Cigar Reviews
Crowned Heads Four Kicks robusto
After the merger of ST Group and Swedish Match, CAO undertook dramatic changes. Most of the employees where let go and the company headquarters was moved from Nashville, TN to Richmond, VA. A few of the employees from the old CAO didn’t want to accept these changes so they left and formed Crowned Heads. Jon [...]
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! – Viaje Stuffed Turkey
What better of a cigar to review for Thanksgiving than the new Viaje Stuffed Turkey? It all started as a joke in an interview that the guys at Stogie Review were doing with Andre Farkas. Jerry Cruz mentioned that he needed to have a cigar for Thanksgiving…how about the Stuffed Turkey? Well, Andre liked it [...]
La Gloria Cubana Artesanos Retro Especiale Club
Almost every year, La Gloria Cubana brings out a new cigar in their Artesanos line. This year, they unveiled the Retro Especiale which was inspired by an old humidor found the El Credito factory. According to Michael Giannini, this cigar took 8 years to complete, 2 of which was on the wrapper alone. The wrapper [...]
Nadi Classic Habano Gilgamesh
Size: 7×50 Churchill Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican and Nicaragua Nadi Cigars is an up and comming cigar company. They are based out of Florida and thier cigars are produced in the Dominican Republic. Their cigars are hand-rolled by a former Davidoff master roller and it shows in the quality of the cigars. [...]
Kristoff Sumatra Corona
Size: 5×44 Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sumatra Binder: Brazilian Filler: Dominican and Nicaraguan Started in 2005 by Glen Case, Kristoff Cigars is one of the fastest growing boutique cigar manufacturers in the industry. They have numerous lines with different blends made from tobacco from all regions all over the world. The Sumatra was released in August of [...]
Room 101 Namakubi Limited Edition Papi Chula
Matt Booth, the owner of Room 101, brought out a new limited edition cigar called the Namakubi. I really love the ideas and art behind the Room 101 line because ever since I was a young teenager I’ve been interested in Japanese culture, especially the samurai. I was a practitioner of Aikido for many years [...]
Alec Bradley Fine & Rare
Alec Bradley to Release “Fine & Rare” Cigar on 11-11-11 New, very limited edition 10 leaf blend will debut this November DANIA, FL – October 21, 2011 – No, it’s not a new Broadway musical, a reality TV series, or a law office. Fine & Rare is the name of the latest and perhaps the [...]
CroMagnon
A few evenings ago Ben, Shawn and I got together via Skype to review the CroMagnon. CroMagnon is the brainchild of Skip Martin, owner of Hava Cigar Shop. Skip teamed up with Michael Rosales of Adrian’s Cigars to create a cigar he felt would be appreciated by hardcore cigar enthusiasts. What they created is a [...]
La Caridad Del Cobre La Charada #5 La Monjita
This cigar garnered a lot of buzz when it first came out a few years ago and I was lucky enough to get one during our Twitter Brotherhood of the Leaf Cocktail hour at the 2010 IPCPR in New Orleans. I stashed it away for safe keeping to let it rest after the hot, humid [...]
Zino Platinum Scepter XS
Cold Weather is comming up and smaller smokes will be smoked more and more for those unfortunate enough to be able to smoke indoors at all times. So, I am going to focus on a few smaller smokes on my next few reviews. This week, I am going to try the Zino Platinum Sceptor XS. [...]