I always enjoyed the occasional cigar (normally a Macanudo - the worlds best selling cigar!) during college and my first few years after. Then one day a buddy of mine brought over an Alec Bradley Maxx for me to smoke as a thank you for something I had done for him. That cigar was so incredibly different than any of the mild cigars I had ever had and I knew I had to have more. That next week I bought a humidor and a box of Maxx. All these years later its still one of my favorite cigars and my humidor, while much larger now, always has a box of Maxx in there.