I don’t do many Week in Smoke, but I’ve been down with a bad sinus infection the past couple of weeks so I haven’t been smoking many cigars. This past week, I’ve finally been able to enjoy some old favorites and some new cigars. I visited my good friend Jason Jackson, manager of Cigars and […]
Brian’s The Week In Smoke, Issue 63
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 59
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), […]
BEN’S WEEK IN SMOKE NO. 5 – THE BAYOU EDITION
Drew Estate Unicos A This was a real treat for me. It was my birthday earlier last week and a good friend of mine gave me this cigar to celebrate my birthday. He won these from Drew Estate from a contest they were running at the Chattanooga Tweetup a few years ago and saved them […]
Drew Estate Undercrown Gran Toro
Earlier this week I posted a review of the Sancho Panza Extra Fuerte and the comments on that review were inspiring. As I read through them, while smoking a Drew Estate Undercrown Gran Toro, I got the sudden urge to fire up my video camera. At first I didn’t want to do the review, mostly […]
Undercrown Dogma by Drew Estate
I want to let you in on a little secret. I have a pretty bad habit of firing up a cigar and pressing record on my camcorder. I record a review, or two, with the intention of going back and editing prior to posting here on Stogie Review. Every once in a while (actually, a […]
Brian’s The Week In Smoke, Issue 46
It’s once time again for another issue of Brian’s The Week In Smoke. It’s been a few weeks since I posted one, and the smoking notes have been building up, so this one will be a little longer than some. Bonus, right? In case this is your first Week in Smoke, be advised that it […]
Throwback Thursday: Steve Saka On Tobacco At Cigar Safari 2013
I don’t know how long “Throwback Thursday” has been a thing, but before people get tired of it, I’m using it to show some previously unpublished (and uncensored) video of Steve Saka from Cigar Safari 2013. This video covers some of the same ground as Wednesday’s video regarding Connecticut Broadleaf and Habano tobaccos, but from […]
Cigar Safari 2014: Drew Estate II (DE-2)
This year Cigar Safari got rolling with a visit to the brand new Drew Estate II (DE-2) facility across the street from the original Drew Estate factory. Jonathan Drew and Nick Melillo lead the tour of the 64,000 square foot expansion that they’ve dedicated to storing, curing, sorting and aging their growing supply of tobacco. […]
Brian’s The Week In Smoke, Issue 42
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), […]