Cigar Name: Slow-Age Lot 826 Robusto Maduro (5 x 52) Cigar Description: Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper with 4 different Nicaraguan long-fillers. Cigar Strength: Full Review of the Cigar itself: After having a stressful holiday (thanks to airline FUBARs) and not being able to enjoy a cigar to relax (I wanted to be respectful of my […]
Month: December 2008
Happy Holidays — see ya in a week
A bit of a delay
When one gets sick, it’s sometime necessary to take preference to look after ourselves until we’re better. And unfortunately, I’ve been hit hard with a cold or flu bug. So there won’t be any reviews for a few days but I will see about getting up some internet terms and perhaps a breakdown of how […]
Cigar Review: Sometimes a good cigar can fool a tastebud
Cigar Name: Don Tomas Cameroon Robusto (5 1/2 x 52) Cigar Description: Honduran cigar with Cameroon wrapper around Dominican, Brazilian and Mexican long fillers, aged over 4 years. Cigar Strength: Medium Review of the Cigar itself: A nice cigar that I had gotten a little while ago and nearly had forgotten about. I brought it […]
Cigar Review: Giving the Knuckle a rap on the..
Cigar Name: 5 Vegas Miami Knuckle (4 1/2 x 60) Cigar Description: Nicaraguan grown Cuban-seed Corojo wrapper over Cuban-seed, Nicaraguan-grown ligero long-fillers Cigar Strength: Medium-Full Review of the Cigar itself: When I first got introduced to the 5 Vegas line at Cigars International, I was a little hesitant. I tried the 5 Vegas Gold and […]
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Por Larranga Cigars (Cuban)
It was an enjoyable cigar. The only downside was the high sin tax and the “nanny state” (huge restrictions on where you can and cannot smoke, mostly cannot smoke).
Quick Review: Cigars in Toronto
So this week I’m in Toronto, teaching a nice class to a few students. And being a Canadian, I get the joy of being able to, legally, enjoy cigars. But to be honest, the tax on cigars is annoying. What should be a $6 cigar is nearly double that! And I can’t even be sure […]
Poll results: What you want..
So last month’s poll results show that most people want cigar reviews and cigar news with a three way tie between cigar information, cigar deals and, not surprising, free cigars. I’ll definitely be posting reviews regularly and if you want to post your own, let me know. I welcome guest reviewers. I will add cigar […]