Just as I ended 2011 off with a Cuban cigar I thought, why not kick off the new year of my reviews with another Cuban? Right? Well even if you disagree, I’m gonna do it anyways so keep reading I decided to grab a Hoyo De Monterray today and this specific cigar is called Le [...]
Well, as the last post of 2011 I decided to grab a cigar out of the Cuban humidor. It was a little chilly outside so I opted for something short and found a Ramon Allones Specially Selected. This is the Robusto vitola offered by this Cuban cigar manufacturer. And Happy New Year to all our [...]
I recently had the chance to participate in another round of blind cigar tastings with some great BOTL’s. The cigars I received came from Chris(a.k.a. Beaverc32) over in New York. He had a nifty little idea to name each cigar after a Mobster Movie, I liked the creativity there! I’m splitting this into 2 separate [...]
Ever feel like lighting up something special “Just because”? I know it’s nice to have a special occasion and enjoy a special cigar, but today I said “Why Not?!”. Everyday is special right? It’s sunny and warm today, that’s special enough! So here we go, a My Father Limited Edition 2010. Not long ago I [...]
So today I’m doing something a little different and something we don’t typically do. If you look through our list of reviews, you’ll see there are not really any duplicates but today I’m making an exception to that rule. Previously we may have reviewed different vitolas of the same cigar, usually when it’s a newer [...]
Today we have another summary from a second set of Blind Reviews I went through. Just last week I posted a set of blind reviews, you can read it here. Tony also went through a set of a blind cigars as well from this same blind trade, read his summary here. I ended up with [...]
It seems that lately I’m seeing La Aurora and Miami Cigars all over the place. There’s been quite a few top quality releases from them and I’ve been eagerly chasing them all down. They are making a big splash in the online community, especially with Twitter and their recent release of the La Aurora 107 [...]
The Camacho Liberty series was started in 2002 with the idea of releasing a very limited blend. This idea was the brain child of Christian Eiroa and each of the coffin’s has his signature engraved onto the lid. Each cigar comes wrapped in tissue paper and encased in a very nicely constructed Spanish Cedar Coffin. [...]
Kristoff is a boutique cigar made by Exclusive Cigars. Exclusive makes a variety of boutique blends, their other lines are Vengence, Brittania, Cuban Selection, Premium Selection and a line of “It’s a boy/girl” cigars. The company was launched in 2005 and has been establishing a strong name in the boutique cigar market. The Kristoff line [...]
Illusione is the creation of Dion Giolito and is a true small batch production line. Dion has put a lot of thought into the name of the line and the name of each vitola. All have a significance behind them and each has a meaning to Dion himself. The Illusione goal is to “re-create a [...]
