Wrapper: Nicaraguan Maduro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5 x 50 Robusto Body: Medium Price: $4.60 by the pack at Atlantic Cigar. $3.85 ea if you join the Atlantic Cigar VIP Club On the trail to Part 2 in my… Read More ›
Month: February 2013
Cigar Review- Cain F Lancero Tubes Habano
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 7 x 38 Body: Full Price: $5.80 I opened the page to Atlantic Cigar’s web site and saw on the billboard a site to behold: The new Cain F Lancero Tubes Habano… Read More ›
Cigar Review- Los Hermanos Maduro by Casa Fernandez
Wrapper: Mexican San Andres Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Aganorsa Size: 5.625 x 46 Corona Body: Full Price: $6.65 I am a big fan of the Casa Fernandez folks. They put out consistent, small batch cigars that are art in its… Read More ›
Cigar Review- San Cristobal by Pepin Garcia (The Newbie Corner- Part 1)
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6.125 x 52 “Fabuloso-Torpedo” Body: Medium Price: $9.00 I am going to start this trek with the San Cristobal, owned by Ashton, and blended by Pepin Garcia. Now Garcia is known for his… Read More ›
A New Idea! “The Newbie Corner”
My good buddy, Richard Wharton, suggested this. A Newbie Corner. Once or twice a week, I will review a cigar that’s been around for some time to help the Newbies make decisions about the sticks that the more experienced smokers… Read More ›
Cigar Review- Surrogates Crystal Baller by Pete Johnson (L’Atelier)
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5.75 x 56 Gentle Box Pressed Body: Medium/Full Price: $8.00 This is pretty damn good stick. I reviewed this cigar back in October of 2012 and thought I’d take another look at… Read More ›
Cigar Review- Big Delicious by Matt Booth and Smoke Inn (Abe Dababneh)
Wrapper: Habano 2000 Binder/Filler: Brazilian, Honduran, Nicaraguan, Dominican Size: 6.25 x 42/54 Body: Full Price: $8.95 Well, here I am sitting in the cat bird’s seat. I have a cigar to review that the wonderful, and lovely, Abe Dababneh, of… Read More ›
Cigar Review- Oliva Atlantic Cigar 15th Aniversario
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6.75 x 48 Diadema Body: Medium Price: $8.50 (Single) $7.60 (Box of 10) So far, I’ve reviewed three of the four 15th Anniversary cigars from Atlantic Cigar (http://www.atlanticcigar.com/?aff=5172) Each one different, each… Read More ›
Cigar Review- Crowned Heads Headley Grange
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sumatra Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Body: Full Size: 5.5 x 52 Slight Oval Price: $9.25 This is the second outing of Jon Huber and Crowned Heads Cigars. Four Kicks was the first. The is a much talked about… Read More ›
Cigar Review- Ortega Serie D Natural #10
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Rosado Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6 x 52 #10 Belicoso Body: Full Price: $7.00 When the Serie D Natural came out, I wrote about it in my old blog. Having just bought more of these, I… Read More ›
Cigar Review- Ortega Wild Bunch Iron Mike
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano Oscuro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 4.875 x 54 “I-Beam” Body: Medium/Full Price: $8.00-$9.00 ADDENDUM: 02/22/2013 I’ve now had this cigar a couple weeks or longer and I must amend the “This is the most bitch’n cigar I’ve… Read More ›
Cigar Review- My Father Atlantic 15th Anniversario
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Cuban Seed Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5.5 x 52 Mild Box Press Body: Full Price: $8.00 Single THANKS TO HALFWHEEL.COM FOR THE PHOTO OF THE BOX The My Father Atlantic 15th Anniversario stick was released in Feb,… Read More ›
Cigar Review- Jose Seijas Signature Series
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sumatra Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf Filler: Dominican, Nicaraguan, Peruvian Size: 5 x 52 Robusto Body: Medium/Full Price: $10.00 This is a premium cigar few have heard of. It’s not carried by a lot of stores. And it ain’t cheap…. Read More ›
Cigar Review- Room 101 Conjura Limited
Wrapper: Honduran Rosado Binder: Honduran Filler: Dominican, Nicaraguan Size: 6.5 x 54 Box Pressed Body: Medium/Full Price: $9.00 Conjura means “conspiracy” in Spanish. This stick originally harkens back to 1962 during the planning of the JFK assassination. This stick was… Read More ›
Cigar Review- La Aurora 100 Anos (Cien Anos)
Wrapper: Dominican Corojo Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican Corojo Size: 5 x 50 Robusto Body: Medium/Full Price: $12.00 The Cien Años (100 Years) was launched in 2003 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of La Aurora Cigars. It was a limited run… Read More ›
Cigar Review- Old Henry Maduro
Wrapper: USA/Connecticut Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5.5 x 52 Belicoso Body: Full Price: $5.40 This is a cigar sold exclusively by Holts Cigars. They’ve been around for a while but the mug of their dear departed dog on the… Read More ›
Cigar Review- Quesada Heisenberg Project
Wrapper: Unknown Binder: Unknown Filler: Unknown Size: 5 x 48 Robusto Body: Medium Price: $6.00 Who doesn’t love a mystery? It’s funny how all of us cigar junkies are experts on all things tobacco leaves. But here is a test… Read More ›
Cigar Review- Arandoza Cigars
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5 x 52 Robusto Body: Medium/Full Price: $6.00 Robert Arango sent me a couple of his Blue Label cigars to try. Thank you Roberto. Now I did, or tried, to do my… Read More ›
Cigar Review- Edgar Hoill (Christian Eiroa)
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6.75 x 48/50 Passion Body: Full Price: $10.00 in a 5 Pack, $9.00 by the Box. Edgar Hoill. Who is he? He is the cutting edge photographer that specializes in a lot of… Read More ›
Cigar Review- Ortega Wild Bunch Big Bad John “Jackhammer”
Wrapper: Esteli Nicaraguan Ecuadorian Habano Rosado Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6.875 x 60 Body: Medium Price: $10.00 The release of Big Bad John “Jackhammer” was a big deal in the world of Ortega’s Cigars. A grand plan had been… Read More ›
