Cigar Reviews
Cigar Review – H. Upmann Magnum 50
A friend of mine at BOTL.org recently sent me a five pack of these cigars and wanted me to know how I like these. These are from 2009 and I’ve had PLENTY of its smaller, older brother, the Mag 46. Its always been a staple in my humidor and one I enjoy very much as […]
Blind Exchange: Review No. 4
I took a little break from the Blind review exchange with Charlie but I’ve brought it back. Although it’s not much of an exchange, since I still haven’t given him any un-banded cigars to smoke. But that’s my bad. Anyways, here is the fourth review in the series. This cigar measures in between 4.75 and […]
El Original Maduro
Back in July I brought you a review of the El Original Natural Lancero, which is a killer stick if you ask me. So today I’m breaking out the El Original Maduro in the toro size. The El Original blend was created by Santiago Cabana for the Island Smoke Shop in Key Largo, Florida. Although […]
Guest Review: Rocky Patel Vintage 1992 Petit Corona
All right folks. I know I am not here again. But today I have a double whammy. Today I have for you a guest review from our review contest and following this post will be an update to our Troop Donation Program. I will be back for sure next week with the second set of […]
Brian’s ’09 in Review
HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE everyone! Let me first start off by saying that I was not planning on doing a top ten list as I feel they are entirely played out. A caveat to that is that despite my feelings on these lists, it sure was fun to put it together and look back at everything […]
Ben’s Top 10 Cigars of 2009
Well, it’s that time of the year again where we all put out our Top 10 cigars of the year. These cigars are the ones I’ve thoroughly enjoyed over the year. My criteria was taste, price, availability, how many I had over the year. I’ve got them arranged 1 through 10, but honestly, any one […]
J. Fuego Gran Reserva Corojo No. 1
Here’s a special Christmas review with a very special guest. Please enjoy and have a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year or whatever else applies. Smoke ’em if you got ’em!
Cigar Review – Murcielago Toro
This week, I review the new Murcielago from Espinosa y Ortega that was released at this year’s IPCPR in New Orleans. This new cigars from the makers of 601, Cubao and Mi Barrio blends are blended by Don Pepin Garcia. The cigar features an oily Mexican San Andreas wrapper, Mexican binder and Nicaraguan fillers. How […]
Rocky Patel 1961
Rocky Patel has a new factory in Nicaragua, the Tabacalera Villa Cuba, S.A, and the first cigar to be made in this factory is the 1961. This cigar was created to celebrate Rocky’s birth year and features an Ecuadorian grown Habano wrapper. The first thing I noticed about this cigar was the incredible amount of […]
Quick Ash: Punch Rare Corojo Rothschild
Today I have for you another quick ash. The Punch Rare Corojo is one of the most popular cigars in the US year to year. This year was no exception as some people said the ’09 version was the best they have put out in a long time. The Rothschild is a 4.5″ beauty that […]
