I have smoked my best Cigar yet.

**tx_tuff** · 03-20-2005, 11:19 PM

I have had a Ashton VSG in my humidor for a few weeks now but I didn't want to smoke it unless I had another one on hand. Same thing with a Opus X. I was planing on smoking a Opus X the other day because the last time I went by my best local cigar shop he had a couple boxes last time I was there. When I headed to where they sit in the humidor I didn't see any.

But i truned and looked where the emtpy boxes of VSGs have been and saw a couple full boxes! So I grabbed one before I spent almost another 45 min just looking around. I also picked up a couple new cigars, The Rocky Patel Sun Grown, and The Edge. Picked up another on of my favs a CAO MX2. Anyway after I paid for them I sat down with a couple of the guys there, pulled out the Ashton VSG looked at it for a few seconds took out my Xikar cutter (if you don't have one get one) and took off the tip. After a couple dry run draws I picked up the shops tourch lighter and let it fly. Right away I knew I had made the right choice. The cigar had a nice easy draw and a good even burn. I'm sure I could have keep the ash for almost the whole smoke if I wanted to. So I was itting there smoking it enjoying the flavor admiring the smoke and ash and BSing with the other guys there. It was very smooth with a kinda sweet spice taste to it, niether over powering but with a lot of flavor. It got stronger towards the end and like I said of the best cigar I have had the pleasure of smoking. I knew there was a reason for that three cigar limit per customer, I should have bought the limit!!!!

**MMAB** · 03-21-2005, 09:24 AM

I LOVE sun grown wrappers!

VSG's are awesome, but sadly expensive.

If you can find Arturo Fuente Double Chateaus in sun grown give em' a try. They average about $5.00 each and are nice and spicy.

Remember, Fuente has their hands in Ashton.

**labmonkey** · 03-21-2005, 10:00 AM

sounds great...you should post a review on the "Reviews " Thread tx_tuff.

**tx_tuff** · 03-23-2005, 08:08 AM

Thats as close as I can get to a review, haven't ben smoking them long enough for that. But it was goooooooooooooood!

**labmonkey** · 03-23-2005, 09:54 AM

essentially you just wrote a review. just add a little info on the wrapper and filler and the origin ( you can find this info on just about any of the websites that sell these cigars ) and a ball park of what you paid, then put the stuff you just wrote after that...poof...review.

I would just really like to see our reviews section grow and have good info, and I think your post is a damn good review of the Ashton, and would definitely be a good addition.

just my 2 cents...I'm gonna try the cigar anyway, but i think it would be easier for new people to find if it's posted under reviews where it should be.

Thanks for the great info.

**grand cru no 2** · 03-23-2005, 01:17 PM

VSGs are a great smoke. Smooth and powerful at the same time. A definate fav of mine. TX-Tuff here are some suggestions that I think you might like:

Punch Gran Cru #2 maduro (torpedo)
El Rey Del Mundo Flor De Llaneza maduro (torpedo)
The Cigar by Nick Perdomo Torpedo maduro.

Give those a shot and let me know how you like them.