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Review: E.P. Carrillo Atlantic Cigar Co. 15th Anniversary (Prerelease)

The E.P. Carrillo Atlantic Cigar 15th Anniversary cigar is the third of four releases by various manufacturers to celebrate Atlantic’s 15th year of business. Here are the first three cigars that have been released so far: Viaje Exclusivo Atlantic Cigar Co. 15th Anniversary Lancero — 7 1/2 x 40 My Father Atlantic Cigar Co. 15th [...]

Review: Tatuaje Baby Face

Every Halloween, Tatuaje cigars releases their much anticipated Monster series. Each release is based on a Classic or newer monster, both in the size and the look of the cigar itself. For most stores, the smokes have huge waiting lists, and are instant sellouts when they actually arrive. In 2010, the monster release was dubbed “The [...]

Review: Tatuaje Mini Mum

The Mini Mum is part of Tatuaje’s new Little Monsters, a limited edition run based on Tatuaje’s popular Monster series. Pete Johnson’s Monster Series is an annual Halloween release that is unequivocally the most-anticipated domestic release currently made. We’ve documented the Little Monsters fairly extensively over the past six months, but in case you are unaware [...]

Review: Tatuaje Limited Series Mexican Experiment Robusto

News of the latest project from Tatuaje hit the internet on May 28 with confirmation that at least one retailer would be getting this new Tatuaje with a Mexican San Andrés wrapper. As the cigars started landing at various retailers, various reports about sizes and quantities made surfaced as well. The original report mentioned it [...]

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: La Sirena A

On November 19th, 2010, the La Sirena A, which means the mermaid in Spanish, was officially launched at an event at Casa de Montecristo in Chicago. Like the Nestor Miranda collection, La Sirena is a Miami Cigar & Co. brand made at Jaime García’s My Father Cigars S.A. factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. There are six [...]

Review: Tatuaje Limited Series Fausto FT114

Pete Johnson made no secret that his next size of Fausto, FT114, would debut under different livery prior to its national release. The thought was that it was going to debut at the fifth annual No Joke Smoke event in Hawaii that is put on as a collaboration between Shiroma’s Wine And More (SWAM), Havana [...]

Review: Arturo Fuente Don Arturo Gran AniverXario Belicoso (Sun Grown)

For those that enjoyed Brooks’ review of the Arturo Fuente Don Arturo Gran AniverXario Gran Corona (Natural), below is about 2,000 words that are identical to that work. At the 2011 IPCPR show, Prometheus showed off the 2011 Limited Edition Fuente Story Humidor, a special release of the previously released Arturo Fuente Don Arturo Gran AniverXario in [...]

Review: Viaje Platino Samurai Maduro (Prerelease)

A few weeks ago, we broke the news that the Viaje Platino Samurai Maduro had arrived in Minnesota at BURN Premium Cigar Specialists and Tobacco Grove. Tomorrow (March 5, 2012), pre-orders will ship from both stores, both of whom still have a limited supply in stock. Rather than rewriting history, here’s what we wrote a [...]

Review: Undercrown Corona ¡Viva! (Prerelease)

In early December 2011, Erik Calviño of Cigar Snob Magazine posted this picture of a preproduction Undercrown. Shortly thereafter, it was confirmed that the name was in fact Undercrown Corona ¡Viva!, a Corona Gorda-sized extension to Undercrown lineup that was set to debut in Spring of 2012. Steve Saka, president of Drew Estate, described it [...]