Aging Room Havao – Time Well Spent
Aging Room is a special place. It is a place where tobacco comes to rest before being made into cigars It is also a place where the cigars rest so that the flavors will meld into a singular cigar. The problem with many of the cigars today is that they are made in large quantity. That’s not necessarily bad, it just means that it is hard to use small quantities of great tobacco for...
Battleground – 150: A Winner
Cigars come in all sizes and shapes. And, after a while you’ll think that you’ve seen them all. You haven’t. There is always something else to come down the pike. So, I wasn’t surprised when I heard about a cigar line that is named after and about the civil war. I just thought it would be one more gimmicky undistinguished cigar. I was wrong. The folks at...
Buena Vista An Affordable Smoke
It’s hard to decide what to smoke at this time of year. With the industries biggest show just a few weeks ago there are lots of new things out in the marketplace. Today’s review is of an interesting new cigar from a little known company, Buena Vista Cigars. At this point the company, with a farm in Ecuador, is relatively small and unknown. But they have made a commitment to...
Cafe Excellent
It’s not often that we write about cigars that we don’t have much info about. But this is a little standout. It’s also not common for me to write about flavored cigars. Yet, this small cigar had people raving and I felt it would be nice to depart from our normal reviews and add something that people might be interested in. This cigar, the M.J. Frias Cafe Espresso,...
Esteban Carreras 211
When I recently opened the humidor for something to smoke I came across this stick about which I knew nothing. I’m sure that I got it at an event somewhere, but I have no other details. If you have info on this cigar please leave a comment. Nevertheless, I did some research and found out that the 211 is a police code for a robbery. And Carreras has made other cigars using this...
Acid Blondie – A Flavored Cigar
I have for years despised the flavored tip cigars. So, it was with great reluctance that I tried the Acid Blondie by Drew Estate. Jonathan Drew is a great guy and has supported our writing with cigars and information. So, I bit the bullet and gave the Blondie a shot. The first thing you notice about the Blondie is the pigtail cap. This is a nice touch. Once clipped, you taste a honey...
