Now that we’ve explored the farm, and gotten an in-depth look at the long, involved process tobacco goes through on it’s way to becoming a cigar, it’s time for photogenic part of the tour. The part everyone thinks about when they hear “cigar factory tour” – the bunching, rolling and packaging of the finished product. […]
General Cigar Factory Tour 2017 Part 1
After a day spent taking in the farm atmosphere, we picked up on the next leg of the journey for tobacco. After it spends time hanging in the curing barn it’s off to the factory. There’s still a lot in store for the leaves before they are rolled into handmade premium cigar. After a short […]
Ben’s Top 10 Cigars of 2016
Well, it’s that time of the year again. Time for my Top 10 Cigars of the Year for 2016. A lot of our blogger friends are releasing their list around this time along with us and I love to read their list as well. We have our own personal likes and dislikes, so it’s interesting […]
Brian’s The Week In Smoke, Issue 106
This time of year can be a lot of fun, but it doesn’t always afford me many opportunities to enjoy a fine cigar. Or a lot of time to write about (or video) the cigars I do get to enjoy. But I did my best to shoehorn in as many as I could. The silver […]
Fratello Oro Boxer
One of the first stops Brian and I made at IPCPR 2016 was the Fratello booth and talk with Omar de Frias about his new releases. One of the cigar lines he was introducing was the new Oro line. The Oro line is Fratello’s foray into Connecticut wrapper cigars. Omar wanted add this missing piece […]
Foundation Cigars Charter Oak Maduro Rothschild
This is the second part of my review of the Foundation Cigars Charter Oak. This is for the maduro version of the Charter Oak I reviewed earlier with a Connecticut wrapper which you can read about here. You can read about the cigar in my previous review because this is the same cigar, except in […]
Foundation Cigars Charter Oak Connecticut Rothchild
Someone I always look forward to seeing every year at IPCPR is Nick Melillo of Foundation Cigars. As one of the brain children, along with Steven Saka, behind the iconic Liga Privada lines and its off shoots, you can rest assured that his offerings from his new company, Foundation Cigars, should be pretty tasty. After […]
IPCPR 2016: Foundation
Nick Melillo was back this year with a colorful new booth, new Foundation cigar lines and of course, new insights into the world of tobacco. We got started with The Upsetters. Nick has been a long time fan of reggae music and Jamaican tobacco, and he also has a history of working with Nicaraguan tobacco. […]
Crowned Heads The Angel’s Anvil TAA 2016
Next in our line of TAA exclusives is the Crowned Heads The Angel’s Anvil TAA 2016. This cigar is another one that is highly anticipated each year as Crowned Heads has been one of the hottest cigar companies in the market since their debut in 2011. This is the 3rd iteration of The Angel’s Anvil […]
Brian’s The Week In Smoke, Issue 102
The time has really flown by the past couple of weeks, and for a good part of it I was smoking cigars and drinking unusual beers in the exotic and mysterious places like Alabama and Oregon. I was also a guest on a local radio show talking about beer. Everything else is hazy. Imagine me […]