Good cigar brands? Good small cigars?

[badwhale]

All I know is, there are some brands that will put out a line of cigars under the name "x" and it will be a great smoke one year. Then the next year, that same brand and that same line may not be as good. That's because they do not own their own fields.

Yes, there's more to the process than just growing the tobacco and/or purchasing it. You have to age it, roll it, and process the whole thing. There are tons of aspects in the whole business, but one of those is an inconsistency as a result of getting different tobacco from different places, as opposed to brands that own their own fields and have their own ways of doing things, like Davidoff (and family), Garcia & Garcia, and Artuo Fuente.

Better listen up ash, you're gettin' schooled on growin' tobaccy!

Xavier,

How the hell do you come up with this stuff. You've said since yesterday that you've only smoked 30 or so cigars. How do you even know what you're saying about smoke "x" to be true?

Could it be possible that some companies use a better quality tobacco for the OR, and then switch some something lesser once they know people like it?

Could it be possible that certain lines get bought out by another retailer and the blend gets fucked with?

Listen, better than trying to have the last word in every thread, why don't you try taking hefty's advice and read through the boards, learn, smoke some cigars, listen, chime in occasionally. In other words, stop trying to be johnny tuffnuts who's going to take on this whole board. Trust me, you're not going to win.

Will

[ashauler]

Better listen up ash, you're gettin' schooled on growin' tobaccy!

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Thank goodness, just in time too.

Hey Xavier,
What soil PH should I shoot for if I want to grow some excellent, high quality tobacco next spring?

[mrtr33]

Thank goodness, just in time too.

Hey Xavier,
What soil PH should I shoot for if I want to grow some excellent, high quality tobacco next spring?

You can grow tobacco in your own back yard? Isn't that illegal or something? I wonder if anyone here has ever tried doing anything like that.....

[ggiese]

saviour clearly believes everything he reads and/or hears, regardless of its source as long as it's some form of data. While his personal knowledge might be limited, he has heard or seen enough information from "experts" (using the term loosely) to form a conclusion which has some form of basis in "logic". And while the logic might be flawed - it is, in fact, some form of logic.

savioiur's been given all kinds of hints, advice, kicks in the butt, etc. about his faux pas' and social misgivings. By saviour's own words - he's trying to find his "place" and he's rapidly finding that "place" he feels comfortable, despite our community's best efforts!



In other words (for those that "habla") - saviour doesn't "get it", and is not likely to "get it" any time soon.

[Mizicke5273]

Since you guys that have been around the game for a while are giving free lessons, how about a work shop video? That way I can learn to grow, roll, and distribute my own smokes at my leisure? Hell we could do a whole spin off section on Smokers here.

[badwhale]

Could it be possible that you're completely full of shit?

LMFAO.

You can grow tobacco in your own back yard? Isn't that illegal or something? I wonder if anyone here has ever tried doing anything like that.....

It was on the ballot in Kalifornia last week, but it got shot down....wait.

[TachyCoventry]

So I'm going to bring this back to what the actual title of the OP was. I went to the B&M over the weekend to find some smaller cigars. After I quit smoking cigarettes I found that I prefer a quick smoke (smaller than a robusto) occasionally. I picked up three different small cigars in tins:
A. Fuente Cubanitos
RyJ Reserva Real Minutos Petites
Cohiba Pequenos

Of all three I have to say that the Fuente is my favorite as it has the full flavor of the regular Fuente just in a smaller package (15 minute smoke). The RyJ is decent but I'd prefer a maduro that had some more flavor to it. The Cohiba actually disappointed me a little bit. They were more expensive than the other two yet only had 6 cigars (the others both had 10) and they were rolled extremely tight and was difficult to get a good draw on it.

Has anyone else had a draw issue with the Pequenos? I clipped off a little extra on the second one that I smoked and it helped the issue but I was curious if this is a standard issue with these smaller cigars.

[badwhale]

I had one of those Cohibas once. I don't remember it being a tight draw.

Will