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Review: E.P. Carrillo Federal 92nd Anniversary Medalla D’ Oro

Today we’re looking at the E.P. Carrillo Federal 92nd Anniversary Medalla D’ Oro, the latest in the line of Federal Cigar Anniversary cigars. Back in February we wrote about the upcoming release. The cigar is based on the 2012 Short Run blend though the filler for the Medalla D’Oro is said to contain a little [...]

Review: La Flor Dominicana Mystery

Last month, La Flor Dominicana announced a new cigar called the “Mystery Cigar” that would be given out and sold exclusively at specific events in 2013. Details on the blend are being purposely kept secret, as are total production numbers and even if it will be released again in the future. The press release had [...]

Review: Intemperance BA XXI A.W.S. IV (Prerelease)

Today we’re looking at the next cigar coming out in RoMa Craft Tobac’s Intemperance line called the A.W.S. IV. Back in February we had the news story about this cigar, which for the time being will only be available at RoMa Craft events starting in May. The A.W.S. IV is going to be part of the [...]

Review: Intemperance EC XVIII A.W.S. IV (Prerelease)

On February 15, we broke the news of a new event-only cigar from RoMa Craft, the Intemperance Lonsdale. The new vitola would be known as the A.W.S. IV and would be available in both wrappers of the Intemperance line. The debut date is yet to be decided, but it will be happening at a future [...]

News: Intemperance Lonsdale Coming from RoMa Craft

Skip Martin and our own Brooks Whittington have alluded to it publicly, but the debut of the Intemperance A.W.S. IV series will come at a future RoMa Craft Tobac event. The A.W.S. IV series is RoMa Craft’s newest line, a four-part series that will debut in the Lonsdale format in both wrappers: Intemperance BA XXI [...]

Review: Liga Privada Único Serie Velvet Rat

On October 19, 2012 Drew Estate held a special event at TESA Cigar Co. to sell Drew Estate’s newest Liga Privada for the first time, the Velvet Rat. Just 40 bundles of 10 cigars were offered as part of the “soft launch” with a full release expected mid-2013.  We covered the news a few weeks [...]

Review: Joya de Nicaragua Cuenca y Blanco Lonsdale Club (Prerelease)

Ask any number of cigar smokers what their most anticipated cigar of the year is, and you will get any number of answers. But near the top of each of their lists will probably be the release of the Cuenca y Blanco, a cigar blended by none other than José Blanco and Joya de Nicaragua President Dr. Alejandro [...]

Review: Four Kicks Selección No.5 (Prerelease)

In late 2011, the long-awaited and much-anticipated Four Kicks debuted from Crowned Heads, the Nashville-based company formed by Mike Conder, Nancy Heathman, Jon Huber and Michael Trebing, all former CAO employees. Four Kicks would be their first line, made by Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr., and originally debuted in four sizes. Huber told Brooks back in November: It [...]

Review: My Father Le Bijou 1922 Federal Cigar 91st Cervantes Connecticut

A few weeks ago we broke the news on Federal Cigar’s 91st anniversary cigar, the My Father Le Bijou 1922 Cervantes. Back then, Rick Gadway thought that the cigars would be arriving to New Hampshire on February 1st. Turns out, they showed up a day early, but nonetheless, the cigars are in stock. Rather than [...]

Review: My Father Le Bijou 1922 Federal Cigar 91st Cervantes Maduro

Like last year’s Tatuaje 109, Rick Gadway had two cigars made for Federal Cigar’s 91st anniversary, one in Ecuadorian Connecticut and one in a Connecticut Broadleaf. The former, like the Tatuaje 109 Reserva, was only offered to local customers; the latter, like the 109 Rosado, is being sold to the general public. We broke the [...]