With December starting in just a few hours, we thought it was about time we rolled out this years annual 12 Days of Christmas. Day 1 of our contest is setup the same way as it was last year. We would like our loyal readers to take a moment and put together a cigar related […]
Ask The Readers: How Big of a Cigar Geek are You?
If you’ve been around awhile you will know that Walt and I met playing an online game called Battlefield 1942. I’m still no stranger to online games. I have experience in both mmorpg and money-based games like on 666casino. While not as hardcore as I use to be I still find myself putting on my […]
Ask The Readers: How do you select a special occasion cigar?
Over the past few days I have been thinking about posting some sort of article on selecting a cigar for a special occasion. After thinking about how to approach that article from a variety of angles, I just couldn’t settle on one that I was completely happy with. Giving advice on how to select a […]
Ask The Readers: Constructing Your Top 10 List
Sometimes the day gets away from you but in my case, its more like the week got away from me. Actually, the last two weeks have just been busy with very few moments to come up for air. So since a video review wasn’t possible I decided to borrow a page from Walt’s arsenal of […]
Ask The Readers: Your Thoughts on Seconds?
I was talking with my father yesterday, and an interesting subject popped up. I don’t recall what exactly brought it on, but we managed to get to talking about the selection of seconds that were available from select manufacturers. Mid way through our discussion I made mention that this would make an interesting little write-up […]
How To Herf
I’m AWOL again this week, so no Tower of Burn. Yeah, I know, but it’s proven to be nearly impossible to do a cigar review on the road. Next week it will be back for sure. In the meantime, I thought it’d be a good time to discuss one of our cherished cigar institutions, the […]
Ask The Readers: Cigar Pet Peeves
All hobbies, regardless of what they are, have their little annoyances. It seems that the more passionate you are about a particular hobby, the more annoying these little quirks tend to be. Cigars are no different from any other hobby and carry a list of annoyances all their own. For some people, even the hint […]
Ask The Readers: When do you feel that you have gotten your monies worth?
As what I might consider a frugal cigar smoker, I often try to find the best value for my money when it comes to buying cigars. Often times I smoke my cigars beyond the band and the remaining nub varies from cigar to cigar. On occasion I have to give up on a cigar a […]
Ask The Readers: Retailer Loyalty
As our cigar hobby progresses, we have tendency to buy product from a select group of retailers. We find it a comfort to purchase from these stores because we know that the chance for a problem is minimal, and in the event there is an issue, the retailer will rectify the problem without protest. Some […]
Ask The Readers: Does our definition of Full Bodied need an overhaul?
A couple of weeks ago, a few of us Twitter using, Pennsylvania cigar smokers were toying with the idea of getting together for a cigar. With a drive of about two hours separating all of us, we decided to meet in the middle and get together at an Oliva event being held at Olde World […]