What was your Biggest Letdown

[AuTechCoM]

Here is something a little different. Not asking for the worst or best cigar ever. But what was your biggest Letdown?

I know for me it was the Oliva Serie 'V' Melanio. I had heard so many wonderful things about them, so I went out and bought a box blindly. Let them rest in my humi for a few months and then on the special day that I decided to finally give it a try. I poured myself a few fingers of a nice 15 year old scotch and headed to the front porch to indulge in what I was sure to be one awesome smoke. Everything seemed right and perfect until I started to smoke it. Now it wasn’t bad but I had built it up in my head to be something magical, and felt a little cheated.

Have you guys ever had this happen?

[Billb1960]

Here is something a little different. Not asking for the worst or best cigar ever. But what was your biggest Letdown?

I know for me it was the Oliva Serie 'V' Melanio. I had heard so many wonderful things about them, so I went out and bought a box blindly. Let them rest in my humi for a few months and then on the special day that I decided to finally give it a try. I poured myself a few fingers of a nice 15 year old scotch and headed to the front porch to indulge in what I was sure to be one awesome smoke. Everything seemed right and perfect until I started to smoke it. Now it wasn’t bad but I had built it up in my head to be something magical, and felt a little cheated.

Have you guys ever had this happen?

That's how the LP 9 was for me. Now that I know what to expect it's a good cigar but for me not worth the price and certainly not worth chasing it around. The only upside is they sell very quickly on the "secondary" market.

[gordo1473]

Every padron I smoke.

[Chadderkdawg]

Every padron I smoke.

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[Cardinal]

Funny, I was thinking Padron in general too, with the exception of one of the 1964 with the little hammer, and the 85 Years secondary band..whichever that one is. I liked that one...a lot.

Bummer on the Melanio, Jonathan, I love those.

[gordo1473]

I smoked the yellow hammer. Spent $27 on it. No unicorn farts, no Angels singing nothing. The melanio maduro are a lot better

[jhedrick83]

Mine is a Herrera Esteli. Maybe it was a dud, maybe the B&M I got it from had it too wet. It was ok, the flavors were a bit muted. It wasn't a bad cigar, it just wasn't epic like so many people had described it to me.

[herman]

I can see how that could happen with the Melanio. I really like Oliva, not because I think they're the best cigars out there, but because they are good cigars with realistic prices. For me it was the LP Undercrown. They're not bad, but being in the LP line, I was expecting another 9 or T52.

[El Whedo]

The Big Let-Down for me was Stonehaven pipe tobacco.

It was expensive and VERY hard to find, but everyone was singing it's praises for years, so I had to try it. What a let-down. It had a distinct metallic tang to it and some strange chemical taste in the background. I'd rather smoke Prince Albert.

[Sigaar]

Flor de las Antillas. Just didn't float my boat, and I've tried two of them.