RoMa Craft Tobac introduced two new cigars this year called the Neanderthal SGP and HN. The HN is a figurado that is a regular production cigar and the SGP is a shop exclusive only for Serious Cigar in Houston, TX and Riverside Cigars in Jeffersonville, IN, both great cigar shops. Here is the blend for […]
Brian’s The Week In Smoke, Issue 61
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 31
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), […]
El Primer Mundo Announces Costa Fuerte
A little over a week ago I was surprised to see Sean Williams, owner of El Primer Mundo kicking back at my local shop. (But only a little, he is based in Atlanta, after all.) He was there with a friend smoking lanceros bearing the plain paper band you often see on pre-release cigars. When […]
La Flor Dominicana Air Bender Maduro
One of the more interesting things to come out of the 2011 trade show was the new La Flor Dominicana Air Bender Maduro. Or more accurately, the packaging for new Air Bender Maduro. You know, the humidor box that’s so unique, it has it’s own name? Of course I’m talking about the “Casa de Tobaco” […]
My Father Le Bijou Special Edition Corona Gorda
My initial experience with the My Father Le Bijou 1922 line was one of indifference. The cigars were pretty good, but not something I thought was worth the price. But then on a recent visit to Puff ‘N’ Stuff, a shop here in Georgia, Al, the owner, renewed my interest in the Le Bijou. Apparently […]