La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor
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It has been awhile since I lit up a La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor – a box-pressed Nicaraguan with a medium brown Mexican San Andres wrapper with tight seams…
Gran Habano Azteca
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I have never been a big fan of Gran Habano, but I found one with some interesting tobacco that piqued my curousity. Gran Habano Azteca is made of Nicaraguan &…
CAO Flathead Steel Horse
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CAO Flathead Steel Horse features Nicaraguan, Dominican and Honduran fillers, a Brazilian Arapiraca binder, and a brown, slightly oily Connecticut Habano wrapper. The band is an olive grey metallic hue…
Luciano Mas Igneus Excellente
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Luciano Mas Igneus Excellente was supposedly blended to pair with a Spanish red wine. Mas Igneus translates roughly to House of Ignition. Enough back story. The cigar includes Nicaraguan filler,…
EP Carrillo Allegiance Sidekick
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EP Carrillo Allegiance Sidekick is a med-full body, medium strength box pressed robust with a toothy, dark brown Ecuadoran Sumatra wrapper. It has my attention already.
Flavor profile: Pepper, cedar, some…
New World by AJ Fernandez & Compass Box Crimson Casks
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An old favorite is gifted during a Thursday night conclave. This Nicaraguan A.J. needs to get back in rotation. Forgot how good this stick is. Cedar, earthy leather, roasted mixed…
Olmec Claro
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Olmec Claro is a box-pressed toro available in two wrappers – San Andres maduro and claro. I chose the claro based on accolades on the cigar from friends and my…
Happy National Rum Day
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Goomba
Happy National Rum Day. I am celebrating with a Plasencia 151 and Santa Theresa rum. The 151 starts with a little pepper then quickly moves to caramel and a bit…
Rojas Statement Maduro Lancero
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Rojas Statement Maduro Lancero measires 7 X 38 with a Mexican San Andres wrapper. It’s the creation of Noel Rojas, who has worked with many boutique cigar makers for years.
Oak,…
Been looking for over a year for this stick. Found at a local store yesterday.
Good taste, nice even burn.
Only downside to me was it’s a box press. Just not a…
Ozgener Family Maracana Robusto
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Ozgener Family Maracana Robusto is a box pressed 5 x 52 using Honduran and Nicaraguan filler and covered in a Brazilian Arapiraca wrapper.
The band is gold on green with the…
Crowned Heads La Careme Hermoso No. 1
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Crowned Heads La Careme Hermoso No. 1 is a slightly box-oressed toro with Nicaraguan filler, an Ecuador Sumata binder and covered in a dark oily toothy Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. It’s…
Graycliff Profesionale PGX
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Graycliff Profesionale PGX is about as multi-national as it gets. The filler tobacco is from Nicaragua, Honduras and Brazil. The binder is Sumatran. On the high end sticks, Graycliff claims…
Micallef Green Gran Toro
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Micallef Green Gran Toro is recemt edition to the Micallef color series. It’s made with aged Nicaraguan filler, a Mexican San Andres Negro binder and covered in a rosado-hued brown…
Illusione HL Maduro Lancero
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Illusione HL Maduro Lancero – a 7 and a half by 40 stick made of Nicaraguan filler, a Nicaraguan binder, and covered in a San Andres Negro Maduro wrapper. Pairing…
Compass Box Crimson Casks & Liga Privada No. 9
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Liga Privada No. 9 is held in high esteem at the top end of the Drew Estate cigar catalog. Liga Privada *roughly translates to Private Blend and it is in…
Macanudo Inspirado White & New Riff High Note
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New Riff High Note is an aged bourbon with heat that defies its proof. Slight extra sweetness and a lot of burn.
Macanudo Inspirado White’s wrapper is a light tan colored…
Caldwell 22 Minutes To Midnight San Andres & Johnny Walker Swing
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Caldwell 22 Minutes To Midnight San Andres Corona Extra features Dominican and Nicaraguan tobacco covered in a dark chocolate brown San Andres wrapper between smooth and very light sandpaper texture…
Joya de Nicaragua Antano Dark Corojo
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Joya de Nicaragua Antano Dark Corojo is a 4.5 made of Nicaraguan filler and binder aged 3 years and covered in an oily, smooth dark corojo wrapper. The primary band…
La Palina Oscura
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Lovely pairing of a La Palina 1896 Oscuro and a glass of Old Forester!
La Palina and an old fashioned
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Got a big sampler of LaPalina cigars. Paired a Connecticut with a home made old fashioned. A great pairing if I do say so myself.
Esteban Carreras chupacabra Maduro 6x60
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The cigar starts off slow but soon builds in flavor and strength, delivering bold notes of cedar, spice, and ample white pepper on the finish. Smooth, clean draw. Pairs well…
Drew Estate Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve
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They smoked the leaves for this cigar, and it results in excellent notes of charred oak, scotch-like peatiness, and heavily toasted coffee. This cigar pairs best with a good scotch…
EP Carrillo Pledge Sojourn
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Let's pair a EP Carrillo Pledge Sojourn with a single malt from the Isle of Harris, Hearach. The Pledge Sojourn is a box pressed cigar made in the Dominican Republic…
Bolivar Cofradia
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Bolivar Cofradia is an Estelo Padron blend of Honduran and Nicaraguan filler, a Connecticut Broadleaf binder and a slightly oily, smooth Ecuador Sumatra wrapper – to the best of my…
