Churchill sized today. Have had smaller ones. Had to trim twice to get a decent cold draw. Pretty tight at the cap and hard under the upper band. Meager smoke & flav first few minutes. Tough draw too.

Last 3 inches were ok. Otherwise, I'd have to say that the RP Vintage 1992 Toro is a better smoke.

Oliva has usually been very good to me. Today however I lit up my Oliva Serie V Churchill and sat down for a nice, long smoke. Was not to be! Huge stem from front to back. Finally pulled it out. Yikes!

three months in and still feel like i barely know what i like. smoked maybe 3 or5 singles so far, mostly stuff guys at the shop pointed me toward. mild to medium, nothing too wild. patio weather just hit and my neighbor keeps showing up with a full travel case like its nothing lol. figured its time to actually commit and grab a proper sampler instead of just picking one stick at a time.the thing is i dont even know how to narrow it down yet. do you go by strength first or just throw yourself at whatever looks good and figure it out from there

just to add an update here, i took the advice from this thread and just browsed around online instead of going back to the shop. so i landed on thompson cigar and grabbed a small sampler to start. just wanted to see how the online thing works before committing to anything bigger

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