Alec Bradley...hit and miss

[DrRus]

I bought a 5'er of the Presnado's in a recent split. I've only smoked two so far and they were both decent. You won't hear me raving about them and the 3 remaining will probably sit in my humi for quite some time before I have another, but they weren't "bad".

I feel the same way. Smoked Presando, Tempus, Sun Grown and Black Market - neither impressed me or had a perfect burn. I have the rest of his blends sitting in the humi and now I'm thinking of trying Maxx, thanks to this thread, but I doubt the rest of the AB cigars I have will be smoked anytime soon.

[ggiese]

I feel the same way. Smoked Presando, Tempus, Sun Grown and Black Market - neither impressed me or had a perfect burn. I have the rest of his blends sitting in the humi and now I'm thinking of trying Maxx, thanks to this thread, but I doubt the rest of the AB cigars I have will be smoked anytime soon.

Have you ever had the opportunity to try the Alec Bradley Pryme Gold? I picked a few of them up when they first hit the stores. I was incredibly disappointed - the cigar was not nearly as good as the hype and the price. Really not necesarily a bad cigar in my view, just not a "...high end, super-premium handmade" as touted by the company.

And then a funny thing happened... A couple of years later they showed up at Cigars International as a "blowout" special. They were so doggone cheap I decided to buy in. I'm not sure what happened... Perhaps it was additional "aging" - perhaps it was a different batch than what I'd originally purchased. Bottom line - for the $$$ they absolutely blew me away. As a matter of fact - if they'd been that good when I originally bought them I would have been hoarding them and CI would not have had them on "blowout" special!

[DrRus]

Have you ever had the opportunity to try the Alec Bradley Pryme Gold? I picked a few of them up when they first hit the stores. I was incredibly disappointed - the cigar was not nearly as good as the hype and the price. Really not necesarily a bad cigar in my view, just not a "...high end, super-premium handmade" as touted by the company.

And then a funny thing happened... A couple of years later they showed up at Cigars International as a "blowout" special. They were so doggone cheap I decided to buy in. I'm not sure what happened... Perhaps it was additional "aging" - perhaps it was a different batch than what I'd originally purchased. Bottom line - for the $$$ they absolutely blew me away. As a matter of fact - if they'd been that good when I originally bought them I would have been hoarding them and CI would not have had them on "blowout" special!

Haven't had those, but I am also hoping that with time the AB cigars I have will change to something pretty good. I agree that they are not really bad cigars, I just wouldn't buy a box of them, that's all. If someone offered me a free box - I'd take it :)

[ashauler]

Have you ever had the opportunity to try the Alec Bradley Pryme Gold? I picked a few of them up when they first hit the stores. I was incredibly disappointed - the cigar was not nearly as good as the hype and the price. Really not necesarily a bad cigar in my view, just not a "...high end, super-premium handmade" as touted by the company.

And then a funny thing happened... A couple of years later they showed up at Cigars International as a "blowout" special. They were so doggone cheap I decided to buy in. I'm not sure what happened... Perhaps it was additional "aging" - perhaps it was a different batch than what I'd originally purchased. Bottom line - for the $$$ they absolutely blew me away. As a matter of fact - if they'd been that good when I originally bought them I would have been hoarding them and CI would not have had them on "blowout" special!

I remember those. Actually, still have a "couple" in the humi. I think there's a review around here on those. Can't remember if leather is in it though, so read it at your own risk.