Introduced at this year’s IPCPR and recently started hitting the shelves of shops everywhere is the Alec Bradley Black Market. I heard a lot of talk about the Black Market on the show floor and since it was one of the few cigars I didn’t get to sample at the show, I was extremely excited […]
Interview with Steve Ysidron of Savinelli
When the name Savinelli is mentioned in the smoke shop, the first thing that comes to peoples’ mind is pipes. You can hardly blame them, Savinelli has been making pipes since Achille Savinelli Sr. opened up shop in Milan back in 1876. After a 135 years of doing something, you do build a bit of […]
Big Pig Maduro
Wrapper : Dominican Republic? Binder : Dominican Republic Filler : Dominican Republic Source : Wife made me buy I have for you today a cigar made by Arganese called Big Pig in the maduro wrapper. These come in one size, 6×60 and are available from SmokerFriendly.com or any of the Smoker Friendly stores around the […]
Contest: Win an Angelenos Leather Travel Case and Cigars Courtesy of Prometheus
Last month we gave away a Prometheus Prize Pack which included a table torch and cigars. This month, Prometheus is back again with a black leather twin cigar case with Angelenos Logo. This case is designed to handle large ring gauge cigars and comes pre filled with a pair of large ring gauge Angelenos Cigars. […]
Leon Jimenes No. 4 Maduro
Up for review this week is a cigar that’s anything but new, and conspicuously petite in the face of the ongoing large ring gauge craze, the Leon Jimenes Corona No. 4 Maduro. You might wonder why, with all the new releases hitting the shelves this time of year I’d decide to burn something that’s been […]
Rocky Patel Vintage 2003 Cameroon – Sixty
Wrapper : Cameroon Binder : Nicaraguan Filler : Nicaraguan and Dominican Source : bought at local store Today I have a new stick, the Rocky Patel Vintage 2003 Cameroon in the Sixty size (6×60). Yes I tend to like toro sizes and up so I was looking forward to smoking this one with the cameroon […]
CAO OSA Sol
The CAO OSA Sol should be on your shop’s shelves by now. I’ve been working on this review since I first sampled the Lot 50 (Robusto) at IPCPR. Having smoked almost a box worth of the three various sizes I figured now is a good time as any to expand on the thoughts I’ve shared […]
1844
Wrapper : San Andreas Maduro Binder : Nicaraguan Filler : Nicaraguan Source : Jeff gifted to me Today I have a first impressions of the 1844 cigar that is available from CI and it’s organizations and is made by AJ Fernandez. I gave an update on the RabbitAir purifier also and told why the review […]
Women of Cigar Expo 2011 (Cigarnival)
Unless you have been avoiding Stogie Review over the past two weeks, you are well aware that Mike and I attended the Famous Smoke Shop Cigar Expo 2011 (Cigarnval) event. Like any event that we attend with attractive women working, we do our best to bring you photos of the lovely ladies. This time around […]
Week in Smoke – TGT Edition
Rain…rain…rain…that about sums up the past week. Normally I can push through a little rain but torrential down pours for hours on end just put a dent in my smoking plans. Needless to say, its been a bit of a slow week for cigars. Slow but still a handful or two of eclectic assortment of […]