Wrapper: USA Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6.25 x 54 Torpedo Strength: Medium/Full Price: $12.95 Date Released: One Day a Year 2025 Version Quantity Released: Limited Edition Factory: My Father Cigars, Estelï Nicaragua My cigars received 3… Read More ›
2026 Will Be My Farewell Tour. Like a distant relative, twice removed, I’ve infiltrated your world without invitation. I have written 3-5 reviews per week, every week, every month, and every year for 16 years. I have produced 4,000,000 words;… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Hybrid Binder: Dominican Cotui Filler: Dominican (3), USA Size: 6 x 55 Strength: Mild/Medium Price: $12.00 Date Released: December 2025 Quantity Released: Undisclosed Factory: Kelner Boutique Factory, Dominican Republic THE WHOLE MEGILLAH: I recently spoke with Darren… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Oscuro Binder: Ecuadorian Sumatra Filler: Dominican Corojo 99, Nicaraguan Condega, Estelí, Jalapa Size: 5 x 52 Robusto Strength: Medium Price: $12.99 Date Released: January 2025 Quantity Released: Regular Production Factory: Casa Carrillo My cigars received 4 months… Read More ›
Just last week, HW rated this cigar 92. That’s like 115 from me. I saw this deal on Smoking Hub this evening and I snagged the 10-count box. Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan (5-year aged ligeros matured in… Read More ›
Wrapper: Mexican San Andrés Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5.7 x 52 Double Robusto Strength: Medium/Full Price: $8.00 Date Released: June 2024 Quantity Released: Regular Production Factory: Tabacalera Pages, Nicaragua BACKGROUND: From Cigar Page: “Megilla MSA is a luscious new… Read More ›
Wrapper: Pennsylvania Broadleaf Binder: African Cameroon Filler: Dominican, Mexican Size: 5.5 x 54 Toro Box Pressed Strength: Medium Price: $12.15 Date Released: September 2025 Quantity Released: Regular Production Factory: Tabacalera Palma, Dominican Republic My cigars received 3 months of naked… Read More ›
Wrapper: Mexican San Andrés Tuxtla Binder: Mexican San Andrés Filler: Mexican San Andrés Size: 6 x 52 Toro Strength: Medium/Full Price: $9.90 Date Released: April 2025 Quantity Released: Regular Production Factory: Undisclosed My cigars received 5 months of naked humidor… Read More ›
This is an extremely limited bunch of offers on 10 samplers of some great cigars from the boutique to the everyday. I don’t know how long this will last, but generally it’s only a day. Includes free shipping. Photos below… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian HVA Binder: Dominican San Vincente Filler: Dominican Criollo 98 Seco, Dominican Piloto Cubano, Mexican San Andrés Morron, U.S.A. Broadleaf Size: 6 x 52 Toro Strength: Medium/Full Price: $15.50 Date Released: November 2025 Quantity Released: Limited Release but numbers… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Mexican, Dominican Filler: Dominican, Nicaraguan Size: 6 x 52 Toro Strength: Full Price: $18.00 Date Released: February 2023 Quantity Released: Limited Release Factory: Tabacalera La Isla, Dominican Republic My cigars received 2 months of naked humidor… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano 2000 Rosado Oscura (Aged 4 Years) Binder: Mexican San Andrés Filler: Nicaraguan Corojo (Jalapa), Dominican Piloto Cubana Villa González, Dominican Criollo 98 San Víctor Size: 5.5 x 54 Double Robusto Strength: Medium Price: $14.00 Date Released: April… Read More ›
How odd is this? I’m telling you about a great deal on a knife instead of cigars. I love knives. Don’t tell my court appointed psychiatrist. Men love sharp and shiny things. Good knives are very expensive. Kershaw is a… Read More ›
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano 2000 Binder: Nicaraguan Estelí Ligero Filler: Nicaraguan Ometepe Ligero, Estelí, and Jalapa Size: 4.25 x 46 Strength: Medium/Full Price: $8.00 in 5 packs and bundles of 10 Quantity Released: Annual limited Every cigar blog and website publishes… Read More ›
Wrapper: Cameroon Seed/Cuban Seed Hybrid Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6 x 54 Strength: Medium-Full Price: $14 single ($10.58 at Cigar Page) Factory: Tabacalera Perdomo The Story: 10-year age stated tobacco, Cameroon and Habano seed hybrid. That’s like cigar porn…. Read More ›
Famous Smoke offered me a gig as their first in-house reviewer. They liked my sense of humor. Little did I know what was in store. They wanted me to go to the extreme. Cigars were secondary to a ridiculous story…. Read More ›
Wrapper: Mexican San Andrés Rosado ~ Aged 3-1/2 years Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican, Nicaraguan, Colombian Cubita Size: 5.75 x 52 Toro Strength: Medium/Full Price: $50.00 Date Released: November 2024 Quantity Released: 200 Boxes of 10 Factory: Tabacalera William Ventura My… Read More ›
Normally, I do not publish press releases. Every cigar blog and website does this better than me. But I enjoy the products from both Lure Cigars and Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust. So, the following describes new cigars from both esteemed… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Corojo Oscuro Binder: Mexican San Andrés Filler: Nicaraguan Ometepe, Pueblo Nuevo, Estelí, and ligero from Jalapa. Size: 6 x 52 Toro Strength: Medium/Full Price: $5.00 THE WHOLE MEGILLAH: These are pretty fancy leaf stats for a $5 cigar…. Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Ecuadorian Habano Filler: Peruvian, Dominican, Nicaraguan, Ecuadorian Size: 5.2 x 55 Wide Churchill Strength: Medium/Full Price: $20.00 Factory: Tabacos de Costa Rica BACKGROUND: From Casdagli Cigars: “Casdagli Cigars enters the crypto world in partnerhip with The… Read More ›
Wrapper: Habano Binder: Undisclosed Filler: Undisclosed Size: 5.5 x 58 Gordo Strength: Medium/Full Price: $32.50 BACKGROUND: From Didier Cigars: “Didier Lazare Benitah, a man whose name has become synonymous with luxury cigars, embraces a story that transcends continents and industries…. Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut Binder: Ecuadorian H.2000 Filler: Brazilian, Nicaraguan, Peruvian and Dominican Republic Robusto Extra: 51/2 x 52 Toro Extra: 61/2 x 54 Diadem: 7 x 56 Availability and discounts below. KALASHO NATURAL DIADEM: I smoked the monster Diadem for… Read More ›
I’m sitting in the bitter cold of Wisconsin watching a Ken Burns documentary about Earnest Hemingway and smoking my last Tennessee Waltz. This is a damn fine cigar. I looked and looked and either they can be had at online… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Ecuadorian Habano Filler: Dominican Size: 7 x 48 Churchill Strength: Medium Price: $26.00 Date Released: 2024 Quantity Released: 20,000 cigars Factory: Kelner Cigars, S.A.S., Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. My cigars received 6 months of… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut Desflorada Binder: Ecuadorian Filler: Dominican, Nicaraguan Size: 5.25 x 48 Robusto Strength: Medium Price: $16.00 Released: September 2024 Quantity Released: Regular Production “Aged for 1 year after rolling in Spanish Cedar before boxing.” My cigars received 3… Read More ›
Instead of waxing poetically about the enormous fun/boner/angst caused by compiling what I felt were the best cigars this year, I’ll let the list do the talking. I will have an announcement on January 1, 2026. 1. Romeo y Julieta… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano, Mexican San Andrés Binder: Indonesian Filler: Dominican, Nicaraguan Size: 5.875 x 60 Perfecto Strength: Medium/Full Price: $25.00 Date Released: November 2025 Quantity Released: 1,000 boxes of 8. Factory: Fábrica de Tabacos Nica Sueño S.A., Estelí, Nicaragua. BACKGROUND:… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Ecuadorian Filler: Dominican Seco, Dominican Ligero Size: 6 x 52 Toro Strength: Medium Price: $14.95 I wasn’t going to review this cigar. I just picked it out of my humidor thinking this’ll do for a morning… Read More ›
Wrapper: Dominican Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican, African Size: 5 x 50 Robusto Strength: Medium Price: $12.00 Factory: Kelner Boutique Factory, Dominican Republic My cigars have three months of naked humidor time. BACKGROUND: From Luxury Cigar Club: “Jopito Gallo Indio is… Read More ›
Wrapper: Mexican San Andrés Binder: Connecticut River Valley Broadleaf Filler: Nicaraguan Habano Size: 6 x 52 Toro Strength: Medium/Full Price: $13.50 Release Date: May 2021 Quantity Released: Regular Production Factory: La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate My cigars received 4 months… Read More ›
Trinidad Esmeralda Review Cigar rolled: 2020 Vitola: 5.7×54 Approximate Price (if aged): $60 I bought this stick in 2022 when it was much cheaper. I have smoked a few different Trinidads in my time. I have never found them memorable…. Read More ›
45″ x 16.5″ x 6.9″ I bought one from Cigar Page a year ago. I paid $250. Worth every dime. Field Supply has a 3-day sale on various crap. Included is the same Yosemite gun case travel humidor for $150…. Read More ›
Wrapper: Mexican San Andrés Negro “Cultivo Tonto” Binder: Brazilian Mata Fina Filler: Nicaraguan Four-Leaf Blend Size: 6 x 52 Toro Semi-Box Pressed Strength: Medium Price: $19.45 Date to be Released: 2026 THE WHOLE MEGILLAH: Charlie Schink, our man in Zambia,… Read More ›
Wrapper: Brazilian Arapiraca Binder: Indonesian Fillers: Nicaraguan, Pennsylvanian Size: 5 x 50 Robusto Strength: Medium/Full Price: $14.00 Date Released: April 2024 Factory: Tabacalera Von Eicken My cigars received 5 months of naked humidor time. THE WHOLE MEGILLAH: The cigar was… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Corojo Binder: Dominican Habano 2000 Filler: Dominican (Criollo 98, HVA, Piloto Cubano) Size: 6 x 50 Toro Strength: Medium Price: $12.00 Quantity Released: 500 bundles of 10 Factory: Tabacalera La Isla, Dominican Republic BACKGROUND: From Luxury Cigar Club:… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Maduro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Dominican, Nicaraguan Size: 6 x 50 Toro Strength: Full Price: $21.99 Date Released: October 2022 Quantity Released: 5,000 boxes of 10 Factory: El Titan de Bronze My cigars received one month of naked… Read More ›
Thanks to everyone that entered. The winner is: Dane Cannon In addition, I’ve decided to provide a little something in the way of a second-place winner. He will receive an 11 cigar sampler from my stash. There are no million… Read More ›
Wrapper: African Cameroon Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5.7 x 46 Corona Gorda Strength: Medium/Full Price: $6.00 My cigars received 3 months of naked humidor time. BACKGROUND: From Cigar Page: “Raymond Pages is no stranger to making lightning strike twice…. Read More ›
Gramps is now whole. Stay tuned. Don’t forget. Blue Lightning Sky *Katman Edition*. Get 15% off with promo code KATMAN15. Go to Small Batch Cigar.
It looks like Dell updates killed my computer. My tech guy is very busy and may not rescue me for a day or two. I will most probably need a new computer. Oy. I appreciate your patience as moderating comments… Read More ›
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Dark Shorts Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6 x 52 Torpedo Strength: Medium/Full Price: $16.00 Date Released: May 2025 Quantity Released: Undisclosed Factory: Nicaraguan American Cigars S.A. My cigars received 3 months of naked humidor time. BACKGROUND:… Read More ›
Ben Rotem of Luxury Cigar Club will bestow a very cool prize to a lucky Katmanphiliac: 1- Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Essentials Sampler, 1- Sakakhan statue, and 1- Sakakhan Christmas ornament. VALUE: $175.00 “The Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Essentials Sampler… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Rosado Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Estelí, Jalapa, and Namanji Size: 6 x 52 Toro Strength: Medium/Full Price: $9.85 Quantity Released: 3,000 boxes of 25 Factory: My Father Cigars S.A. Estelí, Nicaragua My cigars received two months of… Read More ›
They’re baack…Lightning strikes twice in the same place! 150 bundles of 10 cigars released. $100.00 per bundle. No fivers will be sold. Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sumatra Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6 x 52 Toro Strength: Medium/Full Use Promo Code Katman15… Read More ›
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Binder: Nicaraguan Jalapa Filler: Nicaraguan Jalapa, Ometepe, Estelí Size: 4.75 x 52 Robusto Extra Strength: Medium/Full Price: $12.00 Date Released: June 2025 Quantity Released: Regular Production Factory: Nicaraguan American Cigars S.A. (NACSA) My cigars received 3 months… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Rosado Habano Claro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5.5 x 50 Robusto Strength: Medium Price: $14.00 Date Released: 2019 Quantity Released: Regular Production Factory: My Father Cigars El Rey de los Habanos My cigars received 2 months of… Read More ›
I found a deal you might be interested in. The La Gloria Cubana 8th Street was released in 2022. Only 5,000 boxes of 10 were released and only a couple online retailers still have them. They were produced at Miami’s… Read More ›
Wrapper: Connecticut Shade Binder: Mexican San Andrés Filler: Dominican Seco and Ligero Negrito, Nicaraguan Estelï Viso, Ligero, Stalk Cut Habano Size: 6 x 52 Toro Strength: Medium Price: $7.00 in 10 Pack / $10.00 in 5 Pack Date Released: October… Read More ›
Ben Rotem of Luxury Cigar Club bought a hidden cache of 150,000 vintage cigars that range from 17- 40 years old. Every cigar is reasonably priced so you can try some, try some more, and make your wife as angry… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Oscuro Binder: Ecuadorian Filler: Nicaraguan, Dominican Size: 6 x 48 Belicoso Strength: Medium/Full Price: $23.00 Date Released: August 2025 Quantity Released: 1,500 boxes of 10 Factory: El Titan de Bronze My cigars received 2-1/2 months of naked… Read More ›
Wrapper: Aged Ecuadorian Connecticut-seed Binder: Aged Ecuadorian Connecticut-seed (wrapper grade) Filler: 3-4 Years Aged Dominican, Nicaraguan Size: 5.5 x 46 Corona Gorda Strength: Mild/Medium Price: $20.00 Quantity Released: 200 boxes of 10 Factory: Tabacalera William Ventura, Dominican Republic My cigars… Read More ›
I like to post the Janet Katman photo because it makes everyone uncomfortable. Thanks to everyone for participating. More giveaways and contests will be forthcoming soon. The Katman Package goes to Ray VanSteenkiste: The Perfec Cigar Solutions package winner was… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Ecuadorian Habano Filler: Dominican Piloto Cubano, Nicaraguan Estelí Habano & Jalapa Habano Size: 6 x 50 Toro Strength: Medium/Full Price: $5.00 My cigars received 6 months of naked humidor time. BACKGROUND: From Cigar Page: “We spend… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Binder: USA Filler: Dominican, Nicaraguan, USA Size: 5.5 x 54 Robusto Extra Strength: Medium Price: $10.00 Date Released: July 2024 Quantity Released: 1,000 Canisters of 12 Factory: Undisclosed My cigars received 5 months of naked humidor time. The… Read More ›
Wrapper: Dual Wrapper, Mexican San Andrés Maduro & Candela Binder: Honduran Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6 x 52 Toro Strength: Medium Price: $22.60 Date Released: 2022 Quantity Released: Regular Production Factory: Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co. Danlí, Honduras My cigars received… Read More ›
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