Cigar Reviews

MBOMBAY KeSara Vintage Reserve Nikka

If you never heard of the Mbombay Tabak cigars, you must not be on any form of social media. They are very active on instagram, facebook & twitter while posting their pictures as well as reposts of other people enjoying their cigars. Mbombay offers six lines of cigars each rolled in Costa Rica. The Vintage […]


Suriel Day & Night

Uriel Suriel, founder of Suriel Cigars, has been a close friend to the Kelner family. If the Kelner family name does not ring a bell, think Davidoff as Henke Kelner is the blender to the famed Davidoff line of cigars. His son, Hendrik has been in the cigar industry for 25 plus years and is […]


Shawn’s 2015 Cigars of Year

2015 was one of the most “interesting” years for me in all of my 35 years. It started out fine and dandy, a few months in my family was basically forced to find another home. That nightmare turned into a Godsend as we found a larger house in a better neighborhood at a deal (way […]


“Smoked Up” No.99

Getting back into the rhythm of things here at the new house. There are still things that need to be done here, but time, money and patience is one of the barriers of my projects. None the less, I have been smoking more due to the weather has been pretty “decent” at night with temps […]


“Smoked Up” No.98

It has been a few months since my last “Smoked Up” and a lot has been going on since then. Through a chain of good and not so good events, I am now an official homeowner! I closed on the house a month and a half late, so that itself was a headache and involved […]


Sosa Headlines 2nd Edition Page 2

The Headlines Second Edition is a cigar that was re-launched in early 2015 by Sosa Cigar and Fusion Cigars. The Headlines line has been re-blended and re-branded with Dee from Fusion Cigar and the Master Blender, Don Amadiz. Arby Sosa from Antillian Cigar Corporation, is the exclusive distributor for Headlines Cigar. Cigar Stats Size: 6×52 Vitola: […]


Exactus Cigar – Puro Ambar Legacy Gran Robusto

Exactus Cigars are a Dominican company who’s factory got its start back in 1955. Then in 1995 the company went through some changes with their products and techniques. In the change, the factory name was changed to Tabacalera El Artista S.A. The most recent cigar from Exactus is the Puro Ambar Legacy. Cigar Stats Size: […]


Jordan Alexander III Corojo Robusto

The Jordan Alexander III Cigar Company from the outside looks to be quite a new company on the shelves. In fact, they have been around since 2013 and that is when they released a corojo cigar called “The Legend”. This Spring is when they introduced the Jordan Alexander III Corojo which is said to replace the […]


“Smoked Up” No.97

I am really enjoying the weather now that Spring has finally made it here. I still see my northern friends posting pictures of snow covered lawns… I almost felt sorry for them while I sat on my patio, enjoying a good cigar and coffee with 70* weather. I have a review out on the upcoming Dominion […]


Dominion Cigar Black Lotus Robusto

When you think cigars, one of the few places you think a cigar company would hail from is Canada. The Dominion Cigar Company is from Canada and was founded by Steve Ricker. The Canadian based Dominion Cigar Company’s first release is the Black Lotus. Released in Canada in late 2014 and soon to be (if […]