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Review: Ortega The Wild Bunch Iron Mike I-Beam (Preproduction)

In July 2012, Eddie Ortega began talking about a new project he was working on, the Dirty Dozen. While he didn’t release a ton of details at the time, his fondness for social media – Facebook in particular – became a vehicle for little bits of information to be released. When the project was announced, Ortega had [...]

News: Alec Bradley Renaming Dirty Hooligan Project

The recently announced Alec Bradley Black Market Dirty Hooligan cigar is getting a new name just weeks before its March 5th release date, as the original name used a word that has become increasingly pre-empted by another manufacturer. Now known as the Alec Bradley Black Market Filthy Hooligan, the name was changed as a “gesture [...]

Review: Ortega The Wild Bunch Big Bad John Jackhammer (Preproduction)

News of a new limited run batch of cigars from Eddie Ortega started to surface on Facebook in late July, just a few weeks before the IPCPR convention and trade show happening in early August. Details remained sketchy some two months after the show as the series evolved, but things are becoming a bit clearer [...]