Bah f’n humbug! While everyone else is focusing on their Top 10 Cigars for 2009, I decided to take the negative approach and be a Debbie Downer. These are my Bottom 10 Cigars for 2009. The cigars in this list were reviewed this year and just didn’t live up to my expectations, or just plain […]
SR 12 Days of Christmas – Day 5 Winner
You guessed it, another day and another prize to give away for our Second Annual Stogie Review 12 Days of Christmas Contest! We are now at a point in the contest where we have a single contest which spans multiple days. In this case, days four through six all share the same rules. With all […]
ECCJ 15th Anniversary by Altadis
Brand: ECCJ 15th Anniversary Produced By: Altadis Vitola: Corona Gorda Ring Gauge: 48 Length: 5.75 Wrapper: Dominican Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican Origin: Dominican Republic MSRP: Unknown Purchased From: IPCPR Sample Brand: The ECCJ 15th Anniversary Cigar is one that is produced by Altadis in the Dominican Republic. The band bears the Santa Damiana name and […]
SR 12 Days of Christmas – Day 4 Winner
You guessed it, another day and another prize to give away for our Second Annual Stogie Review 12 Days of Christmas Contest! We are now at a point in the contest where we have a single contest which spans multiple days. In this case, days four through six all share the same rules. With all […]
Rocky Patel American Market Selection
Similar to my reviews of the Rocky Patel Honduran Classic, Rocky Patel Cuban Blend and Rocky Patel Rosado, the Rocky Patel American Market Selection is a Famous Exclusive…meaning you can only get them at Famous Smoke Shop. Again, in the interest of complete transparency I wanted to say that Famous Smoke Shop is an advertiser […]
Find Cigar Friendly Establishments at CigarFriendly.us
A few weeks back, I was catching up on new posts over at Cigar Clubhouse, when I saw Stephen Boyajian (owner of Cigar Clubhouse) mention a new project that he was working on. The project he mentioned was CigarFriendly.us and it is basically a database of cigar friendly establishments. Because of how frequently a new […]
SR 12 Days of Christmas – Day 3 Winner
With the first two days of the Second Annual Stogie Review 12 Days of Christmas behind us, we are beginning to to hit our stride. The announcement today, as you may have guessed it, is to congratulate our latest contest winner. The contest was pretty straight forward, we asked that you send in a cigar […]
Carlos Torano Casa Torano Maduro Robusto
This week’s review was an exercise in finding enough of the same cigar to actually do a review. I was starting to get a little worried when I found a forgotten five pack of Casa Torano Maduros I purchased quite a while ago. Long enough ago that the cellophane was starting to yellow a bit. […]
SR 12 Days of Christmas – Day 2 Winner
With Day 1 of the Second Annual Stogie Review 12 Days of Christmas under our belts, its time to roll out the prize for Day 2. For this prize, we asked that you show us your creative spark and answer a question for us. We wanted to know “If old Saint Nick was a cigar […]
La Aroma de Cuba Edicion Especial (Guest Review)
This review comes courtesy of Dave (dk_fxn) from the Stogie Review Fan Forums Brand: La Aroma de Cuba Edicion Especial Vitola: Lancero Size: 7 ½ x 38 Wrapper: Nicaragua Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Price: ~$9 This Lancero is produced in limited quantaties by Pepin Garcia and is available in boxes of ten along with the […]