Over the past couple of weeks I have been telling myself that I need to finally get around to reviewing the Santos De Miami that Brad May was kind enough to send me a while back. Earlier this week I set that cigar aside and made plans to smoke it for todays review. As it […]
Rabbit Air MinusA2 SPA-780A Full Review
Well here it is, my full review of the Rabbit Air MinusA2 SPA-780A air purifier with the odor filter used for the special filter you can choose. This has taken a bit to get done because the wrong filter was included at first, which I never noticed till a month later and I was hoping […]
Quesada Oktoberfest (Guest Review)
Tom and Ed Return for another Guest Review As always, Ed and I have returned to Stogie Review for our guest spot. How long have we been doing this? I’ll have to look into it. Anyway… In this episode we are covering the Quesada Oktoberfest. This is a yearly release that is in celebration of […]
La Gloria Cubana Artesanos Retro Especiale (Short Ashes)
This week has been a bit of a mess. The east coast experienced a bit of a freak snow storm in October and it caused a lot of grief to the tune of two fallen trees, several broken branches, and 24 hours of living by candle light. I’ve spent practically all of last week dealing […]
Oliva Serie V Maduro Especial 2011 (First Impressions)
Last week I received a tweet from @czerbe asking if I was planning on attending a Studio Tobac event in the area. Initially I was on the fence about attending but decided to head out and make an evening out of it. I wound up having a great time and was handed a pre-release sample […]
La Gloria Cubana Artesanos Retro Especiale
Wrapper : Honduran Connecticut Binder : Mexican and Nicaraguan – double binder Filler : Nicaraguan and Dominican ligero plus Nicaraguan and Dominican proprietary tobacco Source : bought at local b&m Today we are going to take a look at the La Gloria Cubana Artesanos Retro Especiale in the Habanero size (6×52). This cigar is also […]
An Evening with Benji Menendez
Last week Benji Menendez was in town visiting both locations of W.Curtis Draper. Since I had to cancel my participation in the blogger trip with General Cigar down to the Dominican Republic I made plans with the folks at General to get time with Benji while he was visiting. I’ll be honest. I wasn’t sure […]
Casa Miranda – First Impressions
Wrapper : Ecuadorian Habano Binder : Nicaraguan Filler : Nicaraguan Source : gifted from Rene Castenada Cigar Today I have the Casa Miranda in the torpedo size (6×52). This is available in a robusto (5×50) and a toro (6×52) also. This stick was gifted to me up at Cigar Expo by Rene Castenada. I only […]
Thunder
Today I have for you the Thunder by Nimish Desai. I am going to let the video speak for me today, sorry to the writing lovers. I will say that I enjoyed this cigar but with the power it has, I would not be able to smoke it every day. It is very impressive with […]
Black Pedro by Felipe Gregorio (First Impressions)
Earlier this week I received a surprise package from Felipe Gregorio containing three cigars. The cigars in the package were Black Pedro vitolas (Robusto, Torpedo, and Churchill). A quick Google search didn’t net much in terms of information but I did find a short Youtube video from Felipe Gregorio. In that video I learned that […]