I admit I'm basically a Drew Estate bitch. Kuba Kuba for life baby.

I also enjoy the Undercrown and Man O War series and basically anything that's handed to me. I gave away most of my collection when I moved because I just don't smoke at all anymore really. But I kept about 100 sticks. I keep them at 70% Humidity, but don't control the temperature as much as I should to be honest.

I didn't realize valis was such a high class individual. I haven't seen that series or maybe it's above my price range. I mostly smoke at our local shop, and have been trying a little bit of everything in the 6-10$ range.

Some of my recent favorites:
Perdomo Lot23
SAN cristobal revelation
Casa de Cuba divine inspiration
Anything la aroma de Cuba

Valis is the most interesting man in the world. He once hitchiked 2400 miles to play in a FTF Bourse Diplomacy tournament.

I believe it!

I've managed and consulted for cigar shops across the country and down to cuba. I've toured 14 separate tobacco plantations in the course of my job, from small-batch to mass production. I've tasted, smoked, and breathed more cigars in the past five years than you will in your entire life. I've had Drew Estate enough to know that I will not buy it when there are distinctly superior, less cost-inflated cigars on the market. Now if you're buying it for the name, and to brag to your pissant little friends about the pack of Drew Estate you've got in your cupboard from three christmases ago, that's fine, but if you're smoking cigars for the taste and the experience, you'll fucking listen to someone who's profession it is to provide that.

Lmao

I'm not a cigar connoisseur like Valis (apparently), but I also enjoy Romeo y Juliete. I also smoked a pipe for a while, which was fun, but not really worth the hassle, imho.

Abgemacht any recommendations to try in the 10$ range?

I'm no "aficionado" by any sense of the word (prior to an hour ago, I hadn't smoked since summer), but I like a few of the cheaper ones by Padron and the Legado de Pepin, personally. I have never spent more than $8-10 on a cigar and usually stop myself well short of that. I also liked the Trinidad Reyes I had once, but I haven't found those in a store.

Both Romeo y Juliet and Monte Cristo have a lot of cigars between $5-$20. I've enjoyed most if them.

@abge, weren't you going to start a hand cigar rollling school too