Imagine my surprise when I sat down to record a Short Ashes Review of the La Hermandad, by El Primer Mundo, and realized that we haven’t done an in-depth review of this cigar yet. How is that even possible, Brian Hewitt and Sean Williams are in the same area and see one another regularly? While […]
Asylum Cigars interview with Tom Lazuka
Welcome to another interview post that I was fortunate to get with Tom Lazuka, co-founder of Asylum Cigars, when he stopped by Genuine Tobacco. I appreciate Tom taking the time to sit down and have some fun on camera. Asylum Cigars has three labels right now, Asylum, Asylum 13 (I reviewed the 7×70) and the […]
Perfect Pairing: A Guide to Cigars and Spirits
There is nothing like retiring after a hard day with a cigar, I will give you that. To sit and enjoy a good cigar while sloughing off the cares of the day is a beautiful thing. But sometimes…sometimes you want a little more punch with your Punch. A little more austerity with your Arturo Fuente. […]
Recap: Smoke Out Hunger
Our first Smoke Out Hunger was held this past weekend at W.Curtis Draper (DC & Bethesda) and Civil Cigar Lounge. With the help of Miami Cigar & Company we gave customers a free cigar when they brought in three or more non-perishable food items. Thanks to all who participated by bringing food items, checks and […]
Inception Cigars (plus giveaway)
A while back, I received some samples of a newly released brand called Inception Cigars. If there’s some confusion over the name “Inception,” these Inception Cigars come from the folks at JSR Cigar Distributors in Houston. I believe there is at least one other brand from a separate company offered under the name “Inception,” but […]
Upcoming Lighter Reviews Courtesy of Lighters Direct
Last week I received an email from our friend Steven at Lighters Direct. If you aren’t familiar with Lighters Direct, you really should be as they are one of the longest running sponsors we’ve had here on Stogie Review. The email from Steven was a heads up that a few lighters were headed my way […]
Padilla Cigars event at Genuine Tobacco with Susana Aragon
Hello everyone and welcome to another event coverage post. This time Genuine Tobacco had Padilla Cigars brand ambassador Susana Aragon in the house along with Mike the Oliva rep. As most of you should know by now Ernesto Padilla has made a huge change from last year when he discontinued all of his old lines […]
Diesel Wicked
A couple of months back I reviewed the Diesel Unholy Cocktail. Shortly after that review I was talking with Jerry, trying to flush out some ideas for future reviews. He suggested that I put together a series and go through all of the available Diesel Cigars. I thought Jerry’s idea was great and began the […]
Site News: Stogie Review App Now Available
You asked…we listened…and we hope we delivered. The Stogie Review App is now available for FREE in the Apple App Store (iPhone) and the Google Play Store (Android). We didn’t want to “reinvent the wheel” so to speak. We wanted something that worked like the optimized mobile version of the site and include push notification […]
Recap: DC Tweetup 2013
As many of you know, the 2nd Annual DC Cigar Tweetup was this past weekend. Like I mentioned in an early post previewing the Serie D Maduro Lancero, this year the B&B Cigar Club chose Autism Speaks as the charity this year. Between selling two types of packages and a silent auction hosted at Civil […]