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Alec Bradley MAXX Traditional
The Alec Bradley MAXX was released in 2006 in response to the markets demand for cigars with larger ring gauges. Then retailers and customers began asking for more traditional sizes so Alec Bradley took the same MAXX blend and released the MAXX Traditional. Just as the name suggest, these cigars are available in [...]
Fuente Fuente Opus X Perfexion No. 5
I recently received a package from Cigars Direct with a few cigars for me to review. One of which I was pretty eager to fire up. Now I’ve had plenty of Opus X over the years, but I always feel a sense of excitement when I pick up a new batch plus I [...]
La Flor Dominicana Cameroon Cabinets
This review comes to you courtesy of a request from Mike at Stogie Review. He was curious to hear my thoughts on this cigar, so I thought I’d fulfill his wish. But to be perfectly honest, I’ve always enjoyed the LFD Cameroon Cabinets, so I figured this review would be a simple one. [...]
Room 101 “305″
Today I’ve decided to review a cigar that I actually named as one of my most disappointing cigars of 2009. This cigar had a lot of buzz leading up the the 2009 IPCPR show, and actually got some good reviews following the show. However, when I first sampled the cigar I was less [...]
Romeo y Julieta Reserva Real
Happy Friday everyone. In the interest of kicking off the weekend I’m going to keep things short today. I’m diving back into the humidor to take a look at a cigar from one of the “classic” cigar companies.
Name: Romeo y Julieta Reserva Real
Company: Altadis U.S.A. Inc.
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan & Dominican
Price: [...]
Illusione ~88~
We’ve reviewed a few different Illusione products over the last year. But each cigar provides a different experience, so I thought I’d add one more to our library of Illusione reviews. Today I’m firing up the ~88~ which if memory serves me correctly was my first introduction to Illusione Cigars.
Name: Robust [...]
Paul Gramirian Reserva Excluvisa
Today’s cigar comes to us from Paul Gramirian. I generally treat this brand of cigars as celebratory cigars. I’m never let down by them and the high price point keeps them out of my regular smoking rotation. However, these cigars are not so ridiculously priced that I can’t pick up a handful [...]
Lempira Fuerte
I apologize to all you ash-holes for not getting a post up on Monday. Last weekend was jam packed, and although I smoked a ton of cigars, I just never had the chance to sit down and put a review together. But today I’m back with a cigar that I had never heard [...]
Brick House
The Brick House was first introduced in 1937 by J.C. Newman as a Havana Clear. Havana Clears were cigars rolled in the United States with Cuban tobacco. Fast forward to the present and J.C. Newman has reintroduced this line of cigars now using Nicaraguan tobacco. The new line was introduced at the [...]
Cheap Ash: Vista de Cuba by Oliveros
You can thank my wife for today’s review. I took her to the cigar shop on Saturday and asked her to pick out a cigar for me to review. I figure that would be a good way to possibly try something different without any of my subconscious biases. She didn’t disappoint, because [...]