Brand: Isla de Cuba Aged Maduro Vitola: Toro Ring Gauge: 50 Length: 6.00 Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf Filler: Dominican & Nicaraguan Origin: Honduras Price: $6.70 Brand: The Isla de Cuba Brand is roughly three years old and is crafted in Honduras by Altadis. The brand president, Darryl Lieser, had a vision to create […]
Sol Cubano Artisan (Guest Review)
This weeks guest review comes courtesy of our friend Rich From our very own Fan Forums The Sol Cubano Artisan Salomon, is made my the Oliva Family in their Estili factory for the Sol Cubano brand. It is a beautifully shaped Salomon vitola (which is supposed to be the most difficult to roll), is wrapped […]
Tar and Cigars: A Match Made In Hell
Last week when Jerry and I sat down to record episode 36 of Your Questions, My Answers (YQMA) we both lit up a Por Larranaga that we received courtesy of Rich from the Fan Forums. About an inch and a half into the cigar I started to notice some tar droplets on the cut head. […]
Willy Alvero speaks at a cigar dinner in Korea.
Sometime last week I was browsing the Club Stogie Forums, trying my best to keep up with it in the little time I have available. I came across a post in regards to a Youtube video on Cigar Anatomy. I checked out the video and began to get bored within the first minute or so […]
Nestor Miranda Special Selection
Brand: Nestor Miranda Special Selection Vitola: Robusto Grande Ring Gauge: 54 Length: 5.50 Wrapper: Nicaragua Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua and Costa Rica Origin: Honduras Price: $5.50 Brand: The Nestor Miranda Special Selection, unfortunately, is a bit of a Padoras Box. Several retailers state conflicting information in regards to the blend and the brand website doesn’t […]
Alec Bradley Maxx Vice
Ed and Tom are back for yet another Review. This time they are joined by special guest Anthony as they smoke the Alec Bradley Maxx. MP3 Version: Right Click > Save As
Contest for the month of September 2008
Before I get to telling you about the contest and how to enter, I would like to tell you a little about the person that provided this months contest prize. His name is Tom from Duque Cigar Company in Florida. You may recognize the name as one of or newer sponsors. The thing that stood […]
Quantifying the Lancero Effect
Please Note: This article is the opinion of the author and depicts a hypothetical situation. In the given situation, it is assumed that there is no difference, what-so-ever, between the composition of a thin ring gauge cigar and a large ring gauge cigar. In addition, the assumption is made that the vast majority of a […]
August Contest Winners Selected
The month of August has come to a close and three winners have been selected at random to win some free smokes. Two of the three winners are confirmed (received email back from them). The cigars should be at the post office for shipping by the end of the week. I want to take a […]
La Aurora 1495 Connecticut and Cameroon (Blind Tasting)
Over the last several moths I have been toying with the idea of doing some sort of blind tasting. Being the video heavy site that we are, I knew this was going to be a tough task to implement over skype with Brian, Jerry and myself. The next best thing was to go ahead and […]