Cigar Recommendations?

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

I like the deals that Thompson Cigars gives you. Lately I've been firing up their Dominicans, Hecho a Mano (Robusto).
I wish we could get Cubans, but these are the closest I've found.
Google Thompson Cigar cause they have an online catalog. New deals every month.

Unfortunately, nothing close to Cuban Cohibas and Romeo & Juliette (Americanized spelling).

[pmacdaddy]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Unfortunately, nothing close to Cuban Cohibas and Romeo & Juliette (Americanized spelling).

Which Romeo and Juliets do you recommend?

Just in case I get to Cuba...

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Unfortunately, nothing close to Cuban Cohibas and Romeo & Juliette (Americanized spelling).

Quite right Somer. Did you know that some Cuban seeds were smuggled out and now support the Domonican Republic's tobacco leaf industry?
Check out Tompsons.

[timmgirvan]

I heard an ad for Romeo y Julliettas just this week! somebody in US must sell them!
Thompsons has good deals!

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

I heard an ad for Romeo y Julliettas just this week! somebody in US must sell them!
Thompsons has good deals!

They may have a factory outside Cuba like Cohiba does. The best are the larger ring sizes imo!

[pmacdaddy]

I have never had a good experience with the non-Cuban Romeo y Juliets. Also find Cuban Cohiba far superior and consisten compared to non-Cuban Cohiba.

For Dominican I usually go for White Label Montecristo.

[packerbacker7964]

My friend brought back some Montecristo Habana's from Cuba. When we talk at work about where the best anything comes from he always says Cuba. Peaches, Pizza, beer just name it and it's better in Cuba. I always ask him if everything is good there then why did he move from the Pardise Island? Back to the story, he's right about the cigars though. I'd love to be able to smoke these the rest of my life. I don't smoke cigars but these make it enjoyable beyond belief.

[GPK]

what was Clinton's preference?

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Unfortunately, nothing close to Cuban Cohibas and Romeo & Juliette (Americanized spelling).

Agree with Somer here on the Cuban Cohibas. When I was 17, I smuggled a box of them out of Cancun back here to Florida and got away with it!

[Storm Cadet]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Agree with Somer here on the Cuban Cohibas. When I was 17, I smuggled a box of them out of Cancun back here to Florida and got away with it!

So your life of crime started at a young age eh?

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Storm Cadet

So your life of crime started at a young age eh?

I think that's about the worst thing I've ever done...

Well, maybe not.

[hockey2315]

I was thinking about getting some Gurkhas. . . Has anyone tried them?

[ELA]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

I was thinking about getting some Gurkhas. . . Has anyone tried them?

Once. Never again. But, like I said -- if you like them, smoke them and often, LOL.

Eric

[SentToStud]

For a modest priced mild, I've been smoking Cusano 18's and Cusano 1's.

I'm no expert but I know people who are and they all tell me not to go for the high priced smokes. Just because a stick costs $25 does not make it worthwhile.

If you have anything other than a passing interest, pick up a copy or two of Cigar Connesseur (sp). Anything in there rated 90 or above is a nice smoke.

And be careful about your Cubans. They're actually produced in three diffferent "batches." The best, the "1's," go to the Soviet Union. The "2's" go to Europe (Spain specifically, I believe) for East Hemisphere distribution. The lower quality "3's" go to S. America, Mexico and Canada. These are the units that most often wind up in the U.S.

You can get 2's over the internet (They ship the cigars and labels separately) from a European outfit but the Feds are cracking down.

Nothing like a nice smoke.