Morro Castle. Terrible flat taste, almost malty. Construction, even after 2 weeks in perfect conditions, was terrible, with the wrapper flaking and coming apart. The worst was the burn, which was so uneven I almost could not tell which part of the cigar was the lit end. A complete disaster. I had to toss it after the first third, and even then I was really trying to give it a chance because I'm a cheap bastard. I give it a big fat zero out of ten score.
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A very long list........ but firts on mind - Acid and Arganese. Will never carry either at the store.
I would not recommend:
St. Luis Rey Reserva Especial Serie G Churchill: What a letdown. It had so much promise! Big, dark in color, it smelled good, the wrapper was firm, but I felt like I was fighting it to smoke it while my fiancee sat across from me enjoying my favorite cigar.
I was very unimpressed with a Helix I had the other day on a whim.
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
-Winston Churchill
I think I wrote this list in the guide. (link on the bottom on my sig.
The Forbidden Smokes
May the Tobacco gods have mercy on your soul if you smoke these
AyC Grenadiers (Atadis)
Backwoods (Atadis)
Between the Acts (Atadis)
Black & Blue (Atadis)
Dutch Masters (Atadis)
El Producto (Atadis)
Erik (Atadis)
Hav-A-Tampa (Atadis)
Hav-A-Tampa Jewels (Atadis)
La Corona Whiffs (Atadis)
Miami Suites (Atadis)
Muriel (Atadis)
Omega (Atadis)
Phillies (Atadis)
Phillies Blunts (Atadis)
Roi Tan (Atadis)
Super Value (Atadis)
Supre Sweets (Atadis)
Tampa Nugget (Atadis)
Tampa Sweet (Atadis)
1886 (Atadis)
And it's also ALtadis.
At the risk of being humiliated back to the stone age, I didn't mind the Hav-A-Tampa Jewels (didn't they have the wooden tips?) when I was in high school and didn't know any better. I think we also enjoyed Backwoods as well.
Kinda goes hand in hand with Boone's Farm, Thunderbird, and MD 20/20.
Domestic Bolivars with the new blend and bands, they suck!
Macanudos
"If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair." -C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
If it says "Victor Sinclair" I'd rather smoke a mastodon turd.
TampaSupremo
"Ph-nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!"-H.P. Lovecraft
The illusione F9 I had yesterday was completely aweful. The draw was so loose it felt like I was sucking on a straw, and the taste was one of spicy mud. One of the worst cigars I have ever had.
Puros Indios I kind of like. I like the subtle sweetness in the smoke, but the consistency varies. I also liked the first Camacho Corojo I smoked. The fiver of them I bought next were mediocre at best. The wrapper didn't even look as nice. Same thing with the Don Kiki line. When they're good, they're good, but buying them is a crap shoot. I once got a bundle of RP vintage 92 seconds that were complete shit, and the RPV92 is one of my favorite smokes. I've never seen a Churchill Deluxe that I liked. The Te-Amo and the Victor Sinclair Bohemian series cigars I've had tasted like some kind of Dandelion/Fescue blend.
"some people are like slinkies, they're not really good for anything but they can bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs." –Unknown
"He did for bullshit what Stonehenge did for rocks." -Cecil Adams
Actually, I found the Churchill Deluxe to be an acceptable cheapie for fishing. At 50 cents per stick, one can't expect much. And I don't feel bad if I accidentally drop it into the creek halfway through. It's for this reason that I would never take a good cigar fishing. Fishy fingers, drops into the water... you know.
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
-Winston Churchill
RJ Bully.
Nestor white label tastes like poverty.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
I'll stick to Roly Torp's for yard gars and fishing. The last Churchill Deluxe I had sealed the deal. I was sitting there thinking, "I think I'd rather be smoking a Te-Amo! Did they age this in someones colon?", when, almost two full inches below the the burning end, my finger gets a mild burn. As I stare in amazement, a hole finishes burning through the top of the cigar where my finger was. That was it for me!
Maybe I just got a bad stick, but something that bad turns you off forever.
"some people are like slinkies, they're not really good for anything but they can bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs." –Unknown
"He did for bullshit what Stonehenge did for rocks." -Cecil Adams
Colon-Aged Churchill Deluxe?
"We're at NOW now... everything that's hapening now... is happening NOW!"
~ Col. Sanders ~
"I guess all we need to do now is give a shit what you think. I'll work on that."
~ ashauler ~
"some people are like slinkies, they're not really good for anything but they can bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs." –Unknown
"He did for bullshit what Stonehenge did for rocks." -Cecil Adams
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