Wrapper : Ecuadorian Sun Grown Binder : Connecticut Broadleaf Filler : Honduran and Nicaraguan Source : bought myself using pennies I saved For your enjoyment this Saturday, I bring you the H Upmann Sun Grown cigar in the Magnum size. This cigar was introduced at IPCPR in 2010 and comes in six sizes, Churchill (7 […]
Herf’n Heads – Featuring the La Aurora 100 Años
If you were to jump into a time machine and flash back to 2009, you would find a series here on Stogie Review entitled Herf’n Heads. This series was put together by Jerry and Brian to take a standard Joint Review and add a Herf’n feel to it. What it boiled down to was a […]
Cigar.com House Blends Wrap-Up
After 8 weeks of smoking the Cigar.com House Blends, everyone knows which was my favorite but I will include the links for all the reviews below and choose my favorite below. Cigar.com Red Label Giving this Cigar.com Red Label the once over and it has a surprisingly nice wrapper with few veins and bumps in […]
Cigar.com Red Label
Wrapper : Connecticut Broadleaf maduro Binder : Back to no clue Filler : Dominican Source : cigar.com with my own money I am starting off another series review for your enjoyment. This time it is going to be the Cigar.com house blends. All of these will be in the robusto size (5 x 50). Eighth […]
Esencia 2008
Over the past couple of weeks I have been telling myself that I wanted to revisit the Esencia line of cigars. I would pick up a couple at Sir Stogies and wind up smoking them before I could get a chance to record the video. This cycle continued until I placed an Esencia into my […]
Week in Smoke (TGT Video Edition)
I flaked last week on the video edition of Week in Smoke. You’d think recording a few audio clips and matching them up to still pics would be easy. Well its is easy just time consuming! Its basically a glorified slideshow. Thanks for all the continued feedback. We are still anxiously waiting for blip.tv to […]
Illusione 4/2g Slam
Back in October 2010, I reviewed the Illusione 888 – Slam and I loved it. Loved it so much that it even made my Top 10 List for 2010. So it was a no brainer to find out which other sizes in the Illusione stables also were available in the Slam version. Enter the Illusione […]
La Gloria Cubana Serie N – Glorioso
Wrapper : Capa Oscura Binder : Nicaraguan Filler : Nicaraguan Source : Bought locally with money from my pocket Today I am reviewing the La Gloria Cubana Serie N in the Glorioso size. This cigar comes in four sizes, Generoso (5.7 x 49), Glorioso (6.5 x 58), JSB (5.5 x 54) and the Rojo (6.5 […]
Cigar.com Cuban Label
Wrapper : Ecuadorian Sumatra Binder : Dominican Filler : Dominican Source : cigar.com with my own money I am starting off another series review for your enjoyment. This time it is going to be the Cigar.com house blends. All of these will be in the robusto size (5 x 50). Seventh one is the Cuban […]
Gurkha Evil (First Impressions)
On Monday I was smoking an Illusione 888 and conversing on Twitter when a link came through from @LadyOfTheStick. The link was pointing to her weekly uStream cigar show entitled “Simply Smoke and Ashes“. Christine’s show generally goes live after I have walked away from the computer for the evening but with time to kill, […]