The Caldwell Eastern Standard Midnight Express Toro is a medium-full bodied stick. I reviewed the Eastern Standard Corretto last year. Ever since the first reviews, I’ve wanted to get my…
Looking for a bit of help for a piece of content I am working on. Can anyone steer me in the right direction for Canadian tobacco farmers growing cigar tobacco?
Southern…
I’ve been intrigued by images and the back story of the culebra. I had never seen one live and in person until a last year. The cigar(s) sold quickly and…
Dunbarton Mi Querida Trqui Traca No. 552 is draped in a smooth dark brown Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper with several large veins and a bit toothy. The band is dark brown-black…
Carlos Torano cigars are a budget friendly line with numerous blends to offer. I have found them to be consistently solid with excellent construction and flavor.
Roma Craft Neanderthal HoxD is made with a combination of Nicaraguan, Dominican and Pennsylvania Ligero filler, a Connecticut Broadleaf binder and covered in a tannish brown toothy Mexican San Andres…
Enjoying a Cohiba Nicaragua in the warmth of an early spring day.
Rocky Patel Decade Robusto
I like smoking these because I know exactly what to expect.
I had a free moment during a weeknight and thought 'why not?'.
Iconic, consistent, affordable and on and…
Aganorsa Leaf Guardian Of The Farm Apollo Seleccion de Warped is a full tilt corojo & criollo Nicaraguan puro 6 x 44 Lonsdale. The wrapper is light brown with tiny…
Black Works Studio Green Hornet Robusto is curiously named after an old radio show from 80-90 years ago so obviously I had to find this cigar. Black Works uses Nicaraguan…
E.P. Carillo La Historia E-III
This is my first time enjoying a cigar from the E.P. Carillo lineup. I know they get recognized annually for their cigars but I just never…
Southern Draw Jacob’s Ladder reportedly uses at least two ligeros in the blend and it shows in the strength of the tobacco toward the end of the smoke.
My take is…
I rarely smoke infused cigars. With that said I ordered these in error a few months ago before I realized they were infused cigars. Had them in an auxiliary humidor…
Caldwell 22 Minutes To Midnight Criollo – if the band states “11:38” it’s collaborator Tony Bellato’s signature but has the Caldwell logo on it. The first time I smoked this…
Graycliff Profesionale PGX uses aged tobacco from a number of countries. The filler tobacco is from Brazil, Nicaragua and Honduras. The binder is Sumatran. On the high-end sticks, Graycliff claims…
First try with this line from Ozenger. This 5X52 box pressed Robusto has a Habano wrapper from Ecuador and binder and filler from Nicaragua. Spice forward, but not overwhelming transitions…
Nica Rustica Broadleaf El Brujito
The weather is supposed to go from the 60's to the 30's...so I fit this cigar into my schedule.
I paired it with a rye whiskey and…
Rojas Breakfast Tacos Petit Salomon has a Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan filler covered in a darkish tan Ecuador Connecticut wrapper with a few visible raised veins. This thing is petite…
Crux Epicure Original Corona Gorda is made with a Nicaraguan binder and filler and covered in smooth tan Ecuador Connecticut wrapper with a few raised veins. The band is red,…
2012 By Oscar Barberpole Lancero uses a Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan & Honduran filler but the intriguing aspect of this cigar is the barberpole San Andres Maduro & Candela wrapper…
Cohiba Black Maduro Robusto uses Dominican filler and binder covered in an almost pitch black toothy oily sheen Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper with a fair number of raised thin veins.
Oak…
Smoked. Reviewed. Paired with scotch. Claimed it could pair with port. Proven correct.
In honor of the Gotham Stakes at Aquaduct today, I am smoking a Metropolitan Habano(Nat Sherman). Good construction, very good taste and aroma. It has a bit of spice and…
Southern Draw Rose of Sharon Desert Rose Lonsdale is an AJ Fernandez-built creation for the Holts, especially Sharon Holt for which the cigar is named.
Flavor notes: cedar, cream, nutty (walnuts?),…
