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Meet the Ash-holes: Brian
My Cigar History My experience with cigars seems to mirror many in this hobby. I began smoking cigars in high school just as something to do. Usually the “good†stuff like swishers, white owl, tiparillos, etc. In the later years of high school, I was introduced to premium cigars by an uncle of mine. He […]
Marco V Dom Grand Reserve
A month ago I reviewed the Marco V Platinum Grand Reserve. The Platinum Grand Reserve is Marco V’s medium bodied cigar. Today I have for you their submission to the mild realm of cigars, the Dom Platinum Reserve. The Dom is made up of Dominican filler and binder with an Ecuadorian Shade grown Connecticut Wrapper. […]
Sunday Fiver- September 20, 2009
A fiver of cigar stories from around the Web. Here at Nice Tight Ash (1) Today is the last day to enter our 100th review contest. Make sure you get over to Charlie’s review of the CAO Escaparate Costa Rican Maduro to see how to win a box of Corona Cigar Company’s 10th Anniversary Nicaraguans. Also, […]
Perdomo Lot 23 Natural Robusto
Today we have a blend from Tabacalera Perdomo. Perdomo’s Lot 23 is a blend of Nicaraguan tobaccos from Esteli. What is unique about this blend is that the filler and binder tobaccos are all harvested form the same farm known as Lot 23. The tobaccos from this farm were harvested and aged for four years […]
Cheap Ash: Padron Londres Maduro
This week I have a wallet friendly smoke for you. The Padron Londres is part of the regular line from Padron. According to the Padron website: “All tobacco in this line is sun-grown habano that is aged for a minimum of two-and-one-half years. Every cigar in this line is available in natural and maduro wrapper. […]
La Aroma de Cuba Edicion Especial No. 3
A while back Ben did a review of the Ashton product La Aroma de Cuba. Originally Ashton had two lines in the La Aroma de Cuba stable manufactured by two different factories. The original line that Ben reviewed was made in Honduras and the blend I have today, the Edicion Especial, is made in Nicaragua […]
Roberto Cigars Standard Blend Robusto
A while back I was searching for a new cabinet humidor and I came across Roberto Cigars that had the humidor I was looking for at a very reasonable price. I ordered the humidor and through some snafus in the ordering process, which I go into in the video, I began emailing back and forth […]
Sunday Fiver – August 23, 2009
A fiver of cigar stories from around the web. The latest buzz in the cigar world is the (1) ISOCigars.com. Chris talked a bit about this new cigar service in his Oliva Master Blends III review. ChiefHava has a nice write up about it and his encounter with the founder of ISO Cigars on his blog […]
Marco V Platinum Grand Reserve
Today we have a much larger ring gage cigar than you are accustomed to seeing me review. The Marco V Platinum Grand Reserve is a 5″ x 60 ring that comes from the Dominican Republic. Marco V claims that they are the only company in the world that deals exclusively in 60 ring gage cigars […]
Cubao No. 3
I’m back with another Lancero this week. Today we have EO Brand’s Cubao No. 3, which weighs in at 7.5†x 38. This blend is the brainchild of Erik Espinosa and Eddie Ortega with the help of Don Pepin Garcia. According to EO/United Tobacco’s website the Cubao is manufactured in EstelÃ, Nicaragua and is comprised […]
