Digger. Took about 3 hrs. Head was spinning.
Once when I was a kid I smoked one of those massive souvenir cigars just to do it. Not sure the actual size but it looked like a small baseball bat. Pretty much burned a hole clear through my tongue :)
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Digger. Took about 3 hrs. Head was spinning.
Once when I was a kid I smoked one of those massive souvenir cigars just to do it. Not sure the actual size but it looked like a small baseball bat. Pretty much burned a hole clear through my tongue :)
Size does matter..hint hint...coronas,.lonsdales, and lanceros are the best.
I have some man o war ruination 60's and I rarely smoke one.
The issues I have with massive cigars is that they take forever to smoke, the burn is hard to keep level on a 60+, and usually cost more (especially here where tobacco is taxed by weight). Besides that I can't see how a manufacturer could fill thousands upon thousands of these giant sticks with top notch tobacco - there has to be a compromise there somewhere. I've had a few 5x60s which is about my limit. Churchills are in a similar boat, but I'd favour them because of the RG reduction. I enjoy NUBs but only because they are only short and fit better with my time frame for smoking. I do want to get a 10x60 or somesuch one day just to have for a conversation piece, or to hit a burglar with :lol:
Had a 6x60 once, but it was loosely filled so smoking time wasn't very long. Not long ago I tried a CAO MX2 Toro that was won in a contest here...It was a nice smoke until about 2 1/4 hours in I started feeling the nic attack and had to put it down. It probably had another 20 minutes or so left on it. I have a handful of similarly sized sticks in waiting, but they'll be smoked only when I have a couple hours to do nothing else. Lately I've been more drawn to 50rg and smaller, and no longer than 5 1/2". I guess I don't like the feeling of having a donkey dong in my mouth. :stogie:
I won't go above 60rg anymore. A box-press 60 I might consider since it's not truly 60 - it's a little smaller, know what I mean?
Right around 50rg is the sweet spot. Haven't really gotten into the lanceros yet.
Store-roll bought for me in Miami (at Cuba Tobacco Cigar Co. on Calle Ocho) by my brother-in-law. I'm not sure what the "official" size was supposed to be. That's a Los Blancos 9 lancero next to it for size comparison - no forced perspective:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k...2/IMG_7880.JPG
It was actually one of the best cigars I've ever had. Very smooth and complex. It didn't take as long as I thought it might to smoke, either. Very enjoyable experience.
This. Still in my coolidor and just haven't set fire to it yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocket Scientologist
Largest I've ever smoked was a Room 101 Big Payback, a 7x70. It was a gift from my host at a herf, he handed them to us all at the beginning, so we all smoked them. It was not nearly as bad as I thought it would be, but I have no desire to smoke another one.
The longest I have resting is probably a Partagas Lusitanias (7.6"), the widest is probably a Behike 54, at 54rg (obviously). Nothing larger than that in my stock that I can think of.
I have a DPG Blue "A" that's been resting in the top shelf of my humi forever since that's the only place it'll fit. Cello is pretty brown, so maybe it's time has come.
The Tatuaje Reserva "A" is also a fine smoke. I bought a box of ten when they first came out in the early 2000's and enjoyed every single one of them when I had the time.
Not a fan of anything over 54 RG, with a few exceptions. I prefer 40-48 for most of my smokes. Better burn, faster aging/stabilization, more comfortable in hand and mouth, better representation of a blend...
I don't smoke too often so I like my smoke to last.
50ish rg 4.5-5.5" is an awesome size for me.
Never cared to try anything bigger and still experimenting smaller.
I do have 1 6x60 in my humidor and it's kind of annoying cause it's too big to want to light, but I really wish I would because it takes up so much space!