What was your first?

[WhiteMamba]

Pretty simple. What was your first cigar?

My first was an H. Upmann toro in tube.

[icehog3]

Grenadier robusto (machine made) in the mid '80s.

[Remo]

Backwoods from a pouch.

[8lug]

Ashton white lable

[nutcracker]

something really horrible that caused me not to try one again for years.
Moment of conversion was a Padron (forget which one) many years later

[Dude Here]

Fuente Opus X I bought from Casa Fuente in Vegas while on mid-tour leave from Iraq.

[kelmac07]

First stick ever - Swisher Sweet

Moment of conversion stick (as Neil so elegantly put it :D) - Davidoff No. 2 Tubo

[CdnStogie]

Backwoods from a pouch.

+1

[Remo]

Fuente Opus X I bought from Casa Fuente in Vegas while on mid-tour leave from Iraq.

Baller :tu

[czerbe]

Partagas Black Label... may not have been my first but it was the first that made me go hm... this is going to get expensive!

[the MacDonald]

Philly or is it Phillie Blunt. It coincided with my first "jungle juice" which coincided with the first couple of times l threw up out of moving car.

Conversion stick--can't remember but I was fond of Royal Jamacians and Sosa torpedos. I had a cuban H Upmann tubo early in my storied cigar career that was pretty much wasted on my inexperienced palate.

[dave]

Fairly it certain it was a Swisher Sweet I picked up for Gar Night at my dorm in early 80's. Hard to believe, but we smoked in the lounge on every other floor back then. Mornings after Gar-Nights were some of the worst.

[WhiteMamba]

Fuente Opus X I bought from Casa Fuente in Vegas while on mid-tour leave from Iraq.

Agreed Baller :noon

[yourchoice]

I wouldn't swear to this, but I think it was a Macanudo of some kind.

[Porch Dweller]

Swisher Sweet.

First "real" cigar was a Camacho IIRC.

[CigarNut]

The first several cigars I had were unbanded, so I don't know what they were. The first one I bought was a Macanudo Portofino.

[Sweet_Leaf_PDX]

I'm pretty sure it was a Romeo Y Julieta 1875, but it could have also been a Macanudo Hyde Park

[RobR1205]

First cigar would be a black and mild plastic tip, wine flavor. I threw up shortly thereafter, but I suspect it had something to do with the Popov vodka I was drinking after prom and not the cigar....I haven't drank vodka since and still get nauseous when I smell black and milds...

First actual cigar would be a Nica Libre toro. Smoked lots of Nica Libres back in the day! Now, I can't get near them.

[bobarian]

I cant remember what I smoked yesterday! :bh

Just out of high school we used to smoke Black and Mild's while playing poker.

[DaBear]

A Hemingway Classic. 4 years later I still blame(read: thank) George for getting me started on this wild ride. He even got me to appreciate Padrons with my third ever cigar the bastid :r

[hammondc]

First cigar ever- Black n Mild.
Gateway cigar - Cusano 18
fist slippery slope cigar - Cohiba Siglo X1

[Heavy_d]

First cigar- Backwwods in the pouch.

First real cigar was a non-Cuban Romeo y Julieta.

[Col. Kurtz]

First ever was a backwoods from my brother. Cool, we looked like green Clint Eastwoods. First premium was an acid kuba kuba. Not bad. First "real" cigar was a HDM dark Sumatra. Now we're talking. First cc was a party short that gophernut laid on me. That was almost a religious experience.

[WhiteMamba]

First ever was a backwoods from my brother. Cool, we looked like green Clint Eastwoods. First premium was an acid kuba kuba. Not bad. First "real" cigar was a HDM dark Sumatra. Now we're talking. First cc was a party short that gophernut laid on me. That was almost a religious experience.

So far you are the first one to mention Acids as one of the first. It is interesting since I hear a lot of guys talk about how that is what a lot of people start on. Not knocking them just interesting. My first cc was a week ago it was unbounded from a buddy who has a buddy haha so I'm not sure what it was but you could definitely tell a difference. :2

[RWhisenand]

The first cigar I smoked was some service station pick up. The first cigar I smoked that left any impression was a Macanudo I had with a friend while in college. I think I had a few of those before stopping for awhile.

[Mattso3000]

Hmmm...I think it was a swisher sweet wood tip from a gas station back in the mid 90s.

[jjirons69]

Hav-a-tampa with birchwood tip. My dad smoked them, so that meant I did, too. First real cigar would have been something from a Thompson's sampler, if that's what you call a real cigar.

[AdamJoshua]

Partagas black label at Barona while playing Craps

[Remo]

The first "real" cigar that hot me hooked was a Macanudo.

[Gabe215]

First cigar was when I was about 8 years old with my friends-Macanudos (Churchill sized) that we stole from my friends Dad's box, disgusting cigars!

17 years later cigar that got me going was Tat Black Lanceros!

[Col. Kurtz]

So far you are the first one to mention Acids as one of the first. It is interesting since I hear a lot of guys talk about how that is what a lot of people start on. Not knocking them just interesting. My first cc was a week ago it was unbounded from a buddy who has a buddy haha so I'm not sure what it was but you could definitely tell a difference. :2

The guy that pushed me down the slope loved acids and still does. I had my share of kubas, juicy Lucy, natural dirt, and Javas when I started. I probably smoked those for a couple of months then moved on. I've tried to smoke them since, but they're just too sweet for me now. No knock on Drew estates here either. They were a great place to start.

[BamBam]

First ever "cigar" was a King Edwards on a hiking excursion. Followed shortly thereafter by a AF Curly Head Deluxe. Followed shortly thereafter by hundreds and hundreds of others.

Years later, still love a good cigar, and now have moved primarily to pipes. However, cigars were my first love, and helped get me through some tough times. My humidor will always be stocked for when the mood strikes.

[Brlesq]

Ha! First one was when I was 11 years old and my grandfather caught me and my 13 year old cousin smoking a cigarette. He took us out behind the barn and told us "If you're going to smoke, you're going to smoke like a man!" He handed us each a Philly Blunt (the kind that he smoked). We both turned green and puked!

Years later my first adult smoke was a Macanudo Hyde Park when I was about 23 years old with some coworkers. I was hooked, and have smoked cigars ever since (for the past 26 years).

[mikesr1963]

Swisher Sweet Tipped Cigar around 1975. I was 12 and got it out of my brother's car. Didn't get sick, didn't bother me.

[Subvet642]

Swisher Sweet Tipped Cigar around 1975. I was 12 and got it out of my brother's car. Didn't get sick, didn't bother me.

Same here, but in boot camp in 1981.

[WeekendSmoker]

Punch - it came in a sampler - from Honduras. Liked it, didn't love it.

[CRIMPS]

For me, I'm pretty sure it was a swisher sweet in high school.

An Oliva Serie O and a Taboo Twist is what really whetted my appetite.

[dvickery]

" its a boy "

derrek

[CoffeeWaterBeer]

King Arthur Perfecto as a 15 y/o.

moving forward a few years,a girl I was dating managed to get some CCs for me from a trip. Those opened up my interest.

[hotreds]

Temple Hall Estates at a wedding that had a cigar box for guests. That got me hooked and I am much the poorer in one sense and much the richer in another!

[the jiggler]

Kuba Kuba...

[WhiteMamba]

Kuba Kuba...

How long did you smoke acids?

[Ashcan Bill]

It happened at the beach.

Oddly enough, I smoked my first cigar at the beach as well. It was a Tiparillo with a wooden tip. Around 1970.

:O

[14holestogie]

Swisher perfecto I swiped from the step-dad's box at 12 or 13.
Swisher tips after giving up cigarettes in '86.
First B&M purchase was a Macanudo.
Come to Jesus moment with a Parti short shortly after finding this place.

[doctorcue]

Punch Robusto (NC)
New Years Eve

All downhill from there… :)

[longknocker]

Swisher Sweet Wood Tip.

[RevSmoke]

First cigar - El Producto Presidente. It was from Ray Nitschke's box of cigars in his golf bag.

First cigar to convert me to smoking decent cigars? 1980, Arturo Fuente Rothschild.

[Chico57]

The first cigar I smoked many years ago when you could smoke in a public area was a Macanudo Portofino Tubo. I was staying at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Chicago for a few days with my (then) boss for a trade show. We ended a long day with a nice dinner and a stop the hotel bar that also sold cigars for an after dinner cocktail where he introduced me to my first cigar paired with some Grand Mariner. The rest as they say is history.

[Buckeye Jack]

1997 - 1st was a Tinderbox label cigar at a bachelor party two weeks before I smoked my first "real" cigar. Received an Ashton Magnum for being the best man in sad wedding....hooked forever.

[WhiteMamba]

The first cigar I smoked many years ago when you could smoke in a public area was a Macanudo Portofino Tubo. I was staying at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Chicago for a few days with my (then) boss for a trade show. We ended a long day with a nice dinner and a stop the hotel bar that also sold cigars for an after dinner cocktail where he introduced me to my first cigar paired with some Grand Mariner. The rest as they say is history.

Do you remember the cigar? Also, have you tried The Grand Mariner cigars?

[pnoon]

The first cigar I smoked many years ago when you could smoke in a public area was a Macanudo Portofino Tubo. I was staying at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Chicago for a few days with my (then) boss for a trade show. We ended a long day with a nice dinner and a stop the hotel bar that also sold cigars for an after dinner cocktail where he introduced me to my first cigar paired with some Grand Mariner. The rest as they say is history.

Do you remember the cigar? Also, have you tried The Grand Mariner cigars?

I'm gonna guess a Macanudo Portofino Tubo.
;)

[AdamJoshua]

I'm gonna guess a Macanudo Portofino Tubo.
;)

:r




All downhill from there… :)

Like being a Raiders fan ... win a couple championships and it's all downhill from there. :sad

[WhiteMamba]

sorry guys finals week that is all I have to say for myself :fp

[pnoon]

sorry guys finals week that is all I have to say for myself :fp

Been there. Done that.
But it's a three face palm post.
:fp :fp :fp

[8zeros]

First ever was some kind of "It's a ..." I think.
I think I smoked some Tiparillos I stole from someone's dad at an early age.
First real cigar was a Macanudo or maybe some kind of Fuente. Liquor store cigars.
Hard to remember, easy to forget.
First Cuban was some kind of Monte, toro sized. Before the internet.

[tam]

My first cigar was a Macanudo something-or-another. I remember smoking it in the parking lot right after I'd bought it. I was laid up in the parking for an hour or so after smoking it before I was ok to drive home. I faintly remember laying on the ground next to my truck waiting for the crappy feeling inside of me to go away. :r <- Like that but more nauseated.

First cigar that really pique'd my interest was either the Tatuaje Verocru No. 1 Lado Occidental or a Davidoff Short Perfecto. I can't remember which one I smoked first.

http://i.imgur.com/uR5OeSo.jpg

[Steve]

I believe it was a Monte #2. Probably why I still enjoy these as my "Victory Cigar" after a great fishing trip or other awesome time away from the "real" world.

[RUNYYFan]

My very first was a Hoyo de Monterrey (exact type I cannot remember at the moment) back in 1995 to celebrate my graduation from college along with a Glenlivet 12.

While I've expanded my repertoire of sticks, my preference is now the Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur Dark Knight I (http://www.hoyodemonterreycigar.com/about/excalibur/excalibur-dark-knight/). But I am also finding myself becoming very interested in the Bonita Premium Estate 18th Anniversary (http://www.bonitasmokeshop.com/bonita_premium_estate_blend.htm) as well. Both go nicely with either a Balvenie 15 or 18. :)

[Steve]

My very first was a Hoyo de Monterrey (exact type I cannot remember at the moment) back in 1995 to celebrate my graduation from college along with a Glenlivet 12.

While I've expanded my repertoire of sticks, my preference is now the Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur Dark Knight I (http://www.hoyodemonterreycigar.com/about/excalibur/excalibur-dark-knight/). But I am also finding myself becoming very interested in the Bonita Premium Estate 18th Anniversary (http://www.bonitasmokeshop.com/bonita_premium_estate_blend.htm) as well. Both go nicely with either a Balvenie 15 or 18. :)

Dark Knights are tasty

[stevef2005]

First would have been a Black and Mild plastic tip. Smoked the wood tips for a few years and alternated between wine and original. Around 13 months ago while in Miami my fiance bought me a MC Platinum Robusto. I have not looked back yet.

[ColdCuts]

Like many of you, Backwoods was my first. Smoked it during a poker game in the living room of my tiny apartment shortly after high school.

Some years later, my moment of conversion was, I believe, a Romeo y Julieta (NC) during the cigar craze of the 1990s.

[Zane]

Mine was an unbanded stick picked up with some friends on vacation to OBX.

[mahtofire14]

First smoke: Al Capone Cognac

First real smoke: Arturo Fuente Chateau Maduro Rothchilde (or similar)

[Flaherty582]

My very first cigar was a Camacho Triple Maduro that my friends thought would be funny to give to a novice.

[WhiteMamba]

My very first cigar was a Camacho Triple Maduro that my friends thought would be funny to give to a novice.

Did it go the way they thought it would?

[badbriar]

Some dog rocket that the local b & m owner's wife picked out for me. After she clipped and helped light the wretched thing, the owner commented that he'd not have picked that cigar - ever. If she didn't look like she could not ever possibly drown, I'd have tried to pick for myself! :tu

[pnoon]

Some dog rocket that the local b & m owner's wife picked out for me. After she clipped and helped light the wretched thing, the owner commented that he'd not have picked that cigar - ever. If she didn't look like she could not ever possibly drown, I'd have tried to pick for myself! :tu

Now that made me :lr

[x man]

Swisher Sweet in 1966

[TXSmokey]

swisher sweet I swiped out of my uncles van when I was around 10

first real cigar was a romeo y julieta something, I got it when a real smoke shop opened in town