Smoke that caught you by surprise - in a good way

[herman]

Some of the cigars on this thread are routinely gushed about. Not sure how they'd surprise anyone. Some others, I'm surprised there's someone out there that smoked and enjoyed them; some of the worst cigars I've tried.

For me, the Black Ops Maduro surprised me. Goofy "super-cool" band art and name, combined with a 2 dollar price tag, from that pillar of quality that is Hansotia? What could possibly go wrong? But I found it to be a nice medium bodied stick with good burn and classic maduro flavors. I only smoked through a 5-pack but I'd go back for more.

(Just reread my post and I sound like a judgemetal prick. Sorry. Probably just cranky this morning.)

For me, I had only had like 5 cigars before trying my first V. A couple RPs which everyone around my town was crazy about, but they were expensive and I didn't think they were that great like everyone raved. I had a G, which I didn't care for. I then tried the LP and was blown away. I heard the Oliva V was good, but I guess I wasn't really expecting anything for a $6 smoke after paying $10 for RP and $14 for LP that was surrounded by hype.