Strong Ash
La Flor Dominicana Air Bender
La Flor introduced the Air Bender earlier this year and the hook is that they are intense, sophisticated, and powerful. Not sure there is all that much difference between intense and powerful but I digress… The Air Bender comes in six sizes and today I have for you the 5″ x 50 Matatan. The blend [...]
Joya De Nicaragua Antano Dark Corojo
This week I review the newest cigar from Joya De Nicaragua, the Antano Dark Corojo. This cigar was released at the 2009 IPCPR show and it made to be even more full bodied and powerful than their famed Antano 1970 line. Its made with 75% Ligero that is actually a special ligero that they make [...]
Tatuaje RC184
I got this cigar in a trade with Skip Martin (@chiefhava on Twitter) along with some other really great cigars. For me, it was the first time I’ve seen this cigar and, being a huge fan of Tatuaje cigars, I decided to save this for my birthday smoke. My birthday as some of you know [...]
Man O’ War Ruination Belicoso
This review comes courtesy of our good friend Brian. We met Brian via Twitter, and found out he only lives about an hour away. We’ve had the opportunity to hang our a few times and enjoy some great cigars. So we were happy when he decided to give reviewing cigars a try, so [...]
Fuente Opus X xXx Belicoso “Power Ranger”
Today I’m smoking the Fuente Opus X xXx Belicoso “Power Ranger” and sipping some Highland Park 12 year Single Malt Scotch. The Opus X line of cigars is consistently rated highly by many mainstream Cigar media publications and enjoyed by a wide variety of cigar enthusiasts. Now that I have smoked my samples you can [...]
Strong Ash: Jesus Fuego 777
Welcome to the debut review in our Strong Ash series. Here we smoke full flavored cigars that might knock some folks back in their chair. Jesus Fuego is a fifth generation cigar maker. Although portions of his career were spent blending and rolling cigars for other people, Jesus has spent the last couple of years developing his own [...]