It was only a few short months ago that Eddie Ortega brought his well-received Ortega Serie D Maduro to market, and it’s clear he has no plans to rest on his laurels. In a matter of weeks cigar shops around the country will be receiving the first shipments of the new Serie D Natural, well […]
little monsters pictorial
Well the awaited little monsters by Tatuaje Cigars have hit W.Curtis Draper (my home shop). Below are a few pics I snapped of the box I got. Too bad I don’t have anymore of the Frank to snap a pic of it with Frank Jr. In An Afternoon with Pete Johnson series, Pete told us […]
La Flor Dominicana Reserva Especial (first impressions)
Things are starting to settle down a little bit with the newborn, but I still haven’t had time to finish my next full review. Other than the CAO Last Stick Standing clips, it’s been a while since my last video, so I decided to pull something out of my desktop humidor for a quick first […]
Jerry to the Rescue
Who am I to argue with a great title like ‘Jerry to the Rescue‘? Recently I started catching up on episodes from our longtime friends Bob and Dale from DogWatch Cigar Radio. It has been awhile since a member of Stogie Review had made an appearance on their long running show. Friday night I decided […]
Regius
Welcome to my review of the Regius cigar. I have had these for a while but I did not want to break up the series review I was doing so I got to them as quick as I could. This cigar is a robusto size (4 7/8X50) and I was gifted these from the manufacturer […]
Blog Father Red Label Edicion Limitada
Hey everyone else has a limited edition, why can’t I, The Blog Father have one? By now many of you know Hewitt and I traveled to Nicaragua as guests of Drew Estate along with other members of the blogger community plus Thor from Cigar Press magazine (poor guy always gets lumped with us). I’m sure […]
An Afternoon with Bill Paley (Part One)
This is the first of two parts of An Afternoon with Bill Paley of La Palina Cigars filmed on April 21st with George Brightman at W.Curtis Draper (Bethesda). This follows the usual Q&A format on our ongoing series of interviews with many of the legends in the cigar industry. Bill and George discuss the past, […]
La Hermandad by El Primer Mundo
Today Sean Williams, owner of El Primer Mundo, shared with us his plans to release another new cigar this summer called La Hermandad. As you can see, this new line marks a departure from the previous map-and-coins design. La Hermandad being made in the Dominican Republic and in three sizes, Robusto (5 x 50), Sixty […]
Week in Smoke – TGT Edition
Now that we have all those lists out of the way lets get back to your usual fan favorite episode of Week in Smoke. A pretty interesting episode this week including a vertical tasting of the La Aroma de Cuba brand along with a few new things and some ole faithful stuff too. Life is […]
Quesada Q D’etat Howitzer
The Quesada Q D’etat Howitzer has been on my list to smoke since I reviewed the Molotov back in April. By now you know that the Q D’etat Series was created as a protest against increased restrictions on cigar smoking and higher tobacco taxes. The Howitzer, a massive 6×60, represents the second of three releases […]