When a manufacturer you’ve never heard of contacts you to review a cigar, you never know what your in for. Sometimes you find a new favorite, other times you add a new band to your collection and move on. And then sometimes you get a surprise when you open the shipping box. I cracked open […]
Ambos Mundos (Sumatra)
Word! Shout out to Jason Alcantara who gave me the heads up that the Ambos Mundos was available at a local B&M. Now if you remember back towards Halloween and my 26 Minutes with Pete Johnson interview you will remember that Pete talked a little bit about an economical smoke due out early in 2009. […]
Camacho Cajones (Liga 3-1)
Shakespeare (yes I’m quoting Shakespeare so remember this post, it maybe a trivia question someday) wrote in Romeo and Juliet: What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet And that brings me to the Camacho Cajones, or Liga 3-1 or Escaparate…the name doesn’t matter as […]
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 […]
Oliva Connecticut Reserve
Brand: Oliva Vitola: Robusto Ring Gauge: 50 Length: 5.00 Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Origin: Esteli, Nicaragua MSRP: $4.50 Brand: Two years ago Oliva conducted a meeting with their staff to gauge the interest of creating a mild cigar. At this point in most of the sales staff reported that the smokers at […]
J. Fuego Gran Reserva Corojo No. 1 (Short Ashes)
With a little change up in my normal schedule, I bring you a short ashes review in place of my normal review (expected to go up tomorrow). This time I smoke the J. Fuego Gran Reserva Corojo No. 1. Check out the original review of the J. Fuego Gran Reserva Corojo No. 1
Sneak Peak: Oliva Connecticut Reserve
A few days ago I got word that I may be lucky enough to score myself a couple of the new Oliva Connecticut Reserves. Getting some information that they were shipping as early as Friday February 27th, I didn’t get my hopes up in regards to getting a pre-release review together. Due to a couple […]
JFR (Guest Review)
This week we have a guest review that is a little different. Long time readers tcr and sdlsatcom got together and produced an audio review for your listening pleasure. The cigar in the spotlight is the JFR Robusto (Just for Retailers). Click To Play Download: Right Click > Save As
Montecristo Sevens
Hey, I’m back, and just in time to interrupt this week’s Jerrython. (Try not to look so sad. He’ll be back soon.) I owe The Great Torpedo for bailing me out last week, and we can’t have him burning himself out. I hope to make up for my week AWOL with another very interesting and […]
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 […]