Alec Bradley Family Blend VR1

[jmartins]

Hey all,

Just picked one of these up at a local B&M. Just wanted everyone's opinion on it and what they thought of it. I paid $11 for it and half way through I don't know if it was quite worth it. What do you guys think of them?

Cheers,
JM


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[Alwayslit]

Enjoy

 

[StogieNinja]

Absolutely not worth $11. But they're not bad. Not great, but not bad.

You can get em cheap on cbid.

 

[javajunkie]

... if cbid ships to the great white north. big difference there.

the AB family blend line normally runs five-ish, six-ish down here? decent stick, made at raices cubana, same factory as illusione and viaje, and has a few fans. IMO the quality has gone down since the original single vitola release, but that's just me.

 

[jmartins]

Ya that's the big issue is places like c-bid don't ship to Canada. I don't think it was a bad cigar but it wasn't great something I think that with a year of aging may have a little bit better taste to it. That's just my opinion.

Like I said it was my first AB so if it is worse or better then the past I will take your words on it but definitely not a wow stick I don't even think it's one I'd go back to really.


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[Cigary43]

AB cigars are pretty good and with rest even better but not at the price point you bought them for...usually B&M's will hike at least 30% of any brand just so they can make a profit and can't say I blame them if you are going to smoke a cigar in their place.

 

[maestrobasser]

I like these quite a bit, prefer the D3 (4 1/2 x 58) size however. That being said, $11 is high, but if I was buying one in a B&M to enjoy, is a few bucks a deal breaker? Nope! Gotta support your local folks!

 

[Wanger]

I picked up one of these for about the same price in T.O a while ago. There are barely any NC's that are worth the mark up in Canada so I only grab CC's from B&M's these days.

 

[jmartins]

Ya I have noticed the same thing. It is such a huge markup on NC that it's not Ben worth trying. Our US counterparts get the same cigars for half to a third of the price we pay for them here which sucks.


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