best over the counter cigar brand

emmet the rover

whats your opinion of the best of the generally available cigars from supermarkets, newsagents ect

htcocacola

Henri wintermans half corona are a good one and easy to pick up most places

Faith+1

King edward specials for me. Can't beat having one with a cup of coffee :cool:

Partagas

Not many I'm afraid, If you manage to find a well stocked Off Licence, they will have a Humidor on display, should be able to pick up a Decent Cuban for around a Tenner...

nanook

Partagas wrote: »

Not many I'm afraid, If you manage to find a well stocked Off Licence, they will have a Humidor on display, should be able to pick up a Decent Cuban for around a Tenner...

+1

Have to say a Cuban flying pig, robusto, is a show finisher for me.

TomCo

nanook wrote: »

+1

Have to say a Cuban flying pig, robusto, is a show finisher for me.

Aren't the flying pig cigars Nicaraguan blends?

OldGoat

Yep, it's not Cuban. The filler is a blend of Dominican, Honduran and Nicaraguan. Nice smoke though but I'm a sucker for a maduro.

nanook

TomCo wrote: »

Aren't the flying pig cigars Nicaraguan blends?

Did not know that, I got the lst couple from the Shop in Grafton St (do not want to break any rules) and i thought it was cuban.

My god they are a nice cigar. good draw and decent taste.

Have one more in the humidor.

The Hill Billy

You won't be breaking any rules by naming a shop where you purchased cigars.

tHB

nanook

The Hill Billy wrote: »

You won't be breaking any rules by naming a shop where you purchased cigars.

tHB

I have to pay for them so until they sponsor my discreet pleasure, I aint naming them

OldGoat

If the shop is on Graft it kinda narrows the choice down to...1. :-)

face1990

OldGoat wrote: »

If the shop is on Graft it kinda narrows the choice down to...1. :-)

There's 3 as far as I know. Cigar emporium, Peterson's & Fox's

nanook

The smell of cigars and freshly ground coffee. It's like heaven.

If you could smoke one then it would be.

OldGoat

face1990 wrote: »

There's 3 as far as I know. Cigar emporium, Peterson's & Fox's

Arn't Foxs and Patersons on College Green? Or have I been misnaming that street all my life?
/Runs to Google Map

face1990

OldGoat wrote: »

Arn't Foxs and Patersons on College Green? Or have I been misnaming that street all my life?
/Runs to Google Map

I'm afraid you have been! Grafton Street starts at the junction with College Green (i.e. the junction in front of Trinity's main gate), not just the pedestrianised bit.
The reason I know is that the businesses along that stretch are often eager to point out their grafton street address!

OldGoat

Embarrassed now.
Oh well, as Mod here I'll just nip back to my earlier posts and delete them to hide my shame.

BeerNut

Or change your name to GoatOfInsufficientAgeToRememberGraftonStreetAsOneContinuousUnpedestrianisedStretch

OldGoat

I'm old enough to remember being stuck in traffic jams on Grafton Street.
I just assumed that Grafton Street ended at the Suffolk Street junction. Then again I never really learned Dublin geography. Everywhere was landmarked by drinking holes. The end of Grafton Street was defined by "It's near Bruxelles, before you get to O'Neills. If you reach the Bankers you've gone too far."

BeerNut

Transjudgeroybeania. North Thingmoteistan.