This year at IPCPR, Balmoral Cigars introduced a new line extension to their Anejo XO line called Nicaragua. This new line uses select tobaccos from Nicaragua for the wrapper and filler. They use a Nicaraguan Habano tobacco for the wrapper and an unknown Nicaraguan tobacco in the filler. You can watch our interviews with President […]
RoMa Craft Intemperance Whiskey Rebellion 1794 Washington
RoMa Craft Tobac introduced the Intemperance Whiskey Rebellion 1794 in 2016 as an exclusive to online retailer Famous Smoke Shop. RoMa Craft Tobac has themed their cigar after different historical subjects and the Intemperance line is named after the temperance movement during the Prohibition era. The Intemperance Whiskey Rebellion 1794 takes on a similar theme […]
Gran Habano Persian King Rajah
Gran Habano is a cigar company that was well know for making quality cigars for a great price. My friends and I smoked a lot of Corojo #5s when we used to get together to smoke because it tasted great and was priced right. They’ve added various line extensions since then and one of them […]
Ben’s Week in Smoke – No. 16
Warped Lirio Rojo Just one of my staples. I consider this one of the best, if not the best cigar from Warped. It’s a perfect size with a medium body and great flavor. It’s the Goldilocks of Warped….not too strong, not too weak, not too small, not too large, etc. I mean, it was my […]
Week in Smoke – 10/25/2017
I have a huge backlog of cigars I want to review before the end of the year, but time is running out on me. Some cigars I want to get to, might not make it, which is why I love when we do these Week in Smoke. Its a good way to showcase some cigars […]
All Out Kings Smash
All Out Kings was one of the most high anticipated releases from IPCPR 2016. The All Out Kings is a collaboration with Caldwell Cigars and Drew Estate Cigars. Both companies are known to push the boundaries in the cigar world so them collaborating on a cigar is not a surprise. The brainchild of Robert Caldwell, […]
Aguila Cigars – Flight Review – CONTEST (Contest ended)
I was recently approached by iHavanas to review their new Aguila cigar line produced in Nicaragua. iHavanas is mainly known for being one of the premier sellers of Cuban cigars, but with the growing interest in Europe for Nicaraguan cigars, iHavanas has brought out their own Nicaragua cigar for this new and growing fan base. Not […]
D’Crossier Selection 512 Lancero
While on a recent trip to the Dominican Republic, I was given a cigar that I’ve heard a lot about but almost never saw. This trip was with several other bloggers, some I’ve known for quite some time and some I was meeting for the first time. One of them was Master Sensei, Eric Guttormson, […]
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 […]
Hoyo La Amistad Robusto
This July at IPCPR 2016, Brian and I were taken around the General Cigar Company’s booth by Victoria McKee-Jaworski, director of public relations for General Cigar Company, who showed us their new offerings. Several things caught our eye, but none more than the newest offering by Hoyo de Monterrey, La Amistad, which you can watch […]