What was your first cigar?

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Originally Posted by Bruck

First cigar was probably an RG Dun or Middleton Cherry - used to burn thru those in high school some. The first "good" cigar I had was a Bering. I don't know if they're any good, or if they even make them anymore, but that was the first cigar I remember really enjoying.

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up they're still out there, several online outfits have them.
Last one I smoked was back in the 1960s...still Cubans when I first smoked them, as were most of the good cigars in the 1950s,Berings,Garcia Vega,etc.
No idea where they are being produced now tho.
But they were sure good back then...20 - 40 - 60 - 80 cents each...think they stared at about $8.00 per box then went up for the larger sizes.
About 10 days smoking per box. Seems good cigar are a tad higher priced now.
Time and tide...and cigar prices wait for no Cigarbum.

And, by the way Bering was first with the* Nub*, they sold boxes of shorts (honest that was the name, little stubby cigars. Likely no more than $5.00 per box.

Thanks for the thread Jesse ( jhedrick83)...a trip down Memory Lane for sure...going to have me burning some tobacco well into the wee small hours now.

I had the good fortune of guys with great taste usher me into the world of fine cigars. They foisted upon me El Rey Del Mundos and H Upmanns in the late 90s and if I wasn't totally sold at that point, they sold me a Cuban Punch corona and Monte #2 from their Canada run. The Monte, to this day 18 years later, is still one of the best cigars I ever smoked. Yes, it was that memorable and I distinctly remember smoking that thing to the nub.

Hav a Tampa jewels in 1966

I knew I was screwed after my first cigar when I was 16. Padron thousand series. Robusto ish size whichever that was

my first cigar was a Helix Maduro when i turned 18. The rest is now history as they say lol

Lets see here. Its only been two years, but still have to think back a bit. I believe my first was a Baccarrat, follower with an Arturo Fuente Curly Head natural. Neither of which I particularly enjoyed. For some reason I stuck with it, trying a horrible Rocky Patel Royal Vintage, several victor sinclairs, and a few gas station cigars.

What finally sold me on cigars was my first Diesel UHC. That thing knocked me around pretty good but I loved the flavor. Been hooked ever since, and the shop that sold me that first Diesel is now one of my favorite shops.

My first cigar was a Via Havana, which my friend thought was Cuban (but it's not). I then had a Macanudo Cafe Crystal, and got seriously green from it (empty stomach, nothing to drink, both a recipe for disaster).

The next cigar I had was a Camacho Connecticut Toro, which I nubbed, and enjoyed immensely. :)

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Originally Posted by Zeede

My first cigar was a Via Havana, which my friend thought was Cuban (but it's not).

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You sure, Cameron? The name clearly indicates otherwise. ;)

White Owl's were my first, they were flavored and we liked that as teenagers. Then smoked RyJ's mostly for some years on and off till I got bit by the bug and bought a humidor and samplers.