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,...
Father and Son, A Wonderful Candy Stripe
Good things come with experience. And good things come from passion. When you combine experience and passion you get Father and Son cigars. Rolando Reyes, Sr. inspired his son for a lifetime. Since he has passed, Rolando Reyes, Jr. continues the tradition. Father and Son cigars is the culmination of the experience of Senior and the ongoing passion and enthusiasm of Junior. All brought...
Romeo Y Julieta – A Classic in a Tube
I can clearly remember the first time I smoked a Romeo Y Julieta Churchill en Tubo. It was well over thirty years and I remember it well. I was in Quebec and went into a small tobacco shop and asked for something good. The person said it was what he smoked. I think I paid about $4.50 for the stick. And it was wonderful. It was also from Cuba. A week later I was in Washington and...
Pedro Martin Ruby
Sometimes when I go to the humidor I am not interested in something interesting. I just want a good cigar. Perhaps I have been trying many new cigars for a while or I am just tired and want to relax without thinking about the smoke, but I don’t always want to be challenged by my cigar. With that in mind, I reached into the humidor and came out with a Pedro Martin Family Ruby stick....
El Titan de Bronze – Burn Your Fingers Good
There are lots of cigar producers scattered all over the place. Many go unnoticed, others achieve cult status. And most are in between, eking out a living while trying their best to produce quality cigars. But, El Titan de Bronze stands in its own category. Occupying a tiny storefront in Little Havana, Miami, this shop has 8 master rollers who each roll about 150 cigars a day. They work...
