| 1. Author: charlie m | Date: Thu, 5/16/2024, 3:17PM EST | |
Last January i won a bid on a box of Macanudoi Inspirado White Churchills because they were cheap. I lit one & within a minute the wrapper came loose, not just a little but the entire wrapper. A week later, tried another & same result, + there was a green grassy flavor that I do not like. The nice lady at Cigarbid gave me credit for the whole box & said to keep them. I put them in a ziplok bag with a Bovida & stuck them away in a desk drawer. I just found them last week & what the heck, lit one up. Wow! the wrapper was fine, the grassy flavor was gone & I enjoyed one of the nicest cigars I have ever smoked, & i have been smoking cigars every day for well over 30 years, most of them Cubans. I feel like I should have not complained back in January, but who could know these cigars would improve so much in a plastic bag in 5 months. I want to buy another box & let them sit for 6 months, but I feel funny about ordering cigars I complained about. Forgive me, for I knew not what I was doing |
| 2. Author: RobertHively | Date: Thu, 5/16/2024, 3:33PM EST | |
Macanudo White? Oh man.
I'm sure Tony has a few questions for you.
P.S. Frank has been worried sick! |
| 3. Author: charlie m | Date: Thu, 5/16/2024, 5:13PM EST | |
I **** U not...I almost never smoke Macanudo unless its a gift or the only choice. I sent this post because its almost a miracle. After a steady diet of RyJ, Upmann & Quintero Cubans which have become a problem to procure, I have been searching for some dog walker, yardwork smokes that are tolerable. You turn your nose up at Macanudo White, have you ever actually smoked one thats been aged for 6 months?Just sayin' |
| 4. Author: RobertHively | Date: Thu, 5/16/2024, 5:27PM EST | |
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Nah I can't say that I have. I'm not much of a Conn. Shade guy.
I think I only have one of them in my collection at the moment and only because it was part of a sampler.
Smoke what you like. I'd say order another box if you want em. |
| 5. Author: frankj1 | Date: Thu, 5/16/2024, 5:57PM EST | |
RobertHively wrote:Macanudo White? Oh man.
I'm sure Tony has a few questions for you.
P.S. Frank has been worried sick! different Charlie...I'm not as worried as you'd think. |
| 6. Author: Palama | Date: Thu, 5/16/2024, 6:03PM EST | |
RobertHively wrote:^
Nah I can't say that I have. I'm not much of a Conn. Shade guy.
I think I only have one of them in my collection at the moment and only because it was part of a sampler.
Smoke what you like. I'd say order another box if you want em. I’mma not necessarily a fan of Connies either but some of the newer Connie blends are much stronger than previous releases. For a change of pace, I’ve enjoyed the MFConnie, Montecristo White, Rojas Breakfast Carnitas and Southern Draw Rose of Sharon blends. Of course ymmv. |
| 7. Author: KingoftheCove | Date: Thu, 5/16/2024, 6:29PM EST | |
Connies worth smoking…
As mentioned, My Father and Rose of Sharon
LFD makes a nice connie
AJ has a couple…
Perdomo has one or two…
There are others… |
| 8. Author: JGRAZ | Date: Thu, 5/16/2024, 6:31PM EST | |
I'll have to agree with the two above with the My Father, Rose and Carnitas. I do enjoy the Camacho and Breakfast Tacos as well, thats about where my CT exploration has ended. None of these were particularly aged however. |
| 9. Author: jeebling | Date: Thu, 5/16/2024, 7:08PM EST | |
I thought Connies were more or less good to go ROTT and that serious “aging”, as in multi-year, was not a good idea. I smoked a Perdomo 10th Anniversary Champagne that I had rested for 2 months and it tasted like a giant, ashy non-filter cigarette. I’ve got 9 more I’m going to rest for a few more months.
Aurora Preferidos is a Connie that I enjoy. The La Palina White Pearl is a cheap one that delivers IMHO, great dog walker / yard ‘gar |
| 10. Author: KingoftheCove | Date: Thu, 5/16/2024, 7:32PM EST | |
The San Lotano connie is pretty good |
| 11. Author: jeebling | Date: Thu, 5/16/2024, 7:34PM EST | |
^King, oh yeah, I’ve tried that one. I thought it was pretty decent. It had something to hold on to, not too flimsy in body. |
| 12. Author: Cheno | Date: Thu, 5/16/2024, 7:36PM EST | |
You can always bid double the price on auction if you feel bad.. |
| 13. Author: danmdevries | Date: Thu, 5/16/2024, 8:10PM EST | |
Try the JDN Antaño CT.
Karen Berger Connecticut too |
| 14. Author: danmdevries | Date: Thu, 5/16/2024, 8:15PM EST | |
jeebling wrote:I thought Connies were more or less good to go ROTT and that serious “aging”, as in multi-year, was not a good idea. r Some do hold up to age. Undercrown Shade comes to mind. Unless they changed the blend significantly from the OR, they're better with a year on em. I recently bought two boxes and tried one a month later and found it to be just straight paper n pepper. I remember them being a nice pleasant sweet nutty creamy bready smoke with a lil pepper on retro. But my first box was also bought and forgotten about for a year before I opened it, so I'm letting these new boxes sleep till next year before I try another. |
| 15. Author: RobertHively | Date: Thu, 5/16/2024, 8:39PM EST | |
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Undercrown Shade is the one Connecticut Shade that I have. Guess I'll wait a while to smoke it. |
| 16. Author: RobertHively | Date: Thu, 5/16/2024, 8:42PM EST | |
Palama, King,
MF Connecticut is on my list, but when it comes down to ordering I always end up getting a non-shade cigars instead.
Something that I want to try more, or something I want to replace/stock up on.
I did like the Perdomo Champagne, but still haven't purchased more of them.
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| 17. Author: jeebling | Date: Fri, 5/17/2024, 12:47AM EST | |
danmdevries wrote:Some do hold up to age.
Undercrown Shade comes to mind. Unless they changed the blend significantly from the OR, they're better with a year on em. I recently bought two boxes and tried one a month later and found it to be just straight paper n pepper. I remember them being a nice pleasant sweet nutty creamy bready smoke with a lil pepper on retro. But my first box was also bought and forgotten about for a year before I opened it, so I'm letting these new boxes sleep till next year before I try another. I’ll definitely try to put some age on a few Connies |
| 18. Author: MACS | Date: Sun, 5/26/2024, 8:33AM EST | |
Smokes actual cuban cigars and then says a Macanudo white is good?
Methinks them are some glass top box "cuban" cigars. |
