Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Strength: Medium-Full Size: 5.5 × 52 box-pressed Price: $13.00 This cigar has been aging in my humidor for 7 months. The Katman reviewed this cigar in 2013 when he was 85. This is… Read More ›
Working side by side with Klaas Kelner from the Dominican Republic, Andrew Considine and Dave West have brought a two-year project to fruition. From Andrew Considine of Small Batch Cigar: “It’s been a pleasure laboring with Klaas Kelner to fulfill… Read More ›
Wrapper: Florida Sun Grown, grown by Jeff Borysiewicz in Clermont, Florida Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf, grown by John Foster in South Windsor, Connecticut Filler: Pennsylvania Type 41, grown by Mennonite family farmers in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Connecticut Havana, grown John Foster… Read More ›
Wrapper: Mexican San Andrés Café Claro (Aged 5 years at time of original sale in 2014) Binder: Nicaraguan Corojo 99, Nicaraguan Criollo 98 Filler: Nicaraguan (Medio Tiempo) Size: 6.25 x 52 Toro Box Pressed Body: Medium Price: $10.00 My cigars… Read More ›
Wrapper: Mexican San Andrés Oscuro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5.5 x 50 Robusto “Regency” Box Pressed Strength: Medium/Full Price: $19.00 My cigars received 3 months of naked humidor time. BACKGROUND: From La Aroma de Cuba: “A dark and lustrous… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sumatra Binder: Nicaraguan Jalapa Filler: Nicaraguan, Dominican, Peruvian Size: 6 x 50 Toro Strength: Medium Price: $13.25 Factory: Tabacalera La Isla, Dominican Republic Released: October 2024 Quantity Released: Regular Production My cigars received 3 months of naked humidor… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican San Vicente Seco ~ Aged in Wine Casks for 6 months Size: 6.75 x 50 Diademas Figurado Strength: Mild/Medium Price: $57.00 Released: July 2024 Quantity Released: 4,000 boxes of 10 cigars released in… Read More ›
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Sun Grown Criollo Estelí Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5.625 x 46 Corona Gorda Strength: Medium Price: $10.00 My cigars received 5 months of naked humidor time. A fan favorite for a long time. So, what the hell… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican Size: 6 x 52 Toro Strength: Medium/Full Price: $24.00 Newest Edition Released: September 2024 Quantities released: 200 Boxes of 20 My cigars received 4 months of naked humidor time. I reviewed this cigar… Read More ›
Wrapper: Cuban Binder: Cuban Filler: Cuban Size: 5.3 x 54 Robusto Strength: Mild/Medium Price: $27.00 Charlie Schink slid this cigar to me under the table while at a fund drive for a PBS station in Gdańsk, Poland. The cigar is… Read More ›
Wrapper: Undisclosed Binder: 17-Year-Old H-192 Dominican Cuban Seed Hybrid, Ecuadorian HVA Filler: Peruvian Pelo de Oro, Dominican, USA Size: 4.5 x 60 Strength: Medium Price: $12.00 Factory: Kelner Boutique Factory, Dominican Republic My cigars received 3 months of naked humidor… Read More ›
Foundation Cigars The Grasshopper Candela | Cigar Reviews by the Katman Wrapper: Candela Binder: Nicaraguan Jalapa Filler: Nicaraguan Jalapa, Estelí Size: 5.25 x 52 Torpedo Box Pressed Strength: Medium/Full Price: $15.00 My cigars received 3 months of naked humidor time…. Read More ›
Arturo Fuente Anejo Xtra Viejo Reserva No. 8-8-8 | Cigar Reviews by the Katman Wrapper: U.S. Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro (Aged 1 year in cognac barrels) Binder: Dominican (Aged 3-4 years) Filler: Dominican (Aged 3-4 years) Size: 6.875 x 44 Lonsdale… Read More ›
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: 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 ›
