Lounge Lizards This Week: the lizards pair Aganorsa Leaf Aniversario 25 Edición Limitada with The Macallan A Night On Earth/"Year of the Horse' releases/ New Diplomáticos Cancilleres/ UK vs. Cigar Lounges/ S.T. Dupont's $70k Lighter,

[El Presidente]

The lizards pair the Aganorsa Leaf Aniversario 25 Edición Limitada with The Macallan A Night On Earth: The First Light Single Malt Scotch Whisky. The guys share Aganorsa’s history, they discuss more 'Year of the Horse' releases and they find themselves once again distracted by packaging. PLUS: New Diplomáticos Cancilleres, UK vs. Cigar Lounges, S.T. Dupont's $70k Lighter, The BrickHouse is On Fire, a New Offering from The Macallan, Gizmo Banned from Selecting Cigars & More

 

 

[LizardGizmo]

Can anyone point me to a decent cigar from Aganorsa? This $30 cigar was really bad.  @Cigar Surgeon - help!

[TheCigarSoldier]

It felt like for a while there this spring/summer you guys were on a roll and everything coming to the pod was excellent! Sucks that towards the end of the year there's been so many rough goes of it between the RyJ, Black Honey, and this one. Today reminded me of your nightmare before Christmas episode a couple years back! I haven't had an Aganorsa cigar before, though I've had other brands created by them. This sounds brutal though. Hopefully 2026 has some good stuff coming your way! Exciting to hear about Macallan 15 though, I'll keep an eye out for it.

[NYGuido]

5 hours ago, LizardGizmo said:

Can anyone point me to a decent cigar from Aganorsa? This $30 cigar was really bad.  @Cigar Surgeon - help!

As much as I love the episodes with great cigars, the ones where you’re disappointed almost teach me even more. You guys actually TRY to find something to compliment and even try to think of whether any smoker would like something if you don’t. 

This episode had a lot of great parts despite your not liking the cigar really at all. I love how you broke down why it was failing, the issues with the blend vs with construction, and even after all that want to give the brand a chance to wow you. It’s content like this that keeps me coming back. A bunch of cigar guys really searching and challenging themselves and the makers to do everyone’s best. 

I especially appreciate that you hold brands accountable to price. When discussing this cigar and the Davidoff Limited Editions (think that was earlier in the episode), you went out of your way (as did Senator) to mention that if a cigar has a high price but is excellent, it might be worth it in some cases. But when brands charge $30+ for a single stick, that stick had better BRING IT. 

As for Aganorsa, I’ve never tried one. But I’ve also never met a smoker in my or any lounge who has lit one next to me. I think that says a lot in its own right for such a large brand (whereas I’m not shocked nobody has lit an Avowed or Stoic next to me despite their being amazing). 

Great episode. And, for what it’s worth, pigs in a blanket rule, and my wife insists on having them at Christmas. Though she dips them in ketchup, which might be a war crime. 

[ha_banos]

Stick to Cubans 😋