Cheap Bastard, Funny Name, OK Smoke
I know for certain that I would never have bought this cigar. That is until after I smoked it. I was given this cigar, one each in the maduro and sumatra at a recent trade show. And, I’ll admit to being skeptical. I heard the story of how it came about from the cigar makers, some people from southern California who own a retail shop. they told me that several of their...
San Lantano Oval an Interesting Shape and a Nice Cigar
This afternoon/evening I had a cigar smoking guest join me. He had recently seen the new blog and didn’t know that I was a CigarMayven. When he asked if I could give him some help, I invited him to join me for a late afternoon smoke. I foraged in the humidor and came up with something nice for him to smoke and something interesting, the San Lantano Oval Corona for me. When first...
Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial
I like dark cigars. So it was with some anticipation that I took this stick from the humidor. It is made by Jaime Garcia, son of the master Don Pepin Garcia. The cigar is made In Don Pepin’s factory with Jaime in charge of this line. When I unwrapped the cigar I found a nice oily Connecticut Maduro wrapper smooth and velvety to the touch. It looked like a great stick. The cigar...
Cain Nub Habano
This is a go to cigar. Whenever I am looking for a small but powerful end to the evening this is what I reach for. When you first take the cigar out of its cellophane, it has a fragrant almost floral aroma which belies the power it packs. The wrapper is a medium shade of brown, smooth and silky. Nub is available in 4 blends each with slightly different flavor profiles. The Habano,...
Brickhouse is just that!
Sometimes you don’t know what to make of a cigar. You light it, and enjoy it and only then do you form an opinion. So it was with this cigar. Taking it our of the humidor, I noticed a slight crack in the wrapper at the foot but this was probably because it was obtained at a trade show. Fortunately, this seemed to have no ill effects on the beautiful oily cigar. It had a nice oily...
CAO-MX2
Most always there is some sort of story behind each cigar. This one is no exception. The name MX2 stands for the wrapper, which is actually two maduro wrappers. So the name means maduro times 2. Not only does that wrapper give the cigar its beautiful appearance but also some its great flavor. I pulled this 6×54 black beauty from my humidor where it had been residing well humidified...
