I'm not rolling in piles of cash either, but I think its good to at least try everything once, better to regret smoking something than to regret not smoking something. :-)
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Gene Arganese got a lot of my money in 2009!!!:-)
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OK, then send me one of everything, and I'll send you back :-). :-)
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Oh yeah sure, I'll purchase you some of these as soon as I stop lighting my cigars with new, crisp 50 dollar bills.:-)
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:-)
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Funny how one man's meat is another man's poison. I loved the Camacho Liberty 2009. My biggest disappointments are both popular smokes, and I've loved EPCs earlier work, but I have had rotten luck with both the LGC Artesanos de Miami and the new EP Carillo Edicion Inaugural.
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Sorry to hear that! His cigars went from bad to worse in 09.:-)
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:-):-):-):-)

Stop it. You lie.
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now that I'm giving it some thought, I didn't have any cigars this year that were God awful or hideously overpriced.

biggest disappointment?

Cabaiguan

It was not a bad cigar at all and I smoked the whole thing. It was just sooo mild that I couldn't get enough flavor for my tastes, and I like mild cigars. :-)

It didn't help matters that my expectations were sky high based on the universally positive feedback regarding this line.
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:-) HATED that cigar.... tho I was kinda hoping I just got a bad one...
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Ashton VSG I received them in trades or PIF's and they didn't live up to 1/2 the hype. Rather bland IMHO.
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Try the Guapo as that is the best in their line next to the Guapo Maduro and all the others are :-) IMHO.
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Tabak Especial Dulce tasted like they were dipped in high fructose corn syrup.
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I would have to go with the Cain 550 Habano. Truly a disappointment - strong and nothing much else.
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I have to agree with this one as well, I smoked a lonsdale size one and it burned well and tasted good but not good enough to warrant the high price
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I smoked a Macanudo 1968 that was the worst cigar of the year for me....I didn't pay for it but it was still a waste of money because it was a waste of my time! The only other memorable horrible smoke was the barber pole Cohiba Torps in the glass box. I took a puff off of one at one of Vin's cigarbeques...and then Ben (Stearns) nubbed the frigging thing.
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I'd hafta say any nc Gloria Cubana that I tried. I gave them three strikes- now they're "OUT!"
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The old blend or the new Pepin blend that came out late in 2009?
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I have to go with the Liga privada T52...not much for an $11 stick...had 2 and really didn;t enjoy either.
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Some Davidoff tubo....I think I paid around $15 for it. The most I've ever paid for a cigar that I can recall. It totally sucked.:-)
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