Help me pick one for a special occasion...

alienmisprint

Today is my wife and my sixth anniversary, but it is also significant because it is our first "real" anniversary. By that, I mean we were married on a Friday the 13th, and today is the first time it has fallen on a Friday since we have been married. If Pete Johnson ever releases a Voorhes (or somethine along those lines) in his Halloween series, I'll have to buy a couple of boxes and keep them just for anniversaries. But since those cigars don't exist yet, here's what I'm looking at:

Ashton ESG (in humi since Aug 09) - never tried one, when I was gifted this by Tumbler he gave me the advice that I should let it sit as long as possible and I have beeb

Vigilante Maduro (in humi for about a year and a half) - these are no longer in production, and I only have a few left, but the robusto is one of my all time favorite cigars

Xikar Defiance (in humi since July 09) - another cigar that is no longer in production, another one of my all-time favorites that I can no longer get - although the HC Criollo is the same blend

Don Carlos Edicion de Aniversario 2006 (in humi for a little over a year) - not much to say about this one, great super-premium

Alec Bradley Pryme (in humi since June 09) - yet another one of my all-time favorites that no longer exists, I am very stingy with these as I am sure I'll never be able to get any more


Thoughts?

sightunseen

Congrats, Tony. I vote for the AB Pryme.

t_evan50

If it's me I'd go Vigilante Maduro. You know you are going to enjoy it. And what better occasion are u gunna have? My worst fear is trying a stick for the first time when I'm supposed to be celebrating and getting let down.

Dude Love

Well, since the obvious choice is saving the out-of-production ones for the apocalypse, I would go with the ESG.

DSWarmack

t_evan50:

If it's me I'd go Vigilante Maduro. You know you are going to enjoy it. And what better occasion are u gunna have? My worst fear is trying a stick for the first time when I'm supposed to be celebrating and getting let down.

+1 and look into the skull and bones for next year.

camgfs

Damn, they all sound good! Congrats on the anniversary.

Bottom line is, pick one you like, limited or not, and enjoy the hell out of it!! I buy them to smoke them, and it always hurts a little when you smoke your last one ever, but others will come along that are as good, so go for it! That is all part of the fun, right?

rwheelwright

Unless you have something even more important that your anni, my vote is the Don Carlos Edicion de Aniversario 2006. Did you get that from me? I can't remember.

Sandman1am

camgfs:

Damn, they all sound good! Congrats on the anniversary.

Bottom line is, pick one you like, limited or not, and enjoy the hell out of it!! I buy them to smoke them, and it always hurts a little when you smoke your last one ever, but others will come along that are as good, so go for it! That is all part of the fun, right?

Don Carlos 2006 awesome smoke right there.....oh and what he said

boydmcgowan

sightunseen:

Congrats, Tony. I vote for the AB Pryme.

+1. What better occassion would you be saving these for? Plus you know its a favorite . . . .

and congrats brother.

lcpleel

Congrats Tony! Im not going to vote because its obvious with me.

lilwing88

Let her pick..... She picked you, after all. (this post came with extra cheese ;-)

DSWarmack

lilwing88:

Let her pick..... She picked you, after all. (this post came with extra cheese ;-)

Which means she has no taste! Maybe in art, but definitely not in people. j/k I hope you thoroughly enjoy it (the anni, the time with your wife, and whatever cigar you smoke)!

dennisking

Don Carlos Anniversario. awesome stick. congrats

PuroFreak

My vote would be either the Don Carlos or the Pryme. Both fantastic smokes!

Diamondog

I would smoke the one you haven't tried the ESG, great smoke...

laker1963

The Vigilante. Man we have burned threw a few of these eh Tony? If you still have some of the Robusto's with some age on them, go for that, you KNOW you will enjoy it, and they are pretty consistant so you know it will preform well too. BTW, CONGRATULATIONS to you and your wife.

alienmisprint

t_evan50:

If it's me I'd go Vigilante Maduro. You know you are going to enjoy it. And what better occasion are u gunna have? My worst fear is trying a stick for the first time when I'm supposed to be celebrating and getting let down.

I always am afraid of that too, but I don't think that will be the case with the ESG. I hear ya though, and I am leaning more towards a tried-and-true stick for tonight.

rwheelwright:

Unless you have something even more important that your anni, my vote is the Don Carlos Edicion de Aniversario 2006. Did you get that from me? I can't remember.

Not sure Rich. I've burned two of these and have two on hand. I know you and Vinnie both sent me one, I purchased one from a B&M, and I'm pretty sure I got bombed with the other one from some other BoTL here. They are fantastic sticks, without doubt my favorite offering from AF, by a longshot.

laker1963:

The Vigilante. Man we have burned threw a few of these eh Tony? If you still have some of the Robusto's with some age on them, go for that, you KNOW you will enjoy it, and they are pretty consistant so you know it will preform well too. BTW, CONGRATULATIONS to you and your wife.

You can say that again Doug. I do still have a few of the robo's left, not many though. They are so much better than the toro's too, lol. Weren't you the one who turned me on to these?

alienmisprint

DSWarmack:

t_evan50:

If it's me I'd go Vigilante Maduro. You know you are going to enjoy it. And what better occasion are u gunna have? My worst fear is trying a stick for the first time when I'm supposed to be celebrating and getting let down.

+1 and look into the skull and bones for next year.

Skull & Bones? Is that one of the Viaje sticks or another new limited release from Tat? Gotta be one of those two, with a name like that.

phobicsquirrel

don carlos!

zeebra

Congrats man! I say go with something you have not smoked yet.

RCY Cigars

phobicsquirrel:

don carlos!

Don Carlos I've only had one and it was very good. But I think you should go with either the Xikar Defiance or Alec Bradley Pryme. Why, these are no longer produced and are your favorites. So, you smoke them for moments like these. I think...

DSWarmack

Viaje, got one while I was in Germany because Rick has a serious case of Kantceepcigarstoself. Hopefully one day he'll be cured.

kaspera79

The Ashton ESG jumped off the page at me.. That is a nice cigar. Tough decision, I'm sure any choice you make will be a good one. Oh yeah, Happy Anniversary (by the way )

RampMonkey

phobicsquirrel:

don carlos!

+1 and congrats!

boydmcgowan

DSWarmack:

Viaje, got one while I was in Germany because Rick has a serious case of Kantceepcigarstoself. Hopefully one day he'll be cured.

LOL, at first I thought it was some german word, then I looked closer . . . .hahaha

alienmisprint

boydmcgowan:

DSWarmack:

Viaje, got one while I was in Germany because Rick has a serious case of Kantceepcigarstoself. Hopefully one day he'll be cured.

LOL, at first I thought it was some german word, then I looked closer . . . .hahaha

Lol, nice.

I ended up going with the Pryme. To be honest, it really wasn't fair to the other cigars. Any time I allow myself to seriously consider smoking a Pryme, a Pryme gets set on fire. That's why I don't let myself seriously consider it very often, lol. I'm not going to exagerate and say I cried when I pulled this one out of the box, but I did get a little twinge in the gut when I realized I was pulling it from the bottom row....meaning there are only 9 left now. Thanks for the congratulations and input everyone, it was a great day today, and that cigar was the perfect way to cap it off.