By now, all the trick-or-treaters have gone home, and I hope none of you got sick on Halloween candy. This week, I’m reviewing the My Father El Hijo, the third installment in the Smoke Inn exclusive Microblend Series. My Father El Hijo by the numbers: (Smoke Inn exclusive) Size: 5.5×52 box-pressed Wrapper: Select 2009 Harvest […]
Oliva Serie V Maduro Especial 2011 (First Impressions)
Last week I received a tweet from @czerbe asking if I was planning on attending a Studio Tobac event in the area. Initially I was on the fence about attending but decided to head out and make an evening out of it. I wound up having a great time and was handed a pre-release sample […]
1143 Seconds with Pete Johnson
Last week, the night before I left for an overseas business trip, I sat down with Pete Johnson at a Tatuaje Cigars event hosted by Holt’s Cigar Company in Northeast Philadelphia. We talked about a lot of things going on in the Tatuaje universe, including the upcoming Cojonu 2012s, future installments of the Monster series, […]
EP Carrillo Maduro (Short Ashes)
This week, to put it simply, has been an absolute mess. After dealing with our massive data loss and the stress of getting everything up and operational again, I wasn’t much in the mood for recording a review for today. Because slacking off wasn’t an option (how could I possibly slack off when all of […]
San Lotano Oval by A.J. Fernandez
Switching things up a little bit this week, I decided to record my first video cigar review. I really appreciate the great feedback you all have given me for my first two written reviews, but several people asked me to try my hand at video reviews as well. So, I figured I’d give it a […]
Your Question, My Answers (YQMA) Episode 2.04
A few weeks ago, Jerry, Brian, Mike, and I sat down and recorded another episode of YQMA. Due to some time constraints it took us a little longer to get this episode put together than usual. Like most of our recent episodes of YQMA, this one has a variety of humorous moments in addition to […]
Black Pedro by Felipe Gregorio (First Impressions)
Earlier this week I received a surprise package from Felipe Gregorio containing three cigars. The cigars in the package were Black Pedro vitolas (Robusto, Torpedo, and Churchill). A quick Google search didn’t net much in terms of information but I did find a short Youtube video from Felipe Gregorio. In that video I learned that […]
12th Annual Little Puff – Random Footage
Random video footage is always the best. I had just finished up recording the Little Puff Auctions with my handy FlipVideo when Matt Booth of Room101 Cigars takes out his FlipVideo which was promptly taken by Stephen Boyajian of The Cigar Network. What ensued was a bit of random chaos. We two geeks thought it […]
12th Annual Little Puff Auction Footage
After the words “great friends” the next word that comes to my mind when I think of W.Curtis Draper is “charity”. I’m always amazed at their generosity when it comes to not only money, but their time. I’m always amazed the extra mile they are willing to go to raise money and awareness for a […]
CAO OSA Sol Tour featuring Rick Rodriguez (plus giveaway)
CAO master blender Rick Rodriguez has been traveling the country lately spreading the word about the newest cigar he’s created: the OSA Sol. I met up with Rick at a recent OSA Sol Tour event hosted by Davidus Cigars in Annapolis, MD. We talked about the genesis of the OSA Sol blend, the OSA Nation […]