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Review: El Centurion 2013 (Prerelease)

In 2007, José “Don Pepín” García released his first official limited edition cigar, the El Centurion. Rolled in three vitolas at first limited to 850 boxes of 20 cigars and priced well north of $10, the release was said to be his own personal blend. A Lancero was added to the line in December of [...]

Review: Headley Grange Estupendos (Prerelease)

Way back in February of this year murmurs started flying about the followup to Crowned Heads’ popular debut, Four Kicks. Jon Huber announced the cigar, which was then known as “Project HG”  in an email and gave a few details about the release—which he also announced would be available for the first time at the [...]

Review: Tatuaje Little Boris

In 2008, Pete Johnson announced his first Monster Series release, The Frank, named after the movie monster of the 1931 classic film. After the fanfare that release attracted, Pete announced another release, the so called Actors Series, which was supposedly going to be another line, each one named after the film star that played in [...]

Review: La Flor Dominicana Face Off by Christian Eiroa

In 2003, Christian Eiroa of Camacho and Litto Gomez of La Flor Dominicana had a competition, a $700,000 competition. It is known as Face Off and is one of the most famous limited editions of all time. It was simple: each sent the other tobacco from their own farm for about 50,000 cigars. Once the [...]

Redux: Tatuaje Pork Tenderloin

We are looking at one of the best Tatuaje releases of all time, the Pork Tenderloin. Big brother to the Porkchop, it is a blend that itself has spawned at least two more great cigars, including the legendary Tatuaje Barclay Rex 100th Anniversary and the Tatuaje TAA. I have been wanting to see how these [...]

Review: Curivari Selección Privada Eminentes

2011 was a breakout year for a few brands, one of which had to have been Curivari. Much like EloGio, IPCPR 2011 seemed like a breakout event for the small Nicaraguan brand. Curivari’s strategy isn’t a new one. The idea behind the brand is to make non-Cuban cigars that taste like current Cuban cigars. While [...]

Review: My Father Lounge Exclusive

Today we will be taking a look at an offering from My Father Cigars, the My Father Lounge Exclusive! Over the years among the most popular this to do with a cigar brand is create exclusive lounges at various high volume retailers. As Rich Perelman explained when the first My Father Lounge opened at The [...]