{"id":302688,"date":"2019-03-15T16:03:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T20:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=302688"},"modified":"2019-03-18T15:50:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T19:50:17","slug":"cigar-recommendations-for-a-u-s-navy-veteran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2019\/03\/15\/cigar-recommendations-for-a-u-s-navy-veteran\/","title":{"rendered":"Cigar Recommendations for a U.S. Navy Veteran"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: Here is Jeff in Florence, South Carolina. Great to have you on Open Line Friday. Welcome, sir.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Retired U.S. Navy dittos. It\u2019s an honor to speak with you, sir.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you, sir. Great to have you here.<\/p>\n

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CALLER: The reason why I am I\u2019m calling is I\u2019m gonna be attending a ship\u2019s reunion here pretty soon, and our commanding officer was a big cigar smoker, and I was wondering if you had a recommendation of a good quality cigar that would be befitting of CO, and then maybe something mild that we would get for the rest of crew, like maybe your occasional smoker would enjoy?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yes, sir.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Can you help me, sir?<\/p>\n

RUSH: I can help you, sir.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Thank you!<\/p>\n

RUSH: I\u2019d be more than happy to help you, sir. Do you happen to know…? Your CO, you said, is an avid smoker. Do you happen to know what he smokes?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I think back in the day it was Montecristos if I\u2019m not mistaken.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Montecristo. Do you know if they were from Havana?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I do not. I know when the ship would pull into foreign ports where they wasn\u2019t the duty stuff where you could pick up the Cubans and stuff like that, he would get boxes and bring \u2019em back on board.<\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s fine. As long as… Back then, as long as… You can bring \u2019em in now. It\u2019s legal to buy them and bring them in. You couldn\u2019t back then.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes, sir.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: Well, you can\u2019t legally buy a Cuban cigar in the United States, but if you know somebody who is traveling internationally where Cubans are sold, you can ask them to pick a couple up. They can legally bring them back now. So, if you wanted to try to get your CO a Montecristo No. 2, I guarantee you that that\u2019d be most appreciated. But, other than that, I would suggest for your CO — and, by the way, for all of you people in the cigar manufacturing business, this is a situation where I can\u2019t mention everyone, and I don\u2019t want to make any enemies here.<\/p>\n

But if you want to go mild for everybody else, get something by Ashton Virgin Sun Grown any size. But I\u2019d get a decent size cigar, at least a 47 ring gauge and get something at least… Maybe even 52. Get a Robusto size, but get something seven inches long that\u2019s gonna last awhile so you guys can have a good time doing this. You don\u2019t want these cigars to go out in 10 minutes. For your CO, I would try… If you want a cigar that\u2019s got a kick to it, try to find Fuente Fuente Opus X, or Opus “10.” It looks like a “10,” but it\u2019s Opus X.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the only cigar in the world grown outside Cuba where the binder and the filler and the wrapper are grown in the same soil. Outside of Cuba it\u2019s never been successfully done anywhere except by the Fuente family in the Dominican. Short of that, try the Fuente Don Carlos. There are three different sizes. One of them\u2019s the “No. 2.” Then they have a Corona size, Double Corona size, about six inches, but those are cigars that will pack a punch. You can also look into the Padron from Nicaragua.<\/p>\n

Padron Cigars — and those have a good kick to them, as do the Olivas. Oliva had the Cigar of the Year two years ago in Cigar Aficionado magazine (one of my all-time favorite magazines), and they come in a number of different shapes. But if you find Padron, Oliva… Ashton Virgin Sun Grown is your mild one. If you really want to go mild, go domestic Montecristo. Not Havana, but domestic Montecristo. That\u2019s a good starter and mild cigar. But, for your CO, Fuente Fuente Opus X if you\u2019re not able to get him a Monte No. 2 from Havana.<\/p>\n

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CALLER: Thank you so much, sir. I appreciate it.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You\u2019re welcome. By the way, there are… I could not stop listing brands here. I am not really picking favorites. It\u2019s just I can\u2019t mention everybody, and there are… Like, Rocky Patel has some absolutely… You know, you might want to try getting an assortment. Get some Padrons (Nicaragua), get some Olivas (Nicaragua), get some Rocky Patels, get some Fuentes, and get some Ashtons. Have a mixture of them, and I guarantee you you\u2019ll have a cigar in that mix that somebody is gonna like.<\/p>\n

Everybody\u2019s gonna like one of the brands. Snerdley\u2019s favorite is the Padrons. We\u2019ve got a special humidor. Did you see after the Super Bowl, Mr. Kraft fielding this gigantic humidor in the locker room for the team? He had sent it last year, but they lost to the Eagles. So, he had to keep the box, the humidor, and he brought it out for when they won in Atlanta. Well, we\u2019ve got the same thing here.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve been smoking the same cigars that the Padrons sent the New England Patriots. We\u2019ve got that same humidor out there on our living room coffee table. And I tell you, they are Snerdley\u2019s favorite, the Padrons. See, this is the thing. Cigars are like anything else: Everybody has their own individual favorites, and there\u2019s no right or wrong in it. But with that selection of brand names, you\u2019ll hit a home run with virtually everybody at your bash, I guarantee you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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