If you’ve been following along over the past few weeks as I’ve stumbled my way out of retirement – you may recall a challenge I issued myself just this past week. In an effort to dig myself out of a Cigar Rut, I wanted to smoke Three New-To-Me Cigars this week. I feel obligated to […]
Digging Out of a Cigar Rut
As I type this post, I’m sitting in the Private Lounge here at Gilbertsville Cigar Factory. It is 7:30pm on a Monday night, the shop is closed, and I’m all alone – puffing away on what feels like my millionth AJ Fernandez New World. As Tool plays on Pandora and smoke fills the air, a […]
JFR Connecticut Super Toro
A couple of weeks ago there was a social media update from Gilbertsville Cigar Factory letting us all know about the new product being introduced into the Humidor. This included three facings of the the budget-friendly JFR as well as a couple of other Aganorsa offerings. While I haven’t had a JFR in years, some […]
Walt Who from Stogie Review?
Hi there – my name is Walt White and I started Stogie Review way back in 2006 with good friend Jerry Cruz. Unless you’ve been around quite a while, you probably don’t recognize me. Up until about five years ago, I used to be heavily involved in the day to day operations of Stogie Review […]
Cigars in Quarantine
Over the past few weeks, the world has become a very different place. Gone are the laughs at your local cigar lounge and, worse yet, the company of family and friends. During stressful times in my life I’ve always used the local cigar lounge as a way to decompress. A place to bust balls, make […]
Stogie Review Gets a Refresh
Way back in 2009, Stogie Review underwent a massive update and had a Custom WordPress Theme designed and developed for us. It was quite the undertaking, not to mention quite the expense, but we were thrilled with the end result. We had a Cigar Review website that was unlike anything else in the blogosphere and […]
Walt’s Week in Smoke – Vol 1
As I sat down to type this, I had every intention of calling this something other than a Week In Smoke – even though that is precisely what it is. I’ve been out of the game long enough that picking up Brian Hewitt’s Week In Smoke torch and running with it seemed a bit out […]
Warped – Maestros del Tiempo
Over the weekend, Gilbertsville Cigar Factory Celebrated its Two-Year Anniversary. It is hard to believe that is has been two years since Sir Stogies was transformed. There have been a lot of changes in the shop – some good and some bad, but the selection has never been better. Not long after Chris took over […]
Whiskey and Cigars
Back in later September, Gilbertsville Cigar Factory hosted an event with Island Jim. In addition to the usual cigar event, there was also Live Music by Dan O’Brien and a Whiskey Tasting from Manatawny Still Works. I always enjoy these events because its a great opportunity for my wife (who doesn’t smoke cigars) and I […]
Proud Owner of a New Pipe
Back in November, Gilbertsville Cigar Factory celebrated their 1 Year Anniversary. As a thank you to the customers for supporting them throughout the year, they hosted an event featuring 20% off all items in the store. In addition to the deal, they also had Dan O’Brien come in and play live music. The event looked […]