The best cigar that you smoked in 2011 was ...

[Mangyrat]

I would have to say Opus X perfection as the best cigar i smoked this year.

But the year is not over yet and i plan on digging deep in the humidor for new years eve

[buzz]

My best cigar this past year was a La Gloria Cubana. Just a $3 cigar, not very memorable really, taste was pretty bland I think. But I was sitting outside alone after a very rough couple days and my wife brought it out to me because she thought the band "looked nice". We sat together and talked for a couple hours about our hopes for the future - not once mentioning the emotional chaos that we were, at that time, completely engulfed in. Absolutely fantastic cigar.

[AMGfan]

My best cigar this past year was a La Gloria Cubana. Just a $3 cigar, not very memorable really, taste was pretty bland I think. But I was sitting outside alone after a very rough couple days and my wife brought it out to me because she thought the band "looked nice". We sat together and talked for a couple hours about our hopes for the future - not once mentioning the emotional chaos that we were, at that time, completely engulfed in. Absolutely fantastic cigar.

Great post!

[bharrington423]

EP Carrillo Edicion Limitada 2009. Great cigar from 2009 even better in 2011.

[victory01]

My best cigar this past year was a La Gloria Cubana. Just a $3 cigar, not very memorable really, taste was pretty bland I think. But I was sitting outside alone after a very rough couple days and my wife brought it out to me because she thought the band "looked nice". We sat together and talked for a couple hours about our hopes for the future - not once mentioning the emotional chaos that we were, at that time, completely engulfed in. Absolutely fantastic cigar.

Like someone else said, great post.

Like yourself I find my most memorable smokes are from what I am doing and who I am with, rather than the stick itself. The experience can elevate any cigar. I still remember smoking an RP 1992 in the summer of 2007 while fishing with my dad. It was a perfect moment.

I make waves of box purchases so nothing is really new. Memorable ones this year was my last King B on Thanksgiving and some Anejos here and there. Nothing worth celebrating this year to pull out the big guns.

[ashauler]

snip....... Nothing worth celebrating this year to pull out the big guns.

A sure way to leave your best cigars for someone else to smoke. Perhaps the "bar" is too high for celebration? For me, any day above the ground, with the people I love, is special enough for the best cigar I have!!

[heftysmokes]

A sure way to leave your best cigars for someone else to smoke. Perhaps the "bar" is too high for celebration? For me, any day above the ground, with the people I love, is special enough for the best cigar I have!!

Well put.

[victory01]

Yes, well put. It was a really bad year though, to the point where I'd feel I didn't 'deserve' a nice stick. Plus I don't have many super premiums, so I save them to make occasions extra special. Like I said, what you are doing and who you are with can make the experience. You can have a memorable smoke with an average stick experiencing a great moment, but I don't think a great stick can elevate a terrible moment.

That being said, I admire your optimism. I think I'll light up an Opus this afternoon.

Cheers, to another day above ground.

[heftysmokes]

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That being said, I admire your optimism. I think I'll light up an Opus this afternoon.

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Right on!

[ashauler]

Yes, well put. It was a really bad year though, to the point where I'd feel I didn't 'deserve' a nice stick. Plus I don't have many super premiums, so I save them to make occasions extra special. Like I said, what you are doing and who you are with can make the experience. You can have a memorable smoke with an average stick experiencing a great moment, but I don't think a great stick can elevate a terrible moment.

That being said, I admire your optimism. I think I'll light up an Opus this afternoon.

Cheers, to another day above ground.

Well, I think I can relate rather well to a shitty 2011; 2012 isn't exactly looking like a "banner year" either. What I've come to learn is that all we have is the here and the now....nothing else is guaranteed. A fantastic stick at the end of the day does indeed, for me, elevate a shitty situation to at a minimum a bearable situation.