Gary Griffith wears many hats. He manages a large chain of B&M cigar shops across Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, he’s the developer of the Emilio Cigars brand, and he’s also an avid genealogist. To celebrate his Welsh heritage, Gary decided to create an annual series of limited releases centered around the national symbol of Wales. […]
La Gloria Cubana Artesanos Retro Especiale
Wrapper : Honduran Connecticut Binder : Mexican and Nicaraguan – double binder Filler : Nicaraguan and Dominican ligero plus Nicaraguan and Dominican proprietary tobacco Source : bought at local b&m Today we are going to take a look at the La Gloria Cubana Artesanos Retro Especiale in the Habanero size (6×52). This cigar is also […]
Interview with Steve Ysidron of Savinelli
When the name Savinelli is mentioned in the smoke shop, the first thing that comes to peoples’ mind is pipes. You can hardly blame them, Savinelli has been making pipes since Achille Savinelli Sr. opened up shop in Milan back in 1876. After a 135 years of doing something, you do build a bit of […]
Big Pig Maduro
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 maduro wrapper. These come in one size, 6×60 and are available from SmokerFriendly.com or any of the Smoker Friendly stores around the […]
Rocky Patel Vintage 2003 Cameroon – Sixty
Wrapper : Cameroon Binder : Nicaraguan Filler : Nicaraguan and Dominican Source : bought at local store Today I have a new stick, the Rocky Patel Vintage 2003 Cameroon in the Sixty size (6×60). Yes I tend to like toro sizes and up so I was looking forward to smoking this one with the cameroon […]
1844
Wrapper : San Andreas Maduro Binder : Nicaraguan Filler : Nicaraguan Source : Jeff gifted to me Today I have a first impressions of the 1844 cigar that is available from CI and it’s organizations and is made by AJ Fernandez. I gave an update on the RabbitAir purifier also and told why the review […]
Illusione Burn – First Impressions
Wrapper : Criollo 98 Binder : Nicaraguan Filler : Nicaraguan Source : was a gift Hopefully I have a nice treat for you today as I will be reviewing the Illusione Burn in the Toro Grande size (6×56). This cigar is made for Rocky Patel’s Burn Lounge in Naples Florida. There were only 50 boxes […]
Brigade by Carlos Torano
Wrapper : Ecuadorian Binder : Nicaraguan Filler : Nicaraguan Source : Gifted from Jeff Whole Thing in a Nutshell First off I will apologize for this short write up and short video but I am running out of time and wanted to get something posted for today. Today I am doing the Brigade by Carlos […]
Tatuaje Series P – 2011 version
Wrapper : Ecuadorian Sumatra Filler : Nicaraguan Cuban Sandwich (long and medium filler) Source : bought myself After a brief hiatus due to the awesome IPCPR coverage I am back with a review of the new Tatuaje Series P in the toro size. As many of you know, the Series P was reviewed before on […]
Swag – First Impressions
Wrapper : Dominican Ligero Binder : Dominican Ligero Filler : Dominican Ligero Source : gifted to me by Michael Williams Today I have a first impressions of the Swag cigar made by Oliveros in the Infamous (6×54) size. I was gifted this cigar from Mike Williams. Pre-Light First thing I notice is the Swag is […]