It’s been a both an excellent and a horrible couple of cigar weeks for yours truly. As clock ticked away the final days and hours of 2008, I lit up some truly excellent cigars. I also spent around a week’s worth of time sans stogie as wrestled with a sinus infection, and now a chest […]
El Primer Mundo Habano Criollo Maduro Torpedo
Recently a number of people have asked me about El Primer Mundo cigars. They’ve wondered if cigar company is still around. Cigar shops that carry El Primer Mundo cigars have been running pretty low on stock as of late and for a while, Sean Williams, the owner and a regular of numerous B&M’s in the […]
Brian’s Top 10 of 2008
I’m under the weather today, so I’m taking a page from Walt’s play book. I’m making my own top 10 list. Like Walt’s list, mine includes only cigars that I reviewed this year. Some of these cigars were new releases, but not all of them. In fact, I don’t even guarantee that these cigars were […]
Stogie Review 12 Days of Christmas: Day 7
This is our seventh (of thirteen) prizes being given away for our First Annual Stogie Review 12 Days of Christmas. Today’s prize is a box of Fuentes Crucet 1978 signed by Desiree Herrera. To enter this contest, all that was required was to join the Stogie Review Fan Forum (if you haven’t already) and write […]
John Starks Dominican Legend Torpedo
One of the great things about cigars is that it brings people together from all walks of life. Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Starks (of New York Knicks fame) and yours truly have almost nothing in common. Aside from a love for premium rolled tobacco, that is. And because of a joint appreciation of fine, aged tobaccos […]
El Titan De Bronze Redemption (Blind Tasting)
After seeing how much fun Walt has been having with blind tastings, I decided it was time to try my hand at it. And for my guinea pigs I recruited the local members of the Stogie Review Fan Forum as well as the regulars at Ole Stogie and Son in Lawrenceville. As Walt has mentioned […]
My Graycliff Tobacco Beetle Adventure
Recently, I had an unpleasant surprise. I have a small collection of Gracliff cigars I keep in one of the drawers in my humidor. It had been a while since I lit one up, and I reached for a blue label “Professionale” torpedo that had been aging for a while. When I lifted it out […]
El Titan De Bronze Grand Reserve Maduro Corona
One of my favorite parts of a recent trip to Miami was spending time sipping Cuban coffee and wandering through the cigar factories on Calle Ocho (8th Street) in little Havana. One shop I had a particularly good time visiting was El Titan De Bronze. If that name sounds familiar, you probably remember that Walt […]
Los Imperialistas Torpedo
Recently an Atlanta cigar shop was graced with a visit of the legendary Don Pepin Garcia, and of course, I made a point to be there. I had seen the man from a distance at previous IPCPR trade shows, but a local visit promised a greater level of access. The turn out for the event […]
Cohiba Black Corona
Before you get all excited, no, I’m not joining Jerry in sampling the forbidden fruit. To abuse a phrase from Star Wars, these are not the Cohibas you’re looking for. But I am taking a break from exploring the incredibly vast assortment of new, boutique cigars that keep appearing on store shelves to try out […]