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Review: My Father Federal Le Bijou Connecticut Edition Petit Robusto

After the runaway success of the original release of the My Father Le Bijou 1922 Federal Cigar 91 Cervantes Connecticut, Rick Gadway of Federal Cigar decided to ask My Father to produce more cigars in close to the same blend to be sold soley at his store in New Hampshire. Rick received an initial shipment of 100 [...]

Redux: El Centurion Lancero

The El Centurion Lancero was the last cigar of the Lancero50 project and was one of the entries most had no clue about. Overall, the El Centurion line is one of the least talked about Pepín creations, even as it came on the tail end of his plethora of releases in the early part of [...]

Review: My Father S Special

In early 2011, rumors started flying that there was a special cigar being handed out at My Father cigars events. Dubbed the My Father S Special, it came in a red cardboard three-pack in only the 5 x 50 Robusto size when you purchased a box of cigars at said events. The My Father S [...]

Review: Don Pepin Garcia Series JJ Little Robusto

On December 11, 2011, Jerry Cruz of Stogie Review fame announced a limited run of Don Pepin Garcia Series JJ would be produced in a never before seen vitola. Dubbed the Little Robusto, it is a 4 /12 x 50 Short Robusto made in honor of Jerry’s son, who died of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death [...]

Review: La Dueña Petit Robusto (Prerelease)

In the early parts of last year, Charlie discovered a trademark for La Dueña that was registered by Pete Johnson of Tatuaje. A month later, Janny García tweeted about smoking a La Dueña, at which Charlie made the prediction that La Dueña, which translates into the owner, designating the female owner, was in fact a [...]

Review: My Father Flor de las Antillas Toro

On March 16, 2012, My Father showed off their newest creation, Flor de las Antillas, for the first time at Federal Cigar’s 91st anniversary party. Not much was known about the release at that time, but more details have emerged since then. We now know that the Flor de las Antillas is a Nicaraguan puro [...]

Review: Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Connecticut Belicoso

A few weeks ago, Jeremy Soares, the My Father Cigars representative for the New England area, made it known that he had a special version of the Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial available for select stores only in his region. As you recall, the Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial 2011 Limited Edition was released at the 2011 IPCPR trade [...]

Review: My Father Pipe

At the 2010 IPCPR show in New Orleans, there were two special cigars in the My Father booth: the My Father Limited Edition 2010 and the My Father Baseball Bats. Turns out, both would ship to retailers in limited quantities later at different points later in the year, the latter being a surprise to many. [...]

Review: My Father Baseball Bat

In August of 2010 at the IPCPR show in Las Vegas, My Father Cigars showed off some very interesting cigars said to be rolled in part by José “Don Pepín” García himself. Most interesting was the My Father Baseball Bat, rolled to look like a baseball bat. Here’s a picture of the Baseball Bats on [...]

Redux: My Father Limited Edition 2010

At the 2010 IPCPR show, My Father Cigars S.A. showed off a few cigars, but the star of the show was the My Father Limited Edition 2010, which was guarded behind velvet rope. Later that year, the company owned by the family of Don José “Pepín” García released 2,000 individually numbered boxes of 12 cigars, [...]