Best High-End Mild smokes

[jpalamar]

Not high end but nice mild:
EPC New Wave
My Father CT
Graycliff G2

The My Father CT was a bit strong on the pepper for me.

[Aithos]

I have a few buddies I would like to introduce to the hobby. I mostly smoke maduros and full strength sticks unless I am looking for a morning smoke. I tend towards lower end smokes when I go mild.

So, I am looking for suggestions for high end mild smokes. Like real high – Davidoffs and such. I want something that will make them really take notice and say “wow, that’s a good smoke”.

I'm not sure why everyone thinks this, I had smoked some fairly expensive mild smokes (Ashton, Rocky Patel) and I never liked any of them. Honestly, it's a big reason why my New Years cigar was the only one I smoked all year. It wasn't until I had some more flavorful cigars that I really got interested. I mean I enjoyed the RyJ Vintage 1875 and Montecristo Classic and White, but the Flor de las Antillas, LADC and LP#9, Ave Maria and Oliva MB3 are the cigars that I enjoyed significantly more. I'd get some solid medium cigars and then ask them if they would like milder or fuller from there...

[HabanoMan]

It wasn't until I had some more flavorful cigars that I really got interested.

Mild, medium or full strength has absolutely nothing to do with flavor.

[Aithos]

Mild, medium or full strength has absolutely nothing to do with flavor.

This is one of the reasons I hate the terminology of this hobby.

First, he said strength but he's not talking about strength and neither am I.
Second, strength absolutely does have something to do with flavor - generally the stronger the body the more full and strong flavors you'll get.
Third, I never said a thing about strength, I specifically said flavorful and by that I meant full flavored not the types of flavors.

Finally, your post brings nothing to the conversation but bad manners - so how about in the future you keep it to yourself.

Thanks.

[Herf N Turf]

This is one of the reasons I hate the terminology of this hobby.

First, he said strength but he's not talking about strength and neither am I.
Second, strength absolutely does have something to do with flavor - generally the stronger the body the more full and strong flavors you'll get.
Third, I never said a thing about strength, I specifically said flavorful and by that I meant full flavored not the types of flavors.

Finally, your post brings nothing to the conversation but bad manners - so how about in the future you keep it to yourself.

Thanks.

Sadly for you, the guy's actually RIGHT! The distinctions he makes are completely valid and widely accepted among people WHAT ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.

You can "hate the terminology of this hobby" all you want, just as you can hate your boss, or anyone else who's your superior in life. Thing is, that doesn't change the fact that it's the vernacular of your hobby, or profession. It just IS. Get over it.

You can try to shout a more knowledgeable member down, but you can never put down SUPERIOR KNOWLEDGE.

Take some good advice, BACK OFF.

Let me try and put this in a more peaceful way.

You may not like the language of a country you love to vacation in, but the fact of the matter is, that's the language of that country. It's the same with hobbies. We may not like the specifics of how the existing hobbyists communicate, but at the end of the day, it's a tried and true method that's worked for them, and the industry, for YEARS.

It's best to learn it and work within it, than to fight it and be left out.

Just sayin'.

[Aithos]

Sadly for you, the guy's actually RIGHT! The distinctions he makes are completely valid and widely accepted among people WHAT ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.

You can "hate the terminology of this hobby" all you want, just as you can hate your boss, or anyone else who's your superior in life. Thing is, that doesn't change the fact that it's the vernacular of your hobby, or profession. It just IS. Get over it.

You can try to shout a more knowledgeable member down, but you can never put down SUPERIOR KNOWLEDGE.

Take some good advice, BACK OFF.

Let me try and put this in a more peaceful way.

You may not like the language of a country you love to vacation in, but the fact of the matter is, that's the language of that country. It's the same with hobbies. We may not like the specifics of how the existing hobbyists communicate, but at the end of the day, it's a tried and true method that's worked for them, and the industry, for YEARS.

It's best to learn it and work within it, than to fight it and be left out.

Just sayin'.

Sadly for you, you completely missed the point of what I was saying. I didn't mention strength, I mentioned flavor specifically. He chimed in to correct me about a statement I didn't make and was a dick about it without adding anything substantial to the post in the way of information. There is a good way to make a point and a bad way, his way was the latter. If he had come in and said "this is how we normally define blah blah, and this is what he meant blah blah" and was nice about it...that's a whole different story.

Now you come in here as a Moderator to tell me off and tell ME to back off? With all due respect, you need to have a bit more tact and your priorities are completely out of whack. If being "left out" is the result of expecting people to have some respect, then I'd rather be left out. Also, I take exception to you implying that he is my "superior" in any fashion. You don't know the first thing about me and quite frankly, that's insulting and I don't appreciate it.

[allusred]

While not really high end, My father Conn, a good mild one at a decent price point.

[Ropey]

Had a Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur for the first time today. Excellent, mild smoke with a fancy band. Perfect burn.

[six10]

Diamond Crown, Julius Caesar, Davidoff.

[jpalamar]

Diamond Crown, Julius Caesar, Davidoff.

THe Julius Caesar isn't a mild cigar. Delicious though.