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To: FJB who wrote (36)	8/31/2012 7:01:35 PM
From: Farmboy	Respond to of 64

Of those you named, I like the 'Crest' best. It is a pretty darn good smoke,in my opinion. One can get some pretty good deals on all the Gurkhas at Cigarbid.com, if you want to just spend a little time 'bidding'. cigarbid.com I go there, and throw in a bunch of low-ball bids on a lot of stuff, and usually end up getting one or two .. you can set up your account where they only ship once a week, then combine all your auction 'wins' for the week, and ship them to you all together, on whatever day you specify, every week you have 'win'. That's what I do. But, be prepared because every once in a whiile, you might just get more of the ones you bid on than you're thinking and end up with a pretty good batch! LOL I've never really had a Gurkha that disappointed me, but some are definitely better than others. Of the five you listed: Gurkha Master Select - have smoked a good number of these. Medium strength, with mainly just tobacco flavors, but I don't get tired of them. Good all-purpose smoke. Warlord - never tried Titan - Had a five pack. Would buy more if I could get them at decent price. Not bad, not great, but OK. Beast - The name pretty well says it .. They're pretty darn strong, and have a good kick to 'em. Similar to a Joya de Nicaragua Antano, in lots of ways. A good smoke after a nice big steak dinner, but not on an empty stomach. Vintage Shaggy Maduro - good medium-full smoke, if you like maduro, and I do. Gurkha tends to come out with a lot of different blends (and differently named smokes) in smaller batches. What you have today may not be around in a few months. Doesn't mean anything bad, just their marketing style. Crest is probaby my favorite Gurkha, followed by the Beauty ... Wanted to try some of the "Special Ops", but just haven't gotten the chance. Gurkha also markets some pretty expensive, high end product. Some of their boxes are really works of art, constructed of exotic wood, with gold colored hardware, individually serial numbered. The Special Ops, by the box, come with a neat looking 'Special Ops' knife. I don't imagine it is a cheapie knife either. They also have some other brands they produce that I like, especially the Park Avenue in Natural wrapper, and the Sherpa. These will usually run around $50-$60 bucks a box, so not bad, and I could truly smoke Park Avenue every day and I don't think I'd get tired of it. I have a good stock of Master Select on hand now, an some Crests - but I need to replenish my Gurkhas. Generally, a Gurkha will be a good smoke. They seems to try to put out a good product. I am pretty sure you can get a better deal at cigarbid.com than the groupon offer, if you have a bit of patience and don't care about the tin container. My last five pack of Crests, I think I got for about $12 - 14 or so. Hope this helped.