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Para Ti and VIEUX-OS 2007 Old Vine Zinfandel
Today I’m bringing you a cigar and wine paring that I’ve had in the queue for a while. For personal reasons I wanted the ideal weather conditions to be able to truly relax an enjoy the experience. Well, this past Saturday proved to be just the day I was looking for. The Cigar The Para [...]
My Father Cigars “El Hijo”
To celebrate the 15th Anniversary of Smoke Inn Abe “MING” Dababneh decided to create the Microblend Series. The goal of this project is to mimic what is already going on in the craft beer industry; which is to focus on quality rather than quantity. I reviewed the first installment of this project, the Tatuaje Anarchy, [...]
Emilio Cigars AF2
A couple weeks ago Ben reviewed the Emilio Cigars Grimalkin. Today I’m firing up the AF2 which is another offering from Emilio cigars. The two samples I smoked for this review were provided to me by Gary Griffith, owner of Deleware Cigars and Emilio Cigars Brand Developer. Name: AF2 Company: Emilio Cigars Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano [...]
Rocky Patel Thunder by Nimish
A couple of weeks ago I received a package from Patrick Vivalo at Rocky Patel Premium Cigars. Enclosed was two samples of a one of the new product lines. Since this week is the annual IPCPR trade show I thought it would be appropriate to review a cigar that will be debuted during the annual [...]
Velvet Cigars “The Bowery”
Late Saturday night Ben and I got together via Skype to review a cigar that was sent to us from Matthias Clock of Velvet Cigars. The cigar is The Bowery and it features a Ecuadorian grown Habano wrapper and a blend of Honduran and Nicaraguan filler tobaccos. Instead of trying to summarize both of our [...]
Blue Mountain Cigars “El Threesome”
I recently received a package from Blue Mountain Cigars with a selection of their various offerings. The three different wrappers on this particular cigar caught my eye immediately. Then I realized that it was named El Threesome and I enjoyed a good juvenile laugh. The opportunity to try an El Threesome doesn’t come around every [...]
E.P Carrillo Elencos Series
Today I’m firing up the Elencos Series from E.P. Carrillo. I first smoked this cigar about one and a half months ago, and since then I’ve smoked well over ten of these cigars. Because of local availability I’m smoking the Don Rubino for this review, which is a slightly elongated robusto. This cigar is available [...]
Sublimes
Today I’m smoking a cigar that until recently wasn’t sold outside of South Florida. The Sublimes has been in production since 2004, and only recently is in national distribution. These cigars are rolled in Little Havana, FL and feature a blend of Nicaraguan and Ecuadorian tobacco. For this review I smoked the Double Robusto, but [...]
Berger & Argenti Mooch Maduro
Last November I reviewed the Berger & Argenti Mooch which I thought was a great mild cigar that fell into a great price point. Now the Maduro version has been released, and I was anxious to get my hands on these. Name: Mooch Maduro Company: Berger & Argenti Wrapper: Nicaraguan Maduro Binder: Jalapa, Nicaragua Filler: [...]
A. Fuente Cuban Belicoso
In early May I purchased a box of Fuente Cuban Belicosos while at at a Fuente event at my local Tinder Box. In the month since then I’ve just about smoked through the entire box… needless to say it’s become and regular in my rotation. Watch the video or read my review to find out [...]