Bad Nica Libre

Just smoked the Nica Libre I got in the AJ Dirty Dozen sampler. Honestly, probably the worst quality stick I've ever had. I was getting basically no flavor from it. My first thought was that I didn't take care of it properly, but it spent about a week in my humidor along with the Gurkha Park Avenue that my friend was smoking, which came from the same sampler. I'm assuming, based on the good reputation the Nica has on here, that I just got a bad stick. Anyone else had this problem?

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rossdavey2

i have good and bad nica's. Not bad as such just some are not as good as others. great for the price. I do like it when I somke one after have a not great one and its like man these a great.

edh

My boys and I smoked my last two CAO Brazilias and a Nica last week in honor of Brazil's defeat in the World Cup Quarterfinals. I let my boys pick first, and they took the Brazilias--yeah, they were the smart ones.

For me, the best thing about the Nica was its appearance. I didn't like the flavor, and the burn was one of the most uneven I've ever had. Considering it had over six months in my humi, I wasn't impressed. If I'm gonna go for a cheap maduro, I'll take an Alec Bradley MAXX over a Nica any day of the week.

kaipocruz1

EDH you are the man!!! I love me a maxx...especially the traditional toro (which is funny because it's not maxx sized anymore!) Last weekI tried a LVH fuma brazilian maduro(which is in the price range of the nicas), and even with short filler it burned and tasted better than the nica's I've had. This is a difficult thing for me to say because I love AJ <not in a weird way> but the nica libre and gurkha sherpa (habano) are just terrible.

edh

kaipocruz1:
EDH you are the man!!! I love me a maxx...especially the traditional toro (which is funny because it's not maxx sized anymore!) Last weekI tried a LVH fuma brazilian maduro(which is in the price range of the nicas), and even with short filler it burned and tasted better than the nica's I've had. This is a difficult thing for me to say because I love AJ <not in a weird way> but the nica libre and gurkha sherpa (habano) are just terrible.

You gotta call 'em like you see 'em. For me, the MAXX is a very pleasant smoke. With the Nica, I just wanted it to end. I really like CCOM, but sometimes the hype machine goes into overdrive.

All this talk about the MAXX makes me wanna spark one up tonight.

Redtailhawkoz

dennisking:
every Nica Libre I have smoked has been great. sorry you had a bad experience. I actually enjoy these more than a Padron

Ditto

docbp87

Don't get me wrong, I loved the Nicas I had that were good. Would I smoke them over a regular line Padron? No. Personally I prefer the Padron. The Nica Libre in the petite corona (I guess that's the size... whatever the smallest size is) is certainly a stick I have considered buying a box of to lay down for an extended period of rest though. Writing a review of the Padron 2000 natural right now actually...

kaipocruz1

Padron 2000 natural...great great smoke! I love when I get one that taste like coffee bean all the way. If consistency had a numerical value this would be the benchmark for all others. At one point I was ordering these 6 boxes at a time, and I can only remember 1 stick out of the mountain of them that I smoked burning really bad...that's saying something in my book. Funny thing though, I really do not care for the maduro (which is what padron is known for!)