Cigars...

[5spoke]

Smoking my first full cigar on wednesday night. Anyone have any tips, or stories about their first time with cigars? My dad smokes them all the time.

I just finished up another year in college so its just a celebratory relaxation time for me and a buddy.

I bought a Romeo y Julieta Reserva Real Verona's Court for the experience.
:firehop:

[rede30]

inhale as deeply as you can and keep doing that. cigars are meant for the depths of your lungs, get it there.

[Justin B]

lol... ^

Google.

Imagine that. Even a website NAMED what your question is.

http://www.howtosmokeacigar.com/

:D

[TwoJ's]

Holy shit man, you're going to smoke a cigar? badass!

[bergie_318is]

ive never smoked a cigar.. but i really want to some time. that website was a good read

[5spoke]

inhale as deeply as you can and keep doing that. cigars are meant for the depths of your lungs, get it there.

Wow Im not a jackass. But good attempt.

[Pac1373]

inhale as deeply as you can and keep doing that. cigars are meant for the depths of your lungs, get it there.

that's not nice...
would have been funny to see tho'

[silverfbimmer]

Cigars are delicious! Romeo y Julieta's are good. CAO's are good too!

[Jon325i]

Once in a while I like to enjoy a cigar. There's a cigar shop not far from me where they sell various brands plus they have a guy there from Central America who hand rolls some and sells them under the shops' name. Some brands I've tried and liked were: Macanudo (their Portofino and Maduro cigars are nice), Punch brand and the Arturo Fuente.

Don't let the price dictate the quality - I've had a good cigar for < $5.

Jon

[CntrlcoastE30's]

Once in a while I like to enjoy a cigar. There's a cigar shop not far from me where they sell various brands plus they have a guy there from Central America who hand rolls some and sells them under the shops' name. Some brands I've tried and liked were: Macanudo (their Portofino and Maduro cigars are nice), Punch brand and the Arturo Fuente.

Don't let the price dictate the quality - I've had a good cigar for < $5.

Jon

Agreed. Find out if you like a mild stick or a full strength smoke.
There are many sizes, mixed flavors and styles to choose from.
I like the full strength having smoked them for about 28 years. This was something that some of us did before it was the "in thing" to do.

Some favorites (full strength):

Padron (# 1 favorite stick)
Olor
La Vieja Habana
CAO (MX2 - double maduro)
Rocky Patel
Bahia
Acid
Punch
Gurka
La Gloria Cubana
Cohiba (the real thing, stashed for special occassions)

Have had many hand rolled from various "torcedores" that are up there.
Best advice is if you are really serious about the experience, then buy some assortments and see what you like.

Gonna go and light one up now :-D

[blunttech]

philly's
swisher sweets
dutchmasters
white owl
now thats some good smokin

[apexede30]

hoya de nicaragua-antanyo. If you don't puke.

[5spoke]

Holy shit man, you're going to smoke a cigar? badass!

yes. Probably brings my badass-ness up to par with scar face. :weak:

[-Javier-]

when i ussually go to out of state i bring like 5 to7 boxes of Cohiba for friends, they are really cheap.

[BMW_TUNER]

I started out like most with sweets but have graduated to full on addiction. Not to mention that some of the humidors are awesome too. Here is my latest.