A. Fuente Cuban Corona

[Evillepaintball]

Where are you getting these adn/or how are you storing them before you smoke them. Sounds like they were improperly stored. Every Fuente cigar I have ever had has been top notch.

Pick one up at a real tobacconist from their humidor and smoke it there or that night at your place. You should have a pleasant experience.

I picked it up from a local tobacconist from their walk-in humidor. had it in a zip-lock bag for the ride home, put it into my humidor which is at 63%humidity. It stayed there for about a week before i smoked it. it still felt good, not too soft, not too firm, didnt flake at all, just came undone. Like I said, I think I just got a bad stick, but I have other things to try before going back to AF.

[Empire23]

Try em out again. A. Fuente are my fav smokes. I dont think Ive had one yet that I didnt enjoy.

[Stryprod]

Dont know about the cigar you tried, but A.F. Best Seller is one of my top 3. Perfect burn everytime, great taste. What you are mentioning sounds like a 1 outta 1000 chance, or more likely the cigar suffered from bad storage. Its best to let your cigars rest in your humidor a week or two before you smoke them to balance out. Sometimes extreme changes in temperature or humidity can lead to what you are describing as the contracting and expanding of the cigar destroys the binder. Just a couple thoughts!

[Evillepaintball]

thanks for the tips, I think they might have earned just one more chance from me.

[cls515]

Did by any chance you cut off the triple cap? I've never had a Fuente do that or even remotely come close to doing that. That is one of the reasons why Fuentes are my favorite non-Cuban cigar, that and they taste ok too. I'm not a big fan of the Cuban Corona. I think the Petit Corona is much better. Try it out, along with some Don Carlos and Hemingway cigars. What kind of cutter do you use?

[Evillepaintball]

Did by any chance you cut off the triple cap? I've never had a Fuente do that or even remotely come close to doing that. That is one of the reasons why Fuentes are my favorite non-Cuban cigar, that and they taste ok too. I'm not a big fan of the Cuban Corona. I think the Petit Corona is much better. Try it out, along with some Don Carlos and Hemingway cigars. What kind of cutter do you use?

I use a singleblade guilotine cutter. I have used a kitchen knife a couple of times before i had a cutter, and never had this happen before.
Ive tried the don carlos, but i think i let it get too dry, that was before i had a humi.

[bigpoppapuff]

i've never understood the kool-aid mentality of fuente fans...it's like a fucking cult....i don't think that fuente is the best brand from the D.R....in my opinion,they're 4th...behind MATASA (fonseca..matasa 30th,fonseca series f,and the new fonseca cubano limitado,which may be the best cigar i've ever smoked)..second would be la aurora (the preferido is awesome..(any wrapper))..third would be la flor dominicano......honestly..imho...the best cigar that fuente makes is the ashton vsg...nothing in the fuente line is better.....YMMV!!!..