I'm a contrary-type person by nature, so I always like a good Gurkha thread! I think they put out some pretty good cigars, and some crap. I liked the Class Regent, Symphony, Beast and one or two others. Master Select and Beauty were meh, but for $2 were way better than a lot of other cheap sticks (and a hell of a lot better than the Oliva O I had last night.... review to come). The Status was terrible.

One thing a lot of people don't get is that Gurkha doesn't actually make their own cigars. A.J. Fernandez makes the Park Ave. and Sherpa, Abe Flores makes the 125th. So some are going to suck and others not. It's the MSRP and the hype that make people hostile to the brand, but in the end they might be losing out on some good cheap sticks.