I just wanted to say that I have been smoking cigars for a little over a year now.  Last christmas I bought the super premium cigar sampler with the Gurkhas and Graycliffs.  I am now a die hard Gurkha fan.  I haven't smoked a Gurkha that I diden't enjoy.  There is just something about the full flavor and rich smoke that I haven't been able to match with a different brand yet.  If you haven't wanted to spend the money on a really good cigar, I suggest that you do for these.  Also it seems that there are good sampler deals here at Cigar.com all the time.

Gurkhas are pretty good, I'll agree with you there, and ccom has had some phenomenal deals lately, namely the Centurian deal and the Titan deal.

Welcome to the forums, stick around and post some more, its always nice to get some new input from fresh faces.

Joe

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tpgoat:

I just wanted to say that I have been smoking cigars for a little over a year now.  Last christmas I bought the super premium cigar sampler with the Gurkhas and Graycliffs.  I am now a die hard Gurkha fan.  I haven't smoked a Gurkha that I diden't enjoy.  There is just something about the full flavor and rich smoke that I haven't been able to match with a different brand yet.  If you haven't wanted to spend the money on a really good cigar, I suggest that you do for these.  Also it seems that there are good sampler deals here at Cigar.com all the time.

Hey tpgoat.. welcome to the forum.. Yeah I like alot of the Gurkha stuff from the two buck sherpas, to the higher end Titan, Beauties and Beast..I do take advantage of the sampler deals and you should join the cigar of the month club because the first month is a gurkha sampler that you can not miss..

Welcome to the forum.

I am a Gurkha fan as well. I haven't found a bad one yet. Definitely check out the COTM club and watch the Friday deals as . A couple months ago, they had a Gurkha deal that was out of this world. It was 4 each of 5 different Gurkhas. 20 sticks for $60.

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Ron

Too busy smoking now to lookup any good cigar quotes.

I am THE gurkha fan. i agree with you that Gurkha puts out some damn fine cigars.


just for the sake of asking...
what do you think of Rocky Patel's cigars and blends?
If you have not tried them, for science's sake, you should. I would be very interested in your opunion on them.

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^^^

Here we go again. LOL

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Ron

Too busy smoking now to lookup any good cigar quotes.

but its not for an argument. its purely to find out if this is a theme throughout the cigar world. you know, like in the cigarette world it would be camel vs. marlboro. (both an abomination to tobacco but you know what im sayin)

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Are the Gurkhas like RPs. I have had the acouple of the RPs but no Gurkhas. I just ordered Friday's special and the Gurkha special they had in the check-out. So I will be getting some Gurkha Titans and Turks when I get home in a few weeks. What am I in for here? If its anything like the RP Vin 92 or the Edge then I will be pleased.

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Andy

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they are alike in the same way that Bass Ale and Blue Moon are the same. Both good. both beer. Gurkha And Rocky Patel are both Good -and both cigars. you can tell that the blenders for each have a different way of looking at things. it just seems that those who like one tend to shy away from the other. Personally i like gurkha. other around here like Rocky Patel. a few like both. nobody likes neither.

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kuzi16:

they are alike in the same way that Bass Ale and Blue Moon are the same. Both good. both beer. Gurkha And Rocky Patel are both Good -and both cigars. you can tell that the blenders for each have a different way of looking at things. it just seems that those who like one tend to shy away from the other. Personally i like gurkha. other around here like Rocky Patel. a few like both. nobody likes neither.

Ehhh I've met quite a few old timers that don't like either. I am the other half of the great Gurkha v. RP debate. I'm typically a huge RP fan, some more than others. I like Gurkha but I think they are typically not very complex and while they are sometimes full-bodied they are rarely spicy, which is what I enjoy.

P.S. I smoked a Gurkha Park Avenue and a RP Sungrown today. The Sun Grown has been aging for 7 months while the Park Avenue had only a few weeks in the humi. THe Park Avenue actually had a nice spice for what ccom was calling a mild cigar, I thoroughly enjoyed it sitting on the front porch of my beach house. The RP was my evening smoke, it was one of those rare 2 stick day. The RP burned beautifully(so did the Park Avenue btw). The Sun Grown was a powerful smoke but it unfortunately got harsh a few times, I was able to blow it out and clear that bitterness. Otherwise it was a classic Sun Grown, excellent.

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madurofan:

Ehhh I've met quite a few old timers that don't like either.

yeah... well... you just hang out with weird-os!!!
in all reality, you keep mentioning that you hang out with these old time cigar people. what do they like?

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The B&M I hang out at has a lot of old timers that hang out up there. They all like different stuff I guess. Of the few I've talked to extensively one, aside from ISOMs, smokes mostly Davidoffs. THe other is a Padron guy, nothing but Padron and occasionally a ISOM Montecristo. Both of these guys hate Gurkha and one said RP has one or two ok sticks, the other said Rocky was a salesman not a tobacco man.

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I don't wanna hold a job down if its just to make ends meet. I prefer rapid rise and faster falls, I wanna die the American dream.
~~ Josh Martinez

So I probably won't like the Gurkhas. Are these better after resting/ageing for a longer time. If I don't like them someone my get a nice pass. Either way, smoke and learn, thats part of the smoking experiance.

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Andy

'THe best minds are not in government. If they were, business would hire them away' R. Reagan

he is a sales man. ill give them that but he does make some good stuff.
iduno. they sound like a bunch old guys that are a bit set in their ways. not that there is anything wrong with that, but gurkha is a newer cigar and it may appeal to some newer tastes. when you have an established taste profile that you look for you tend to want to smoke that. Davidoff and Padron both produce cigars that are very classic in nature. its no surprise that someone that has been smoking all their long lives would like cigars along those lines.
when you look at us young folk who have limited exposer to cuban cigars, we would probably tend to like a different style/flavor profile than those who were raised on cubans.

on a semi-related note:
i was raised on Cincinnati style chilli (mmmm five way) and very few people i know that live outside of that town like it. i bet its kinda like that with cigars too.

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Bad Andy:

So I probably won't like the Gurkhas. Are these better after resting/ageing for a longer time. If I don't like them someone my get a nice pass. Either way, smoke and learn, thats part of the smoking experiance.

iduno if you will like em or not. geve em a shot. I like RP. i just htink gurkha is better. Maddy is the other way around. ...and those old people dont like either.

worst case: you dont like it but you had fun tryin em.

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