Russ55:I've smoked the entire line save the Emerald, and the regular Black, both of which I have resting. The thing with Graycliff that you have to understand going in, is that they are a gamble. They are not consistent at all. I've had cigars from them that totally blew me away, and others that were total trash, sometimes even from the same box. That, coupled with their high prices is going to result in wildly differing opinions. The other thing is, some are made at their Bahamas factory, and others are contracted through AJ Fernandez. They may have other Nicaraguan manufactures, I don't know. So depending on your tastes, you may or may not like those. I think in general, both are at least good, some even great, but there are a few I'd stay away from. Mostly I'm referring to the 1666. I had one once that was good, and 30 after that one that were shite. I should have learned after 2. The blends I like from them are: The Double Espresso, the Crystal, the Purple, the Blue in the pirate vitola, and the Red. The blends I like from the Nicaraguan factory are the G2 Turbo, and platimun and crystal LEs. My suggestion for all things Graycliff is get 'em on a deal, and expect nothing. Hope that helps.
josiahcol: Russ55:I've smoked the entire line save the Emerald, and the regular Black, both of which I have resting. The thing with Graycliff that you have to understand going in, is that they are a gamble. They are not consistent at all. I've had cigars from them that totally blew me away, and others that were total trash, sometimes even from the same box. That, coupled with their high prices is going to result in wildly differing opinions. The other thing is, some are made at their Bahamas factory, and others are contracted through AJ Fernandez. They may have other Nicaraguan manufactures, I don't know. So depending on your tastes, you may or may not like those. I think in general, both are at least good, some even great, but there are a few I'd stay away from. Mostly I'm referring to the 1666. I had one once that was good, and 30 after that one that were shite. I should have learned after 2. The blends I like from them are: The Double Espresso, the Crystal, the Purple, the Blue in the pirate vitola, and the Red. The blends I like from the Nicaraguan factory are the G2 Turbo, and platimun and crystal LEs. My suggestion for all things Graycliff is get 'em on a deal, and expect nothing. Hope that helps. That does help a lot thanks, im guessing the ones from the Nicaraguan factory are the one's contracted through AJ Fernandez? If so does that mean that he helped on the blends or do they just use his factory to roll them?
