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So I get the email bit from tenski on “BDL” cigars from Raymond Pages, who, from my 5 min of research, puts out lots of different cigars.
I’m looking at the “BDL” cigar band, and man, if I was Litto Gomez, I’d be pissed.
Might even talk to my lawyer.

I thought the same thing when I got the email and saw how much they resembled LFDs. Did research also and found the owner used to work for LFD.

Forget BDL cigars, if you get a chance try a DBL cigar.

Sooo who’s gonna try these things. Ya know for science

Ordered the Robusto

Stay tuned....

Following...

Ok I went and looked…..oh Lordy. Hard to argue the OP!

Just wondering if the original copyright / trademark registration for LFD had expired and BDL snuck in their design before Litto’s people woke up and put in their renewal application?

Robert - any insight here?

Ordered the habano and maduro.

Slow nights at work get expensive sometimes

I signed up for discord and follow their channel there, they put up different things than the emails. I was getting the emails but they started getting filtered by Gmail as spam even though I've gone and marked them not spam several times. I don't know chit about discord and that's the only thing I use it for.

My bad. I got confused with DBL cigars which is owned by Francisco Almonte who worked for Carlos Fuente and Litto Gomez. Had no idea there was DBL and BDL.

Francisco is a great guy and I love his Dominican Big Leaguer (DBL) cigars.

Looking forward to hear ram's review

I'm going to assume these are going to need a very long nap before/if they get good. But at $3 it's worth a shot. Maybe a new tuxedo or genesis

BDL Liga 5 Maduro - ROTT overall decent cigar for the price. Find it on medium plus side. Pretty much on point with their review.
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Each liga in the BDL series is intentionally designed to hit a different strength and flavor profile. Liga 5 Maduro brings a San Andres Maduro wrapper, Nicaraguan long-filler and binder. It's profoundly rich yet smooth, with a fulsome and complex flavor profile including notes of spice, coffee bean, toast, and earth. Out of the gate it offers a spicy, zesty finish with underlying pepper and sweetness. Gently box-pressed, it's medium to full in strength.

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Oh my…
A San Andres wrapper?
Z is in for a box……………fo sho…

Heh…

So what, didja buy one?

If so, which one? Or mebbe one of each blend / vitola?

If so, didja smoke it / one?

If so, anything to add to Ram's review?

If not, why not?

I bought a pack of each. I suspect they will need rest, figuring they're probly similar to AJF - solid but young.

I'll be posting up my thoughts once I get around to trying them.

$7.50/ea??
Think I’d have to pass, unless one of you guys says otherwise…

Lots of cigars I KNOW are good at that price point, that I’d buy first.
I think I’m kinda done searching for and trying new stuff.
Have 20 or so blends and vitolas that I like and buy regularly, which provides enough variety for me.

It’s called getting old….


Edit
Think I misread that Dan?
It’s for 12 cigars, no?

so...$2.50 each??? really??? only if you like all three...

worth it if you kinda like 2 of the blends, making them $3.75 ea...

but if you only like one, they're equivalent to $7.50 cigars cuz the other 12 are POS...

if you don't like any of 'em, they've wasted $45 of your hard earned cash


how bad can they be, tho? what is the last cigar that you tossed cuz it was crap? 5 Vegas Gold, Bahia Blue, Graycliff Professionale, Garcia y Vega...

I've been skeptical of <$5 cigars for a few years...almost every time I've dipped into that segment, I've come away disappointed...the only real exceptions, off the top of my head, were the Gilberto Oliva Reserva (they may sell for more now) and the Man O'War Puro Authentico

I dont like to explore the cheap stuff as much as I used to but they've gotten a big of buzz and good feedback on reddit and showed up here. May be all in the lookalike branding, may be decent.

From what I've gathered a lot of comparison is being made to AJF. I'm not a huge fan of AJ but everything I've had from him has been made well and some are good.

Also Ram says they're decent

My father in law will smoke anything and everything. Any cheap stuff I gamble on and lose goes to him and he's happy as can be.

another cigar industry veteran dude...Francisco Almonte...35 years in the industry...not sure if he was an executive or swept the floors at Fuente and LFD in the Dominican...the DBL logo is similar to, but not a blatant knockoff of the LFD brand...

Decided to try one early. Only been in my humidor a week or 2. Starting with the Connie as that's not something I typically buy. I've not eaten anything yet and just woke up an hour ago so my taste sense should be as good as its getting. It's also the first cigar in 8 days. So it should be the best way to taste a Connie.

I'll review like I do in blind review box pass. Post and edit to add things as I go.

Cold draw moderately open, pretty green/grassy flavor. Somewhat concerned it may not be ready to smoke.

First light very light flavors and smoke body. Very light. Smells pleasant. Slight peanut shell flavor but very light. Zero bite on retrohale.

Inch in even holding the cigar with my teeth as I'm using 2 hands to sharpen a knife on my stone set, there is almost no smoke coming off the foot to get in my nose or eyes. The little bit that does, doesn't sting or burn. This is an extremely mild cigar. But to be fair I've been smoking full body fill power cigars for a long time. Flavor is pleasant, absolutely zero off-putting flavors or smells. Still pretty much just a light nutty creamy flavor like peanut shells and milk. Slightly sweet, no bitterness. Ever so slight spice bite coming up on retrohale. Burn is sharp and the ash solid at an inch. Didn't fall with a light tap.

Halfway there was 10 minutes of more spicy nutty flavor but I'm starting to get a slight bitter lingering grassy taste on the back of my tongue. The aroma is starting to be less pleasant. Smoke output increased as the tar buildup in the back half starts to burn. I suspect this needed more time to acclimate and is still wet from the store.

I tossed it a little past Halfway. The lingering taste in my mouth is slightly astringent cedar or like the red paper inner shell of a peanut. No nicotine buzz.

My impression of the connie - it's a $3 yard gar. I may or may not try another after a few weeks, but I think these are going to my father in law who loves when i give him "fancy cigars" and keeps em in the fridge.

I would not buy the Connie. But I also do not typically buy or smoke connies. This has been a familiar experience for me with light cigars. I would say it is priced accordingly.

It likely is overhumidified and may be better after a few weeks. If it had no band I would've pinned it as one of General's brands, just wet from the retailer storage. But because it's not something I typically smoke, I don't think I will revisit this one.

I am looking forward to the habano and maduro but I will give them more time to rest.

$2.50 is a fair price. I got 45 minutes of enjoyment before I tossed it.

Ive certainly paid more for less