Jerry and Brian get together for another episode of Herf’n Heads. In this episode we review the new CAO La Traviata (dare we say Cigar of The Year), cigar smoking etiquette, IPCPR, CRA and other random cigar shit. Video lasts over an hour so I use the Viddler player so you can fast forward/seek to […]
Pre Cigar Fest
After an evening of pre Cigar Fest activities, Charlie, Chris, Dennis, Walt and myself went back to the hotel and filmed this entertaining piece of work:
Quick Question with Alan Rubin (Alec Bradley Cigars)
After my review of the Trilogy Authentic Corojo by Alec Bradley, I was left with one question: Why the change in shape from its original triangle press to the standard round shape? During Cigar Fest 2009, I got my question answered by Alan Rubin:
Interview with Ed Nazare of St. Pete Pipe and Cigar
This interview came by way of email. Victor, one of our readers, conducted an email interview with our good friend Ed Nazare from St. Pete Pipe and Cigar. Below is the result of that short interview Victor: When did you start smoking cigars? Ed: I smoked some cigars about 15 years back, but in 04 […]
You & Your 5 Senses
After my humidor tour I received a lot of questions about how I know if I’m properly taking care of my cigars since I don’t use a hygrometer. I thought the best way to to answer that question was to demonstrate how you and your 5 senses can be used to get a good feel […]
Coffee Corner at Kensington Tobacconist
A couple of weeks ago, my father and I were at our local tobacconist, Kensington Tobacconist, having a cigar. Like any other week, we arrived before the crowd of regulars and spent some time outside of the lounge talking with the shop owner. Among the variety of discussion topics was the potential closing of the […]
A Night Online
With Brian short on time he asked me to step in this Wednesday. I originally was going to do a video review or possibly a video replying to comments but a funny thing happened on my way to do such a video. I got drunk. It started out innocently enough. My good friend @MikeInWV had […]
Tiki and Ronde Barber Tour J.C. Newman Cigars
While searching through my email late last night, I came across a press release from J.C. Newman Cigars. You may remember my last post about this company and how they are doing all they can for their employees during these tough economic times. This time they are visited by brothers Tiki and Ronde Barber as […]
Ask The Readers: Choose Your Cigar Wisely
With something a little different in the works for this weeks review, I’m going to need to delay it for a couple of days. In its place, I thought it would be interesting to pose a situation for the readers of Stogie Review to respond to. Its sort of like our Daily Cigar Discussion on […]
Cigar Photos
A couple of weeks ago I picked up a new digital camera to help me along with the artistic photos that go along with my reviews. Being in a bit of a drought at the moment for post ideas, I’ve thought it would be cool to show off my progress as of late. The photos […]