New to the forum and to cigars.<br />
Currently smoking one a day after dinner.<br />
Experience: under 50 sticks. Almost exclusively under $7 each.<br />
Never bought a box or bundle so far, all one at a time at a B&amp;M or mail order, and received several from a very nice PIF. I was given a very small horde from 'that Caribbean island', was told to let them age. Have never smoked one.<br />
Some of my more memorable cigars, in no particular order:<br />
Perdomo Patriarch Torpedo (supposedly the first store in the country to get them)<br />
AF 8-5-8 natural (I also had one of these I hated) (didn't care all that much for the Maduro either) <br />
Excalibur 1066 King Arthur<br />
CAO Gold robusto<br />
Padron 6000 nat (I had a 3000 Maduro that was a bit much for me, much as I enjoyed it)<br />
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I have had several smokes that were very highly thought of on the forums, that I didn't care for. I realize that many factors affect a particular stick, and I may have one that would have been my favorite under other circumstances, so I'm not writing off anything on one sample. On advice found on the internet I started with mild smokes, and for the most part I think I prefer a stronger flavor than that.<br />
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My experience with &quot;premiums&quot; has been a Short Story and a Don Carlos torpedo. Neither of them was my favorite so far. I do have a few yet to try in my humidor, a 40th Padron, a VSG torpedo, a Hemingway Classic.

Idahoser (in Tennessee, go figure)