Plasencia Reserva Original is a Nicaraguan perfecto with a pigtail and a nipple on the foot. The pigtail was removed with no problem – whew! The cigar sports three gold…
Caldwell Lost & Found Pepper Cream Soda Broadleaf Toro is a soft box pressed Nicaraguan filler and binder with a very dark brown oily Pennsylvania Broadleaf Oscuro wrapper.
It has a…
Room 101 Hit & Run features a tan Ecuadoran habano wrapper with a few thin veins. It’s produced by Robert Caldwell for Room 101. There’s even a Caldwell vibe to…
Ideal.
The Oliva Connecticut paired with coffee on a sunny morning.
It was a great way to start the day off.
The Padron 2000 robusto is a Nicaraguan puro with a Sun Grown Maduro wrapper. Yes. It’s the first cigar in what the car companies in the 1960s called “the low…
Caldwell Lost & Found Scooby Snax is another Dominican batch supposedly “found” in a tobacco flea market by Indiana Caldwell. This was a tough Lost & Found for me to…
Started the day with this morning Connecticut and a cup of coffee. These have been in my aging humidor and had over two years on them. Very smooth and great…
**I've been smoking Fat Bottom Betty's and Leather Rose but I can't tell you what they pair with because I've been smoking them out in the Yard with my 2…
Illusione Maduro
The black cellophane-esque cover gave this an intimidating feel until you hold it. The simple band and the normal-looking cigar was ideal for a midweek smoke.
The flavors bounced around…
It’s been over a week since I had my last cigar. I caught something nasty. It was pre pandemic the last time I went this long without a smoke. Te…
After a hectic day of running around this end of day enjoyment was needed. Melanio V Maduro No 4.
The rebranded, renamed, reblended El Gueguense has been released and I am long overdue to see how El Gueguense transformed into the Wise Man Maduro. I typically wait about 6…
Zino Platinum Scepter Series Grand Master
Although not a homerun, it was still enjoyable. The creamy, nuttier flavors got better near the end and the construction was good. It was more…
Caldwell Lost & Found 15 Minutes Of Fame Lancero is not quite a lost & found blend. It’s actually a reblended cigar from a past Lost & Found (reportedly Cookie…
Ave Maria Divinia is a box-pressed smooth to rustic AJ Fernandez blended stick with Nicaraguan binder and filler and covered in a sun grown Habano wrapper with nearly invisible tiny…
EP Carrillo Allegiance Sidekick is a medium-full body, medium strength box pressed robust with a toothy, dark brown Ecuadoran Sumatra wrapper. It has my attention already.
Flavor profile: Pepper, cedar, some…
La Flor Dominicana Andalusian Bull intrigued me when it was first released. Hey, it’s an LFD and Andalusia is a part of Spain I have always wanted to visit. The…
Grabbed the Bahia Blue Churchill for an afternoon of relaxation. An old favorite that still has the flavor and smoky feeling.
I found this bad boy at the bottom of my humidor, sitting at almost 2 years.
Simply put: Enjoyable
Being a site-branded stick, I always had an unjustified lingering doubt about the…
Had the opportunity to smoke the new E.P. Carrillo Endure today, and it delivered on everything you're promised from an EPC cigar.
Construction and burn were top notch, and the blend…
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Investigators are looking into what sparked a fire at the A.J. Hernandez Esteli, Nicaragua Factory.
The fire raged for at least 6 hours burning several hundred thousand cigars.
The Esteli facility produces…
Being a fan of the Caldwell Long Live The King I had to try the maduro version, The Mad MoFo. The wrapper is a little rough with a few tiny…
This Syncro Nicaragua Special Toro was a trip. The 6x60 size resulted in a 2 and 1/2 hour smoke-a-thon that I really enjoyed.
The flavors bounced around all over the place…
