Archive for February, 2009
Cheap Ash: Leoninos by La Aurora
For the second installment of our Cheap Ash series I smoked the Leoninos, by La Aurora. This cigar sports a Dominican grown Corojo wrapper that has been aged for 3 years. According to La Aurora this is the only cigar that uses a Dominican Corojo wrapper.
Xikar Travel Humidor
Whether you’re traveling for business or pleasure or just herfing with your buddies, no trip is complete without a stash of your favorite cigars along for the ride. Problem is properly caring for those cigars in the process.
Sunday Fiver – February 22, 2009
A fiver of cigar stories from around the Web. Reviews Jerry over at the Stogie Review has a twin pack of video reviews this week. The first was one of Charlie’s favorites, the El Triunfador from Pete Johnson’s Havana Cellars. The second was was the Por Larrañaga Panatela from Habanos S.A. Patrick from The Stogie […]
United Tobacco 601 Red Rabito
The United Tobacco (EO Brands) 601 line is produced in Esteli, Nicaragua by Don Pepin Garcia, with 4 wrapper choices. Â The 601 Red is wrapped with a Nicaraguan Habano Natural leaf and is available in 7 sizes: Chruchill, Rabito, Robusto, Toro, Torpedo, Trabuco and Guapito.Â
Arganese Maduro Presidente Robusto
Arganese Cigars was originally created as the personal cigar for Gene Arganese. After he began passing the cigars out to family and friends he realized the potential for developing his own line of products. He eventually settled his operations in La Palma Free Trade Zone of the Dominican Republic, where he now operates a 13, 500 square foot factory with 110 acres of tobacco fields. Today Arganese produces 9 lines of cigars, one of which being the Maduro line that I’ll be reviewing for this post.
CAO Lx2 Lancero
The Lx2 is the latest cigar from CAO, and it’s been highly anticipated. We have chosen the limited edition lancero for our first video review.
Palio Cutter
Name:Â Palio Original Composite Silver Cutter Made by:Â Brother of the Leaf, LLC MSRP:Â $44.96 but can easily be found for $35.96 on the Internet. Warranty:Â Lifetime
Gurkha G3
The Gurkha G3 is described as a complex powerhouse. Let’s see how it really fares.
February Contest: Win a box of Bad Dog Cigars!
Our February 2009 contest! Win a box of Bad Dog Cigars from Duque Cigars! Just leave a comment (1 per person per day) with a suggestion for Nice Tight Ash, and we will randomly select a winner.
