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Brooks Whittington

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I have been smoking cigars for over eight years. A documentary wedding photographer by trade, I spent seven years as a photojournalist for the Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star Telegram. I started the cigar blog SmokingStogie in 2008 after realizing that there was a need for a cigar blog with better photographs and more in-depth information about each release. SmokingStogie quickly became one of the more influential cigar blogs on the internet, known for reviewing preproduction, prerelease, rare, extremely hard-to-find and expensive cigars. I am a co-founder of halfwheel and now serve as an editor for halfwheel.

Rafael González Petit Pirámides (ER Alemania 2013)

While Habanos S.A.’s Edición Regional program has seen a large number of releases from many multiple marcas since it debuted in 2005, there was at least…

Viva Republica Guerrilla Warfare

In 2013, Viva Republic released the a new line of cigars named Guerrilla Warfare, first in a 4 x 41 petite corona vitola and later in…

Tatuaje Skinny Hyde

In 2012, Tatuaje released the Little Monsters, which included smaller versions of the first five Monster Releases. The blends were the same, though the Little Monsters were…

E.P. Carrillo Federal 95th

Every year since its 90th anniversary in 2011, New Hampshire-based retailer Federal Cigar has released exclusive cigars from various different manufacturers to celebrate its birthday….

Tatuaje Skinny Jason

In early October 2013, Tatuaje Cigars released the sixth cigar in a series that, to cigar lovers, has become synonymous with Halloween. Dubbed The Monster…

Portraits: Mitchell Orchant

Mitchell Orchant’s self-described “little empire” is anything but little. American consumers likely best know Orchant through a special edition Regius product that bears his name,…

CLE Azabache 5 x 50

In early March, the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) held its 48th annual meeting in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and as has been the case in years past,…

Caldwell Long Live the King Harem

In March, Small Batch Cigars, the online store of Maxamar Ultimate Cigars, announced it would be receiving an exclusive cigar in Caldwell Cigar Co.’s Long Live The…

Quesada 40th Anniversary Petit Belicoso Clasica

During the 2014 Procigar festival, Quesada debuted a new blend commemorating the company’s 40th anniversary in business. Appropriately named the Quesada 40th Anniversary, the cigars…

Aquitaine Pestera Muierilor

At the 2015 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, RoMa Craft Tobac released its fourth El Catador sampler which the company named El Catador de las Petite Coronas….

La Gran Llave Corona Extra

In March, Michael Argenti—former founder of the Berger & Argenti brand, which is now defunct—introduced a new line of cigars during the 2016 Tobacco Plus Expo…