What was your first cigar?

[Old Smokey]

I am not sure, but I think it was either a RP Edge or a NC Montecristo white label. More than likely it was the Edge.

[six10]

Not really, sure...thinking a Garcia Y Vega from a 7-11 or similar in the mid 1980s

Same here but in the mid to late 90's. I remember grabbing the biggest ones Lol.

[gordo1473]

Macanudo Hyde park. It was horrible

[greige matter]

Swisher Sweets. Would always smoke them on my annual trip to Vegas with friends.

[Usafvet509]

First ever was a little GyV in a plastic tubo with a cork. Angry, hot, nasty POS. First real smoke that turned me down this road? A Victor Sinclair Bohemian, the red corojo one. Still want to find a couple of those to re-visit.

EDIT: I'll see your first, and raise you a head-knocker. My first head-knocker was a La Gloria Cubana Serie R maduro. Turned me 3 shades of green, but I LOVE them now

[T.E.Fox]

A wee willem! First large format cigar was a Henry Wintermans corona de luxe. First real cigar was a RyJ no1 tubos, which promptly made me green with nicotine poisoning!

[Chad Vegas]

Not really, sure...thinking a Garcia Y Vega from a 7-11 or similar in the mid 1980s

Yep, same for me! As underage teenagers we would scour for stores that would sell to us. The only store that would do it was a whole in the wall place who's most exotic sounding cigar to our young minds was Garcia Y Vega. Good times!

[Tombstone]

First cigar I purchased was the Ave Maria. First cigar my wife purchased for me was a Punisher. I was unsure about how to go about smoking a cigar so there they sat in her humidor for a bit while I read articles. I went to my B&M and asked a friend who works there what I should try first. He sold me an Alec Bradley harvest select 97. I was not sure if I had enjoyed it or not. The whole idea of breathe in smoke but not inhale it was hard for me to grasp for a bit. Now I realize most Alec Bradleys are just no my thing flavor profile wise. Now the Ave Maria and Punshier those hit the spot.

[steelman]

Mine was a pack of Backwoods. We used to get them for fishing trips. Looked just like Clint Eastwood's cigars in his westerns.

[DogRockets]

For me, like others, was the occasional Macanudo with some buddies during college and after. Nothing serious, 4-6 per year probably, just goofing around.

Then a buddy of mine was coming over to pick something up from my house that he was buying from me, probably 2010ish. The purchase price was a bottle of Maker's Mark. He also brought over 2 cigars for us to smoke with it. Alec Bradley Maxx. Life has never been the same since. That AB Maxx blew me away and I had to have more. I had bought a box of them and a wood humidor within the next month.

Now, all these years later, I still love the Maxx and always have it on hand in the now 5 foot tall wineador. A great smoke, great memory, and great thread @jhedrick83 !