A.F. Hemingway Classic maduro

[WOXOF]

Ran onto a Hemingway Signature Maduro (6x47) at my local yesterday and couldn't pass it by. Wonderful smoke, even in a cold drizzling rain (would that be a sign of addiction?). Burn was perfect after self-correcting for an uneven light. Only problem was the Signature disappeared to quickly and had me searching for my ancient roach clips

I am confused (what's new you say?) because the prices were in the $8-10 range depending on size. Prices on the internet appear to hover closer to the $20-30 range for the Maduro wrapper (http://www.cigar.com/cigars/viewcigar.asp?brand=325).

Perhaps the B&M confused the price/wrapper? Isn't the Cameroon a lighter brown/tan than the dark-chocolate Maduro? Might need to make a run to the B&M again. Actually even for the Cameroon their prices were slightly less than cigar.com.

Cheers,

Rusty

The maduros usually get gouged on the internet, especially cigar.com. They are the worst. Sounds like your B&M has some good prices. If your B&M is not gouging, the maddie versions should only be $1 more or so than the Cammys. At that price, this is a wonderful smoke. Not worth the prices you see it going for on the internet though.

[ralford]

Thanks for the information and insight W. Ran across a tremendous range in premiums for the maduro, from none to about double as you suggest. The Cbid thread has the same issues compounded with an inaccurate picture of the sticks, there is one explicitly indicated as a maduro today with the same images... As always, buyer beware, nOOb even more so!

On the other hand, I did enjoy the local Hemingway I located at a reasonable price. Probably doesn't matter if it is wrapped in burlap

Cheers,

Rusty