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I have been smoking cigars since 2005 and reviewing them as a hobby since 2010. Initially, I started out small with a 50-count humidor and only smoking one or two cigars a month. Not knowing anybody else that smoked cigars, it was only an occasional hobby that I took part in. In March of 2010, I joined Nublive and Cigar Asylum, connecting me with many people who also shared an interest in cigars. Reading what they had to say about brands I had never heard of, I quickly immersed myself in the boutique brands of the industry and it was then that cigars transformed from a hobby into a passion.

AVO Serenata Robusto

What a difference two years makes. When we visited the Davidoff of Geneva USA booth at the 2013 IPCPR, the Camacho relaunch was in full swing…

KILO Toro

In 2013, when former blogger Barry Stein was working at Miami Cigar & Co., he started working on a cigar of his own called the…

MoyaRuiz The Chinese Finger Trap

Packaged in what looks identical to the toy you might purchase as a kid, The Chinese Finger Trap is a release from MoyaRuiz that hit…

Viaje C-4 (2015)

Happy Fourth of July! Let’s blow some stuff up. Just kidding, it’s fall and the Fourth is a distant memory of pool parties, grilled meats…

Epic Maduro Reserva Lancero

Last year, Epic Cigars launched their brand with two lines – the Maduro Reserva and the Corojo. Shortly after we reviewed the prerelease Maduro Reserva…

Tatuaje Belle Encre Reserva

As part of 2013’s flurry of releases commemorating the 10th anniversary of Tatuaje, a new spin on the familiar Tatuaje Brown Label hit store shelves,…

Laranja Reserva Caixa

Today I’m going to be taking a look at an orange box, at least that’s what the literal translation from Portuguese is. The actual name…

FDG Cigars 20th Aniversario Broadleaf Robusto

Just before the 2015 IPCPR Convention and Trade Show, FDG Cigars – which you might recognize as Flor de Gonzalez Cigars — announced its 20th Aniversario line…

Tatuaje W Nice Ash 2015

In June Nice Ash Cigars launched a mysterious promotional site that teased us with one letter a day for five days, until the full word…

Undercrown Shade Gran Toro

For a company that historically has used some very dark wrappers on its most popular lines, it might come as some surprise that one of its…

Room101 Master Collection Two Mutante

It was a happy coincidence that Patrick Lagreid reviewed the Room101 Ichiban Mutante on Saturday as I happened to grab the Master Collection Two Mutante out of…