Archive for February, 2013
“Smoked Up” No.6
This year is really moving fast! Here it is, already into the second week of February. There has been crazy weather up north with snow storms and rain and tornadoes here down south. Between it being cold one day and warm the next, I did jot down a few notes on some of the cigars […]
Alec Bradley Maxx Brazil Corona
The Alec Bradley Maxx Brazil is a cigar that is only available at Cigar.com or CigarsInternational.com and is the same blend as the original Maxx line. But, instead of the Nicaraguan maduro wrapper and a Costa Rican binder, it has a Brazilian Habano wrapper and a Brazilian Mata Fina binder. I have had my fair share of […]
Ezra Zion Re-Branded as Jamais Vu
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: Ezra Zion Cigar Company, recipients of multiple Cigar of the Year Awards for 2012, are re-branding their inaugural cigar release, INCEPTION. The name of the blend will be changed to JAMAIS VU. Chris Kelly explains, “After being cleared for use by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, we went into furious […]
“Smoked Up” No.5
This week has been really crazy for me. I got one of only two prereleased cigars from Elogio & Cresecent City Cigars and got a review of it up. It was a pretty good smoke! So I was stoked to have been one of two who got to review it first. Then, I had a […]
Recluse Cigar Contest
I did a review of the Iconic Leaf Recluse OTG Toro a little bit ago. This month the great people at Iconic Leaf Cigars is sponsoring a contest this month. I would personally like to thank the Iconic Leaf Cigar Company for their sponsorship. Last month’s Twitter contest went well, & I’d like to thank those […]
Elogio Habano Crescent City Cigars Exclusivo
If it wasn’t for Armando Ortiz the owner of Crescent City Cigars in New Orleans, LA, I would have never tried or even heard of Elogio Cigars. I was over at his shop in the spring of 2012 when he told Ben & I ” Guys, you must try these new cigars I picked up!” […]
