Five years ago (probably more than that, actually) I was looking around for a cigar called Havana Sunrise. A friend of mine was in love with the cigar and wanted to do a box split. I found them for roughly $60 per box so I placed an order and we broke up the box. Not […]
Arturo Fuente Hemingway Untold Story Maduro
It’s that time of year again. And I’m not talking about trees, lights, shopping sprees and loosened belts. I’m talking about rare Fuente smoke season, where cigar geeks and Fuente fanatics across the country dash to their nearest B&M to see what presents Santa Carlito left on the shelves. This year, along with the annual […]
Xen by Nish Patel
Wrapper : Ecuadorian Connecticut Binder : Nicaraguan Filler : Secret blend of herbs and spices Source : bought locally Today I have for you the Xen from Nish Patel in the robusto (5×50) size. I am going to let the video do the talking this week because I just deleted my whole write up and […]
Nestor Miranda Grand Reserve
In the chaotic weeks that lead up to this review, I’ve been smoking Nestor Miranda’s Grand Reserve with intention of putting up a review. Unfortunately, life and schedules haven’t been cooperating lately, and this already limited release has become even more limited in availability. Fortunately the 10,000 sticks that were produced haven’t vanished from the […]
Big Pig Connecticut
Wrapper : Dominican Republic? Binder : Dominican Republic Filler : Dominican Republic Source : Wife made me buy I have for you today a cigar made by Arganese called Big Pig in the Connecticut wrapper. These come in one size, 6×60 and are available from SmokerFriendly.com or any of the Smoker Friendly stores around the […]
EP Carrillo Maduro Encantos
One of the most popular cigars produced by La Gloria Cubana during Ernesto Perez-Carrillo’s tenure was the Serie R maduro. To this day, it’s hard to find a shop that doesn’t carry them, and they continue to sell well. Given his enduring success with those, it was really only a matter of time until he […]
809 Connecticut
Today I have another bundle cigar review for you and that is the 809 Connecticut in the toro size. This cigar is made by the Pride Cigar Company but there is very little information available about it. I have found a couple other 809 flavors online also. I have been having computer problems so this […]
Punch Rare Corojo 10th Anniversary
When General Cigar shipped me a five pack of the new Punch Rare Corojo 10th Anniversary edition cigars, I decided to let them rest a while. I knew that probably meant that Jerry would beat me to the review (he did, sorta), but I wanted to give them a fair shake. So far my experience […]
La Floridita Gold
For the past couple of years I have been on some sort of blogger marketing list for Famous Smoke Shop. Every once in a while I receive a surprise package with a couple Famous exclusive cigars. This time around my package contained a five pack of La Floridita Gold. Up until the package arrived, I […]
Pinar Del Rio 1878 – Cubano Especial Capa Natural (Short Ashes)
Last week I took a look at the Pinar Del Rio 1878 – Reserva Dominicana Capa Oscura. In that brief writeup, I mentioned that Abe Flores was kind enough to not only send me that stick, but a few Pinar Del Rio 1878 – Cubano Especial Capa Natural as well. With the same binder and […]