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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: Liga Privada Único Serie Ratzilla (Prerelease)

Liga Privada is forever working on new blends, and new vitolas of old blends, and that is how the Ratzilla came to be. While looking to make a (somewhat) larger version of the insanely popular Dirty Rat, quite a few different sizes were tested before they settled on a final size of 6 1/4 x [...]

Review: Mombacho Classico Robusto

Mombacho Cigars was founded in the spring of 2006 by a pair of Canadian friends, one of whom, Markus Raty, handles sales for the company and was kind of enough to answer some questions about the cigars. According to a 2008 story from Financial News which was reposted by CigarWeekly.com, Raty and Toronto-based beer entrepreneur Cameron [...]

Review: Emilio La Musa Mousa Corona Gorda (Prerelease)

After what seemed like years of inaction, Emilio cigars has exploded, announcing seven new blends that will be for sale soon or before the end of the year and even more in 2013. Among them is a rebranding of one of their most popular cigars, the Grimalkin, which will now be known as La Musa Mousa. [...]

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: My Father Corona

In honor of Father’s Day, Cigars International commissioned the García family to create a special version of its flagship My Father blend, a My Father Corona. After a bit of anticipation, the cigars finally made it through the shipping department at CI and have been on sale for a bit over a week. For those [...]

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: Joya de Nicaragua Cabinetta Serie No.13

I still believe the Joya de Nicaragua Cabinetta Serie No. 13 (Lancero) was one of the quietest releases of 2010. When I reviewed last June as part of Lancero50 — most had never heard of the fifth size of Cabinetta, since then, things have changed a bit. Actually a lot has changed. Here’s what I [...]

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 [...]

Redux: Oliva Serie V Maduro Especial (2011)

Since 2008, Oliva as released an incarnation of the Oliva Serie V Maduro Especial. Each year has seen a different size for the the limited release, but the 2011 version had a first: it was the first year that a Torpedo vitola was not used. However, like the 2010 version, it used a San Andrés Maduro [...]