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Cigar Review- Oliva Serie V Maduro Especiale 2009
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Jalapa Valley Ligero Size: 6.5 x 52 “Figurado” Body: Full Price: $10.00 If you can find this cigar, buy it. Oliva has been holding on to some of the Serie V Maduro Especiale since… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- La Aurora 107 Maduro
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Binder: Dominican Corojo Filler: Dominican, Nicaraguan Size: 4.5 x 50 “Robusto” Body: Medium/Full Price: $6.75 The original La Aurora 107 was released in 2010 to celebrate 107 years of doing business from the same cigar factory in… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Cu-Avana Punisher
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Honduran Size: 6 x 52 “Belicoso” Body: Full Price: $8.00 For some reason, the stats on this cigar are a secret. It took me quite a while to find these ingredients. I believe they… Read More ›
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Cigar Review- Diesel Unholy Cocktail Oval
Wrapper: Pennsylvania Broadleaf Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan (Jalapa, Condega, and Esteli) Size: 6.5 x 55 “Oval” Body: Full Price: $7.00 (No Longer Available) This is the last of the bunch. About 6 months ago, CI and cigar.com sold an 8… Read More ›
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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 ›
