Gurkha Private Select – A Well-Priced Gift For Any Occasion
As the first offering in the Private Select series, Gurkha presents a rum infused cigar in a very sturdy, well made 5 stick gift box. As usual, Gurkha’s packaging is well done and the cigars are in glass tubes with a heavy dose of burgundy colored, wax looking plastic as a sealer – to keep the cigar fresh and the rum inside. The rum is from Ron Abuelo, a blend of Panamanian rums aged 7 years...
Total Flame’s “Wild One” Cigar – the Movie is Better
The Wild One movie was made in 1953 and starred a young Marlon Brando as a biker gang leader causing trouble in small towns. The film became a cult classic and spread the image of outlaw bikers that lives through to today. Just look around at the millions of rebellious “outlaws” riding on our roads dressed like Marlon. The Russian bikers behind Total Flame named a cigar after this famous...
Kings Cigars Has an Improved Baron
Kings Cigars began in 2010 but appears to have released their first cigars to much success at the 2013 IPCPR. In the summer of 2014 I reviewed their Baron 5 X 52 robusto and rated it an overall 3.5 out of 5. In 2015 Kings Cigars indicated to me that they adjusted the blend of the Baron and provided me with another sample. The re-blended Baron has the same Connecticut Ecuador wrapper but the...
Update to the Conde of Kings Cigars
Kings Cigars began in 2010 but appears to have released their first cigars to much success at the 2013 IPCPR. In the summer of 2014 I reviewed their Conde 5 X 52 robusto and rated it an overall 4.0 out of 5. In 2015 Kings Cigars indicated to me that they adjusted the blend of the Conde and provided me with another sample robusto. According to my Wikipedia translator, Conde is the title of Earl...
Panacea 658
With so many cigar producers out there it is hard to find anything new and genuine in the clutter of people rushing to market bad cigar to take advantage of the popularity that cigars have become. So, it is with great joy that I discovered a Panacea Green label in my humidor. Obviously, it was a stick obtained at last years trade show, that I was now just getting to. To start with...
El Cuje Rebumbio -An Unknown Cigar
It’s rare when I am stumped. While I may not have smoked every cigar that’s out there, I have heard of most of them. This stick was presented to me at last summers IPCPR trade show. And, when I finally extracted it from the humidor just the other day, it presented itself quite well. And, if you know about this cigar, please contact me or post a comment. Regardless of my...
