Cigar Name: Maker’s Mark 650 (6 x 50) Cigar Description: Sumatra Wrapper with Cuban-seed Dominican long-filler Cigar Strength: Mild-Medium Review of the Cigar itself: The history of bourbon can be traced as far as the late 18th century and while no one person considered to have created bourbon, it’s sometimes attributed to Reverend Elijah Craig. […]
Month: October 2008
Quick Review: Cameroon to the Max with a Cx2
Cigar Name: CAO Cx2 Toro (6 x 54) Cigar Description: Cameroon wrapper over Cameroon filler Cigar Strength: Medium Review of the Cigar itself: I’ve always loved Cameroon cigars. They have this creaminess that just tastes right. I had heard that the Cx2 by CAO and this definitely didn’t disappoint. I had purchased this yesterday at […]
Charleston, SC — Tinderbox and the Enchantment of the City
I had arrived in Charleston, sans luggage. This about freaked me out since I had about 10 nice cigars in there that I wanted to review — never mind that I had clothes for the week (I’m here until Saturday morning). I checked into my hotel and got a shuttle into the city core. One […]
Quick post: traveling with cigars
I’m on the road this week and was smart enough to get a smoking room. I’m all the way out at the Charleston (SC) airport so no where near downtown but at least I’m in a suite. I’m bringing about 15 cigars or so to have a selection to choose from when I feel the […]
Quick Review: CAO Ying Yang (50-50) Box Pressed Cigar
To finish my day off yesterday, I decided to get one from the CAO Ying Yang sampler I got. It came with a CAO Black and a CAO VR and then 3 cigars that were blended with tobacco from each, at varying levels: one has more Black than VR, one has more VR than Black […]
Cigar Review: That ain’t a cigar. Now THIS is a cigar!
Cigar Name: Diamond Crown Maximus #1 (8 x 50) Cigar Description: Various Dominican fillers surrounded by Ecuadorian wrapper Cigar Strength: Full Review of the Cigar itself: Ok. So I stole the line from Crocodile Dundee. But ya gotta admit, this is one big cigar (And we’re not just talking size here!) I was sent this […]
Quick updated thoughts on the cigar forums
While I finish off my first review of the day I thought I’d post a quick note on the cigar forums issue that has gone on recently. I recently joined CigarAsylum, a forum created by former moderators of another forum that was part of the enmasse purchase a while ago. And I have to say […]
Machine-made: Eh.
Seriously. I admit it. I’m a cigar snob. I like my handmade cigars and truly appreciate the fine art of creating a good smoke. But, since we’re in a recession (possibly a D??), handmade smokes are fast becoming a luxury for many and the only alternative is sometimes to go to the local convenience store […]
Cigar Bands: so what do you do with them?
I have to admit to collecting cigar bands and putting them into my cigars-smoked-and-rated book but as I find cigars I like, I’ll get more bands and then.. well, the challenge is what to do with them. One of my recent ideas was to take a bunch and create a bookmark out of them (paste […]
Quick Review: Black Pearl Morado Robusto
I can’t remember where I got this cigar (Baltimore, perhaps?) but I decided to give it a try today. The wrapper is a sungrown Cameroon with Nicaraguan-grown Habano binder and Nicaraguan filler. The construction wasn’t bad although the cap came off when I pulled the band off (the glue was too tight to remove it […]