Robusto with Oscuro wrapper last week to try, and so far, I'm disappointed. They don't seem to have much flavor, and they don't burn all that well. They just want to burn down the center and needs to be re-lit often. I've only smoked three, so I'll give it more time, but gosh, I thought they'd be better. I've smoked enough cigars to know that they're never perfect 100% of the time, so I won't pass judgment until all 20 are gone. Maybe another box too. What do you think? Bad batch? Oh, this is a terrific forum!

Larry...smoking for ten years and still not finished.

Hey buddy, First off I'm going to say welcome to Club Stogie. This is a great place and there is SO much to be learned here. Since you have been smoking for 10 years I suppose that we will have a lot to learn from you too! I was suprised that you haven't got any replies yet so I'm going to take time to help out a lil bit. Have you had an ERDM before? In the past 10 years if you've never smoked an el rey del mundo and blindly jumped into buying a box (buying a whole box because of a single point of view isn't nessessarily a bad thing but I would definately do some more research first on my income.)

You could simply not like the cigars or as my wife just suggested, they could just need a little age. I'm sure your very familiar with aging cigars but if your not there are some great posts around club stogie that explain it quite well.

I suppose it could all boil down to the concept of 'Different smokes for different folks..' but I would definatley suggest trying to smoke them with a little more age on them (maybe a year if not at least 6 months) and try smoking them under a different set and setting. What did you have to eat and drink before and during the smoke? This can greatly alter the overall experience of the smoke. I hate to 'Preach To the Choir' if you already know all this but I thought it would be better than to leave you hangin'.

I look forward to hearing more from and about you and getting into that head of yours and learning more about your past experiences as a smoker.

Have a fantastic evening and may your humidor always be overflowing!

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Thank you all so much for the kind comments about my review, although I think that they are a little uncalled for or excessive b/c I dont regard this review as one of my best or even close.. its more of a "Stream of Consciousness" type dialog detailing what simply went through my head during the experience rather than the more poetic reviews that I have written in the past which I have put much more time, thought and effort in to creating.

but thanks for the encouragement. It really makes me want to review more often!

-Psygardelic.

[Cap'n Mike]

Outstanding review. THANKS!!!! I am now offically on yet another quest. I'm gonna need a longer piece of paper for my wish list.... I know I have a roll of toilet paper somewhere...

[Jeff]

All the NC ERDMs that I have tried are delicious.

• Robusto
• Rothschilde
• Petit Lonsdale
• Rectangular

[Jsabbi01]

Dan we seem to have some shared taste buds! I love the ERDM stuff also, but the ISOM ERDM stuff isn't as good in my opinion.

[larryinlc]

Yes, this was my first box. I had them in my humidor for only one month. I couldn't wait any longer to try one. I'm happy tp report now that the last two I've smoked have been nothing short of superb! They are what I had hoped they would be. A very tasty smoke. As I said, I never draw any conclusions based on two or three cigars. I usually wait until I've tried at least thirty. Food prior to smoking has never been an issue as I light up at 8:30 every evening with a glass of scotch. I do like these cigars and my intent was not to hi-jack your review with a negative response. I was just a bit disappointed with the first couple, but not anymore.

Larry