Gurkha’s East India Classic Havana Blend Is Quite Good
East India has 6 separate blends in the market and the Classic Havana Blend is one of the best. The Havana Blend is offered in 4 shapes (robusto, toro, XO and figurado) and sports San Andres tobacco wrapped around proprietary binder and filler. The Havana is box pressed and made in Nicaragua. Gurkha provided me with a Havana toro at the IPCPR in New Orleans. The toro was attractive with an...
Esteban Carreras- A Nice Smoke
It’s been quite some time since I enjoyed reviewing a cigar. Reviews over the past month or so have focused on our CigarMadness2016 smoking contest. Results of that contest should be posted within a few weeks to coincide with the basketball. It has been fun smoking and reviewing some great sticks. But it has left little time for other reviews. If you can’t sympathize because...
Crossfire Cigars Hit The Bullseye With Its Count of San Andres
I have reviewed Crossfire Cigars for a couple of years and found their cigars to generally be above average. At the 2015 IPCPR Crossfire introduced their Library Series, a new blend aimed at the premium market segment and they gave me a sample of the Count of San Andres to review. The San Andres was a 6 ¼ X 56 box pressed beauty, slightly darker than milk chocolate. It was firm and easy to...
Crossfire Cigars’s Library Series (Connecticut) Missed a Dewey Decimal
This is my sixth cigar review of Crossfire’s offerings since 2013. At the 2015 IPCPR Crossfire introduced their Library Series, a new blend aimed at the premium market segment. A “box” of the Library Series cigars comes in the form of a high quality book that opens up to 10 cigars. The title of the book is the name of the cigar series, all authored by Crossfire. Nicely done. Crossfire...
CAO’s Steel Horse – a Biker Theme Cigar For Anyone
CAO is not afraid to experiment. This time the new Steel Horse cigar has a definite biker theme – the cap is perfectly round like the top of a piston; the band has a tire tread running horizontally across and in the center is a bike coming at you. Not finished with the theme yet – the 2 sizes have biker names – Bullneck (6 ½ X 66) and Apehanger (5 ½ X 58). CAO gave me an Apehanger at the...
Armistead by Battleground Cigars Deserves a General’s Name
When we hear about the war between the Blue and the Grey, famous sites such as Gettysburg, Manassas or Shilo and Generals Lee, Sherman and Grant come to mind. But Battleground Cigars, seemingly far from the war by being based in Hazardville, CT follows a Civil War theme in naming its cigars. At the 2015 IPCPR Battleground gave me an Armistead (Confederate General), one of their Widow’s Son...
