Funny you had that experience with H Upman and the RYJ, as I found both of those brands to be inconsistent and generally overrated when I was into smoking cigars regularly.

Padron was my favorite brand overall. Superb consistency, good variety and their lower priced cigars were still excellent tasting and a really great value.

Arturo Fuente was my second favorite line, and I loved Partagas.

Ashton's are the best mild cigars made in my opinion. Better than Davidoff's or Macanudo's.

Brett Butler shared a picture of his cigars in the Tron thread. Made me crave a cigar. Now I find myself viewing this thread!

Fairly early on in my cigar smoking days I smoked a Cuban Montecristo, and boy did that ever kick my ass! Got a huge buzz.

The art on that shirt looks better than what's on some pins!

Speaking for myself, if I wasn't enjoying it after about 7-8 minutes, I'd throw it out.

So what's your guys drink of choice when smoking a cigar?

For me it a good port wine is hard to beat.

Anyone?

Me three.

That was my main smoke as well. Hard to beat Padron 3000 for the price.

You guys are killing me. I'm going to have to stop by the local shop and pick up a couple of sticks.

My concern is that those "couple of sticks" will quickly multiply. Like rabbits. Especially since I still have my humidor.

Holy cow that's a smoking hot deal!

Pun intended.

As I said earlier in the thread, the Padron 3000's were my main stick when I smoked cigars fairly regularly. To me they just gave the best flavor and consistent quality for the price of any cigar that I tried. Are there better cigars than Padron 3000's? Yes. But you are generally going to pay a lot more for a slightly better cigar experience. Of course half the fun is trying new sticks and splurging on something like an Anniversario or Opus X once in awhile, but for a regular "go to" stick, Padron 3000's are hard to beat in my opinion.

Having said all that: I have not tried Diesels.

Edit: and like PW says, when it comes to cigars, a variety is really where it's at. Nothing better than meeting up with fellow cigar aficionado's to discuss and try new sticks.

It's Padron. That's what matters.

Your damn right they did!

Way to go KINGS!

Such a quant little town.

It rained here today.

If that's not a super special occasion, I don't know what is!

CIGAR is in all caps in order to attract troll posts from people like you.

Nah, not touchy, this is a fun thread for those interested in CIGARS!

The pre-emptive apology wasn't going to prevent me calling your post what it was: a troll post. Your thought process seems to be along these lines: