When it comes to characters in the cigar industry, proud Texan and renaissance man Kinky Friedman ranks highly on any list of the biggest. The word is that the musician, turned political candidate, turned cigar maker got into the business because he was looking for an affordable alternative to the Cuban cigars he smoked for […]
Cigar Shop Review: St. Petersburg, FL – St. Pete Cigars
This review comes courtesy of Daniel (Dalamscius) If you would like to submit a review of one of your local shops, please take a look at our guidelines Name of Shop: St. Pete Cigars Date Visited: 01/06/2010 Street Address: 1008 58th Street North City: St. Petersburg State: Florida Zip: 33710 Phone Number: 727-381-9027 Hours of […]
Tatuaje Black Tubos
Along with the Tatuaje Verocru Tubos, the Tatuaje Black Tubos could’ve been the most anticipated cigars to be released in 2009? Maybe? One thing that is harder to argue about is that Pete Johnson has had one of the hottest hands in the cigar industry for at least the last year. The Tatuaje Black Tubos […]
The Readers Respond: Is the Persona Really Necessary?
Back in late December of 2009, we posed a question from Patrick asking “Is the Persona Really Necessary?” Before hitting publish, Brian, Jerry, and I were a little concerned that the article would draw out hostility towards peoples least favorite manufacturer due to their marketing tactics. I must say, we were pleasantly surprised by the […]
Gurkha Empire II
Origin : Unknown Wrapper : Dark Connecticut Binder : Unknown Filler : Long-leaf Ligero from the Dominican Source : Purchased from Cigars International with my own funds Today I have for you the Gurkha Empire II. This is a cigar that there is not much information floating around on except what is on the Cigar’s […]
Gran Habano Azteca (Pre Release)
Brand: Gran Habano Azteca Blender: George Rico Vitola: Toro Ring Gauge: 52ish Length: 6.00 Wrapper: San Andres Valley – Mexico (Double Maduro) Binder: San Andres Valley – Mexico Filler: Panamanian and Nicarguan Origin: Honduras MSRP: Unknown Purchased From: Sample from Kensington Tobacconist Last week while making my usual Friday afternoon visit to Kensington Tobacconist, I […]
Tatuaje Boris
The Tatuaje Boris has been out for awhile. I’m sure you’re wondering why I’ve chosen now to review it? First, when the Boris was released everyone jumped on it. Blog after blog, forum after forum were flooded with reviews. By now, you all know what an attention whore I can be and I didn’t want […]
Zino Platinum Crown Series Emperor 2009 (First Impressions)
We will see how this goes over. Since this is a First Impressions, I just basically included my notes in the write up with a bit of editing. Pre-light and first puffs – nice smooth oily wrapper, not much odor to it, see papers for info on it. Light up was great, first puffs were […]
Alec Bradley Prensado (Guest Review)
A Note from Tom: Ed and I are back once again for our monthly guest spot here on The Stogie Review. It’s hard to believe we’ve been here for two years! If you watched our January video, I put Ed on the spot and asked what his top cigar was for 2009. My choice was […]
Tatuaje RC184 (Guest Review)
This review comes courtesy of Rich (BootyRock) from the Stogie Review Fan Forums The RC cigars (RC meaning “Retro Cuban”) are two unique figurados. They feature half of the cigar wrapped in foil (the head), and the names (numbers) relate to the size in millimeters. Blended to be milder than the regular Miami line. Little […]