What was your first cigar?

[jhedrick83]

So @Mazin 's post got me thinking about my first cigar. In high school I remember raiding a friend's dad's humidor when he was out of town (which was like every weekend) and smoking in their hot tub. I don't remember what we would smoke, we didn't really care! That was more screwing around and thinking we were cool. The first cigar I seriously smoked were Macanudo Tubos that the coffee shop near my college apartment had in a "humidor". Looking back, they were stored in horrible conditions and I smoked them way too fast but I would always get one with some coffee for late night studying. They are what really started me down the long road to being obsessed with cigars.

So that's my long winded story. What's the first cigar you remember smoking or what cigar really turned you down the road of premium handmades?

[Lynn]

It was Dark, Fat, an still light when I picked it up, an my horizons were broadened...Even if I didnt know about horizons at the time...

[Sigaar]

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

[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.

[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!

[projectsunfire]

I honestly do not remember the very first time I had a cigar. Most likely golfing when I would just grab a whatever out of the display case in the pro shop. I think the first cigar I bought in a cigar shop was a Gurkha Warlord. Terrible cigar but they came in probably one of the coolest boxes ever

[Emperor Zurg]

I'm 99% sure it was a Swisher Sweet King purchased in a 5 pack from a gas station. Given that, is it any wonder I'm not as enthusiastic about this 'hobby' as many of you? I may have never finished the 5 pack but I tasted that awful thing in my mouth every morning for a week.

The first 'not awful' cigar I tried was a Backwoods Sweet Aromatic. Not awful but not very good.

First decent cigar I tried was a Santa Damiana Churchill purchased from a B&M with an actual humidor. I used to like them quite a bit. They were very very mild. I wonder if they still make them.

[jpalamar]

First ever was an Acid Blondie... First real cigar was a RP 1990.

[AndyCAYP]

The only cigars carried in the pro shop where my buddy worked in high school were Romeo y Julietas, so it was more than likely a Churchill. Being underaged and getting cigars at cost plus course time, club rental, and cart rental all for free, was pretty awesome to a 17 year old!

[Mazin]

Well other than an occasional acid from a shop, my first was a full Cuban Monty. I really think it was wasted on my for my first real gar but it did leave a lasting impression. Btw who knew you could get high off of a stogie lol.