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Review: Arturo Fuente Hemingway Short Story Maduro (2011)

For those of that don’t know… Ah, the Short Story Maduro. A cigar of myth and legend, that many people never even knew existed, and was only handed out in minuscule quantities over a period of years. Until now, I exaggerate a bit, but not by much… About three months ago, rumors started flying fast [...]

Review: Padilla/Studio Tobac Figurado (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… In March of 2011, the (Oliva) StudioTobac Executive Board approved a request from Padilla Cigars to produce a Limited Edition full-bodied, Nicaraguan cigar that Padilla would distribute. This is the first (of presumably many) collaborations that the Studio Tobac team will produce. Says Studio Tobac’s John Gazerro: “Even [...]

Review: NHC Selección Limitada Capa Especial (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… In early 2010, Dan Welsh of New Havana Cigars fame announced that Pete Johnson (of Tatuaje Cigars fame) was producing a exclusive cigar blend for his store. Named simply the “NHC Selección Limitada”, there were two different wrappers on the same blend, a natural Habano Ecuador wrapper on [...]

Review: Chaveta Robusto

Today we will be taking a look at a cigar that you have probably not heard of, the Chaveta! Early this year our good friend Mark Just of Tower Cigars informed us that he would be acquiring his own boutique brand of cigars called “Chaveta” (a Chaveta is a sharp tool used by the cigar [...]

Winners: E.P. Carrillo Week

The E.P. Carrillo week has come to an end and what a week it has been! First off we would like to thank Ernie, Ernesto III and Lissette for being so generous in donating a signed box and samples to give away. We are confident the winners are going to thoroughly enjoy them as much [...]

Review: E.P. Carrillo Elencos Don Rubino

Today we will be taking a look at a cigar we had planned on reviewing back when it came out in April, but decided to hold it for this week, the E.P. Carrillo Elencos! In Late 2010 E.P. Carrillo, released their Edición Limitada, a 6 x 54 Double Robusto sporting a Brazilian Habano wrapper with [...]

Review: E.P. Carrillo Core Line Maduro Club 52 (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… Back in the cigar boom of the 1990′s, Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr. was extremely well known for his cigars that he blended for La Gloria Cubana and the sticks with Maduro wrappers were some of his most popular and noted cigars. Everyone knew that E.P. Carrillo, Ernesto’s new company, would [...]

Contest: E.P. Carrillo Contest

Hello Faithful Readers! We are happy to announce that this week is E.P Carrillo Week, where we will be previewing and reviewing (almost) every new release that E.P Carrillo is putting out this year…We will also be having two contests that will span the entire week… First, all the reviews this week are E.P. Carrillos. [...]

Review: Tatuaje M80

Today we will be taking a look at what has been a highly anticipated cigar, the follow-up to the Don Pepin Garcia Firecracker for Two Guys Smoke Shop, the Tatuaje M80! If you guys aren’t familiar with Two Guys Smoke Shop you should definitely check them out, with a kind, knowledgeable staff and a wonderful [...]

Contest: Christmas (2010)

I just (this moment) realized that it is almost Christmas, and as I look around the web, I see a bunch of sites posting Christmas contests, and they are all offering boxes of cigars, or grab bags, or what have you…Now, I am not one to follow what other people do (other then the fact [...]