Loose Canon 1206 – Right on Target
From the same guys who brought us the well regarded C&C Corojo, we now get the Loose Canon. This is a box pressed Sumatran available in 5 sizes and packed in boxes of twenty. I had the opportunity to talk to these guys at the recent trade show and they were overwhelmed by the success of last year’s release. But, having put that aside they were very interested in establishing...
Sam Leccia is Back
You may remember Sam Leccia as one of the creators of the Studio Tobac Line. He was the driving force behind the Nub and Cain creations for Oliva. Since stepping away from that endeavor he has been out of the business. Now, he makes his triumphant return with the Black and White line distributed by Torano Cigars. I met Leccia at the recent trade show and he is a humble man filled with a...
CLE Corojo – Another Great Corojo from Christian Eiroa
Christian Eiroa is a man with big ideas. He was the driving force that made Comacho what it is today and having left that behind he has moved on to other things. Bigger and better. With an idea to entrepreneurship and giving small cigar makers a chance, Eiroa opened a cigar making consortium in Miami. He has partnered with some people who wanted to make cigars by creating a factory. He...
Saint Louis Rey Gen2 – Right-On
Saint Luis Rey is an old time brand that has been around for well over 50 years. And, I have been smoking that for many years myself. It was and still is a reliable reasonably priced stick. Altadis, the brand owner, has been updating several of their traditional cigars with newer versions. For this year, at the IPCPR show, they added the Saint Louis Rey Gen². This cigar...
Lou Rod, A Great Rod
Without intending to do so, I hit a home run right after the recent IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas. It was a spectacular show with lots of great cigars and fun times with friends. Rather than thinking about which cigar form the show I would review first, it just happened. I have smoked a few different sticks and this was the first one where the photos were completed and all of the research...
Placeres Reserva – A Nice Smoke
For today’s cigar I am reviewing something that is relatively new. Kuuts, a distributor of hand made cigars, has established a presence in Miami and will be distributing cigars from a factory in Danli, Honduras. Recently, they sent out a series of review samples of three cigars. This is the first. Often times, I am skeptical of unknown cigars that come without recommendation, but,...
