What was your first cigar?

[Tombstone]

First cigar I purchased was the Ave Maria. First cigar my wife purchased for me was a Punisher. I was unsure about how to go about smoking a cigar so there they sat in her humidor for a bit while I read articles. I went to my B&M and asked a friend who works there what I should try first. He sold me an Alec Bradley harvest select 97. I was not sure if I had enjoyed it or not. The whole idea of breathe in smoke but not inhale it was hard for me to grasp for a bit. Now I realize most Alec Bradleys are just no my thing flavor profile wise. Now the Ave Maria and Punshier those hit the spot.

[steelman]

Mine was a pack of Backwoods. We used to get them for fishing trips. Looked just like Clint Eastwood's cigars in his westerns.

[droy1958]

A buddy of mine was selling cigars. I think it was 1995ish. He turned me on to his secret stash from ISOM that he had in his desktop humidor. I grabbed a Romeo y Julieta Churchill. I got higher than a Georgia pine, but ended up smoking cigars and enjoying them...

[DogRockets]

For me, like others, was the occasional Macanudo with some buddies during college and after. Nothing serious, 4-6 per year probably, just goofing around.

Then a buddy of mine was coming over to pick something up from my house that he was buying from me, probably 2010ish. The purchase price was a bottle of Maker's Mark. He also brought over 2 cigars for us to smoke with it. Alec Bradley Maxx. Life has never been the same since. That AB Maxx blew me away and I had to have more. I had bought a box of them and a wood humidor within the next month.

Now, all these years later, I still love the Maxx and always have it on hand in the now 5 foot tall wineador. A great smoke, great memory, and great thread @jhedrick83 !

[jhedrick83]

For me, like others, was the occasional Macanudo with some buddies during college and after. Nothing serious, 4-6 per year probably, just goofing around.

Then a buddy of mine was coming over to pick something up from my house that he was buying from me, probably 2010ish. The purchase price was a bottle of Maker's Mark. He also brought over 2 cigars for us to smoke with it. Alec Bradley Maxx. Life has never been the same since. That AB Maxx blew me away and I had to have more. I had bought a box of them and a wood humidor within the next month.

Now, all these years later, I still love the Maxx and always have it on hand in the now 5 foot tall wineador. A great smoke, great memory, and great thread @jhedrick83 !

Honestly it was probably a Muriel Air Tip
My dad wad a piper and occasionally smoked the odd cigar but always with a tip so that's what I could "borrow" back when I was a young lad.
Buying my own would have been some Garcia Y Vega from the gas station and eventually I hit the big time to Macanudo.

Neat thread Jesse

Thanks guys. I used the think the dried out Macs were awesome. Once I went to a b&m and had someone show me how to properly smoke a cigar, it was all over man. I spent every free cent trying everything that b&m had in stock.

It's always good to keep in mind that we bag on Dog Rockets now, but most of us wouldn't be here without them. Not referring to Uncle Dogrockets, but the cheap cigars.

[WNYTONY]

Honestly it was probably a Muriel Air Tip
My dad wad a piper and occasionally smoked the odd cigar but always with a tip so that's what I could "borrow" back when I was a young lad.
Buying my own would have been some Garcia Y Vega from the gas station and eventually I hit the big time to Macanudo.

Neat thread Jesse

[AlanS]

Working at a small country store/gas station with a two mile walk to the bus I started smoking the good $h!t on my hikes. You know SWISHERS the good $h!t, damn they were good too. Just over forty years since I had one, suppose theyre still as tasty? Let me know.

[six10]

Yeah I think it was these. I remember being nervous buying them for first time because I new absolutely nothing about cigars.

I think I repurchased them like three times and then eventually made my way into their small walk-in humidor (smoke shop).

Then the first premium cigar a few weeks later was a Romeo Julietta Vintage second with really yellow cello. That was the cigar that really opened my eyes.

Went back to my cigar shop and bought the remaining 18 or something, then a humidor, then repeated the process ~ just ~ a few ~ times.

[OldSkoolTarHeel]

The first I had was either a Drew Estate Natural Pimp Stick, or a Diesel Unholy Cocktail was the first premium cigar I ever smoked. Whatever it was, it had a year of rest on it, and it was good enough to get me to try more.

[Rocket Scientologist]

I'm pretty sure my first cigar was a Helix I bought from the cigar shop in downtown Annapolis. I don't even think I tried Swisher or Black & Mild until after that.

I attribute my turn down the road of premium cigars to the Rocky Patel Candela.