Wrapper : Dominican Republic? Binder : Dominican Republic Filler : Dominican Republic Source : Wife made me buy I have for you today a cigar made by Arganese called Big Pig in the Connecticut wrapper. These come in one size, 6×60 and are available from SmokerFriendly.com or any of the Smoker Friendly stores around the […]
Gurkha Cellar Reserve
A Note From Tom Ed and I got together last weekend to review the Gurkha Cellar Reserve. It boasts 15 year aged tobacco, Criollo 1998 wrapper, Dominican Olor binder and a 15 year old Criollo, Nicaraguan filler. I know a lot of people slam Gurkha as simply an overpriced brand. I’ve been guilty of it […]
Casa Magna Domus Magnus Limitada
The Casa Magna Domus Magnus Limitada flew under my radar at IPCPR this year. It wasn’t until after the show that I was hanging out with John Anderson of W.Curtis Draper comparing notes on what cigars impressed us at the show that I first heard about the Domus Magnus. John was very excited as it […]
Alec Bradley Black Market
Introduced at this year’s IPCPR and recently started hitting the shelves of shops everywhere is the Alec Bradley Black Market. I heard a lot of talk about the Black Market on the show floor and since it was one of the few cigars I didn’t get to sample at the show, I was extremely excited […]
Big Pig Maduro
Wrapper : Dominican Republic? Binder : Dominican Republic Filler : Dominican Republic Source : Wife made me buy I have for you today a cigar made by Arganese called Big Pig in the maduro wrapper. These come in one size, 6×60 and are available from SmokerFriendly.com or any of the Smoker Friendly stores around the […]
1844
Wrapper : San Andreas Maduro Binder : Nicaraguan Filler : Nicaraguan Source : Jeff gifted to me Today I have a first impressions of the 1844 cigar that is available from CI and it’s organizations and is made by AJ Fernandez. I gave an update on the RabbitAir purifier also and told why the review […]
Ask The Chief
To help us answer a question from Episode 203 of Your Questions, My Answers. We turn to Skip Martin aka Chief Hava of CroMagnon Cigars to talk about how leasing factories work. We also talk about whats new with CroMagnon as well as his take on on Jose Blanco coming out of retirement and joining […]
Your Questions, My Answers – Episode 203
Back again with another episode of Your Questions, My Answers. In this episode we talk about the recent news of Jose Blanco joining Joya de Nicaragua and the impact it will have. From their we banter back and forth about smoking lounge etiquette and whether bringing your own cigars is acceptable or in bad taste. […]
Video Diary: Cigar Expo 2011 – (Mike)
Well I don’t know how well you will like this but this is my diary thing like Walt did except I forgot to break mine up into Day 1 and Day 2 posts. Yea, noobs. Just some of my thoughts put on the flipcam before, during and after CigarExpo (Cigarnivale) 2011. Enjoy. AUDIO –> Right […]
Casa Fernandez Cuban Seed Corojo 2006
In an effort to be more consistent, Ed and I barely made our August spot on The Stogie Review. But we made it damnit! A big challenge we’ve had lately is figuring out what to review. It is often over thought, and to be bluntly honest, Ed is a picky bastard who won’t just review […]