Today I’m doing the God of Fire 2006 Carlito Blend (tubo) This cigar is the brain child of Keith Park (Prometheus accessories). Park teamed with Carlito Fuente to develop the limited edition cigar along with Carlos Jr. The cigar is produced in 2 Blends, the Carlito (Cameroon Wrapper), and the Don Carlos (Sun Grown Habano). […]
Isabela Torpedo
When a manufacturer you’ve never heard of contacts you to review a cigar, you never know what your in for. Sometimes you find a new favorite, other times you add a new band to your collection and move on. And then sometimes you get a surprise when you open the shipping box. I cracked open […]
Ambos Mundos (Sumatra)
Word! Shout out to Jason Alcantara who gave me the heads up that the Ambos Mundos was available at a local B&M. Now if you remember back towards Halloween and my 26 Minutes with Pete Johnson interview you will remember that Pete talked a little bit about an economical smoke due out early in 2009. […]
Camacho Cajones (Liga 3-1)
Shakespeare (yes I’m quoting Shakespeare so remember this post, it maybe a trivia question someday) wrote in Romeo and Juliet: What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet And that brings me to the Camacho Cajones, or Liga 3-1 or Escaparate…the name doesn’t matter as […]
Oliva Connecticut Reserve
Brand: Oliva Vitola: Robusto Ring Gauge: 50 Length: 5.00 Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Origin: Esteli, Nicaragua MSRP: $4.50 Brand: Two years ago Oliva conducted a meeting with their staff to gauge the interest of creating a mild cigar. At this point in most of the sales staff reported that the smokers at […]
J. Fuego Gran Reserva Corojo No. 1 (Short Ashes)
With a little change up in my normal schedule, I bring you a short ashes review in place of my normal review (expected to go up tomorrow). This time I smoke the J. Fuego Gran Reserva Corojo No. 1. Check out the original review of the J. Fuego Gran Reserva Corojo No. 1
JFR (Guest Review)
This week we have a guest review that is a little different. Long time readers tcr and sdlsatcom got together and produced an audio review for your listening pleasure. The cigar in the spotlight is the JFR Robusto (Just for Retailers). Click To Play Download: Right Click > Save As
Montecristo Sevens
Hey, I’m back, and just in time to interrupt this week’s Jerrython. (Try not to look so sad. He’ll be back soon.) I owe The Great Torpedo for bailing me out last week, and we can’t have him burning himself out. I hope to make up for my week AWOL with another very interesting and […]
Rocky Patel Winter Collection (2009)
“Your biggest fans will always be your harshest critics…” That’s how I’d sum up my relationship with Rocky Patel cigars. I’ve praised him for his great cigars and bashed him for his lousy cigars. Well, what can I say? This is one of those cigars well worth the praise. Rocky hit the Winter Collection out […]
Carlos Torano Virtuoso (Short Ashes)
Last week while hanging out at my local cigar shop, the owner mentioned that he had a few cigar reps stop in during the week. One of them was the local CAO rep stopping bye to schedule a future event. While there the CAO rep left a couple of Torano cigars for my local to […]