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Cigar Review- Vallejuelo
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Dominican Filler: Nicaraguan, Dominican (Ligero) Size: 6 x 54 “Gran Toro” Body: Medium/Full Price: $5.50 This is one of my all-time favorite cigars. It is inexpensive. It is well made. And it is lauded by the… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Room 101 Daruma Monstro
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Brazilian Filler: Honduran and Dominican Size: 5 x 60 “Monstro” Body: Full Price: $9.00 I have previously reviewed this blend but in a smaller size: The Roxxo at 4 x 48. It took only a few… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Casa Magna Domus Magnus Optimus II
Wrapper: 2007 Jalapa Sun Grown (Nicaraguan) Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5.75 x 52 “Optimus II” Body: Medium/Full Price: $8.00 Friends who attended the 2012 IPCPR trade show scored some gems but one was very special. The Casa Magna Domus… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- CAO La Traviata Maduro
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro Binder: Cameroon Filler: Nicaraguan and Dominican Size: 5.5 x 52 “Favorito” Body: Medium/Full Price: $4.00+ I reviewed this cigar on another cigar’s web site back in July of 2012. This size was not available at the… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Gran Habano STK Barracuda
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5.625 x 46 “Corona Gorda” Body: Medium/Full Price: $7.00 This cigar is interesting. This ain’t your CI Gran Habano on closeout for $39.95. Not even close. Gran Habano has entered the new… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Espinosa Maduro
Wrapper: Mexican Maduro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5.625 x 46 “Corona Gorda” Body: Medium/Full Price: $7.00 Erik Espinosa’s successful Habano cigar was reviewed here back in November of last year. A great cigar. His follow up is the Maduro…. Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Los Hermanos by Casa Fernandez
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Honduran Cuban Seed, Nicaraguan Cuban Seed Size: 5.625 x 46 Body: Full Price: $6.50 I say this again and again. What is wrong with Casa Fernandez? Can’t they make a bad cigar? I… Read More ›
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Cigar Cutter Review- Cuenca 5 Anniversary Back Stop Cutter
I’ve never done a review of a cigar accessory before. So light the fires. I recently got a guillotine cutter that is the King of all Cutters. The Cuenca back stop cutter. It was made to celebrate the Cuenca… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Casa Fernandez Copacabana
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Sun Grown Corojo 99 Binder: Nicaraguan Cuban Seed Filler: Nicaraguan Cuban Seed Size: 5 x 52 “Robusto” Body: Medium/Full Price: $7.00 First, a disclaimer; I thought this was a new cigar by Casa Fernandez. Why did I think… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Vudu by Rocky Patel (Amilcar P. Castro)
Wrapper: Mexican Maduro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6 x 50 Body: Medium/Full Price: $5.00 This is a review I wrote when Famous Smoke had given me my own page back in November of 2010. They liked my sense of… Read More ›
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Steamboat Philly- A story about Knott’s Berry Farm in the 1960’s.
Cigars? I don’t need no stinkin’ cigars to tell a story. I had a great gig at Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, CA back in my teen years. My best friend worked there already and got me the gig…. Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Camacho Havana
Wrapper: Honduran Habano Criollo Binder: Honduran Corojo Filler: Honduran Corojo Size: 5.5 x 42 “Petite Corona” Body: Medium/Full Price: $5.00 Nothing worse than a dumb reviewer: Me. I thought for sure that these cigars had gone bye-bye forever a few… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Core Zero Indie
Wrapper: Sumatran Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5 x 52 “Robusto” Body: Mild Price: $3.20 I don’t know much about this cigar. But what I do know is this: 1. The cigar is also the name of a metal band… Read More ›
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Cigar Review:Tatuaje Limited Release Regios Reserva
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Sun Grown Broadleaf Filler: Nicaraguan Binder: Nicaraguan Size: 5.5 x 50 “Robusto” Body: Full Price: $10.00 It’s Chanukkah in April. I managed to squeeze some of the last Tatuaje Limited Release Regios Reservas from Atlantic Cigar. They still… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Padilla Reserva Maduro
Wrapper: Mexican San Andres Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan (Esteli and Jalapa) Size: 6 x 54 “Torpedo” Body: Medium/Full Price: $8.00 The Oliva family has joined forces with the Padilla family to build product in the Oliva factory in Nicaragua. The… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- La Aroma De Cuba Mi Amor
Wrapper: Mexican San Andres Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5 x 50 “Box Pressed” Body: Medium/Full Price: $7.00 Here is a cigar that everyone has smoked. I don’t have any other cigars ready to review yet so I thought I… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Carlos Toraño Exodus 1959 Silver- Ltd. Double Perfecto
Wrapper: Nicaraguan ’98 Criollo Binder: Costa Rican Filler: Costa Rican, Honduran, Mexican Size: 5.75 x 50 “Ltd. Double Perfecto” Body: Medium Price: $7.00 I am a big Toraño fan. I admire their beginnings and their homage to their flight from… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Alec Bradley Nica Puro
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5 x 50 “Robusto” Body: Medium/Full Price: $6.30 The name comes from the fact that this is a 100% Nicaraguan puro. Makes sense. The number 1685 refers to the year that the… Read More ›
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La Palina releases the second Goldie from the La Palina Collection: The Goldie Laguito No.5
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Cigar Review- La Mia Corona by Casa Fernandez
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Corojo ’99 Rosado Binder: Nicaraguan 2 different blends (Entubado style) Filler: Nicaraguan Aganorsa ‘98 Size: 5.5 x 42 “Corona” Body: Medium Price: $5.90 This is not a blend designed by A.J. Fernandez, the Master. But it is designed… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Obsidian White Noise
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican, Nicaraguan Size: 5.5 x 54 “Robusto” Body: Medium/Full Price: $4.00 I rarely do house cigars or very inexpensive cigars. Why? Because I am an effete snob. And this cigar sounds interesting to me…. Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Liga Privada Unico Serie Feral Flying Pig
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro Binder: Brazilian Mata Fina Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5.375 x 60 “Perfecto” Body: Full Price: $16.50 Everyone and his brother have written about this cigar so I felt it was time to thrown my two cents in…. Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Cain Habano (Straight Ligero)
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan (Esteli, Condega, Jalapa ligero) Size: 6 x 54 “Torpedo” Body: Full Price: $7.00 Here is a cigar that’s been around for a while and it fell through the cracks on my radar. Oliva… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Padilla Crianza
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5 x 50 “Robusto” Body: Medium/Full Price: $6.00 I bought a 5 pack of Padilla Reserva Maduro from CI and they had a marketing scheme going on, in that they threw in… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Ortega Wild Bunch “Honest Abe”
Wrapper: Unknown Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6.5 x 49 Body: Medium/Full Price: $ Unknown (Possibly $7-$9) I am heading into this review completely blindfolded. The Honest Abe selection in the Ortega Wild Bunch series of 12 cigars; one per… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Ortega Wild Bunch “Dandy McCoy”
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan, Mexican, Honduran Size: 6 x 48 “Box pressed” Body: Full Price: $ Unknown I am venturing forth on uncharted isles. I have zero information about this cigar as it is not supposed… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Ortega Wild Bunch- Tony “The Boss”
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Rosado Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 7.5 x 49 Body: Medium Price: $8.00 I managed to get my hands on the Ortega Wild Bunch Sampler #2 which includes 3 cigars that are to be released in April,… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Casa Fernandez Miami Reserva
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Medio Tiempo Ligero Binder: Nicaraguan (Condega) Filler: Nicaraguan (Esteli, Jalapa) Size: 5.25 x 52 “Robusto” Body: Full Price: $7.50 I am a big fan of the Casa Fernandez group. I reviewed all of their cigars back in 2011… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Alec Bradley New York Empire State Edition
Wrapper: Honduran ’98 Criollo Binder: Honduran ’98 Criollo Filler: Honduran, Nicaraguan Size: 5.25 x 52 Body: Medium Price: $6.00 (Much Higher in NY) I got the chance to smoke one of these a little over a year ago when the… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- La Palina Maduro
Wrapper: Mexican San Andres Maduro Binder: Honduran -Double Binder Filler: Nicaraguan -Corojo & Criollo Size: 6 x 50 “Toro” Body: Medium/Full Price: $9.25 The La Palina Maduro made its debut at the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show. The stick hit… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Rapture by Viva Republica
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Havana Vuelta Abajo Binder: Dominican Corojo Filler: Nicaraguan, Brazilian, Dominican Size: 4.5 x 50 Body: Medium/Full Price: $7.00 Viva Republica is a new cigar company from the DR that went to the La Aurora people and partnered with… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Global Premium Cigars- 1502 Black Gold
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Sun Grown Maduro Binder: Nicaraguan (Double Binder) Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6 x 50 “Box Pressed Toro” Body: Full Price: $6.50 Well, here I am at my last of the three 1502 blends, Black Gold. Considered the strongest… Read More ›
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A Rock and Roll Story- 1974
It has been brought to my attention that a few people miss my little sex, drugs, and rock n roll story anecdotes at the end of most of my reviews. When I write for a client who has sent me… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Global Premium Cigars- 1502 Ruby
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6 x 50 “Toro” Body: Medium/Full Price: $6.00 I know I am getting old when I wake up excited because I have anticipated writing a review for a cigar. A very specific cigar:… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Global Premium Cigars -1502 Emerald
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano Corojo Binder: Nicaraguan -Estelí & Condega, Mexican San Andres Filler: Nicaraguan -Estelí & Condega, Mexican San Andres Size: 6.5 x 52 “Torpedo” Body: Mild/Medium-Full Flavored Price: $6.80 Global Premium Cigars’ founder, Enrique Sanchez Icaza, first shot from… Read More ›
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Cigar Review – Room 101 Namakubi Ecuador
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Honduran Corojo Filler: Honduras, Dominican Size: 5 1/2 x 30/50/19 “Perfecto” Body: Medium/Full Price: $9.00 Room 101 is giving Tatuaje a run for their money. They have applied the same mystical approach to their cigar production… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Liga Privada UF-13
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Viso Binder: Brazilian Mata Fina Filler: Cuban Seed Nicaraguan, Honduran Size: 5.5 x 52 Body: Medium Price: $14.35 NOTE: April 18, 2013: Amendment; I decided to treat myself with this last stick. The entire first third is… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Recluse by Iconic Leaf
Wrapper: Brazilian Maduro Binder: Cameroon Filler: Dominican (Entubado Style) Size: 6.25 x 50 “Box Press” Body: Medium/Full Price: $7.00 I am being bold and reckless. I am reviewing a cigar the day after I received it. No waiting as I… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Tatuaje HCS Maduro
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5.25 x 50 “Box Press” Body: Full Price: $7.00 Here is a Tat made especially for Holt’s Cigars. As usual, the blending team is Pete Johnson and Pepin Garcia. And it is… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- God of Fire Serie B 2011
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican Size: 6 x 56 “Gran Toro” Body: Medium Price: $24.00 MSRP Now I rarely buy a cigar this expensive. And I can’t remember the last time I spent $24 on a stick. But… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Black Patch Kenbano
Wrapper: Dominican Havana Vuelta Abajo Binder: Dominican Criollo 98 Filler: USA/Kentucky Kenbano 2007, Dominican Piloto Cubano Ligero, Dominican Criollo 98 Bonao Size: 5 x 50 “Robusto” Body: Medium/Full Price: $8.00 Note: There are no photos in this review for a… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- L’Atelier Selection Speciale
Wrapper: Ecuadorian (Sancti Spíritus) Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5.625 x 46 Body: Medium/Full Price: $8.40 The L’Atelier line is the umbrella blend of several other blends that showed up within the last year. This blend is the newest. I… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Carlos Torano Master Habano Maduro
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano Maduro Binder: Ecuadorian Habano Filler: Nicaraguan, Dominican Size: 5 x 50 “Robusto” Body: Medium/Full Price: $6.00 I just did a review of the Torano Salutem and remembered that the cigar was released alongside the Master Habano Maduro… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Room 101 Daruma Roxxo
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Brazilian Mata Fina Filler: Honduran, Dominican (Corojo, Criollo, Pelo de Oro) Size: 4 x 48 “Roxxo” Body: Medium Price: $6.50 I joined the Atlantic Cigar VIP Club and bought the Room 101 Darumas with a… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Man O’ War Ruination Perfecto
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Ligero Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Honduran & Nicaraguan Size: 6.5 x 60 “Perfecto” Body: Medium/Full Price: $10.00 AJ Fernandez is the man. I hope you are all shaking your heads in agreement. The Man O War line is… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Don Pepin Garcia Blue
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Corojo Oscuro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6 x 50 “Toro” Body: Medium Price: $7.50 I don’t have to do any background info on this as this cigar has been around a while and everyone has smoked at… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Man O’ War Armada
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sumatra Maduro Filler: Nicaraguan Binder: Nicaraguan Size: 5 x 44 Body: Full Price: $15.00 Raise your hand if you are not an A.J. Fernandez fan. OK. Now go into the corner and spank yourself. This man cranks out… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Carlos Torano Salutem
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Nicaraguan- Jalapa Filler: Cameroon, Dominican Corojo, Nicaraguan- Esteli Size: 5 x 52 “Robusto” Body: Full Price: $6.50 I was gifted two of these by my friend, Ana of Cuenca Cigars. She has a big cigar store… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Cuenca Happy 660
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6 x 60 “Grand Toro” Body: Medium Price: $4.00 At the Cuenca B & M in Hollywood, Florida….which is only 7 miles from Beverly Hills, FL and only 12 miles from Culver… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Aging Room Small Batch Quattro F55
Wrapper: Sumatran 2003 Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican Size: 7 x 50 “Concerto Churchill” Body: Medium/Full Price: $7.75 I always seem to have an Aging Room M356 or two in my humidors. I keep buying them and smoking them. They are… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- La Aroma de Cuba Lanceros New Blend
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 7 x 38 Body: Medium/Full Price: $6.50 Not a lot of things about the La Aroma de Cuba Lancero New Blend are brand new. Pepin Garcia began blending the La Aroma de… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Perdomo Bugatti
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro Binder: Nicaraguan Viso (Aged 5 years), Seco (Aged 4 years) Filler: Nicaraguan Ligero (Aged 6 years) Size: 5 x 54 “Robusto” Body: Medium Price: $7.00 The Perdomo Bugatti , the newest from the Perdomo folks. It… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Paul Garmirian Gourmet Series (P.G. Cigars)
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican Size: 6.5 x 46 Body: Medium Price: $8.00 The Paul Garmirian Gourmet Series was first introduced in 1990. Garmirian is known for obsessive aging of the leaves, often up to seven years… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- La Mia by Casa Fernandez
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Corojo ’99 Rosado Binder: Nicaraguan 2 different blends (Entubado style) Filler: Nicaraguan Aganorsa ‘98 Size: 5.5 x 50 “Robusto” Body: Medium Price: $6.00 This is not a blend designed by A.J. Fernandez, the Master. But it is designed… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Cult Cigars Blood Red Moon
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 4.75 x 42 “Mini Corona” Body: Medium Price: $14.00 for 5 pack or $2.80 ea. (Note: April 20, 2013 Amendment: I am smoking this stick one month after writing this review. And… Read More ›
