As you’ve probably seen, its that time of the year where you are bombarded by Top Cigars of the Year list. The biggest and most influential of the list is the one put out by Cigar Aficionado, the lifestyle magazine. Usually this leads to a run on, at the very least, the top ten cigars […]
231 Rockhill
Wrapper : Ecuadorian Corojo Binder : Dominican Filler : Dominican Source : bought at Genuine Tobacco for $3.60 a piece Welcome aboard the review train. This weeks special boxcar presentation will be on the 231 Rockhill by Cuban Stock Cigar Company. You may think the name is a bit weird (I did at first) but […]
Drink. Smoke. Eat.
Drink. Smoke. Eat. Not only three things that all go perfectly together but it is also the tagline for the soon to be opened, Civil Cigar Lounge. Civil Cigar Lounge is the brainchild of Matt Krimm and John Anderson (co-owners of the W.Curtis Draper empire) and is set to open to the public on January […]
Brian’s The Week In Smoke, Issue 23
It’s time again for another issue of Brian’s The Week In Smoke. In case this is your first Week in Smoke, be advised that it covers many (though not necessarily all) of the cigars I’ve smoked in the past week (or the past month, or however long it has been since the last issue), along […]
El Primer Mundo Announces Costa Fuerte
A little over a week ago I was surprised to see Sean Williams, owner of El Primer Mundo kicking back at my local shop. (But only a little, he is based in Atlanta, after all.) He was there with a friend smoking lanceros bearing the plain paper band you often see on pre-release cigars. When […]
Diamond Crown Julius Caeser – Toro – First Impressions
Wrapper : Ecuadorian Havana Seed Binder : Dominican Filler : Caribbean Basin & Central America Source : Handed to me by Dan, our local rep Welcome to my first review of the 2013 calendar year which will be a First Impressions of the Diamond Crown Julius Caeser by J.C. Newman. This will be on the […]
Ben’s Top Ten Cigars of 2012
Every year all of us bloggers put our our Top Ten Cigars of the years list. I really enjoy reading them as many of you do. I love see what my other bloggers have been enjoying throughout the year and see how it compares with what I’ve smoked and considered some of the best. Also, […]
The Box-Worthies: Brian’s Top 10 Cigars of 2012
Making a top ten list is never an easy task, but I think it’s a worthwhile exercise to revisit the year, and spend some time thinking about its finer moments. I gave some thought to changing the way I do my top ten this year, like limiting it to only new releases. But then it […]
Charlie’s Top Cigars of 2012 (plus giveaway)
It’s that time of year again. So exciting. So suspenseful. So controversial. It can only mean one thing: everyone with a blog is publishing their highly-opinionated list of top cigars for the year, and everyone else is having fun arguing over which cigars were overlooked and which were overrated. Allow me to add my inflation-adjusted […]