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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.

Coronado Maduro Corona Especial

The La Flor Dominicana Coronado Maduro did not exactly take the cigar community by storm when it was released in mid-2009. Intended as an experiment…

Tatuaje Outlaw

In June of 2010, Pete Johnson of Tatuaje Cigars announced he would be releasing another one of his sting store limited edition, now known as…

Reynaldo Lancero

Reynaldo Jimenez is one of the major custom rollers who plies his craft in Cuba. The main location he works out of is the Hotel…

Stanford’s 90th Diamond Crown MAXIMUS

In 2006, the J.C. Newman Company introduced the Stanford’s 90th Diamond Crown Maximus cigar to pay tribute to Stanford Newman, the firm’s reigning icon, who…

Review: Ramón Allones Belicosos (ER Germany 2010)

Continuing with the ever popular Cuban Edición Regional series, Ramón Allones. The first release of the year is a Ramón Allones Belicoso for the Alemania region,…

Lords of England (1920s)

There have been quite a few cigar companies that have gone out of business in the last 200 years especially in Cuba, but even I…

Pinar Del Río BOTL.org Small Batch 2010 (Prerelease)

About two months ago, it was announced that Pinar Del Rio would be releasing a very limited cigar run to be sold through—and only to…

James Suckling Retires from Cigar Aficionado

Per Cigar Aficionado… James Suckling, who has been the European Editor of Cigar Aficionado magazine since it was launched in 1992, has retired from the…

Camacho Liberty 2005

In July of 2002, the Eiroa family, owners of Camacho cigars, released a Honduran cigar to celebrate the freedom they had found in America. This…

Vegas Robaina Famosos (1997)

In 1997, a new brand of Cuban cigars was born: Vegas Robaina. Named after the legendary Alejandro Robaina, who passed away in April, it uses…

Viaje TNT

About two months ago, I started hearing that Viaje was going to be releasing three new and fairly limited cigars in the coming months. The…