Last week I decided to take advantage of a beautiful morning here in Southeast Pennsylvania. I sat down on my deck, lit up a Long Live the King by Caldwell Cigar Company, and listened to the birds chirp as I sipped my coffee. I wrote a quick review on the cigar and mentioned that my […]
H. Upmann Magnum 48 2009 Edicion Limitada
While in Belgium in October 2015 for the Royal Agio factory tour and InterTabac, we visited a Casa del Habano store in Antwerp. While there I picked up several regional exclusives and edicion limitada cigars. To my surprise, several of the earlier edicion limitada cigars were still available. Each year, Habanos SA releases edicion limitada […]
Holt’s Contest – Win a 5-pack of San Cristobal
Hello, no I am not dead (I don’t think I am anyway because I am not in a packed humidor with every cigar known to man for me to smoke for free – that is what happens when you die, right?). I know that makes some of you happy and others sad. Still sorting through […]
Long Live the King by Caldwell Cigar Company
Back in August, the crew from Sir Stogies piled into a van and began an epic journey across Southeast Pennsylvania visiting cigar shops. There were lots of laughs, plenty of drinks, and an abundance of cigars. I may be embellishing it a tad but it was a wonderful time. One of the shops we visited […]
Ben’s Week in Smoke – Bayou Edition No. 14
Ben’s Week in Smoke – Bayou Edition No. 14 I know it’s been awhile since I last posted at Stogie Review, but I have a good excuse. I recently moved from the Mississippi Gulf Coast to Houston, TX. While the move didn’t keep me from smoking cigars, it definitely curtailed how many I smoked since […]
Gurkha Vintage Selection Shaggy Toro
When I was writing up last week’s Week In Smoke, I was a little surprised to discover we have never reviewed the Gurkha Vintage Selection Shaggy. I know it’s a cigar that I’ve talked about with people a number of times over the years, and people have had generally positive things to say about it. […]
Brian’s The Week In Smoke, Issue 101
It’s once time again for another issue of Brian’s The Week In Smoke. In case this is your first Week in Smoke, be advised that it covers many (though not necessarily all) of the cigars I’ve smoked in the past week (or the past month, or however long it has been since the last issue), […]
Even Wild Animals Like a Good Cigar
The weather here in Southeast Pennsylvania has been a roller-coaster ride, of sorts. One day the sun is shining and the weather is perfect for sitting outside and enjoying a cigar. The next day could be filled with soaking rain. Sometimes we get sheer craziness – last week we had sun, then rain, then sleet, […]
Out for a Walk with an Oliva Serie G Maduro
Several years ago our friend Craig of CigarCraig.com rolled out a feature on his blog in which he called “Take a Cigar for a Walk“. Today the premise was to incorporate a cigar into Craig’s fitness routine which he usually boost with natural supplements like this one, check this review. I know, that sounds counterproductive […]
Brian’s The Week In Smoke, Issue 100
Over the past few weeks I’ve been thinking about what I should smoke for the hundredth edition of Brian’s The Week In Smoke. The problem is the more you think about it, the harder it gets. It’s like that with anything though, you overthink it, and a simple task becomes an ominous burden. Knowing the […]