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 […]
Rocky Patel Winter Collection (2009)
“Your biggest fans will always be your harshest critics…” That’s how I’d sum up my relationship with Rocky Patel cigars. I’ve praised him for his great cigars and bashed him for his lousy cigars. Well, what can I say? This is one of those cigars well worth the praise. Rocky hit the Winter Collection out […]
Carlos Torano Virtuoso (Short Ashes)
Last week while hanging out at my local cigar shop, the owner mentioned that he had a few cigar reps stop in during the week. One of them was the local CAO rep stopping bye to schedule a future event. While there the CAO rep left a couple of Torano cigars for my local to […]
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 […]
Casilla Cigars Zebra
Brand: Casillas Cigars Zebra Vitola: Toro Ring Gauge: 50 Length: 6.50 Wrapper: Cameroon & Maduro Binder: Unknown Filler: Honduras, Nicaragua, and Ecuador Origin: Nicaragua Price: 4.75 Website: Cassila Cigars Brand: Casilla Cigars were, at one point, rolled here in the United States. They are the house blend of Casilla Cigars in Citrus Heights, CA. These […]
Verdadero Organic (Guest Review)
Let’s just start this off by noting that I am a sucker for things labeled “organic”. I know, I know, it’s stupid, but it’s one of those marketing ploys that really works on me. I buy my groceries at Whole Foods and when I saw this cigar, I thought I had to try it. So […]
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 […]
Por Larrañaga
Back on the Cuban bandwagon with what I call a “tier 2” Cuban cigar. The Por Larrañaga is an economical smoke with these Panatellas costing around $2 a stick (less than $50 for a box of 25). Along with the Jose L. Piedra the Por Larrañga doesn’t have the consistent, beautiful, blemish free wrappers like […]
El Triunfador
Rated it a 91 Lisa from Her Humidor -> Said it was “well balanced and strong” Stew from The World According to Stew -> Stew gave it 2 Thumbs Up
Rocky Patel Olde World Reserve Connecticut
While Ed was tied up, Tom and newcomer Matt smoke and review the Cigars International exclusive Rocky Patel Olde World Reserve Connecticut. MP3 Version: Right Click > Save As