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TommyBB · 12-15-2016, 06:34 AM

Y'all agree with this?
That big-budget print journal has counted down it's top cigars of the year.
cA has chosen this:
LFD Andalusian Bull hat tip to Two Guys and their The Cigar Authority publication/radio/webcast for sharing this information.

I've never had one. Stan? Jeff? Anyone else?

mrdiver · 12-15-2016, 06:51 AM

Ace's, my local shop, carries a TON of LFD's. Will have to see.
'Course, the ring gauge will be too big, so never mind.

Rob G · 12-15-2016, 12:55 PM

I reluctantly confess that I'm still a cA subscriber.

TommyBB · 12-15-2016, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob G

I reluctantly confess that I'm still a cA subscriber.

Not a thing wrong with that, Rob. We have a lot to thank cA for, they along with an influential early subscriber who has 22,000,000 listeners on radio per week, did a LOT to legitimize, again, cigar-smoking in our society some 25 years ago. Despite the success of the anti-smoking movement in the intervening time, cigar-smoking, and our lifestyle, or hobby, is still surviving despite their efforts.

I give cA a great deal of credit.

Conrad, we're the opposite, I have always liked La Flor Dominicana going back to my earliest days of smoking. I'd love a bit of extra cash to go see if I can find an El Jocko Perfecto at a local shop. Haven't had one of those in a long time, when, once, they were a favorite.

Rob G · 12-15-2016, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TommyBB

I give cA a great deal of credit.

Tommy, you're right, of course. cA has done a lot for the cigar industry. Are they perfect? No. But who is?

grtrx · 12-15-2016, 06:11 PM

I bought a box of these last week prior to the announcement, I will let you know how they smoke... providing I can find a place where butane is a gas... -20 this weekend in Chicagoland

Smokestack Jack · 12-15-2016, 12:57 PM

La Flor Dominicana is not one of my favorite brands, so I tend to stay away from them. Never heard of the Andalusian Bull.

grtrx · 12-18-2016, 07:26 PM

pre light... excellent and I do mean world class construction... solid from foot to cap... shiny dark wrapper, veiny, no spots... smell is rich deep tobacco

lights easily, perfect, easy draw

initial flavors are woody with some cedar, dark ash, sparse smoke, but mouth watering beginning

at the 1 inch point flavors build, but remain woody, smoke levels build, flavors begin to coat mouth

at 2 inches flavors build to leather and deep earthiness, construction remains rock solid, draw easy, ash dark, smoke voluminous

after mid point wrapper splits... so a note on this... smoked in my car on a day with temps starting at 3 and dropping to -1. Very dry air, which also likely impacts flavor profile.

Solid construction to end, woodiness lessens, more leathery and earthy.

Best cigar of the year? How the hell do you decide that? Good cigar - most certainly, great cigar? Maybe on a better day for smoking cigars.

Value? That depends on you.

BigJohn · 12-21-2016, 06:48 AM

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12-15-2016, 06:34 AM	#1
TommyBB Editor-in-Chief Herf God Join Date: Aug 1998 Location: Metairie, LA Posts: 86,652	The Famous Magazine's Cigar of the Year-2016 Y'all agree with this? That big-budget print journal has counted down it's top cigars of the year. cA has chosen this: LFD Andalusian Bull hat tip to Two Guys and their The Cigar Authority publication/radio/webcast for sharing this information. I've never had one. Stan? Jeff? Anyone else? __________________ +In Memory of E.Guevara(Cubano67)W.Orlando(Shadow) A.Morris (Knife) D.Odom (dodom) D.Revermann (dgr) S.Bouchard (sb1396) M.Cole (Matt76) S.Faccenda (TOJE) R.Smith(IBMer) V.Vandermeer (van55)M.Davis(boxdoctor)S.Singer(bassman)K.Doetze l (drillrk1)D.Hart(garme1962)J.Coleman(John C 81)T.Gossett(Dartplayer1)J.Bolt (jb)E.J.Ferralles(CaballoPinto)M.Cataldo(FVFanMC)K Payne(SanchoPanza)F.Seltzer(Mowee)+LB+Connor Olson+Micah Kercheval+Maggie Bonefas+Karen

12-15-2016, 12:55 PM	#3
Rob G Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Camillus, NY Posts: 16,119	I reluctantly confess that I'm still a cA subscriber. __________________ Rob If people can tell me where to smoke, I can tell them where to go, too.

12-15-2016, 06:11 PM	#6
grtrx Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 44,579	I bought a box of these last week prior to the announcement, I will let you know how they smoke... providing I can find a place where butane is a gas... -20 this weekend in Chicagoland __________________ "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption." - Guy de Maupassant

12-15-2016, 12:57 PM	#7
Smokestack Jack Herf God Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Warsaw, Mo. 65355 Posts: 13,366	La Flor Dominicana is not one of my favorite brands, so I tend to stay away from them. Never heard of the Andalusian Bull. __________________ *SSJ... Herfin' in the Heartland* I can't help it, I have an excuse. What was that excuse again?

12-18-2016, 07:26 PM	#8
grtrx Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 44,579	pre light... excellent and I do mean world class construction... solid from foot to cap... shiny dark wrapper, veiny, no spots... smell is rich deep tobacco lights easily, perfect, easy draw initial flavors are woody with some cedar, dark ash, sparse smoke, but mouth watering beginning at the 1 inch point flavors build, but remain woody, smoke levels build, flavors begin to coat mouth at 2 inches flavors build to leather and deep earthiness, construction remains rock solid, draw easy, ash dark, smoke voluminous after mid point wrapper splits... so a note on this... smoked in my car on a day with temps starting at 3 and dropping to -1. Very dry air, which also likely impacts flavor profile. Solid construction to end, woodiness lessens, more leathery and earthy. Best cigar of the year? How the hell do you decide that? Good cigar - most certainly, great cigar? Maybe on a better day for smoking cigars. Value? That depends on you. __________________ "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption." - Guy de Maupassant

12-15-2016, 06:51 AM	#2
mrdiver Herf Meister Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Clearwater, FL USA Posts: 9,931	Ace's, my local shop, carries a TON of LFD's. Will have to see. 'Course, the ring gauge will be too big, so never mind.

12-21-2016, 06:48 AM	#9
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