On Friday I had the chance to get together with the guys from the BOTcast and hang out for a bit on Skype. Much like the episode Jerry was on, things were laid back and very easy going. In the short time that I was on, we had some good conversation and plenty of laughs. […]
Shake Up The Bands and Take A Picture
Up again this week is your favorite game, and mine, Shake Up The Bands and Take a Picture! After all of the participation last week, I decided to give this little game another go and see if we could keep the momentum going. My regularly scheduled review will most likely be posted on Sunday due […]
Joya de Nicaragua Antano 1970 (Short Ashes)
As the hour grew late, I was under a bit of pressure to come up with a review for today. Having put things off until the last minute, I was feverishly trying to find something in my humidor that I could review in short order. After poking around, picking cigars up, putting them back, then […]
Shake up the Bands and Take a Picture
Every so often I like to play a little game. This game has no winners, losers, or prizes, the objective is to have some fun and test your knowledge. To play this game, I take a plastic container, which I keep all of my cigar bands in, shake it up very well, then snap a […]
Herf’n Heads – Featuring Angelenos
A couple of weeks ago, Mike and I got together for a Virtual Herf and put together another Herf’n Heads Episode. This time around, Mike and I feature the Angelenos Cigar from Prometheus. In between discussing the cigar, we cover topics such as the state of Olde World Tobacco in Lancaster, PA. Mike tells us […]
Studio Tobac “Donkey Punch” Maduro (First Impressions)
A few weeks ago Mike and I got together to do some Cigarfest 2011 Coverage. We headed up to the Poconos a day early to attend a Studio Tobac World Tour event at Atlantic Cigar. While snapping a few pictures to post on Twitter, Bryan Scholle tapped me on the shoulder and handed me a […]
Sam Leccia announces “Debut”
Earlier this week I was browsing through Facebook updates when I came across an interesting teaser from Rob Heming, host of the Blowin’ Smoke Podcast. Rob said that a source informed him that Sam Leccia would be making an annoucement the following day regarding his return to the cigar industry. Since Sam’s departure from Oliva, […]
EP Carrillo Edicion Limitada 2010 (Blind Tasting)
A few weeks back I was sitting in Sir Stogies talking to the owner, Tim. We were hashing out the details of another Blind Tasting with a timeframe of the weekend after Cigarfest. As the days ticked away, we firmed up our plans and Tim began signing up customers to participate in the tasting. Rather […]
General Cigar Releases “El Perrito”
Ever since becoming a father I find myself gravitating to small cigars. I like the smaller sticks for those random bits of time between naps where I can step outside with the baby monitor. More often then not, I avoid cigars in these glimpses of free time because I never know how much time I […]
Women of Cigarfest 2011
Kelli Mackenzie as the Pirate’s Gold Girl It is that time of year again for us to roll out our annual Women of Cigarfest post. Like in years past, Cigars International had many attractive women on hand to distribute cigars, sell merchandise, or make themselves available for photos. One thing I noticed this year was […]