A Bahia Blue Churchill and a little Bullit Bourbon. A great pairing for a fire pit night.
The CAO Flathead V642 Piston is a box-pressed stick with Nicaraguan filler, a Connecticut Habano finder and a dark brown/almost black oily Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. The series is a salute…
Happy National Rum Day. I am celebrating with a Padron Damaso with a Kirk & Sweeney rum. The Damaso has great construction, great aroma and great taste. Just enough pepper…
Esteban Carreras Chupa Cabra 10th Anniversary is the 4th edition of the series. It uses Nicaraguan filer covered with a slightly oily San Andres Maduro wrapper and an uncut disheveled…
I’m not sure Zino would approve but the Davidoff really paired well with the Hamms Maybe it was the heat today but the two really hit the spot The lightness…
Rocky Patel Sun Grown Maduro Lancero features Nicaraguan filler and binder covered in a black soft Connecticut Broadleaf maduro wrapper with tight seams and no really visible veins.
Charred oak, hickory,…
Happy International Beer Day. What could be better than a Rare Corojo and a silo of PBR. The perfect way to celebrate the day.
I was thinking all afternoon what to pair with the IPA. I finally decided on the slight natural sweetness of the Spanish Press. I have to admit that they pair…
Lit another Black Label Royalty this morning. I generally stand by my assessment the first time I smoked the Royalty last year.
The Black Label Trading Company Royalty robusto is a…
Herrara Esteli Norteno Toro Especial is box-pressed using Nicaraguan filler, a Honduran binder and an oily, toothy, dark brown Mexican San Andres wrapper. The band is simple – green on…
Happy National Tequila Day
Arturo Fuente Don Carlos No. 4 is a short belicoso featuring Dominican filler and binder with a toothy light sandpaper feeling brown Cameroon wrapper with a few visible veins and…
Sitting here on my 52nd birthday enjoying a Man O War Virtue cigar, paired with Buffalo Trace. After a ribeye dinner!
Yesterday I posted in The Lounge about my first time smoking the delicious E. P. Carillo Pledge Prequel. I unfortunately neglected to mention the beverage that accompanied it. I most…
San Cristobal Elegancia Churchill features Nicaraguan filler and a Nicaraguan binder covered in a smooth, minimally oily Ecuadoran Connecticut wrapper with hidden veins. San Cristobal is a creation of Pepin…
Here is a paragraph from a recent Tasting Table article with something we have all experienced with food, drinks and cigars.
TASTE VS FLAVOR from a Tasting Table article
Flavor is a…
All Saints St. Francis Dedicacion Berkey is a box-pressed Nicaraguan with a somewhat gritty, very dark brown San Andres wrapper sporting no visible veins.
This is a rich, bold flavored smoke…
I was walking through the liquor department at the grocery store yesterday and they had 750ml of lemonade vodka priced 2/$4.00 I figured it had to be vile but for…
Crowned Heads Juarez OBS 4 is a 4 ¾ by 52 “shorty.” It’s a vitola that defies conventional description – maybe a short robusto. It sports a dark brown San…
Bella Artes by AJ Fernandez maduro lancero is box pressed with an oily, dark brown Brazilian Mata Fina wrapper covering a Mexican San Andres binder and Nicaraguan fillers.
Tight draw opened…
Dunbarton Sin Compromiso is a softly rounded box pressed with Nicaraguan tobacco filler, an Ecuadoran binder and a shiny, oily, ever so slightly coarse, like ultra fine sandpaper, coffee brown…
