I'm still as green as grass when it comes to cigars, but I've tried, in the few weeks that I've been smoking, to try a variety of cigars to determine my likes and dislikes. I thought I'd post some early conclusions that I've arrived at.
So far, most of the sticks I've tried have been medium to a little on the mild side of medium, with a couple of very mild ones in the mix. I had got a sampler of Padillas in that had a couple of full bodied smokes in it, and I was a little leery of trying them at this point, thinking that they may be too strong for me. I smoked the Miami tonight and loved it. It was stronger than anything I'd smoked up to now, but was still very mellow. I did get a slight buzz about 2/3 of the way through it, but not bad at all, and it was gone by the end. It was a churchill, and a little longer than I really liked. The 5.5 to 6.5 lengths are, so far, more to my liking.
I've also discovered that I like the smaller ring gauges. The 44 to 48 gauges have been the most enjoyable cigars I've smoked. I haven't smoked anything over a 50 that I liked at all. To be fair, though, the larger sticks have also been the very mild ones, and I really didn't care for that. I might like a larger one with a little more body.
Am I going about this the right way? Any comments or suggestions from those more experienced would be welcome.
I appreciate this forum, and I've learned a ton just reading the posts on here.
Thank you to those who go to the trouble to keep this up and running.
So far, most of the sticks I've tried have been medium to a little on the mild side of medium, with a couple of very mild ones in the mix. I had got a sampler of Padillas in that had a couple of full bodied smokes in it, and I was a little leery of trying them at this point, thinking that they may be too strong for me. I smoked the Miami tonight and loved it. It was stronger than anything I'd smoked up to now, but was still very mellow. I did get a slight buzz about 2/3 of the way through it, but not bad at all, and it was gone by the end. It was a churchill, and a little longer than I really liked. The 5.5 to 6.5 lengths are, so far, more to my liking.
I've also discovered that I like the smaller ring gauges. The 44 to 48 gauges have been the most enjoyable cigars I've smoked. I haven't smoked anything over a 50 that I liked at all. To be fair, though, the larger sticks have also been the very mild ones, and I really didn't care for that. I might like a larger one with a little more body.
Am I going about this the right way? Any comments or suggestions from those more experienced would be welcome.
I appreciate this forum, and I've learned a ton just reading the posts on here.
Thank you to those who go to the trouble to keep this up and running.