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Cigars you couldn't finish...
- Thread starter James_Smith
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There have been a few. One thing I learned along the way is that the taste of a stick can get pretty nasty when going from one rh to another. I've had some sticks that were pretty awful, but when the whole batch transitioned from the shipping or store rh to my preferred level the rest were decent.
I tossed an AVO Syncro that was horribly bitter and sour. I also tossed out all three of the Oliva G series I've tried over the last year or so. I tossed out a Boutique Brands Ether that I got from JR. There have been a couple more.
I tossed an AVO Syncro that was horribly bitter and sour. I also tossed out all three of the Oliva G series I've tried over the last year or so. I tossed out a Boutique Brands Ether that I got from JR. There have been a couple more.
I am so getting hurt for this but I tossed a Padron 3000 last year. I admit it was probably my 3rd or 4th cigar ever. The peppery inhale was just too much and I pitched it before finishing the first third. I believe the only other was a EP Carrillo New Wave CT which tasted like chalk and dirt.
I find this thread very amazing, how each cigar can be so different for each of us. I am sure there are many reasons for each experience. How the sticks were treated prior to your experience is a big one.
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Bro, you need to talk to @sofc about your RHI have forced my way thru a ton of horrible sticks.... even a damn undercrown ...
But this one was garbage. Pics for proof.
The biggest one, of course, is the subjectivity of taste. I cannot stand carrots. I don't like anything about them. I don't even drink V8 juice because I can taste the carrot. Yet, virtually everyone I know likes carrots.
Same with cigars.
I know you know this. I'm just making an observation.
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ChuckMejia
The General
That red tho
OleVaSmoker
Leafman
Cao lx2, it just didn't agree with me nor did I agree with it. Halfway point it became mulch.
This year I can count three. Not by choice, but the last one I couldn't finish was a CH Las Calaveras '16. My wife told me I had 1.5 hours at the cigar lounge and it turned out I only had 30 minutes. I saved it and relit it later, but it was pretty terrible by that point. I had to pitch a Torano Exodus gold after it kept going out, but only because I accidentally dropped my lighter under the seat of my truck while I was driving and couldn't find it. I pitched an Erte Seven Deadly Sins while mowing because I had to stop halfway through mowing and didn't want to finish the cigar.
Before that it's been awhile, and not many.
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Before that it's been awhile, and not many.
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YMMV. You may notice a trend.
In no particular order:
LGC Churchill Natural
Graycliff Professional Pirate Blue
La Palina Classic Toro (dead and flat)
Rocky Patel Edge Maduro Torpedo 2013 (terrible start, tunneled badly immediately)
Camacho Triple Maduro Robusto (good start but another poorly burning wrapper and binder destroyed this post 1st 3rd)
Bahia Maduro (lackluster profile and cheap wrapper)
AB Tempus Maduro Terra Nova (cap busted off, plugged draw, then tunneled, just a disastrous roll) Officially the lowest score recorded
Viaje H&H Rapier (poor roll, profile, suspect storage)
Tatuaje La Casita Criolla Corona (terrible roll, profile was not for me)
Camacho Corojo Maduro Toro (improperly fermeneted leaf, downright gross)
La Duena PL No. 7 (completely unbalanced)
Quai Dorsay Imperiales (completely plugged, bland - could be harvest or storage or both)
CH LC50 2015 (OR Fausto-esque profile, combustion issues forced a fast smoke and destroyed the profile)
CoH Custom Sublimes (no bueno)
El Titan De Bronze Redemption Maduro (tasty but linear profile, rolling nicaraguan tobacco in the Cuban tradition resulted in a total plug on this one)
Caldwell L&F Pepper Cream Soda "BUTTER" (another plugged unsmokeable cigar with a terrible profile)
If I cant even smoke it or it explodes in the middle of summer Im moving on to something else.
Oh I forgot! The official worst ever was this fake Boli my buddy got from some guy in Chicago, "you know theyre real cus hes Cuban" Muscled through 10 min of it until I couldnt take it any longer. Profile smacked of baby spit up, burnt hair and dumpster fire. Yum! Couldnt get the taste out of my mouth for a week....not exaggerating.
In no particular order:
LGC Churchill Natural
Graycliff Professional Pirate Blue
La Palina Classic Toro (dead and flat)
Rocky Patel Edge Maduro Torpedo 2013 (terrible start, tunneled badly immediately)
Camacho Triple Maduro Robusto (good start but another poorly burning wrapper and binder destroyed this post 1st 3rd)
Bahia Maduro (lackluster profile and cheap wrapper)
AB Tempus Maduro Terra Nova (cap busted off, plugged draw, then tunneled, just a disastrous roll) Officially the lowest score recorded
Viaje H&H Rapier (poor roll, profile, suspect storage)
Tatuaje La Casita Criolla Corona (terrible roll, profile was not for me)
Camacho Corojo Maduro Toro (improperly fermeneted leaf, downright gross)
La Duena PL No. 7 (completely unbalanced)
Quai Dorsay Imperiales (completely plugged, bland - could be harvest or storage or both)
CH LC50 2015 (OR Fausto-esque profile, combustion issues forced a fast smoke and destroyed the profile)
CoH Custom Sublimes (no bueno)
El Titan De Bronze Redemption Maduro (tasty but linear profile, rolling nicaraguan tobacco in the Cuban tradition resulted in a total plug on this one)
Caldwell L&F Pepper Cream Soda "BUTTER" (another plugged unsmokeable cigar with a terrible profile)
If I cant even smoke it or it explodes in the middle of summer Im moving on to something else.
Oh I forgot! The official worst ever was this fake Boli my buddy got from some guy in Chicago, "you know theyre real cus hes Cuban" Muscled through 10 min of it until I couldnt take it any longer. Profile smacked of baby spit up, burnt hair and dumpster fire. Yum! Couldnt get the taste out of my mouth for a week....not exaggerating.
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I forgot to mention a Gurkha that I couldn't finish. I'm not sure if I should, because I can't remember which Gurkha it was. I've tried to like Gurkhas, but I've just encountered too many with construction problems. I'd hate to guess a percentage, but I'd say that, among premium and super-premium cigars, Gurkhas have about twice as many (or more) construction problems.
The last one I smoked turned into a wad of smoldering tobacco leaves by the time I got to the last third. Obviously, I couldn't finish it. I also can't remember which Gurkha it was, but I made a vow to never buy another. I'd smoke one if it was given to me, but that's it.
The last one I smoked turned into a wad of smoldering tobacco leaves by the time I got to the last third. Obviously, I couldn't finish it. I also can't remember which Gurkha it was, but I made a vow to never buy another. I'd smoke one if it was given to me, but that's it.