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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.

Tatuaje The Drac (Prerelease)

You would literally have to be living on a deserted island, with seaweed stuffed in your ears, humming a few random bars from “Piano Man” while…

Liga Privada T52 Parejo

Another of the new releases by the reinvented Drew Estate, the Liga Privada T52, has quite a bit going for it. It is a multi-country…

Padrón Family Reserve No. 45 Maduro

For as long back as I can remember in my smoking life, the name Padrón has been synonymous with three things: quality, flavor and expensive as…

Don Pepin Garcia Firecracker

In my quest to try every cigar that Pepín García makes, I ran across the Don Pepin Garcia Firecracker, which is a cigar that is…

Icons of Cigars: José “Pepín” García

Being a photographer by trade, I decided to try and start shooting portraits of some of the Icons of Cigars when I am able to get…

Bolívar 109 5th Avenida (ER Germany) (Prerelease)

The Bolívar 109 5th Avenida is yet another Edición Regional released this year. The specific size revives a format that has not been manufactured for…

Liga Privada No. 9 Flying Pig (Prerelease)

When I heard that Drew Estate was releasing a new size in the Liga Privada No. 9 blend called the “Flying Pig,” I honestly thought it was…

Por Larrañaga Magnificos (ER UK 2007)

Just like in Highlander, there can be only one. And that one could very well be the Por Larrañaga Magnifico. It has been called the…

My Father Le Bijou 1922 Petit Robusto (Prerelease)

Another one of the sticks that were handed out at the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers trade show in New Orleans was the My Father…

Oliva Master Blends 1 Torpedo

The Oliva Master Blends 1 was one of those cigars that I searched for high and low for a while, and finally found a box….

E.P. Carrillo Edición Inaugural 2009

It is that time again and with the IPCPR trade show and convention going on there will be a lot of previews of new sticks that will…