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 ›
CIGAR REVIEWS
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›