A couple of weeks ago I was over at Kensington Tobacconist talking to the owner, Kurt. He was telling me that he lined up an event with Sam Leccia, of Cain and Nub Cigars, for the day before the Cigarfest activities kicked off. With Sam being in town, he made plans to hang out at […]
Cigar Shop Review: Gilbertsville, PA – Sir Stogies
Name of Shop: Sir Stogies Date Visited: 05/07/10 Street Address: 1237 East Philadelphia Avenue City: Gilbertsville State: PA Zip: 19525 Phone Number: (610) 473-2814 Hours of Operation: Mon: Closed Tues through Thurs: 11:00am – 8:00pm Fri: 11:00am – 9:00pm Sat & Sun: 11:00am – 6:00pm Website: N/A Location: Above Average Sir Stogies is located on […]
Women of Cigarfest 2010
After last years Cigarfest, we put together a sideshow featuring all of the models. It was a rather popular post (sex sells, go figure), so we thought we would do it once again this year. Mike and I took turns snapping pictures of the models. We did our best to get them all, but I’m […]
Arganese Uno Puro
Origin : Dominican Republic Wrapper : Dominican Republic Binder : Dominican Republic Filler : Dominican Republic Source : Cigar.com Today’s smoke is the Arganese Uno Puro. As the name suggests, it is a pure Dominican Republic cigar. This cigar is said to be slightly infused with cognac and most places online i find it, it […]
Cigarfest 2010: Day 2 Summary
Earlier this week mike and I gave you our take on the Day 1 Activities of Cigarfest 2010. Today we have our thoughts on the Day 2 Activities. This video covers the Cigarfest event itself as well as some random banter from throughout the weekend. Unlike the first video where we were both pretty run […]
Liga Privada T52 by Drew Estate
I’m asked from time to time what I, Don “Cruz”ado a.k.a. The Great Torpedo, thinks about a particular cigar and when asked about the Liga Privada T52 by Drew Estate I would tell them that I wasn’t a fan of them. Historically, the Liga Privada T52 always seemed inconsistent. It was always one thing after […]
Tabacos Baez Serie SF Corona
When you make as many cigars as Don “Pepin” Garcia makes every year, the premium tobacco scraps really start to pile up. And what do you do when you have a surplus of short filler? Some put those scraps to use in other tobacco products. Of course, Pepin produces cigars exclusively, so he uses that […]
A Comparison between Canadian and American Cigar Shops – Part 2
This article was written by Daniel Temos (Dalamscius) and is the second installment of a two-part series. If you have not yet read the first installment, I strongly suggest you give it a read before progressing to part two. In part 1 of A Comparison Between Canadian and American Cigar Shops we discussed the impact […]
Cigarfest 2010: Day 1 Summary
As you may have known, Cigars International puts together an annual herf up in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania. Over the last couple of years I have been fortunate enough to attend and this year was no different. Mike and I were able to get press passes to check out the event and report back […]
Jon Huber at Cigarfest 2010
On Friday, Mike and I made our way out to Cigarfest 2010. Traffic was light and we made excellent time to the resort. While killing time until we were scheduled to met up with Jason C. (Long time viewer of Stogie Review), I spoke with Jon Huber about scheduling our interview with him. It just […]