Better late than never, right? Tuesday is my day ’round these parts at the Stogie Review, and I like to have things set up so that my post goes live right at midnight, but here I am scrambling late on a Tuesday afternoon. Sorry everybody! It’s been a few weeks since I last uploaded a […]
Charlie’s Month in Smoke, vol. 1
I have to apologize again, folks. Things are extremely busy for me right now, and for the second week in a row I wasn’t able to record a video review. Lots of changes are happening in my life right now: I successfully passed my PhD dissertation proposal, my wife & I recently announced that we’re […]
CRA (app review)
This past week has been another one of those in which I’m short on time and long on things to do. I’m currently working on a couple of new cigar reviews, but I simply haven’t have a chance to sit down and record a video. Since Jerry just posted a Week in Smoke yesterday, I […]
New Havana Cigars (NHC) Surrogates
The inspiration behind the Surrogates, a new line offered exclusively by New Havana Cigars, was to create a special smoke that would be available on a consistent basis, as opposed to a limited edition that you might fall in love with, but which you’ll never be able to get your hands on again. A full-bodied […]
Draig K by Emilio Cigars
Gary Griffith wears many hats. He manages a large chain of B&M cigar shops across Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, he’s the developer of the Emilio Cigars brand, and he’s also an avid genealogist. To celebrate his Welsh heritage, Gary decided to create an annual series of limited releases centered around the national symbol of Wales. […]
Win a 5-pack of CroMagnon Cigars
Chief Hava just contacted me via Twitter to let me know that he wants to give away a free 5-pack of CroMagnon cigars to a lucky Stogie Review reader. Simply leave a comment on my review of the CroMagnon Knuckle Dragger by Sunday, November 13, and we’ll randomly select one person to receive his or […]
CroMagnon Knuckle Dragger
For my review this week, I decided to check out the CroMagnon Knuckle Draggers that Jerry so graciously gifted me a couple weeks back when we met up in Bethesda for the Benji Menendez event at W. Curtis Draper. Before I smoked one, I wasn’t sure whether I was going to like it, as it’s […]
My Father El Hijo
By now, all the trick-or-treaters have gone home, and I hope none of you got sick on Halloween candy. This week, I’m reviewing the My Father El Hijo, the third installment in the Smoke Inn exclusive Microblend Series. My Father El Hijo by the numbers: (Smoke Inn exclusive) Size: 5.5×52 box-pressed Wrapper: Select 2009 Harvest […]
1143 Seconds with Pete Johnson
Last week, the night before I left for an overseas business trip, I sat down with Pete Johnson at a Tatuaje Cigars event hosted by Holt’s Cigar Company in Northeast Philadelphia. We talked about a lot of things going on in the Tatuaje universe, including the upcoming Cojonu 2012s, future installments of the Monster series, […]
Cigar Boss (app review)
I had hoped to post my recently-recorded interview with Pete Johnson during my regularly scheduled slot this week, but connectivity issues are currently preventing me from uploading the HD video. It’s coming soon though, hopefully by the end of the week. In the meantime, I’ve got another cigar-related app review for you: Cigar Boss for […]