We caught up with a “petite” Willy Herrera at the Drew Estate booth this year and discussed the new Undercrown Shade, the first non-Herrera Esteli line he has blended for Drew Estate and the challenges of working with Connecticut Shade tobacco. From there we touched on the new Herrera Esteli Tubo and the new limited […]
IPCPR 2015: Drew Estate & Joya De Nicaragua
We mixed it up this year at the Drew Estate booth and talked to both Jonathan Drew and Dr. Alejandro Martínez Cuenca at the same time using their built-in media stage. Jonathan Drew got us started by talking about the importance of the relationship between Drew Estate and Joya De Nicaragua. From there Dr. Cuenca […]
Brian’s The Week In Smoke, Issue 83
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), […]
Brian’s The Week In Smoke, Issue 79
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), […]
Week In Smoke – Bayou Edition No. 10
Drew Estate Dirty Rat I was looking through a section of my humidor that I haven’t really dug much around in lately and stumbled upon this Dirty Rat. This one was quite “ratty” looking. As you can see in the picture, the wrapper was many shades of brown. Not sure how that happened, but the looks […]
Ben’s Top 10 Cigars of 2014 – Contest!
Every year, we try to come up with our individual Top 10 Cigars of the Year which is quite a task. There are so many really good cigars out there, its hard to choose only 10. At Stogie Review, we do it a little different in where we choose the top 10 cigars we smoked […]
Brian’s The Week In Smoke, Issue 71
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), […]
Week in Smoke – Bayou Edition No. 9
I’ve been working all week on getting my Top 10 Cigars of the Year list ready, but its not easy. I thought I had an idea of what my 10 favorites were, but as I looked through my Facebook pictures and talked to my cigar buddies, I realized it wasn’t going to be as easy […]
Brian’s The Week In Smoke, Issue 68
Round one of holiday overeating is in the books, and with any luck you’ve napped the tryptophan completely out of your system. I hope any weight you may have gained in the past week accentuates your nicest features. I know my abs have never been larger or more uniform, I don’t even have to flex […]
Brian’s The Week In Smoke, Issue 66
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), […]