Origin: Dominican Republic Length: 5.00 Ring: 47 Strength: Medium-Full Wrapper Color: Medium Brown (E) Wrapper Type: Cameroon Binder: ECU Filler: AFRICA/NIC/PERU Shape: Parejo Yesterday I was in the mood for a cigar. I had been running in and out of the house all day and I just wanted to kick back and relax. […]
Romeo y Julieta – Reserve Maduro
As I posted the other day, I wanted to get a review up for a Romeo y Julieta ? Reserve Maduro. I had a chance to smoke two over the past two days. The first RyJ I smoke was one that was given to me recently by a friend. It was purchased last week […]
Hoyo Dark Sumatra (Media Noche)
I find it great to review cigars that someone I know has smoked. Over on another site my buddy Walt reviewed the Hoyo Dark Sumatra and now it’s my turn. Origin: Honduras Length: 5.75 Ring: 54 Strength: Full Wrapper Color: Dark Brown Wrapper Type: Ecuador Sumatran Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf Filler: HON/NIC/DR Shape: Parejo I focused […]
Gurkha – Class Regent
Length: 6.00 Ring Gauge: 50 Strength: Bold – Heavy Wrapper: Havana 2000 Binder: Indonesian Filler: Cuban Ligero, Dominican Piloto In my last review I made mention that I ordered a ten pack of cigars from Cigars International. The review I’m posting now is for the other cigar in that pack. The Gurkha Regent. […]
Sancho Panza Double Maduro / Extra Fuerte
First let me say that this was so much fun to do! Unamed13 I’m very glad you got a hold of me on IM and asked me to do this. I may have to make something like this a regular feature on the blog. To recap, I was asked to review and compare two cigars […]
Bolivar Fuerte (Cofradia)
Origin: Honduras Length: 6.25 Ring: 45 Strength: Full Wrapper Type: Ecuador Sumatran Binder: Connecticut Filler: Honduras/Nicaragua The Bolivar Fuerte (Cofradia) was a surprise when I reviewed it. As I mentioned in an earlier entry, these smokes were the weekly special at my local JR Cigars. Before I start my review let me add this disclaimer. […]
Punch – Magnum
Origin: Honduras Length: 5.25 Ring: 54 Strength: Medium-Full Wrapper Type: Ecuador Sumatran Binder: Connecticut Filler: DR/HON/NIC I was browsing through my Cigars International mail order catalog one night and came across a deal I though was pretty good. The sampler I ordered contained ten cigars, five Punch Magnums and five Gurkha Class Regents. I have […]
Don Tomas Cameroon (Perfecto #3)
Origin: Honduras Length: 6.00 Ring Gauge: 48 Wrapper: Cameroon Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican/Brazil/Mexico First let me say my good buddy Ghosty has been telling me week after week this whole year to try the Don Tomas Cameroon. I guess I finally decided to give it a try to if anything to get him to leave […]
Nat Sherman 1400 Series – Palma Grande
Nat Sherman 1400 Series – Palma Grand Origin: Nicaragua Length: 6.50 Ring Gauge: 44 Wrapper: Ecuador Sumatran Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua I was browsing through my JR Cigars mail order catalog early last week when I came across an advertisement for these cigars. I typically wouldn’t be too interested in ordering Nat Sherman cigars as […]
Dominican Sweets & Carlos Torano 1916 Cameroon
I mentioned in a previous post that these cigars came my way from the HPSF Traveling humidor: Dominican Sweets – Back in the day, I use to smoke packs of Backwoods cigars that were vanilla flavored. It’s been a couple years since I’ve tried any kind of flavored cigar. I went in with an open […]