Once upon a time I was a pretty big deal on Stogie Review. I would routinely sit down in my office, fire up my camcorder, and record detailed cigar reviews that went on for upwards of 30 minutes. It wasn’t everyone’s thing but I had a following and they enjoyed the format. As time went […]
A Walk with my Wife and a Hererra Esteli
Last week my wife and I celebrated 8 years of marriage. Our plan was to have our daughter spend a night or two with her grandparents while we went away. Nothing fancy, just a night or two at a bed and breakfast about an hour away. We both filed the necessary requests with our employers […]
Reminiscing About Old Cigars
Every now and then I’ll find myself sitting in the Private Lounge at Sir Stogies. Several of the guys will be sitting around and, on occasion, we’ll take a break from solving all the world’s problems and have a discussion about cigars. My favorite question is “Have you ever heard of…” or “Have you ever […]
A Crazy Morning Routine and Quick Smokes
When it comes right down to it, I am a creature of habit. I thrive on routine and find great comfort in it. Throw off my schedule and suddenly I’m stressed out and over analyzing the situation. As you would imagine, this means I have a morning routine that I very much like to stick […]
Ask The Readers: Impressive DIY Cigar Box Projects
If you’re a regular reader here at Stogie Review, I’m going to go out on a limb and say you’ve been around the cigar scene long enough to have seen a variety of things done with cigar boxes. Clocks, Lamps, and even Guitars are pretty common DIY Cigar Box Projects. Just the other day I […]
Sir Stogies Cigar Crawl
One of the nicest things about having a local cigar shop to call home is the camaraderie. Imagine the well known scene from cheers as Norm walks through the door and all of the regular patrons call out his name in welcome. It isn’t quite that rowdy when you walk into Sir Stogies but everyone […]
El Mas Chingon by Room 101
A couple of weeks ago I published a review of the Inferno 3rd Degree, a cigar produced by Oliva for Famous Smoke Shop. Despite the cigars not being quite what I was expecting, I enjoyed the samples. Actually, I enjoyed them enough to put in an order for the original Inferno for comparison. During that […]
Inferno 3rd Degree by Oliva
A few years ago the fine folks over at Famous Smoke Shop were kind enough to send me some samples of a new exclusive they were selling. The cigar was Inferno and it was produced by Oliva. Truth be told, if I had to pull out my wallet to try that very first cigar, I […]
Get Your Booger Hooker Off The Bang Switch
About seven or eight years ago I had my first experience with guns. It turned out to be a lot of fun and ultimately lead me down the rabbit hole. I went from shooting a gun for fun to buying my first gun, to getting licensed to carry, to shooting competitively, and so on and […]
Knob Creek Single Barrel Select Experience
Over the past year I’ve had the pleasure of sampling a variety of Beam Suntory product (Makers of Jim Beam, Knob Creek, Maker’s Mark, etc) due to a good working relationship that the local rep has with Sir Stogies. Last week I got a message from Tim (Owner of Sir Stogies) asking if I would […]