It’s been a busy week, but not so busy that I didn’t light up an interesting assortment of cigars. And since it’s been a minute and a half since I did one… 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 […]
IPCPR 2016: Romeo y Julieta
Our IPCPR tour continues with Yasemin Ozoncul in the Romeo y Julieta section of the Altadis booth. Before we get into the new product she gives us a little background, telling us about her first project at Altadis, 2011’s ROMEO. That leads us into the Plasencia-made ROMEO 505 Nicaragua, a box-pressed puro that was created […]
IPCPR 2015: Altadis
You could have spent an hour checking out all the different lines of cigars in the Altadis USA booth at IPCPR 2015. Fortunately we had Janelle Rosenfeld, VP of Marketing for Altadis to give us a streamlined guide us through all their new releases. The resulting video is a little longer than most of our […]
Brian’s The Week In Smoke, Issue 90
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), […]
Romeo Anejo
Cigar Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Vintage 2010 Binder: Dominican Olor Vintage 2008 Filler: Nicaraguan and Honduran Vintage 2009 This week I have a go with the Romeo Anejo in the Toro size (54×6) that has a MSRP of $9.00. Starting out this Romeo Anejo with a smoothness up front and a sharpness on the aftertaste. Getting […]
Brian’s The Week In Smoke, Issue 77
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), […]
RyJ from Romeo y Julieta
Wrapper : Nicaraguan Binder : Nicaraguan (Double Binder) Filler : Nicaraguan Source : Bought box at shop and got 3 samples in mail Welcome to this weeks condensed written review of the RyJ by Romeo y Julieta. This cigar comes in three sizes, Bully Grande (5×54), Toro (6×52 – this is the review stick) and […]