This will be the first of three videos for the CAO Last Stick Standing contest. Basically there are three cigars, the one with the most votes, wins and becomes a future release sometime in 2013. Walt, Brian, Charlie and I all received a container of the three contenders and we wondered what the best way […]
CI Legends – Yellow Label
Here we go, diving right into the CI Legends Yellow Label from Pepin Garcia. Starting out there is a spicy barnyard scent on the wrapper, tobacco on foot, pepper and tobacco on cold draw. The first few puffs a nice mild pepper come through the retrohale and some woody taste on the palette. Nice creamy […]
Nomad Cigars – Fugitive (Joint Review)
Over the last couple of months, Mike and I have been talking with Fred “Godfadr” Rewey, CEO of Nomad Cigar Company, on Twitter. Fred was kind enough to offer us some samples to try and Mike and I discussed doing a joint review with those samples. Like the well oiled machine that we are, Mike […]
An Evening with Guillermo Leon – Part One
The first of two parts with Guillermo Leon of La Aurora Cigars. This follows the format of the other Q&A videos we have recorded. George Brightman of W.Curtis Draper (Bethesda) sits down with Guillermo Leon and discusses all things La Aurora from the history of when Guillermo was handed the “keys” to the factory, to […]
CI Legends – Green Label
Here we go with the fourth cigar in the series, the CI Legends Green Label made by Puros Indios. As I said all the other times, these are available in one size only, 5.7×54, and only available at Cigars International. Starting off with this CI Legends Green Label the wrapper is a little rougher than […]
CI Legends – Red Label
Welcome back for the next installment from the CI Legends series. Today boys and girls I will be reviewing the CI Legends Red Label. Taking a whiff of the wrapper and foot and the only scent present is a natural tobacco. This is the same on the cold draw also. Starting out this CI Legends […]
Quesada Q D’etat Molotov
Ever since I fell in love with the Domus Magnus last year I’ve been on this journey tasting all things under the Quesada umbrella. One of the newer releases is the Q D’etat Series. The first of what is to be three releases is the Quesada Q D’etat Molotov. An interesting shaped Dominican puro perfecto […]
Nub Connecticut 358
I think I just heard the collective sigh of every single Stogie Review reader around the globe. I know, we’ve covered Nub Cigars to death over the years and we are at the point now where it feels like beating a dead horse. With that said, there is a method to my madness. This isn’t […]
CI Legends – Blue Label
Welcome my friends to the next in the CI Legends series, this time the Blue Label made by Matasa. Just like all the others this one is available only from Cigars International and only in one size, 5.75 x 54. Sniffing the wrapper gives a sweet tobacco scent while the foot and cold draw just […]
Sosa Underground (First Impressions)
Several years ago I used to frequent JM Cigars in Exton, Pennsylvania. It was a long drive (approximately 45 minutes) but this particular shop wasn’t far from a friends house and they had the largest walk-in humidor in the area. I used to love dropping in on a Friday afternoon and pacing up and down […]