Casas Fumando

With Daniel slacking it out of town, I know we are running thin on reviews this week. And the fact that I have been dealing with a bit of family things as well as a heavy work load doesn’t help. Luckily, a good friend and great BOTL Adam who owns my favorite local shop, Tobacco [...]

Yes I am on vacation this week and in true non-slacker form I am posting yet another review. The Moosi? are not attacking down here and the weather is great in Florida. Although the Pelican’s had me running a few times! Now only if a certain someone would learn how to be a non-slacker like [...]

Taking the later spot in this week’s reviews (since I’m a slacker, yes Daniel, I know), I am excited to bring you a pre-release review of Rocky Patel’s soon to be released 15th Anniversary cigar. The Good Stuff: A few samples of this blend was sent over to me by our friends at Rocky Patel. [...]

Today I bring you the newest offering from master blender AJ Fernandez’s Man O’ War line of cigars. The Virtue is a great compliment to the already popular Man O’ War lineup. To read more about AJ Fernandez and about the Man O’ War line, check out my review of the Man O’ War Torpedo [...]

Here is another installment from my recent Blind Cigar trade. Perdomo is one of those brands that, for me, has been one of the most consistent quality sticks at great prices. I always have a few Perdomo’s in my humidor. I did a review of the Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Maduro not long ago. If [...]

Recently, I participated in a blind trade with some fellow BOTL’s. If you aren’t aware what a blind trade is, let me explain. What we did was package together a few cigars in a price range of up to $10 and remove the bands. The bands on the cigars I reviewed were all on blank [...]

The Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series is a fantastic, toothy looking box-pressed cigar from Nicaragua. This is the type of cigar you keep in your humidor for special occasions, then light it up sit back and enjoy. This line was released in 1994 to commemorate the Padrón Cigar Company’s 30 years in business. As you can [...]

The Man O War line is the brain child of the Cuban born Abdel “AJ” Fernandez. AJ is now living in Nicaragua but used to work under the supervision of Cuban cigar master, Alejandro Robaina. After moving to Nicaragua, AJ began making his own line of cigars as well as blending for other companies. Some [...]

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 [...]

Padrón is synonymous with great high-quality cigars, both on the premium and inexpensive levels. Most anyone who smokes cigars has tried or at least heard the Padrón name. Damaso Padrón and his sons cultivated tobacco fields in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, in the 1800’s and began the legacy of the Padrón family name. Sometime later, [...]