Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 3.5 x 50 Petit Robusto Strength: Medium/Full Price: $8.00 Factory: My Father Cigars S.A. Nicaragua Released: August 2023 My cigars received 3 months of naked humidor time. THE WHOLE MEGILLAH: A… Read More ›
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Corojo 99 Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5 x 54 Robusto Strength: Medium/Full Price: $9.50 This is a review of a cigar I critiqued in 2018. Price has only inched up 50¢ in 7 years. THE WHOLE MEGILLAH:… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6.125 x 52 Torpedo No.6 Body: Full Price: $11.00 Factory: My Father S.A. Nicaragua I dredged up this 2015 review because I snagged me some a few months ago plus SBC is… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Nicaraguan Corojo ’99 (Double Binders) Filler: Nicaraguan (Estelí & Jalapa – Aged 1 Year) Size: 5 x 52 “Pajarito” Robusto Strength: Medium/Full Price: $13.00 Released: July 2024 Quantities released: Regular Production Factory: AGANORSA My cigars received… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Estelï, Condega, Ometepe Size: 7 x 57 Salomon Strength: Mild/Medium Price: $12.00 My cigars received 4 months of naked humidor time. THE WHOLE MEGILLAH: Reviews are scattershot in their reaction to this blend…. Read More ›
Wrapper: U.S.A. Connecticut Broadleaf No. 1 Darks Binder: Mexican San Andrés Negro Filler: Dominican, Honduran, Nicaraguan Size: 7.25 x 54 Double Corona Strength: Medium/Full Price: $18.45 My sticks have been lying about in their skivvies for 4 months. BACKGROUND: From… Read More ›
Wrapper: Cuban Binder: Cuban Filler: Cuban Size: 4.9 x 50 Robusto Strength: Medium Price: $20.00 Box Date: April 23 THE WHOLE ENCHILADA: I’ve always wondered what our “sniffing the cigar” ritual is. Whether it smells like barnyard and muskrat or… Read More ›
More booty from the coffers of Small Batch Cigar. You gotta work for this one. There will be 2 Grand Prize Winners. One winner will be chosen by me. And one winner will be chosen by Small Batch Cigar. What’s… Read More ›
Illusione Cigares Privé Natural Corojo | Cigar Reviews by the Katman Wrapper: Nicaraguan Corojo Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5 x 52 Robusto Strength: Medium/Full Price: $9.00 Quantity Released: Regular Production Release Date: 2016 My cigars received 7 months of… Read More ›
Wrapper: Dominican (Aged 9-12 years) Binder: Dominican (Aged 9-12 years) Filler: Dominican (Aged 9-12 years) Size: 5 x 58 Robusto Strength: Medium Price: $32.33 Factory: De Los Reyes Cigar Factory, Dominican Republic My cigars received 5 months of naked humidor… Read More ›
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Binder: Ecuadorian Habano Filler: Nicaraguan Viso & Double Ligero Size: 6 x 52 Toro Strength: Full Price: $10.50 Factory: Las Villas Cigars in Nicaragua ~ Master Blender Guillermo Pena My cigars received 3 months of naked humidor… Read More ›
Photo courtesy of Crux Cigars Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6 x 54 Short Salomone Strength: Mild-Medium Price: $14.00 Purchased yet again from my local smoke shop/cigar bar, kept in a well-maintained humidor. Likely aged for about… Read More ›
I don’t use lowball scores like everyone else. I am a grumpy, but generous, old man providing laudatory ratings for cigars I love. If you read me, you already know this…and you put up with my enthusiasm. There is no… Read More ›
Wrapper: USA Broadleaf Binder: Ecuadorian Connecticut Seed Fillers: USA Connecticut Broadleaf, Pennsylvania Broadleaf, Dominican, Nicaraguan Size: 6 x 54 Toro Box Pressed Strength: Medium/Full Price: $22.00 Quantity released: 1776 boxes of 10 Factory: Casa Carrillo Dominican Republic I’m making a… Read More ›
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano Oscuro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5.5 x 48 Corona Extra Box Pressed Strength: Medium Price: $13.00 Released: August 2022 Quantity of cigars released: 1,922 Boxes of 22 Cigars My cigars received 3 months of naked humidor… Read More ›
Wrapper: Cuban Binder: Cuban Filler: Cuban Size: 9.3 x 55 Diademas Strength: Medium Price: €24 Euros in 2004 Factory: Unknown. The box as such is gone. Only the individual coffins remain. Box Date: Sep. 2003 These cigars received 20 years… Read More ›
I’m making a bold move. So many new cigars are released every week. It is impossible to keep up. Instead of waiting 3 months or more to give the cigar a stake in learning to breathe, I may appraise cigars… Read More ›
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Corojo ‘99 Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6 x 52 Toro Strength: Full Price: $14.00 Released: 2023 My cigars received 4 months of naked humidor time. THE WHOLE MEGILLAH: This cigar is produced in 5 sizes. No messin’… Read More ›
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Sumatra-Seed Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6 x 56 Toro Box Pressed Strength: Full Price: $14.00 My cigars received 3 months of naked humidor time. THE WHOLE MEGILLAH: Strong barnyard from the wrapper. Typical of a Nic puro…. Read More ›
Wrapper: Mexican San Andrés Negro “Cultivo Tonto” Binder: Hybrid Ecuador Habano “Thin Ligero” Filler: Independent Plantation Grown Nicaraguan Size: 5 x 54 Robusto Box Pressed Strength: Medium Price: $17.95 BACKGROUND: “Sin Compromiso is the result of over three years’ of… Read More ›
