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    Default Help Me Spend Some Money :)

    I have $100 burning a hole in my wallet and I'm looking for some recommendations. I like medium to full but don't enjoy the peppery sticks. I'm thinking Hemingway and have some 1962 pre-embargo Camchos coming from an earlier purchase. I'm looking for those "I wouldn't unless I won a bunch of cash" smokes. Note that I'm in the US and, though I would love a Habano, Cubans are off the list.

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    Off the top of my head @ 5am:

    Tatuaje Havana IV
    601 Green Oscuro
    Don Pepin Garcia My Father(starts out pretty spicy but mellows out pretty quick)
    Alec Bradley Tempus
    Avo 787
    Carlos Torano Virtuoso

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    Padron 1926 or 1964 maduro
    Kristoff Maduro ($7-$8, this is currently one of my favorites, very rich flavor, tough to find though)
    Diamond Crown Maduro (I recently had a No. 4 maduro and it had a creamy rich classic maduro flavor with impeccable construction and tons of thick smoke, $12)
    San Cristobal
    Rocky Patel Vintage or Decade
    I prefer the Carlos Torano Casa Torano Maduro over the Virtuoso (get both!)
    AF Work of Art maduro if you can find one
    Don Pepin Series JJ maduro (very unique smoke)
    Alot of people on this forum love the Ashton VSG (for the price it didn't much for me, but I think every smoker should at least give it a shot)
    Camacho cigars are a little pricey as well and seem to be popular on this forum

    I don't buy many expensive smokes so there's alot I haven't tried...

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    I guess the question is whether you would like a few really nice (read: pricey) cigars, or you just want to boost your collection of smokes. If it were me, I would mix it up a bit, so that if I spend $15-$20 for a stick and hate it, I still have several other options.

    Romeo y Julieta Habana Reserve
    Excalibur 1066 Dark Knight
    New Orleans Cigar Factory Vieux Carre
    Don Peppin Garcia's My Father
    La Aurora Preferidos
    Rocky Patel Sun Grown
    AF King B


    Quote Originally Posted by Artyman1200 View Post
    Alot of people on this forum love the Ashton VSG (for the price it didn't much for me, but I think every smoker should at least give it a shot)
    Camacho cigars are a little pricey as well and seem to be popular on this forum
    These two cigars (in my opinion anyways) are spicy sticks, at least from what I remember of them. Sure, different blends bring out different tastes, but I especially remember that VSG being peppery. I only bring this up because he mentioned he didn't like spicy sticks.


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    Hmmmmm.

    Oliva MB3
    AF Hemi Natties or Maddies
    Padron Anniv Nat or Mad
    Illusione
    Coronado by La Flor
    AF Anejos
    Tatuaje (red, white, or brown labels)
    Don Kiki Brown
    Bolivar Confradia
    DC Maximus

    Those are just some off the top of my head.

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    I'm not looking to grow my collection as far as volume but rather find some really good celebration smokes. I've had the Virtuoso and definitely enjoyed it. I've also had the Casa Torano but not the maduro. I have a Tatuaje red label that's been resting for a while and I'm definitely looking forward to that! I was looking at the 601 Green Oscuro so I'll have to pull the trigger on that one too. I've never tried any of the Don Pepin line yet but that's definitely on the list. Of course, I'd love to try them all but SWMBO seems to think spending hundreds a month on cigars is frivolous

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