Merry Christmas A hope that everyone finds the time, late on Christmas night, to dig out one of the finer cigars from their humidor to smoke while reflecting on the day spend with loved ones.
Your Questions, My Answers (YQMA) Episode 23
After a hiatus of several weeks YQMA has returned. In this episode I am joined by our very own Brian Hewitt and our good friend Chris aka Ceedee from Cigar Live. Among the banter we discuss the following topics: 1. Lighter reviews and recommendations 2. Using a sack of Coffee beans as an air freshener […]
601 Blue (Guest Review)
I was browsing the Fan forum just the other day when a couple of reviews caught my eye. Solid is a regular poster on the Fan Forums and has commented here on the front page numerous times as well. After reading his thoughts on a few cigars I thought those that do not visit the […]
H. Upmann Cabinet Selección Robusto
I picked up a couple of these guys after a local tobacconist told me these were kind of hard to come by. As the story goes, not every shop can get their hands on these cigars, and as a condition of getting them as a shop owner, you can’t advertise that you have them. It […]
Helix X542
Brand: Helix Vitola: Corona Length: 5.00 Inches Ring Gauge: 42 Wrapper: Connecticut Binder: Mexico Filler: Brazil, Dominican Republic, Honduras County of Origin: Danli, Honduras Price Breakdown: $2.04 per single Brand: Helix Cigars are hand made at the Centro American Cigars S.A. factory in Danli, Honduras. The company is part of the General Cigar Company empire […]
Shipping Cigars
One of the common questions we receive here at Stogie Review is “I have some cigars I would like to ship to someone, how should I go about it?” With that being said I thought I would do a mini shipping how-to. I prefer to ship cigars as follows.
Alec Bradley Trilogy Authentic Corojo
Wow, this week was a bit of a challenge, and I’m just talking about picking the cigar to review! Every time I had set my mind on a cigar to review, I found Walt and Jerry had already covered it. Sometimes twice! Of course, strictly speaking we don’t have a policy here about never reviewing […]
Flor de Oliva Corojo
Brand: Flor de Oliva Corojo Vitola: Robusto Length: 5.00 Inches Ring Gauge: 50 Wrapper: Nicaragua Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua County of Origin: Nicaragua, Esiteli Price Breakdown: $1.98 per single from Tinderbox Brand: Here we are, back once again with yet another bargain cigar review. This time around I have the Flor de Oliva Corojo. This […]
Gran Habano VL Gran Churchill
Now that I’ve recovered from a handy little bout with bronchitis, its time to review that Gran Habano I mentioned in comments of Walt’s Corojo #5 review. I’ve been a big fan of the Corojo #5, so I’ve really been looking forward to checking out the VL. The VL stands for “Very Limited” which is […]
La Finca
Brand: La Finca Vitola: Robusto Length: 4.50 Inches Ring Gauge: 50 Wrapper: Nicaragua Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua County of Origin: Nicaragua Up for review this week we have yet another bargain priced cigar to continue the trend, the La Finca Robusto. The La Finca is a Nicaraguan Puro which came into production in 1972 and […]