Worst cigar you've ever smoked

[gordo1473]

I know we have done this other places but damnitt it hasn't been done bum style!

Mine macanudo Hyde park. Was the first cigar I ever smoked and if I didn't have a friend to get me to try another cigar I would have gave it up right then and there.

Now brothers let's hear them

[Chadderkdawg]

Cao mx2

[six10]

"La Finca". Finca must translate to sour vomit hay.

[mgcrunch]

Great question! I've smoked a fair number of underwhelming cigars, but in terms of being so bad I HAD to pitch?

The two that come to mind are:

1. Nub - cameroon maybe? IDK, they're all terrible
2. CH Four Kicks. Huber made a lot of shit before he started riding My Father coat tails. Mule Kick was the exception. Drumsticks were decent.

[Lostmason]

I made the mistake of getting the Dominican Blind Sampler,you can take your pick of the worst from any of them.There is one small stick,the "Cedar Fresh",hard draw,nasty taste,disgusting flavor,great gag to see my son try to smoke it.....:glee::glee:

[gordo1473]

"La Finca". Finca must translate to sour vomit hay.

I freaking laughed out loud at sour vomit hay. Maybe one of the retailers could use that in their description

[OnePyroTec]

Chuck Norris and James Belushi's Lone Wolf Cigars.

[Lynn]

Dominican Blind Sampler I almost made that mistake the price was sweet. neighbor bought it and he is still trying to get rid of them...probably the worst I had was swisher sweet I found junking a chevy it was so bad the sweet stunk like some women's purse and the draw was so hard I almost lost a lung, no matter what I smoked and what candies I sucked on the rest of the day all I could taste or smell was that nasty swisher sweet. couldnt buy one for years after that.

[AlanS]

Hell I was probably so drunk I thought it was a good one anyway!

[Shaun]

This. Good cigar but not nearly what it's cracked up to be IMHO...

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q73/meehs/LP9.jpg (http://s133.photobucket.com/user/meehs/media/LP9.jpg.html)

[Joe k]

The last cigar that I hated was a few months back was a Latitude Zero but I think I've had a few worse then that one in the past

[Indyhp]

5 Vegas Gold Maduro, hands down. Truly awful.

[Tobias Lutz]

I'm going to have to say a 5-Vegas. Nothing from them has knocked my socks off, but a couple have been plain bad.

[CigarEnthusiast]

Great question! I've smoked a fair number of underwhelming cigars, but in terms of being so bad I HAD to pitch?

The two that come to mind are:

1. Nub - cameroon maybe? IDK, they're all terrible
2. CH Four Kicks. Huber made a lot of shit before he started riding My Father coat tails. Mule Kick was the exception. Drumsticks were decent.

NUb Cameroons are amazing. IDK what you talking about buddy
Gonna agree with Toby. 5 Vegas Gold Maduro I think it was. Absolute crap. Wouldn't burn. Even with a torch right next to it.

[Brent Strande]

I smoked a Cohiba Red Dot last night and towards the final third it turned to a sharp, sour, acidic taste...

What could have caused that??

[Bruck]

I made the mistake of getting the Dominican Blind Sampler,you can take your pick of the worst from any of them.There is one small stick,the "Cedar Fresh",hard draw,nasty taste,disgusting flavor,great gag to see my son try to smoke it.....:glee::glee:

I was just looking at that today on the devil site. I thought, no, probably a bunch of POS sticks nobody else would voluntarily pay money for. Thanks for confirming my judgment :)

[Bruck]

5 Vegas Maduro, hands down. Truly awful.

I'm generally pretty pleased with 5 vegas as a solid cheapie, but there's something truly awful with their gold maduro :upset:

[Lostmason]

I was just looking at that today on the devil site. I thought, no, probably a bunch of POS sticks nobody else would voluntarily pay money for. Thanks for confirming my judgment :)
Save your money and your palette.

[Jordan23]

I love threads like this. It just shows how different everyone is.

The 5 vegas sticks I've tried-the "A" and the "Miami" have been solid, IMO.

I remember when I got my first humidor. I bought a sampler of some house blends from Thompson (or maybe famous smoke shop)....those were absolutely the worst sticks I've had.

[jhedrick83]

For a long time it was a Romeo y Julieta reserva (nc) that came in a gift set with a flask. The most sour cigar I've ever had. Silver lining, a nice leather wrapped flask.

A few years ago I was handed a Pirates Gold. I literally had 5-6 puffs and wanted to throw up. I would rather have sweat from a true bum drip in my mouth than one of those. Vile things. That's the worst by far.

[penna stogey]

Hell I was probably so drunk I thought it was a good one anyway!

Same here, who cares smokem if you gotem

[Billb1960]

This one:

http://www.cigarsinternational.com/cigars/11654/nestor-reserve-maduro/#p-13901

Not the flavor but it's just impossible to get a decent burn out of it. Most frustrating cigar I've ever smoked. I think I paid $7 for a 5er on CBid and I still feel ripped off.

[Coasty]

A few years back I was the proud winner on cbid. Got a 5'er of Flor del Todo for $3. Well that should have been the tip off. Four of the group fell apart, leaving me with one and only one, thank GOD, that appeared to be smokeable. Nope, crap, discusting, did I say CRAP? Try as I may, and I gave this crap stick at least 30 seconds and two puffs (no pun intended) before I tossed it in the fountain.

And then there was the Gurkha Class Regent. About three years ago I won a 5'er also on the devil site. Now I'm here to tell ya, I am a Gurkha fan and I do enjoy quite a few of their sticks. However the Regent also got a bath. I haven't tried the new batch they have out. Perhaps, some bum will give me one someday and save me a couple of bucks.

[Horseshoe]

A CurlyHead Deluxe or Quorom. Both were beyond gross to me. Both were tossed less than 1/2" in.

[MattyMatt]

Tatuaje La Casita Criolla. Tasted like a pencil. I tried 2 out of a 5er. Both times chucked it less than halfway through.

[Lynn]

A CurlyHead Deluxe or Quorom. Both were beyond gross to me. Both were tossed less than 1/2" in.

now this is how peoples tastes are so defining and so different, to be mind boggling..I actually like the Quorum Robusto buying at least 2 bundles a month, just always been a no waste smoke for me right down to chewing the cap as I work...

[DogRockets]

Fuente Curly Head Deluxe hands down

[DogRockets]

Tatuaje La Casita Criolla. Tasted like a pencil. I tried 2 out of a 5er. Both times chucked it less than halfway through.

Got the other 3? I love that stick! Want to trade?

[Hardheaded]

A CurlyHead Deluxe or Quorom. Both were beyond gross to me. Both were tossed less than 1/2" in.

I will second the CurlyHead Deluxe. It just has a funky taste I can't enjoy. For the price of them I can grab better smojes as well, at least what they price them for locally.

[Nature]

Tierra del Sol, by Perdomo. Early on in my intro to cigars. Had others Perdomo's that were fine to me prior. I wasn't disappointed the thing disintegrated halfway through. A yard-gar for sure.... in the compost pile.

[MattyMatt]

Got the other 3? I love that stick! Want to trade?

They went to my local B&M for Cigars for Warriors.

[Yarddog]

For me, probably the time I lit up a good stogie in the truck for the 90 mile commute home...forget the brand, but it was no doubt something in the $10-12 range...by the time I got to Carpenteria from Goleta, I had to pull over in the McDonald's parking lot and toss...man...never had that happen before!

[D307P]

I know a lot of people like them, but for me it was the DE Kentucky Fire Cured

[Tman]

Tatuaje La Casita Criolla. Tasted like a pencil. I tried 2 out of a 5er. Both times chucked it less than halfway through.

I almost forgot about this one! Yeah, this is the only Tatuaje that I would not buy again.

[Tman]

Brickhouse for me. It tasted like someone rolled up a horse dung.

[jhedrick83]

I almost forgot about this one! Yeah, this is the only Tatuaje that I would not buy again.

I hate to hear this. I love Conn. Broadleaf and I have a 5'er I picked up recently so I can try them, it's resting for a couple weeks more. Maybe I'll like them, who knows.

[Bruck]

I think there's a bimodal distribution on this thread - one is actual worst-ever cigars, and the other is the serious disappointments masquerading as premium cigars. I've had plenty of the latter, but for the former, I would have to say it's a bundle I bought at a little shop in rural Honduras in the 90s. It was something like the equivalent of a few bucks for a bundle of 16 or 20. My tastes were not at all refined at the time, but this one tasted like I was smoking mud. Stuck it out for about half of one, got a splitting headache, and pitched the whole lot of them.

With cigars, you don't always get what you pay for, but you never get what you don't pay for!

[B daddy]

I almost forgot about this one! Yeah, this is the only Tatuaje that I would not buy again.

Damn, I just bought a fiver thinking "it's a tat. How bad could it be?"

[Tman]

Damn, I just bought a fiver thinking "it's a tat. How bad could it be?"

It's not horrible, but it left me scratching my head. I too tasted that "pencil" flavor. :confusion:

[MattyMatt]

I hate to hear this. I love Conn. Broadleaf and I have a 5'er I picked up recently so I can try them, it's resting for a couple weeks more. Maybe I'll like them, who knows.

Some people like them....you may too. Everyones palate is different. I didn't stumble upon the bad (pencil taste) reviews until after I bought them. And that is what I tasted. It is 100% broadleaf (wrapper, binder, filler)....can anyone chime in if that is the reason for the pencil taste, too much connecticut broadleaf?

[UncleFesterESQ]

Bought a bundle of Indian Tabac Super Fuerte a few years ago. WORST burn and taste of any cigar I'd ever had. Kept at them, thinking that as they aged they may come around. Never happened. An awful experience that kept on giving.

As for Vegas 5, in general, not great BUT I have enjoyed the Cask Strength Firkins.

[Usafvet509]

Worst ever? Hmmm. CI' LGC knockoff. Metallic and funky tasting. Gurkha's are better tasting than that one

[Entropydave]

I have yet to consume anything that resembles the autopsy runoff you folks have smoked..... my worst seems to be the ones that leave me a bit 'meh'....
I probably blank out any bad ones or I have a totally undiscerning palate.

[Will46r]

Ummm read my dogrocketeathon.... some cigar shaped thkng with a USMC band from a Dominican brown bag sampler. Was like chewing on a fresh cut oine limb.

[Horsefeathers]

Had a Macanudo Gold Bar that tasted like sour butter. Blech!

[04EDGE40]

I think people are confusing "disappointing" with "worst" somehow. Everyone has different tastes, so someone, somewhere is going to be disappointed with literally every cigar made. There's someone out there who will think OpusX is blah, even though the majority will appreciate it for a fine cigar. Same with Ligas, high-end Davidoffs, Tats, Anejo, and all other cigars generally accepted as "high end" premiums.

To me the Jericho Hill I smoked was incredibly disappointing. It wasn't "bad" just because it didn't meet expectations. It was still a good cigar, but I wouldn't pay that price point again for it.

Anyway, just felt like griping because I see people using this thread (the same happened on the Puff version, to a greater extent even) to dog on a premium they didn't enjoy as much as everyone else did.


But to get back to the thread, the worst cigar I've ever tried was a Victor Sinclair Connecticut Yankee. My head was pounding after getting about 1/2" in to the thing. And in that 1/2" I needed another relight... I chucked it in the yard where it stayed until the next time I mowed. Apparently the squirrels, possums, raccoons, and whatever else roams my back yard didn't want it either. If my yard starts growing the tobacco leaves they used in that cigar I'm going to be pissed.

[Bernardini]

Garo Double Habano. When first starting out, I bought a bundle based off of reviews on CI (I know, I know...I said I just started out!) Had one ROTT, tasted like mud. Waited a couple of months, still tasted like mud. Went back a year later, tasted like well rested mud, plus was bitter. The ones that were left went into a fire pit, didn't feel right giving them away.

[Shaun]

This. Good cigar but not nearly what it's cracked up to be IMHO...

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q73/meehs/LP9.jpg (http://s133.photobucket.com/user/meehs/media/LP9.jpg.html)

Whoops! I just noticed that I posted this in the "Wost Cigar" thread. I thought I was posting in the "Didn't Live Up to the Hype" (or whatever) thread. My apologies! This is the only LP9 I've ever smoked and it was a good cigar. A very good cigar even! It's jus tthat my expectations were very high based on all of the raves. I think I like the Undercrown better to be honest.

[izkeh]

Tamboril. I can STILL taste that horrid "cigar" and I smoked it back in 1998. It was as though a large cat ate some rotting woodland creature, crapped it out, someone in the DR put a white band on it and sold it in the US. I bought a whole box of them thinking I was scoring some deal. After smoking about half of that turd I went home, opened the box, and took GREAT pleasure in snapping each of the remaining "cigars". Not only snapping them in two but also reducing them to dust. That's how angry I was with that box of cigars. God did they suck sooooooooo bad. That almost turned me off of cigars.....almost.

[b4z00k4]

Toss up between CAO CX2 and Alec Bradley Tempus.

I didn't get past a third of either of these. They were horrible.

[tgould55]

RyJ 1875 Bully. I've only tossed maybe three sticks, but none as quickly as I tossed this.

God, it was bad.

[TCBSmokes]

About a year ago, a Victor Sinclair 55 Series Red cigarillo. It was like inhaling hot, wet, tar that got so stuck in my lungs I didn't touch another cigar for three days. BTW, I still have nine of 'em left. lol.

[Myfirstandlastname]

Impromptu Holy Grail and the Brickhouse Natural... Ugh

[Ropey]

Gurkha Beauty. Literally would not light. Torched the hell out of it and it would not burn.

[Ilroy]

Hatuey rothschild maduro from their farmers blends. The natural is smokable, but the maduro was just plain foul.

[04EDGE40]

I have to add another that gets praise, but I found to be possibly one of the worst I've ever tried...

JDN Cabinetta. Juan Martinez says it's his go-to smoke, and I love that guy. But to be honest this cigar made my head hurt and tasted like the smoke from burning leaves in your yard. I'd like to try it again and hope it was just a dud, because I absolutely LOVE the Red and the Antano 1970, but wow was that cigar bad.

[wabashcr]

I know a lot of people like them, but for me it was the DE Kentucky Fire Cured

I agree with this. I got a 10-pack of the Kyotos on cbid for fairly cheap, tried to smoke 2 of them, and gave the rest away. The fire cured campfire/burning leaves taste just isn't for me.

[ChiefIlliniwek]

AB Maxx Brazil - the first one I smoked tasted like I burned the entire cigar in my ashtray, and then threw it in my mouth. I just did not enjoy it at all. The second one I smoked, months later, was much better.
5 Vegas Gold maduro - this has been well documented. I don't even know how many times I relit this thing. Tasted horrible by the end of the cigar. I actually enjoy their classic, gold, and high primings lines. Granted, I smoke most of those as yard-gars, but still.
Acid Kuba Kuba - Ick.
My brother in law gave me a sampler of cigars for Christmas a few years back. One was a Big Butt. I let it sit in my humidor for two or three years because I was so afraid to smoke it. That thing was the most horrible, vile thing I have ever tasted. I don't know how I finished it. I don't know why I finished it.

[Myfirstandlastname]

About a year ago, a Victor Sinclair 55 Series Red cigarillo. It was like inhaling hot, wet, tar that got so stuck in my lungs I didn't touch another cigar for three days. BTW, I still have nine of 'em left. lol.

You don't mean inhale as in, into your lungs?

[B daddy]

About a year ago, a Victor Sinclair 55 Series Red cigarillo. It was like inhaling hot, wet, tar that got so stuck in my lungs I didn't touch another cigar for three days. BTW, I still have nine of 'em left. lol.

I agree. It's close, but this stick is my all time icky yuck cigar. (A certain "high end" line is my honorable mention.). Those VS 55s are some shitty tasting cigars. The price is tempting but my one piece of advice to new smokers would be "dont waste your time with Victor Sinclair."

[LivingDeadGuy]

a CAO coffee i think thats what its called......ISH

[spyder]

This would be a tie between a Big Butt robusto and Lars Tetens Phat Shorty.
The BB was horrible in both taste (metallic ash) and construction (tunneled like a gopher).
The LT was like smoking a bottle of Aqua Velva.

[Branzig]

Pirates Gold....kinda tasted like smoking sour milk.

[TCBSmokes]

You don't mean inhale as in, into your lungs?

No, I don't inhale, but there was some respiratory irritation and an awful taste I couldn't shake for days. Glad it wasn't my first ever smoke. Lol.

[MoreBeer]

Nica Libre Potencia. Hands down winner and overall POS. In fact, this cigar gives $hit a bad name. I've had many hideous sticks but it doesn't get much worse than this.

[Tombstone]

Victor sinclair primeros.

[jpalamar]

Everything from 5 Vegas.

[bluenoser]

had a Gurkha Viper once... then I understood

[Ropey]

Ummm read my dogrocketeathon.... some cigar shaped thkng with a USMC band from a Dominican brown bag sampler. Was like chewing on a fresh cut oine limb.
That is truly a classic cigar thread. I made the mistake of purchasing not one but two of those. [emoji87]

[c.ortiz108]

A toss-up between the asbestos-wrapped 5 Vegas Gold Maduro, and the giant cigarette Cohiba Red Dot.

[thechasm442]

Gurkha trident. Won't stay lit, when it does the burn is awful. Not to mention the awesome flavor of burning cardboard.

I hear they recently got marked down from $500 a box to $8 a fiver though.

[cheaphumidors]

"La Finca". Finca must translate to sour vomit hay.

I actually like the flavor of the La Finca, but the Corona has a terrible draw.

[cheaphumidors]

For a long time it was a Romeo y Julieta reserva (nc) that came in a gift set with a flask. The most sour cigar I've ever had. Silver lining, a nice leather wrapped flask.

A few years ago I was handed a Pirates Gold. I literally had 5-6 puffs and wanted to throw up. I would rather have sweat from a true bum drip in my mouth than one of those. Vile things. That's the worst by far.

Teehee, I've never tried one, but those things sell like CRAZY!

[cheaphumidors]

Mutineer Black Label, it is an extremely rare thing for me to put out a cigar, I always want to give it a chance to redeem itself in the final third...I couldn't make it through this one.

[herman]

My worst I feel I should give a second chance because they get good reviews, and people seem to like them:

CAO Brazilia

I picked it up at a liquor store along with some Atlantico rum.

The only way I can describe it is sour milk.
I made it half way and gave up because I felt like I fell for a practical joke.
I tried rinsing the taste out of my mouth with listerine, only to get the taste of sour milk and listerine stuck in my mouth.

[Chadderkdawg]

My worst I feel I should give a second chance because they get good reviews, and people seem to like them:

CAO Brazilia

I picked it up at a liquor store along with some Atlantico rum.

The only way I can describe it is sour milk.
I made it half way and gave up because I felt like I fell for a practical joke.
I tried rinsing the taste out of my mouth with listerine, only to get the taste of sour milk and listerine stuck in my mouth.

CAO has come up quite a bit in this thread, myself included.

[herman]

Well I know a lot of people enjoy them. I try to shy away from these threads, because had that cigar been gifted to me, I would have felt like a jerk, but at the same time it's interesting how many varied opinions there are. I'm willing to try again, it may have just been a bad stick sitting in a poor glass display humi.

[AuTechCoM]

For me I would have to say it is a toss up between the Macanudo Hyde Park and something out of a glass top box.

*****EDIT*****

Oh wait I almost forgot about the CAO VR Mural. That was just godawful .

[Anthony]

I have to add another that gets praise, but I found to be possibly one of the worst I've ever tried...

JDN Cabinetta. Juan Martinez says it's his go-to smoke, and I love that guy. But to be honest this cigar made my head hurt and tasted like the smoke from burning leaves in your yard. I'd like to try it again and hope it was just a dud, because I absolutely LOVE the Red and the Antano 1970, but wow was that cigar bad.

I was also really bummed out by this smoke. I like the Red and 1970 (but not the Dark Corojo). I have a couple left that will probably sit in my humi for a long, long time.

[Billb1960]

I had the worst cigar I've ever smoked last night. I actually put it down after less than inch it was so bad. The only description I can offer is it tasted like smoking a used diaper. It was gifted to me at a dinner/cigar event at a local winery. The owner of the winery knows nothing about cigars and there was no band. It was a maduro wrapped toro described only as a "Dominican maduro". Decent looking stick, well constructed but yee gawd what a horrible experience.

[Anthony]

Puros Indios Siembra de Oro Palma Real Maduro. I won 5 for $4. Pitched shortly after lighting. Just awful.

[Chigars]

Cant really remember but Im sure it was something from Alec Bradley!!

[DLtoker]

Gurkha Fury. Tasted like a dog rocket, literally. :disgust:

[Upstatemax]

Gurkha Fury. Tasted like a dog rocket, literally. :disgust:


Lol, I smoked one last night...

It was a serious POS.

[JasonBCP]

With cigars, you don't always get what you pay for, but you never get what you don't pay for!

I like this, may have to steal it...:stogie:

[DLtoker]

Lol, I smoked one last night...

It was a serious POS.

Haha. Might as well call it a Furry...

[Schatzman]

Trelos psaria from quesada

[Demuths1770]

Gurkha idk what!! actually i think it was given to me in a trade from lvfcrook1503 when he was new to the hobby!! BTW he has since made up plus some for that!!!!!!

[lvfcrook1503]

Gurkha idk what!! actually i think it was given to me in a trade from lvfcrook1503 when he was new to the hobby!! BTW he has since made up plus some for that!!!!!!

lmao I'm buying you more Gurkhas for Christmas this year

[lvfcrook1503]

For me was probably a DE Egg....tasted like cardboard lol

[Demuths1770]

lmao I'm buying you more Gurkhas for Christmas this year

You know I can make this package this weekend weight a lot and I'm not talking with cigars. Hang on..........................................…..... .................................................. .................sorry had to go clean the litter pan :stogie: