Recommend Me a Cigar, Update Post 82

[snubbyfan]

Back when I used to smoke, I LOVED these things. Now that I have quit smoking, they are one of the few things that tempts me to start again. I could smoke one right now. I loved that flavor and aroma. I tried for a while to be a cigar snob. I bought from Thompson's pretty regularly. I got a sampler from them once with some Danish whiffs that I really liked and when I reordered them they were rolled so tight they had no draw at all. I had to buy a device from them to more or less bore a hole through the center of them so I could smoke them. I did learn that I liked the maduro wrappers the most, which was a sweet nutty flavor. But when it got right down to it I always went back to the Backwoods cigars in the tan pack.

I was gifted some premium hand rolled cigars that I've been enjoying immensely.
Ain't no way, I'd be able to go back to Swisher Sweets.
Am I a cigar snob? Could be.
My goal is to smoke an Arturo Fuente Opus X one day.
I've been doing some shopping around for cigar deals for when my coolidor starts running low.

 

[snubbyfan]

So far, I found that I prefer toro sized 6X50 cigars with lotsa body and little strength and trying different brands.
My favorites so far are Arturo Fuente's Sungrown and Hemingway. Joya Red's a smooth, creamy, sweet smoke. Spicy's fine occasionally and sometimes I'll have a taste for a pepper bomb.
I've learned so much about cigars since starting this thread. Different sizes, fillers, binders, wrappers, storage options, cutters, lighters, ways to light and smoke and drink pairings.
And I thought learning handguns was complicated!
Recently, I ordered 5 Arturo Fuente Sungrown Belicoso's (they were out of Toro's), 5 Double Chateau Maduro's (Toro size) and 5 858 Corona's (they're 6X47, kinda like a skinny Toro).
Also, since my brother-in-law gave me a 25 count humidor for Christmas, I ordered a 20 cigar top rated sampler pack for it, a hydration device and a hygrometer.
Won't be smoking any until it warms up some but that's okay. They'll be sitting and relaxin' in my humidors until then:

 

[ditrina]

I TOLD YOU SO!!!

And you ain't EVEN near the bottom...

 

[johnnyflake]

Oh Ya! Slippin' and a Slidin' oh what fun!

 

[Bib]

The Marsh Wheeling factory closed quite some time ago. Another company bought the name and was making the cigars in their factory...they tasted about the same as the originals. Haven't seen them on the shelves around here in a long time.