Wrapper : Connecticut maduro and shade barber poled Binder : Brazilian maduro Filler : Nicaraguan, Italian, American and Dominican Republic Source : bought at my local shop I am going to be doing the CAO America Anthem size for my weekend long celebration of Independence Day. Right off the bat, these are very overpriced, in […]
CAO Vision – Epiphany
Wrapper : Dominican Corojo Binder : Dominican Filler : Dominican, Nicaraguan and Brazilian Source : bought from CigarMonster Pre-Light This will be a short and sweet writeup, since I hate writing and I am not very good at it. My last name is not Hewitt nor is it White, so you will have to bear […]
CAO La Traviata – Ninfa
Today I have for you a quick peek at a quick smoke, the CAO La Traviata Ninfa. These cigars come in a tin of 5 and locally retail for the same amount as the other tins from CAO, $15. I will admit, I was a little surprised at that since the La Traviata blows a […]
CAO Gold – Karat (Short Ashes)
Hello again. I have a short smoke for you today, as the weather has not been very good and it made my neck hurt too damn bad. I am going to be doing the CAO Gold Karat for your viewing pleasure. These cigars are 4 inches long and have a 38 ring gauge. I have […]
CAO Gold Perfecto
Origin : Nicaragua Wrapper : Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade seed Binder : Nicaraguan Filler : Nicaraguan Source : Sent from a BOTL Today I have for you a review that I am shocked has not been done yet in any vitola, the CAO Gold perfecto. This cigar has been around since 1996 and they introduced a […]
CAO La Traviata (Short Ashes)
Back in August, Brian, Jerry, and I were fortunate enough to attend the 2009 IPCPR Trade Show in New Orleans. One of the samples we were able to pick up was the highly anticipated CAO La Traviata. Some time after the trade show, Brian and Jerry got together for a Herfin’ Heads video where they […]
CAO Six One Five (Guest Review)
This review comes courtesy of Chris (beaverc32) from the Stogie Review Fan Forums Cigar Facts Vitola: Churchill Price: $51 for 5-pack Wrapper: Criollo-seed Maduro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan The CAO Six One Five was gifted to me by fellow SRFF member, Ray_I, and apparently is only available at UPtown’s Smoke Shop. Fortunately they are available […]
CAO MX3 (Short Ashes)
A couple of months back I was at Kensington Tobacconist and bumped into my local CAO Cigars rep, Paul Spence. He was familiar with Stogie Review and we got to talking about a review of the W. Curtis Drapers Exclusive CAO MX3. When he learned that I hadn’t tried it yet, he offered to send […]
Herf’n Heads – CAO La Traviata
Jerry and Brian get together for another episode of Herf’n Heads. In this episode we review the new CAO La Traviata (dare we say Cigar of The Year), cigar smoking etiquette, IPCPR, CRA and other random cigar shit. Video lasts over an hour so I use the Viddler player so you can fast forward/seek to […]
CAO eLements Tasting with Tim Ozgener
A couple of weeks back I got a message on the Stogie Review fan forums asking about sending in guest video. I explained that the submittal process was as simple as uploading the files to us and I’d have a look over it. As we got to talking some more, I learned that Rico (nowhereusa) […]