Thanks for everyone who voted for this week’s review on The Stogie Review Fan Forums. It was a tight race and the La Herencia Cubana was the dark horse and came out of no where to win it in the end. The La Herencia Cubana is another cigar from the stables of AJ Fernandez. Similar […]
Gurkha Empire V
Origin : Unknown Wrapper : Ecuadorian Connecticut Binder : Unknown Filler : Long-leaf Honduran, Nicaraguan and Mexican Source : Purchased from Cigars International with my own funds Today I have for you the Gurkha Empire V. This is a cigar that there is not much information floating around on except what is on the Cigar’s […]
Gurkha Empire IV
Origin : Unknown Wrapper : Brazilian Arapiraca Binder : Unknown Filler : Long-leaf Dominican and Nicaraguan Source : Purchased from Cigars International with my own funds Today I have for you the Gurkha Empire IV. This is a cigar that there is not much information floating around on except what is on the Cigar’s International […]
Gurkha Empire III
Origin : Unknown Wrapper : Costa Rican Maduro Binder : Unknown Filler : Long-leaf Dominican and Honduran Source : Purchased from Cigars International with my own funds Today I have for you the Gurkha Empire III. This is a cigar that there is not much information floating around on except what is on the Cigar’s […]
Man O’ War Special Edition Figurado
The Stogie Review Fan Forums voted and up next is the Man O’ War Special Edition Figurado. AJ Fernandez borrows a page from the work he did with Rocky Patel in developing the Rocky Patel Fusion by making a MoW hybrid. With Rocky, AJ combined the Vintage 1990 and Vintage 1992 to make the Rocky […]
Kinky Friedman Kinkycristo
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 […]