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haggishaggisMember
My Father Flor de las Antillas (2012). This was Cigar Aficionado's cigar of the year in 2012, giving it 96pts. For those who follow the blog "Halfwheel" will know that they gave this 82pts. Quite a disparity!

For me, this is a good cigar. Spicy, with loads of pepper and licorice on the front end. After the first half, it heats up too much for my liking, but that's just my taste. Very loose draw. Amazingly even burn, but any well-made cigar should be so.

This is NOT a 96pt stick. No way, but it is also not as mediocre as others suggest. I have a few more of these, but will likely give them away or trade. 88pts
mdsphotomdsphotoMember
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Originally posted by haggis:
My Father Flor de las Antillas (2012). This was Cigar Aficionado's cigar of the year in 2012, giving it 96pts. For those who follow the blog "Halfwheel" will know that they gave this 82pts. Quite a disparity!

For me, this is a good cigar. Spicy, with loads of pepper and licorice on the front end. After the first half, it heats up too much for my liking, but that's just my taste. Very loose draw. Amazingly even burn, but any well-made cigar should be so.

This is NOT a 96pt stick. No way, but it is also not as mediocre as others suggest. I have a few more of these, but will likely give them away or trade. 88pts


Spot on review. This stick has the traditional Pepin pepper bite and is a better than average mass market stick, but CA's praise was a little over the top.
W wine+artMember
quote:
Originally posted by haggis:
My Father Flor de las Antillas (2012). This was Cigar Aficionado's cigar of the year in 2012, giving it 96pts. For those who follow the blog "Halfwheel" will know that they gave this 82pts. Quite a disparity!

For me, this is a good cigar. Spicy, with loads of pepper and licorice on the front end. After the first half, it heats up too much for my liking, but that's just my taste. Very loose draw. Amazingly even burn, but any well-made cigar should be so.

This is NOT a 96pt stick. No way, but it is also not as mediocre as others suggest. I have a few more of these, but will likely give them away or trade. 88pts


haggis, thanks for the note.

Like wine, I think there is always variation, and more so I have found with cigars. I have often had several cigars from a box that were excellent, then the next one from the same box disappoints.
M michaelyMember
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Originally posted by g-man:
any recommendations are a nice rich creamy smoke that smells nice and doesnt burn harsh for under 10$ a stick (non NY because ny adds an extra 10$ in taxes)?


Victor Sinclair Bohemian Bamboo (CT Shade wrapper) & Rocky Patel Connecticut are can be found pretty cheap at Cigarbid/cigars international. The Bamboo was a especially pleasant surprise for me.

Casa Blanca is a nice mild cigar, but almost a little too mild for me. JR usually has good deals on those. All of the above should be in the $2 a stick range.

For a little more, I always was fond of the Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur series in shade wrapper. These are usually considered medium strength, but they are flavorful, but with no harshness at all. Like if the Casa Blanca is a coffee w/Cream and sugar, the Excalibur is a pumpkin spice latte...still sweet creamy, but a little spice at the same time.

For the money, I would go with the VS Bamboo which are $40-$50 by the box of 20.
S stickmanMember
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Originally posted by marcb7:
I have some of these too Stick...had one a month or so ago and it was in a good place...they do need more time IMO and will get much better...

I'm hoping for that, but if the others prove to be only as good as the one I had recently, I'd still be satisfied. I had a moderately disappointing Behike 52 recently, and this Robo-T was days better than that.
S stickmanMember
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Originally posted by wine+art:
'05 Opus X BBFM

Nice. I recently celebrated a birthday with a 2010 (banded with the vintage, out of the Cigar Family Charity Foundation) Scorpio Maduro. Very earthy and intense... or so I thought until I considered comparing it to a BBMF! Big Grin Wink 'Hope you enjoyed yours. I loved mine, especially when the last 1/3 brought on a mildly spicy, floral note. Mmmm, smelled great!
M marcb7Member
Very very nice stick and W+A....those can be 'potent' cigars Smile

Im a #2 type of guy as well when it comes to a Monte, but the #4 is quite popular and is very consistant.

Had a My Father LE 2010 over the weekend, damn these burn perfect, lots of smoke and getting secondary nuances now. Have one box left, going to be hard to keep my mitts off them.
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