So I have checked and while a few people think this is a good idea...none of you have updated your bio's yet. I am going to go ahead and post this as a thread and I figured if others wanted to do the same you can just change the name in the above heading to your's and we can keep bumping this thread up to keep it relevant... so here is my initial list

Anything Oliva... what can I say
Not so much anything CAO...too in your face, peppery...
Fuente anything again can't go wrong...
Loving toasty, sweet, floural, flavours right now..
Lot 23 natural or Maduro...
AVO Domain...YUMMY...
Montecristo...YES
Gurkha's...jury still out, but still testing :)
Man 'O War... Love 'em
Blue Label... tasty
C.Com House blends, all but Blue, Cammy's
5 Vegas... of course, all.
Ashton...most I've had so far
Cohiba...Don't know I haven't had one yet???
Cusano...SO FAR SO GOOD
Graycliff... yes and no
Fonseca...sure
Rocky Patel...some of the mediums Fusion MM !!
Padron... well yes
Padilla... some, pretty in your face for me
Sol Cubano...YES
OK so I can add the RP Fusion RP Fusion double maduro and oh yeah the Padilla line or at least the three different ones I have tried so far :) More to be added as I think of them or SMOKE 'em :)

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Laker your just too quick for some of us. American's have to work long hours =) On a side note have you had a CAO America? very good smoke I must say.

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Alright, since I've got a spreadsheet, this shouldn't be too hard:

All-time favorites. I normally like trying new sticks, but I would be absolutely ecstatic to receive more of any of these:

Camacho 1962
Cigar.com Cuban Label
Playboy by Altadis
Rocky Patel Vintage 1992
5 Vegas Gold
Outland Ecuadorian Sumatra (local house blend)
Outland Criollo (local house blend)
Sol Cubano Sumatra
Graycliff Legend
Oliva Serie G Cameroon
La Flor Dominicana Limitado III

I know that y'all don't have access to the local house blends. But if any of you clowns would smoke one of the darn things I sent you and recommend something with a similar flavor profile that doesn't cost so much, it'd probably be my first ever box purchase.

Other cigars I have enjoyed, and would always love to have again:
Rocky Patel Vintage 1990
Onyx Reserve
Cusano Corojo Vintage 1997
Gurkha Regent
Trinidad 100th Anniversary
Gurkha Royal Brigade
Arturo Fuente
Sol Cubano Cuban Cabinet
Flor de Oliva
Cusano Xclusivo
Nestor Reserve Maduro
Matasa 30th Anniversary
Sol Cubano Sumatra
Nub Cameroon
La Herencia Cubana
Montecristo Media Noche
Gurkha Titan
Arturo Fuente Don Carlos
Oliva Special S
Punch
Trinidad
Macanudo 1968
Gurkha Centurian
5 Vegas Series A
Perdomo Reserve Cabinet
Casa Magna

Those represent the top of my list since I started recording things last year. The second group are all great cigars, but the first group are the ones I literally dream about.

Things I've never tried, but are at the top of my to-do list:
Other ccom house blends
Punch Gran Puro
Gran Habano 3 Siglos
RP Sun Grown
Ashton VSG
RP Decade
Cohiba Red Dot (or any others.. I'm in the same boat as Laker)
R&J Viejo
CAO Criollo

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phobicsquirrel:

ummm milk it..

Huh very interesting duty. Your to try sticks are almost in direct contrast of your two lists of liked, especially the first one.

Well I'll try to remember to put these in my bio as well but my hands down favorite cigar is the Tatuaje Cojonu 2003 but here are some others I enjoy.

601 especially the Black and Green
Sol Cubano Sumatra
CAO MX-2
Any Tatuaje
Any illusione
Most DPG's
5 Vegas Miami and Classic
Punch Champion
Cuvee Rouge

There are plenty more but these immediately popped into my head as favorites.

What I'm finding is that I like a lot of sticks...and I find more that I like than those that I don't. Here are some of the cigars that have burned holes in my memory and I consider to be treats

Padron 64
Padron 26
Oliva Serie V
DPG Cuban Classic
Tatuaje Miami
Tatuaje Havana VI
Arturo Fuente Don Carlos
Ashton VSG
Illusione
LFD Double Ligero Maduro

this list are only cigars I've had on more than one occasion, there are plenty of other treats that I've had, that will most likely make this list upon having a couple more of them.

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"As I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to love it more and more." - Jules Renard

madurofan:

Huh very interesting duty. Your to try sticks are almost in direct contrast of your two lists of liked, especially the first one.

Really? Here was my logic in putting together the to-try list:

I've never had an EcSu I didn't like. So that's where I got the Punch Gran Puro, RP Sun Grown, Ashton VSG, and RP Decade.

I've never had a Criollo-wrapped cigar I didn't like, so that's where I got the CAO

I'm determined to find an R&J I like, and the Viejo seems like the best bet.

I have never had any of the other ccom house blends, but I loved the Cuban Label

The 3 Siglos was recommended to me a long time ago by Jozer, so it's still on the list

and I've never had a Cohiba.. that's a gap I want to fix. I really want to try the Cohiba XV, but I figured I'd start with the Red Dot as a baseline.

Maybe I shouldn't get my hopes up so much about the ones I listed. Any suggestions on others?

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phobicsquirrel:

ummm milk it..

I liked the Cohiba XV, but as I have found with the domestic Cohiba's I've had, it lacks complexity. Good rich flavor, but not the fantastic flavor and complexity I hope for. I have yet to have a Cohiba Black, but I have one just sitting and waiting.

I think the 3 Siglos may be an addition to my list above...I have one more left that has been resting for about 5 months, the others I've had were great sticks.

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"As I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to love it more and more." - Jules Renard

All of those are excellent smokes and while yes the Gran Puro, Sun Grown, VSG and Decade are all EcSu's they are also on the medium- full side of the spectrum where all the cigars in top list are on the mild side. The others on your list I think may be closer to your tastes from what I'm gathering. Aside from the Cohiba(which is a cammie btw)

bbc020:

I liked the Cohiba XV, but as I have found with the domestic Cohiba's I've had, it lacks complexity. Good rich flavor, but not the fantastic flavor and complexity I hope for. I have yet to have a Cohiba Black, but I have one just sitting and waiting.

I think the 3 Siglos may be an addition to my list above...I have one more left that has been resting for about 5 months, the others I've had were great sticks.

I agree with you on the Cohibas but the 3 Siglos IMO suffered from the same issue, extroadinarily bland.

Interesting.. I had never really analyzed the body of the sticks with respect to my enjoyment of the experience. I've enjoyed plenty of fuller-bodied smokes (Punch, Trinidad).. I actually haven't had many full-bodied cigars because I've intentionally stayed away from them until I've sampled some of the mild-medium sticks. I have been utterly smashed by full bodied cigars (the 601 Black comes to mind), but I'm much more interested in the flavor. As you said on another thread, I'm looking for something with a full flavor, regardless of the body it carries.

I've got some LFD's on hand, and will be smoking those soon in my venture into the fuller-bodied sticks. One thing I believe I have learned is that an overly-spicy stick doesn't appeal to me, mostly because it makes it difficult for me to discern other flavors.

And do you think my spreadsheet doesn't know what wrapper is on a Red Dot? ;)

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phobicsquirrel:

ummm milk it..

I just noticed that your first group of sticks was on the mild side of medium and your to try's were largely on the full side of medium.

My favorite cigars are all over the body chart but I like full flavor most of the time. Although I will say the Sol Cubano Sumatra if I had to jusdge it would be Medium in flavor. There is something about its simplicity that I absolutely love.

I assumed you knew it was a cammie but I had to mention it.

Alright, so I just did an analysis on my spreadsheet, and here is the breakdown on advertised body for the various sticks I have enjoyed:

Mild: 4
Medium: 20
Med-Full: 11
Full: 4

This seems to indicate that I have a preference for medium-bodied smokes. However, looking more closely, I find I have only had 4 cigars that are marked as full-bodied (Cusano Corojo, Trinidad, Gurkha Titan, and Oliva Special S).. all of these were on my best-liked list.

Approximately half of the sticks I've smoked marked "med-full" were on my list

About 2/3 of the sticks I've smoked marked "medium" were on my list

About 40% of the sticks I've smoked marked "mild or mild-medium" were on my list

So I would say I like cigars of a wide-ranging body. However, I've stayed away from full-bodied sticks because I'm still so new at this. I just need to try more.

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phobicsquirrel:

ummm milk it..

Interesting analysis but I can say with definity that the Cusano Corojo is not full bodied. I guess the Titan is Full-Bodied but it isn't Full-Flavored. Have not had a Trinidad or Special S so I can't say but IMO what Oliva terms as Full bodied isn't close to a DPG full body.

I actually felt that none of those sticks struck me as particularly full-bodied, even the Titan... those ratings were all based on the information posted on-line about the cigar. I didn't use my own personal "body" ratings.

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phobicsquirrel:

ummm milk it..