Well folks, here it is! My humidor in all its glory! Purchased from my local JR Cigars shop in August 2004 this beauty has seen cigars, of all shapes and sizes, from all walks of life, come and go. There are many humidors like it but this one is mine (please allow time for the […]
Flor De Olivia – Natural & Maduro Comparison
Yesterday I was just hanging around the house trying to avoid going out into the heat to cut the lawn, when I started thinking about taking a ride down to a cigar shop down in Exton, PA. I didn’t want to take the forty five minute ride all way down there so I decided to […]
La Escepcion – Series V
Origin: Honduras Length: 6.12 Ring Gauge: 50 Strength: Full Wrapper Color: Dark Brown (Oscuro) Wrapper Type: Connecticut Broadleaf Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf Filler: Hon. / Nic. I recently received a package from Jerry containing some cigars. In the package there were two, La Escepcion – Series V cigars. I decided to give one a try.
Perdomo Exclusivo Generoso Maduro
Origin – Nicaragua Wrapper - Connecticut Broadleaf Binder – Nicaragua Filler – Nicaragua I was reading the latest post by Al Remp on Cigar Blog 101 and realized that it had been too long since I have rotated the cigars in my humidor. My wife will attest to how lazy I can be. I spent […]
Excalibur 1066 – Dark Knight
Origin: Honduras Length: 5.75 Ring: 54 Strength: Medium – Full Wrapper Color: Dark Brown (Maduro) Wrapper Type: Connecticut Broadleaf Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf Filler: Honduras A few nights ago I had the chance to have a cigar after class. I dipped back into the package I received in trade and pulled out an Excalibur 1066 – […]
Alec Bradley – Havana Sungrown
Length: 5.00 Ring Gauge: 50 Strength: Mild – Medium Last night I was hoping to get in a pair or reviews. The idea was to start off with something mild then move on to something stronger so that the flavors wouldn’t be too conflicting. I wound up only having time to have one cigar. The […]
Famous – Nicaraguan 3000
Length: 5.00 Ring Gauge: 54 Strength: Full Last night I went out to dinner with my girlfriend, and a couple that my girlfriend is very close with. When I got home I just felt like a beer and a good cigar, so that’s just what I did. I poured myself a cold glass of Yuengling […]
Perdomo – Estate Selection
Length: 5.50 Ring Gauge: 48 Strength: Medium – Full Thursday night I got home early from class and decided to have a quick smoke. After digging around in the cooler I found that I still had an entire five pack of Perdomo – Estate Selections left from a sampler I ordered last month. Being […]
Gurkha – Double Maduro
Size Name: Toro Length: 6.00 Ring Gauge: 52 Strength: Full I’ve been on a bit of a Maduro kick as of late, so sticking with the trend I decided to go with a Gurkha – Double Maduro. The wrapper on this stick stands out the most. The wrapper is an excellent deep brown that has […]
Henry Clay Honduran
Origin: Honduras Wrapper: Nicaragua Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Honduras/Nicaragua/Peru Introduced in 2005, the Henry Clay Honduran is a new stick from an old school brand. Henry Clay is one of the brands mentioned in Rudyard Kipling’s cigar poem The Betrothed as Kipling writes There’s peace in a Larranaga, there’s calm in a Henry Clay. The Henry […]