Cheesy title, I know, but I stumbled across this article while enjoying a Camacho Triple Maddie. I love a good, strong cigar, so I thought I'd ask my fellow inmates: do you think these smokes live up to the hype? If not, what would be your top 5 of flavorful full-power smokes?
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The title should read "5 Cigars That Will Prove You Like Strong Cigars".
Being able to tolerate and/or enjoy strong cigars has nothing to do with "being a man".

Not directed at you, Jeff. I just get tired of all the BS trying to define what it means to be a man. In a forced basso voice, "Smoking Cuban cigars proves you're a real man." or "Smoking RG 50+ proves your a real man".

/mini-rant off
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Just goes to show ya that everyone is different. I think they are all good cigars but, to me, only one is what I would call strong. The Chisel.
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LFD Cheroot is the stronger than those. It may prove your a man or a nut for smoking them. :-)
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"The Camacho Triple Maduro is... just a really good smoke! They are just so flavorful and smooth!!!" (In my best Steve [Ratter's] voice.)
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Most of those smokes are faves of several women I know. Does that make them men? :-)
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What the hell, did they raid my humidors???
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I've smoked the Chisel and the V before, haven't had a chance to try the others.

The two times I've smoked the Chisel, I didn't find it to be that strong.
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:-) Mine too...all are staples in my humi. Espcially the Camacho Triple Maduro and the 601 Blue...two of my top 5 favorite sticks of all time. :-) Although I don't believe they are all strong. :-)
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I found the Triple Maddie delicious (nubbed it, in fact), but not overly strong. I was just curious about the others on the list. Like Peter said, maybe I should have used a different title than the one from the article... :-)
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Unfortunately, yes. It does.
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I guess I must be a real man. I didn't realize this until I saw the photos, but I smoked the LFD Chisel at a herf just a couple of weeks ago. Then followed up with a Oliva O perfecto right after. I picked up a chisel just to see if it's really that strong, and ended up accidentally smoking it without even knowing what it was.
Didn't knock me on my a a$$ at all.
Look out women.:-)
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I have a Chisel waiting for the next time I smoke something.
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No, that Adams Apple they have is what makes them men.

:-)
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...

*backs away slowly*

nevermind.
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They are all good smokes, but they forgot the Paragas Black and the Joya de Nicaragua Antano. Personally the Partagas Black is stronger then any of those listed.
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All good sticks...but I saw no T110 in there. Which will walk over any of em.
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The San Christobal was a great cigar!
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Keep in mind that the article is from 2/08. The Antano and T110 both came out in 09, right?
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I don't know about the T110 but the JdN Antano has been out for a few years at least. I would guess 2006 or earlier.
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