There's a joke here someplace.....

My first was an unbanded, rum infused cigar that a buddy gave me while we were watching a Mike Tyson fight back in college. I thought it was pretty good at the time.
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don diego torpedo.... really tight...
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A Hemingway Classic.

Was at a gathering with friends, and was told we'd probably be smoking some cigars, so at the recommendation of one of them I went to Pipes by George and asked for a good recommendation for myself and a few other cheaper ones for people who I knew would forget. All down hill from there as two weeks later I had my first PAM 64, to this day my second favorite smoke.
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Mine was a no-name house smoke from a local B&M given to me by my brother. I don't really remember if it was good or not (probably not), but was a great experience to share my first real smoke with my older brother.
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I have no idea. I've been racking my brain for the first real cigar I smoked and can't at all recall.
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Mine was probably an Acid Blondie. Used to love them, haven't had one if a long time, probably won't again either.
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I have no idea of the cigar, but back in 1980 when I was a freshman in college, we would occasionally go and pick up some "good looking cigars" :-)
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Haven't the foggiest. That would have been two or three decades ago. Too much water under that bridge. :-)
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Sosa cigars, a couple different sizes. They were good enough to get me here so that's all I care about. Haven't had one since.
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AF Cuban Corona maduro
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It wasn't because it was stored improperly, it was just stored somewhere improper.:-)
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Ashton Magnum

Smoked some cheapie Tinder Box brand at my best friends bacehlor party back in 97...had about 3, all were my first cigars ever....

He asked me what I wanted a couple of weeks later for being his best man, I told him a good cigar. The B&M pointed him towards the Ashton's and thats what I got.......downhill since....
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dry box cigar. Before I knew cigars needed moisture.
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Honeymoon in `03. Cancun, Mexico.
Wife and I were walking around through the market and of course came upon a cigar dealer who claimed it was Cuban. I bought it and smoked it that night after the wife went to sleep (passed out from exhaustion from the activities of the day). Sat on the beach and enjoyed the experience. It was a knock off Cohiba, and I don't recall if the stick itself was good or not, but the experience was great.
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Like most of us I had the machine rolls from the gas station or drug store - first real one was a NC Monte at Bonfire (94)- Whoop!
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:-)
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IIRC my first premium cigars were some Romeo y Julieta's I smoked with my crew mates (Navy deployed) while in Singapore around 1985. I don't remember the taste of the cigars, but I do recall enjoying the overall experience and the Tiger beers :-).
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This is a tricky question. The first handmades I had were not the ones that hooked me. First was a Rocky Patel Vintage 90. But a buddy was smoking it and offered me a few draws, that was my first cigar smoking experience, didn't hook me.

Next was a Cuban Delights from another buddy a $0.80 Robusto that was actually pretty good, got me wanting to try some more cigars...

It wasn't til 2 months later I finally had another cigar and that sent me down the slope hard... Brace for it!

Acid Kuba Kuba

I know, I know, shoot me now, acids are one of my least favorites now, but those things just hook newbies left and right.
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I don't think the box being dry was the issue. BOOM! See what I did there?:-)
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:-) :-) :-)
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