Lucky_Hippo 11:53 AM 03-24-2010
Put em next to your Maker's Mark Cigar tubos and you have a great start to your very own home "Cigar Bar".
Now if Guinness could just come out with a nice Maduro I'd be all set.
[Reply]
sikk50 12:12 PM 03-24-2010
Originally Posted by icehog3:
When soemone goes to those lengths with packaging, often it is to hide a mediocre product. Case in point, Crystal Skull Vodka. I make no judgement on these cigars though, as I have never seen nor tried one.
Side story, I tooke the last 4 shots in the bottle of that stuff at a bar once just so I could have the bottle...not worth it! But the bottle looks nice!
I'd gladly try 4 of these for the box
:-)
[Reply]
Gonesledn 12:23 PM 03-24-2010
Gurkha comes to mind for some reason
Originally Posted by T.G:
Supposedly glass.
Funny, everyone seems to be talking about the packaging on these other sites, never about the cigars. This kind of screams "Stay Away!" to me.
[Reply]
Originally Posted by Gonesledn:
Gurkha comes to mind for some reason
*nod* yup.
Also, remember the Warhol cigars? Chitty cigars in a really fancy lexan humidor/box.
[Reply]
SmokingPoker 12:56 PM 03-24-2010
Something about sizzle and steak comes to mind.
:-)
Worked in the liquor biz years ago and cigars is much the same...packaging DOES move product.
[Reply]
KenyanSandBoa 01:12 PM 03-24-2010
I have one that I got at a recent herf, and I'm curious to hear what some people think about them. I've read some reviews, and it seems ok, but I'm still on the fence about what to expect.
[Reply]
AD720 01:15 PM 03-24-2010
Originally Posted by TheRiddick:
Why would a Hammer and Sickle cigars come without a hammer to break the box open and requisite sickle as cutter for the cigars is beyond me, someone in their marketing department seriously screwed up and must be fired.
:-):-)
[Reply]
Originally Posted by KenyanSandBoa:
I have one that I got at a recent herf, and I'm curious to hear what some people think about them. I've read some reviews, and it seems ok, but I'm still on the fence about what to expect.
Now that's kind of silly.
Since you have one already, just smoke it and make up your own mind.
[Reply]
TheRiddick 01:30 PM 03-24-2010
Originally Posted by KenyanSandBoa:
... but I'm still on the fence about what to expect.
Hmmm... Heavy notes of rusted iron ore mixed in with freshly cut sin dried wheat and cow dung? You know, typical Russian farm notes...
[Reply]
Originally Posted by TheRiddick:
Hmmm... Heavy notes of rusted iron ore mixed in with freshly cut sin dried wheat and cow dung? You know, typical Russian farm notes...
No vodkak?
:-)
[Reply]
NCRadioMan 01:36 PM 03-24-2010
Originally Posted by icehog3:
When soemone goes to those lengths with packaging, often it is to hide a mediocre product.
I agree. I have had a couple samples and they are nothing to write home about. Very generic tasting, imo.
[Reply]
sikk50 01:37 PM 03-24-2010
TheRiddick 02:07 PM 03-24-2010
Originally Posted by T.G:
No vodkak?
:-)
Home distilled brew is called "samogon", nastiest thing there is.
They actually chase it with vodka, believe it or not (a swig of samogon, then a swig of vodka). Although many now only do samogon by itself since they cannot afford vodka.
At least they die happy...
[Reply]
Originally Posted by SmokingPoker:
Looks like marketing grad brain child...you know nice, sexy and mild for the Paris Hilton crowd as they party in their VIP section at the Palms.
Never had one, but just saying...
I drink my Crystal out of their boxes in the VIP room. Cuz that's how I roll.
[Reply]
danreeve 03:09 PM 03-24-2010
icehog3 03:17 PM 03-24-2010
Originally Posted by sikk50:
Side story, I tooke the last 4 shots in the bottle of that stuff at a bar once just so I could have the bottle...not worth it! But the bottle looks nice!
I have the bottle at home, it's very cool....Just can't find anything to mix with the vodka to take out the turpentine tinge.
:-)
[Reply]
e-man67 03:24 PM 03-24-2010
That is a damn cool bottle though!
[Reply]
Stogeyfish 09:38 PM 03-24-2010
Just spoke with my b&m about these. Apparently they are backordered because the case is supposedly lead crystal, when they shipped to the distributors the cases broke/cracked.
Maybe a collector's item if you can get one intact.
:-)
[Reply]
KenyanSandBoa 09:46 PM 03-24-2010
Originally Posted by T.G:
Now that's kind of silly.
Since you have one already, just smoke it and make up your own mind.
I plan on it...I just got a bunch of cigars at that herf that I've never tried before so I was curious if anyone else had tried them.
I'm a firm believer in the smoke what you like and like what you smoke mentality...I always make up my own mind.
:-)
[Reply]
brigey57 10:05 PM 03-24-2010
Not really interested. If they were any good I think I would have heard something somewhere about these cigars. Packaging looks like a bunch of hype. Has anyone heard anything about them pro or con? :-)
[Reply]
