Welcome boys and girls to a short, down and dirty review of the Havana Saver. I was given this accessory while Walt and I were at Famous Smoke shop for Cigarnival 2012. This is a draw poker plus. When I say plus I mean some of them have a golf ball marker and you can […]
JD Hightower – First Impressions
Welcome to this weeks review of the JD Hightower cigar which is a collaboration between Victor Vitale and Jose Dominguez. This cigar is available in 3 sizes right now, 6×60, 6.5×62 torpedo and a 6×70, with a 7×70 due to be released in the beginning of next year. All of these cigars are box pressed […]
Pinolero by AJ Fernandez (IPCPR Sample)
Back in August, Jerry, Brian, Charlie, and I had the pleasure of attending the annual IPCPR Trade Show in Orlando. One of our earlier stops was the AJ Fernandez booth. We got to talking with one of the reps when he began handing out Pinolero samples. The cigar came with a warning “This is the […]
Undercrown Flying Pig by Drew Estate – First Impressions
I have a lot going on so I am giving you a first impressions review of the Drew Estates Undercrown Flying Pig. This cigar is only available in Holland and only 205 boxes of 12 were produced with 10 staying at Drew Estates and 195 going to Holland. Pricing is hard to say as the […]
Wicked Indie – Toro
Wrapper : Nicaraguan Habano Binder : Nicaraguan Filler : Nicaraguan Source : Bought locally This week’s review will be on the Wicked Indie in the toro size. This cigar is from East India Trading Company (Yo Ho and a bottle of rum) which is a sister/subsidiary/partof Gurkha cigars. It is available in four sizes, robusto […]
Montecristo Epic
Welcome one and all to this review of the Montecristo Epic in the toro size. This cigar is only available at brick and mortar stores and is availble in three sizes, Churchill (7×56), Toro (6×52) and Robusto (5×52). Prices go from $13-$15 MSRP from what I could find. Wrapper : Ecuadorian Habano Binder : Nicaraguan […]
The Blogger Question – In Their Own Words
I’m sure many of you noticed in our IPCPR Coverage we asked some manufacturers for their thoughts on bloggers. We didn’t set out to ask this question. It kind of just happened after our first video with Ernesto Perez Carillo where he took the time (unprompted) to give us some love. We then thought it […]
Rodrigo – La Fortaleza
Did you miss me? I had a bit of time off due to the awesome IPCPR coverage from Walt, Jerry, Brian and Charlie but I am back with a look at the Rodrigo La Fortaleza cigar. Getting right down to business. Woody spice right off the start with the spice really laying on the tongue. […]
Reinado Cigars (IPCPR 2012)
Other sites might get a lot more access, a lot more information or even know what questions to ask. For us though, its all about having fun and over the past three years Antonio Liam of Reinado Cigars has become one of the guys we enjoy seeing every year at IPCPR. He takes some time […]
Padilla Cigars (IPCPR 2012)
A lot of changes recently for Ernesto Padilla and his Padilla Cigars brand. Luckily for us Ernesto took a break from his booth and spent some time with us to talk about these changes and some of the things he is working on today. Along with all of that he tells us how he personally […]