Halfwheel's Top 25 Cigars of 2024

[JohnS]

Halfwheel have just announced their Top 25 cigars of 2024. Now, before we get 'riled' up at the lack of Habanos cigars, the aim of this thread is to get member discussion about any of the New World cigars they've smoked from the list below. Please feel free to add your thoughts...

1. CRAFT Maquette La Maestranza

2. Quesada 50th Anniversary Toro Prensado

3. Sin Compromiso Selección No. 4

4. Plasencia Alma Fuerte Colorado Claro Robustus II

5. AVO Expressions Limited Edition 2024

6. Fuente y Padrón Legends (Arturo Fuente)

7. Maestranza Ciutadella Catalonia

8. LeRoy Neiman 2023 Collector’s Edition

9. Las Calaveras Edición Limitada 2024 LC52

10. Davidoff Grand Cru Diademas Finas Limited Edition Collection

11. Plasencia Cosecha 151 La Musica

12. CroMagnon Knuckle Dragger (2024)

13. AJ Fernandez 20th Anniversary Toro

14. ADVentura Blue Eyed Jack's Revenge Robusto

15. Davidoff Winston Churchill The Late Hour Petit Panetela

16. Días de Gloria Brazil Toro

17. Crux Epicure Habano Toro

18. Warfighter Night Shift

19. 601 La Bomba Warhead X

20. Powstanie Connecticut Corona Gorda "Justice"

21. Knuckle Sandwich 56

22. Padrón Black PB-97 Maduro

23. Buenaventura Favoritos 56 Natural

24. La Llorona Corona

25. Viaje Skull and Bones Tsar Bomba Camo Blue

[Ken Gargett]

come on, John. we both know that the real aim of this thread is to give the moderators the opportunity to ban those who won't be able to help themselves. it is our version of spring cleaning. 

but that said, what has happened to the planet - if someone offered me the choice between a cro-magnon knuckle dragger, jack's revenge, warfighter night shift, a la bomba warhead, a skull and bones and a knuckle sandwich, at what stage am i expected to think we might be talking cigars? 

i don't blame the guys. this is apparently marketing today. 

how long before one goes to the supermarket and has a choice between throatslasher milk and serial killer cream? 

i am not certain we are sending the youth of today the right message. 

[TacoSauce]

3 minutes ago, Ken Gargett said:

how long before one goes to the supermarket and has a choice between throatslasher milk and serial killer cream? 

[westg]

11 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

come on, John. we both know that the real aim of this thread is to give the moderators the opportunity to ban those who won't be able to help themselves. it is our version of spring cleaning. 

but that said, what has happened to the planet - if someone offered me the choice between a cro-magnon knuckle dragger, jack's revenge, warfighter night shift, a la bomba warhead, a skull and bones and a knuckle sandwich, at what stage am i expected to think we might be talking cigars? 

i don't blame the guys. this is apparently marketing today. 

how long before one goes to the supermarket and has a choice between throatslasher milk and serial killer cream? 

i am not certain we are sending the youth of today the right message. 

Yep. I was reading that list and thinking seriously. That said, nothing I would reach out and buy on it either. Cheers John. 

[riderpride]

1 hour ago, Ken Gargett said:

come on, John. we both know that the real aim of this thread is to give the moderators the opportunity to ban those who won't be able to help themselves. it is our version of spring cleaning. 

but that said, what has happened to the planet - if someone offered me the choice between a cro-magnon knuckle dragger, jack's revenge, warfighter night shift, a la bomba warhead, a skull and bones and a knuckle sandwich, at what stage am i expected to think we might be talking cigars? 

i don't blame the guys. this is apparently marketing today. 

how long before one goes to the supermarket and has a choice between throatslasher milk and serial killer cream? 

i am not certain we are sending the youth of today the right message. 

Ladies and gentlemen- your first episode of Kencussions has been planned...

Cheers!

[Li Bai]

Very well said, I must say I don't know much about the NC market and from far away it doesn't appeal to me a bit...

There probably are good cigars in there though 🤔

[HenryMartin]

Number 15 sucks. I really like Halfwheel, they are credible but to credit this particular line of Davidoff is bizarre.

[99call]

Cigars for teenagers.

[Blazer]

It seems akin to what the bulk wine industry did by adding crazy names to get their bottles to stand out and create buzz amongst suburban housewives.

[bmac]

I want to defend NC’s-however I haven’t smoked one of the cigars in Halfwheels top 25.🤓

[Arabian]

NC needs to relax a bit when it comes to naming their cigars.

[Ford2112]

Has anyone tried the Dude Living In The Bushes and Drinking White Port Toro Robusto from Jabroni Cigars Ltd?

Knuckle sandwich 🤣

[mbflash80]

Alma Fuerte is a very good cigar in my opinion. I have tried the Sin Compramiso on a few occasions and its just a boring cigar. Have not had anything else from the list.

[ha_banos]

Loving this name https://halfwheel.com/review-opus-x-forbidden-x-bbmf-natural/9384/

Big

[Li Bai]

46 minutes ago, ha_banos said:

Loving this name https://halfwheel.com/review-opus-x-forbidden-x-bbmf-natural/9384/

Big

I had one of those 😂😂🤣

[griller]

5 hours ago, mbflash80 said:

Alma Fuerte is a very good cigar in my opinion. I have tried the Sin Compramiso on a few occasions and its just a boring cigar. Have not had anything else from the list.

Same opinion here on these 2 cigars. Seems like they have a strong preference for fatties/52+ ring gauges, too.

[mikejh]

19 hours ago, HenryMartin said:

Number 15 sucks. I really like Halfwheel, they are credible but to credit this particular line of Davidoff is bizarre.

Have you had that one?

[Li Bai]

On 1/19/2025 at 4:42 AM, Arabian said:

NC needs to relax a bit when it comes to naming their cigars.

Couldn't have said it better myself 😂🤣

[Cigar Surgeon]

What I always find interesting is looking at a list and seeing it contains cigars that I also felt were some of the best that year, while simultaneously including some of the worst. 

But we see that on our panel as well. All four of us agreeing is a rarity. 

Love what the guys at HW do, some of the best in the industry. 

[Islandboy]

I’ve only had #10, and it’s worthy...not inexpensive, but quite good IMO.

[JoeyBones777]

The Powstanie Connecticut Justice is a great cigar. I recently bought a box after smoking through a 5 pack.

[Boss Hog]

1 hour ago, Islandboy said:

I’ve only had #10, and it’s worthy...not inexpensive, but quite good IMO.

I agree. Great cigar.

[joeypots]

Admittedly, I haven’t smoked many from the list but choosing any of those over an ordinary excellent Punch Punch would be hard for me. Never mind almost any other Cuban cigar in my stash.

[kaleehb]

I would certainly try the Padron Fuente cigar but not at $200 a pop. Makes me wonder how many they actually smoked before assigning it to the list...🤔?

[joeruby]

I think a cigar should at the very least have the makers name on it. Only tried 2 new world cigars one was Arturo Fuente (mid range I think) and the other a Davidoff Churchill late hour. Both were excellent. I prefer Cubans...