Cigar review: M.Esteli by Bombay Tabak
M.Esteli is a new cigar brand, just released from Bombay Tabak. It joins the ranks of the well received MBOMBAY and GAAJA brands.
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Romeo y Julieta 1875 Nicaraguan – cigar review
The Romeo y Julieta 1875 Nicaraguan is a puro that was released late last year. As the name implies, the cigar is constructed with wrapper, binder and filler leaves from Nicaragua. The cigar is manufactured by Plasencia Cigars S.A. for Altadis.
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Look, up in the sky! It’s a
Subscription boxes. You’ve seen the ads all over the internet, you may even subscribe to a few. I know my daughters are big fans. One day, after retrieving another delivery from my doorstep, I thought I should do this for myself. I’ve known about cigar subscription services but, a Facebook post from Sam Leccia came […]
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Sinistro Cigars’ Habana Vieja – cigar review
This week, I’m reviewing Sinistro Cigars’ Habana Vieja. The cigar I sampled came as part of my monthly StogieBird subscription. The Habana Vieja I smoked was a Corona vitola with a length of 5 1/2 inches and 42 ring diameter.
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Diesel’s Hair of the Dog – cigar review
Diesel’s Hair of the Dog was released in March of this year. It was developed by AJ Fernandez with Justin Andrews, (Senior Brand Manager at General Cigar) and rolled at Tabacalera AJ Fernandez in Esteli, Nicaragua.
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Drew Estate ACID Blue Blondie – cigar review
Drew Estate’s ACID Blue is the “flagship” line of ACID which was first produced back in 1999. The cigar is on the smallish side at 4″ by 38 ring gauge and are sold in boxes of 40. The blend is comprised of a Connecticut Shade wrapper and a binder and fillers from Nicaragua. AppearanceThe CT. […]
Continue ReadingThey asked, I answered
A long time ago, I signed up on a website named Quora. Since then, I get a lot of emails from the site with questions it thinks I can answer. The majority of the questions are unrelated to the topics had listed in my profile. Some of them are intelligently written and I at least […]
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Diesel Whiskey Row – cigar review
Diesel’s Whiskey Row which was released in June, is a partnership between Diesel, A.J.Fernandez and Rabbit Hole Bourbon. The cigar is distributed by General Cigar Corporation. Rabbit Hole Bourbon provided used bourbon barrels to A. J. Fernandez who then placed Mexican binder leaf in the barrels for aging.
Continue ReadingHappy Anniversary to me!
It was 9 years today that I first started blogging about cigars on examiner.com. That site has since disappeared and several years of my content went with it. Fortunately, I was able to recover most of my Ybor City Cigar Factory series and I’ll be putting those articles back on my blog here. I’ve had […]
Continue ReadingIs this thing still on???
Yeah, I know, it’s been awhile. Lots of things have been going on since I last posted. Craziness at an old job, taking a leap of faith on a big career move (which has been a good decision!) although time consuming at times, making improvements to my health (nothing serious, just concentrating on healthy choices […]
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