Cigar Name: Davidoff LTD 2009 Toro Especial Seleccion 702 (6 5/8 x 48) Cigar Description: Ecuadorian sun-grown wrapper around Dominican Piloto, Olor, and San Vicente fillers Cigar Strength: Full Review of the Cigar itself: After a successful week in Alexandria, VA I thought I’d celebrate (after doing work expenses). So I took out the Limited […]
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Cigar Review: Harry Potter ain’t got nothing on this Dragon
Cigar Name: Black Dragon (4.5 x 52) Cigar Description: Ecuadorian Connecticut Maduro wrapper around a Cameroon binder and encapsulating Dominican long fillers Cigar Strength: Full Review of the Cigar itself: We went to see new Harry Potter movie last night. Eh. Not bad but not great. In the end, I think I enjoyed many of […]
Cigar Store Reviews: Mickey’s Only Cigar Haunt
This past week I had to head to Disney World in Orlando. Everything that I had to do for work was at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort. The resort is designed so that you really never have to leave the park as it has everything that anyone would want. Because I knew the part […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cigar Review: Sometimes big things come in small packages
Cigar Name: Trinidad Habana Reserve #5 (4 1/4 x 44) Cigar Description: Ecuadorian Cubano around Honduran and Nicaraguan filler Cigar Strength: Full Review of the Cigar itself: I decided to go through the humidor to see what I could find that was interesting. And I happened upon a small cigar that had been sent to […]
Cigar Review: Giving thanks to LFD’s Factory Press III and Cigar Friends
Cigar Name: LFD Factory Press III (6 1/4 x 54) Cigar Description: Maduro wrapper around Dominican Republic filler Cigar Strength: Medium Review of the Cigar itself: On Thanksgiving, we often eat huge meals and want to have a nice cigar afterwards for “dessert” (although one shouldn’t forgo the nice apple and pumpkin pies that often […]
Cigar Review: Size DOES Matter Sometimes
Cigar Name: Camacho Corojo Toro (6 x 60) Cigar Description: Corojo wrapper around Jamastran Honduran filler Cigar Strength: Full Review of the Cigar itself: Whoever told you that size didn’t matter lied — blatantly. Sometimes, size can matter, particularly when enjoying a full cigar. I got this cigar while in Charleston at the Tinderbox and […]