Rush's Cigar Recommendations (Time To Mix Business And Culture With Some Fun Alert)

Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | 07/03/2007 | Rus

[goldstategop]

RUSH: I smoke a variety of cigars. If you've just recently started, it probably means you prefer a mild cigar. I'm just going to give you names, because I don't want to get into sizes. That's a personal preference. I'm just going to give you brands and you go pick out the size you want. Between these brands you will find quality that a new cigar smoker will thoroughly enjoy.

► Macanudo. It's very, very mild. (If you want something mild, you can't go wrong with it.)

► You also can't go wrong with Diamond Crown. They make some fabulous cigars. They're some great people out of Tampa.

► Any cigar by Arturo Fuente is terrific.

► La Gloria Cubana

► Montecristo

► Partagas No. 10 is a good cigar. (It's a little heavier than mild.)

► Ashton VSG, Virgin Sun Grown, any size. It's Dominican.

► If you can find it in the Fuente line, find a Don Carlos.

► Padròn from Nicaragua. They're fabulous cigars. They taste different than any other cigar I've ever had. Now, with Padrón you're dealing with Maduro cigars, really dark wrappers there and they can tend to be full-bodied, as it were. I don't want to say strong. I don't want to scare people away from them but everybody I've given a Padrón cigar to loves 'em.

► La Flor Dominica Double Ligero - Chisel. Now, it is the strongest cigar I have ever smoked. Do you know how I use these? When I play in member guest golf tournaments I take these and I give these in a sign of friendship and sportsmanship to my opponents, and it loops 'em out. They get dizzy; they play horribly for two or three holes and sometimes that's all it takes. It's called a "chisel" because of the way it's rolled. It looks like a chisel at the end that you clip. It's made by Litto Gomez. He's a great guy.

► Punch and Hoyo de Monterrey. It's a great line of cigars out of Honduras. (Not to be confused with the brands of the same name put out by communist-controlled Habanos s.a. of Castro's Cuba.) ► The Opus X by Fuente. It's tough to find, because the Opus X is a special cigar. It's the first cigar outside of Cuba [or as JFK pronounced it Cuber] where the wrapper, binder and filler are grown on the same plantation in the same country. The Fuentes have pulled it off, but they're very hard to find, and their distribution is -- I'm not sure what it is. If you can find one, good. Opus X is a great cigar

► The Ashton Cabinet selection is another great cigar.

Okay, I have to stop somewhere. I can't keep mentioning brand names here. I'm going to confuse everybody -- and if you're just a beginner, I don't want to overwhelm you. Now, I know a lot of people in the cigar business. (I'm big in the cigar business.) These people love me and when I start giving brands, I invariably forget some and they're hurt. I get e-mails, "You left me out, doofus!"

These are just suggestions.

[goldstategop]

OK, folks - this forum has gotten too heavy! Its time to mix fun and culture and debate the best cigar. El Rushbo is a smoker. He mentions lots of brands to choose to from. So when you sit down and light up... watch the smoke drift away. Of course, its also fun flipping the bird to the anti-smoking nazis!

[theDentist]

I’m smoking a La Gloria Cubana right now! Coincidence? I think NOT.

[martin_fierro]

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[Recon Dad]

My favorite is Avo #5.

[Publius]

I had heard that Montecristo's are rolled on the thighs of 15 year old virgins.

Is that true?

[ml/nj]

This list has been around for a while. I was a little surprised to see that it contained two of my mainstays: Punch and Padron (Rothchild Maduro & 2000 Maduro for me, in fact I had one of each today). Surprised because when he talks about the cigars he is smoking, I get the impression that it's always something that is ten dollars a stick or more. To me some of the fun is finding something for a dollar that is good. (But it's getting harder to do.)

ML/NJ

[wagglebee]

IMO, the ONLY non-Cubans that can compare to Cubans are Fuente Fuente Opus X. Ashton VSG, Fuente Don Carlos and Hemingways are close, but they aren’t as good as Cubans.

[mdittmar]

If you have the dinero(just a little spanish lingo;)Partagas is the way to go.

If not,I recommend the one I'm smoking as I type,"A totally unique blend of fine tobaccos and special flavorings",The Swisher Sweets CIGARILLO,A pack of five for $2.25 at the Little Brown Smoke Shack,or $4.95 at any 7-11,if you want to pay the government tax;)

[Fintan]

► Any cigar by Arturo Fuente is terrific.

    Absolutely. A sweet smoke.

► La Gloria Cubana

    Heaven on earth.

► Montecristo

        Eh.

► Partagas No. 10 is a good cigar. (It's a little heavier than mild.)

    Great cigars for a summer evening on the deck.

► Ashton VSG, Virgin Sun Grown, any size. It's Dominican.

    Haven't had the pleasure. But I will.

► If you can find it in the Fuente line, find a Don Carlos.

    When I retire.

► Padròn from Nicaragua. They're fabulous cigars. They taste different than any other cigar I've ever had. Now, with Padrón you're dealing with Maduro cigars, really dark wrappers there and they can tend to be full-bodied, as it were. I don't want to say strong. I don't want to scare people away from them but everybody I've given a Padrón cigar to loves 'em.

    Now we're talkin'...

► La Flor Dominica Double Ligero - Chisel. Now, it is the strongest cigar I have ever smoked. Do you know how I use these? When I play in member guest golf tournaments I take these and I give these in a sign of friendship and sportsmanship to my opponents, and it loops 'em out. They get dizzy; they play horribly for two or three holes and sometimes that's all it takes. It's called a "chisel" because of the way it's rolled. It looks like a chisel at the end that you clip. It's made by Litto Gomez. He's a great guy.

    I disagree...they're strong but not overwhelming. Great aroma.

► Punch and Hoyo de Monterrey. It's a great line of cigars out of Honduras. (Not to be confused with the brands of the same name put out by communist-controlled Habanos s.a. of Castro's Cuba.) ► The Opus X by Fuente. It's tough to find, because the Opus X is a special cigar. It's the first cigar outside of Cuba [or as JFK pronounced it Cuber] where the wrapper, binder and filler are grown on the same plantation in the same country. The Fuentes have pulled it off, but they're very hard to find, and their distribution is -- I'm not sure what it is. If you can find one, good. Opus X is a great cigar

    Any cigar from Punch or Hoyo de Monterey deserves a serious mention. Great for the drive home from work.

► The Ashton Cabinet selection is another great cigar.

    Overrated.

 

[Phantom Lord]

My favorite cigar...

Hoyo Excalibur

But then I have favorite situational cigars.

Like a mellow, long lasting one for indoor use when a lot of people are around. A nice Dunhill.

Also the Macanudo Vintage 1988 and the Partagas Vintage 1993 are excellent smokes. Unfortunatley I only have 1 of each left!

And you are all going to laugh at me, but for a cheap, lawn mowing, and yard work cigar the Rosa Cuba is an excellent buy.

[smoketree]

Joya de Nicaragua Antano 1970..very rich, strong

Da Vinci..great flavor and consistency

S.T. Dupont..mild but great flavor

Monte half coronas. small but geat flavor

[Tainan]

Exceelent excellent article. And, of course, I agree with his line-up.

Padròn from Nicaragua is one of my favorite smokes for many years. Outstanding cigar. Very dependable quality.

[himno hero]

which..one..goes..best..with..a..blue..dress?????

[Tainan]

The moistened with perspiration thighs of 15 year old virgins is what I've always been told...;)

[saganite]

I’ve smoked a lot of Cuban cigars that are basically junk. Just because it’s made in Cuba doesn’t mean it’s a good smoke.

[wagglebee]

I’ve never liked the Padrons. I bought a box of the 1926 Anniversary line a couple years ago, had one and gave the rest away.

[Clemenza]

La Gloria Cubana

Ah, for the "gloria" days when they used to role the cigars in a storefront off of SW 8th Street in Miami. Now rolled in DR due to cheaper labor costs.

[wagglebee]

Many are fakes. If you buy them by the box from a reputable dealer, you shouldn’t have that problem.

[wagglebee]

which..one..goes..best..with..a..blue..dress?????

If memory serves me, BJ prefers to "moisten" Macanudos.

[Fintan]

which..one..goes..best..with..a..blue..dress?????

 

I'll get banned for life.

[Noumenon]

Perdomo #2 - the only cigar I’ve smoked that made me wish I had a roach clip to finish it off.

[steveo]

dog rocket bump

[Wheee The People]

I like Rush and I like Dr Walter Williams even more...but I disagree on the pimping of smoking. Sue me.

[HerrBlucher]

To me some of the fun is finding something for a dollar that is good.

Hear hear....Garcia y Vega's coronas do the trick for me. Paying 10 bucks a stick is like paying $100 for a bottle of wine....my taste buds just ain't good enough to tell the difference. Besides, Two Buck Chuck won the prize....looks like the wine snobs can't tell either..:)

[Atchafalaya]

Te Amo Churchill.

[himno hero]

You..mean...

Macanudos...preferred..by..presidents!

What..a..pitch!

[chilepepper]

i disagree - the law of averages works against the cubans, whose quality varies WIDELY since Castro went wild setting up cigar factories right and left. the cigars rolled in the old, original shops in Havana are still fabulous, but you have to buy those in London, Paris or Berlin and it'll cost you $700 a box.

the best cubans are unbeatable but to get there in my experience you will have to wade through three or four mediocre cigars - one of them will be outstanding the and others rolled too tightly or have some other defect - and this with "official" Habanos S.A. from stores in Santiago Chile.

I find that the Dominican cigars (particularly the Fuentes, or try a "La Aurora Preferido" as an alternative to the Opus X) are *FAR* more consistent, and much more reasonably priced to boot.

[BillyZoom]

Just recently started playing golf and smoking cigars. Last Sunday a friend brought a couple of Macanudos. Very good.

He says the guys down at the local cigar shop deride them as the Coors Light of cigars. Reminds me of the kids back in High School who labeled anything lighter than Slayer pu**y-rock. People never change.

I smoked a Cohiba that was mighty fine too.

[Armedanddangerous]

I like the Opus X line, but damn if they arent almost as expensive as a real Cuban.

As for Hoyos..you can usually get great deals on them from www.jrcigars.com

Thats where I go, and they even have a couple of outlet malls in North Carolina.

[tlb]

Opus X Fuente Fuente Single In Stock!!! $24.95

Opus X Robusto Single In Stock!!! $24.95

Opus X Perfexcion No.2 Single In Stock!!! $32.95

http://www.cigarsdirect.com/ProductCart/pc/viewcontent.asp?idpage=1&gclid=CKHxo5aijY0CFRWOEgodAUZPpQ

for a stinky cigar that sounds insane

[Brimack34]

And then put in a Lewinsky Humidor.

[saganite]

The ones I smoke I buy in a reputable shop in Brussels. Some are good . Some aren’t. In fact my last foray into that shop I bought one Cuban and one from Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan was definitely superior. I have to confess though that the finest cigar I ever smoked was a Cuban Cohiba especiale torpedo. I can still taste it now. Nothing else has ever come close.

[cbkaty]

Finton..et al.

I was given a box of Davidoff special "R"....

Since I don't smoke, I have no idea if these are a quality gift or an insult....

Opinions?

[cgbg]

Rush recs are good.

Some of my favorites:

--CAO Brazilia

--Joya de Nicaragua Antano 1970 and Celebration

--El Rico Habano

--Licenciados

--5 Vegas Gold, Regular, Black

--Perdomo Reserve La Tradicion Champagne, Cameroon or Maduro (larger sizes)

[cgbg]

The Padrons are so popular that they are often released to the public before they are ready.

The Padron family vehemently denies that this is the case. They are great cigar makers but on this point they are just lying.

I age all Padrons two years before I smoke them. Then they are a treat.

[cgbg]

If you go to http://www.mikescigars.com you will find LGCs rolled in Miami as well as the DR ones.

[don-o]

[cgbg]

Davidoffs are quality smokes. They are just ridiculously over-priced compared to the competition.

[MarkL]

Mark

[chilepepper]

Mexican cigars are highly under rated... the truth is that almost all maduro wrapper is from Mexico, and their cigars are quite tasty.

I just tried an A. Turrent from from the San Andres area near Veracruz that was *very* good...

[cgbg]

I have been smoking a little Mexican called "Matacan" during lunch breaks at work.

They have a unique taste that grows on you.

These days many cigars mix tobacco from two, three, and four countries. So while they may be manufactured in one there is a wide variety of taste in the blends--and you are correct that the Mexicans are underrated and used in a variety of high quality cigars.

[cbkaty]

Thanks.....obviously price rarely never guarantees quality.

[ml/nj]

Garcia y Vega's coronas

I was thinking of real cigars! La Finca (Robusto, maduro) and Don Mateo (Robusto, natural) are the cheapest ones I smoke on a somewhat regular basis.

ML/NJ

[bkepley]

original shops in Havana are still fabulous, but you have to buy those in London, Paris or Berlin and it'll cost you $700 a box.

I don't know about 700.00 a box but I've probably spent 300-400.00 for cubans and yeah, they're good but if you really are interested in good take a break from smoking cigars for 6 months or so and then just get a good Fuente or something. Since I've regained my sanity I know that even the best Cubans aren't that much better nowadays.

[chilepepper]

sorry, the price of $700 a box is correct - you can buy smaller corona sized cubans for $400 a box, and cheap crap like Cuban Quinteros for even less, but those are not the first line Cubans anyway. the stuff for sale in Savile Row are handpicked from the Havana factories, not from the tire warehouses in southern Cuba converted to cigar factories selling the same "brand" and size that ships them to Cancun.

[NRA1995]

I tend to prefer either La Gloria Cubana Wavell Maduro or the CAO Brazilia Gol.

[bkepley]

sorry, the price of $700 a box is correct - you can buy smaller corona sized cubans for $400 a box,

Well 1) this was 12 years ago or so and 2) I've never liked large cigars.

[Holicheese]

A Fuente Chateau is fantastic. I also love the CAO Camaroon box press. That is out of this world.

I had a Rocky Patel Edge the other night. Really nice. Not over the top strong either.

[Holicheese]

The Serie R #4 is perfect. The #5 is too big for my taste.

What type of cigar was Bill Clinton and Monica “enjoying”?

What about the new Cigar tax that congress is pushing. Up to $10 per stick. To pay for “children’s health insurance”!

[AppyPappy]

LGC is a great cigar IF you lay it down for a year or so. They really improve. AF Curly Heads are great after a year as well. They are the scraps from AF’s Hemingways. They are horrible when they are new.