The worst cigars

[Simon Bolivar]

I have had a few NC's that i ditched, mostly just less than avge flav, with no interest but some are horrors.

Cubans: Quntero Favouritos, ditched after a quarter, nothing redeeming in it for me. RG Perlas the few (admittidly) I have tried were under filled & flav blah. Nothing like the Coronas Extra or even the Pan X.
The most frequent problems used to be 2000-2002, the trouble yrs plugged sticks, sometimes only a handful of good smokes in a box. Since then, time has been kind & haven't had a plugged one from that era for yrs. The second group are the Cervantes/ Lonsdales. RG Lonsdale is famous for being the first of this vitola, which should be a really great favourite size but for some reason they are really prone to plugging, SP Molinos, very similar plugging history. I once smoked a pair with Martyn at Boisdales Belgravia, I ended up chopping it to pieces to try & smoke a part of it, just had to give up. Pre-Perfect draw days.

[JordanSuth]

Worst I had was a NC 'Guillermo Leon Corona' I bought and smoked in the Caribbean. Not much info on the net about it, I suppose, it says it all...

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[Stevieboy]

Whatever happened to TJCoro/Bag Boy?

I miss TJ....

[ha_banos]

Whatever happened to TJCoro/Bag Boy?

He/they were going to transcribe something into English for us many many moons ago...

[grumpybaldy]

NC Jungle!


Thanks to your copious notes, muchacho, you have assembled quite an extensive list of NCs to avoid.

Navigating the NC jungle looking for that diamond in the rough can be a tall task, to be sure, but the good ones are out there. It just that there are so darn many NCs on the market it can be a chore getting past the bad to get to the good. But worth the effort, IMO. And with a list like PJ's, it's become a much easier chore, indeed.



Now, senor PJ....how about a list of those NC you found to be enjoyable?

Bag Boy

Whatever happened to TJCoro/Bag Boy?

[Kickback]

Wow holy thread resurrection Batman.!

Nice to find the result after all these years 👍

[liles]

Found it! For the record, Plasencia Jamon!

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Dang, 7 years to track it down!

[ha_banos]

Try as I might. I've not been able to find reference to it on the interweb unfortunately! Would have made one helluva COTM!

Found it! For the record, Plasencia Jamon!

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[PeeJay]

Yeah, I'd have thought you would have anticipated that disaster by following your gut instinct PJ.

Very good Simon but of course you know its Christopher Columbus' name in Spanish

[Simon Bolivar]

I'm not surprised that one was nasty with a name like Colon!

Yeah, I'd have thought you would have anticipated that disaster by following your gut instinct PJ.

[7kingsguy]

Ive had some underfermented dutch cigars which still looked green. Tasted like vomit. Left them in a cupboard for a year and they changed colour. Actually tasted ok in the end. They are the only stick that has ever made me feel physically sick. They were called willem II

[ha_banos]

who's going to crosscheck PJ's list with the Cigar Officionado's top smokes? Eh?

[moteyi]

Colon Especiales - nasty little cigar that tasted of tar

I'm not surprised that one was nasty with a name like Colon!

[PeeJay]

Thanks to your copious notes, muchacho, you have assembled quite an extensive list of NCs to avoid.

Navigating the NC jungle looking for that diamond in the rough can be a tall task, to be sure, but the good ones are out there. It just that there are so darn many NCs on the market it can be a chore getting past the bad to get to the good. But worth the effort, IMO. And with a list like PJ's, it's become a much easier chore, indeed.



Now, senor PJ....how about a list of those NC you found to be enjoyable?

Bag Boy

That would be a thread of its own BB, there have been so many

[TJCoro]

NC Jungle!

So having perused the notebooks here are a few NCs I have learned to avoid

Ventura Project 805 - Peppery, boring and binned before the first ash fell
Macanudo Gold Hampton Court - cigarette like...

...Macanudo Maduro Diplomat - nasty earthy flavour with a hint of beetroot

Obviously these are my personal observations that I wrote down after smoking them or ditching them. You may like peppery cigars or even a hint of beetroot!

Thanks to your copious notes, muchacho, you have assembled quite an extensive list of NCs to avoid.

Navigating the NC jungle looking for that diamond in the rough can be a tall task, to be sure, but the good ones are out there. It just that there are so darn many NCs on the market it can be a chore getting past the bad to get to the good. But worth the effort, IMO. And with a list like PJ's, it's become a much easier chore, indeed.



Now, senor PJ....how about a list of those NC you found to be enjoyable?

Bag Boy