Acme Route 66 Classic is a Good Everyday Cigar
Acme Cigars traces its roots back to the late 1800’s. Acme was a well-known supermarket chain and also known as the supplier of dubious products to Wile E. Coyote in the old Roadrunner cartoons. Route 66 opened in 1926 and was America’s best known highway until it was removed from the US highway system in 1985. So Acme Route 66 is full of nostalgia – but how is the cigar? The Route 66...
Another Winner comes from 231 Rockhill Road
Cuban Stock has done it again!!! It has been a tiring year at CigarMayven.com. We had several challenges with our CigarMadness2016 contest. All of our reviewers were smoked out having to smoke and score well over 65 cigars in a short 6 week period. Speaking for myself, I took a few weeks off from cigars. And then cam back to deal with web issues that had developed while we were all busy...
John Thomas From D.R. Wholesale – a United Nations Cigar
D.R. Wholesale Cigars from Orlando Florida showcased several cigars at the annual IPCPR held in New Orleans in 2015 and provided me with a sample of their John Thomas (JT) brand. I found very little information on D.R. Wholesale. However, the JT cigar was a 7 X 60 handful with an Habano wrapper around an Ecuadorain binder and filler from Honduras, Mexico and Panama and Nicaragua. I consider the...
New Hoyo is Horray!
The new Hoyo cigars arrived about 10 days ago. Just as we ere finishing smoking the final 2 cigars in our CigarMadness2016 contest. So it took a few days for the msoke to clear to get to this review. At first I was concerned that after smoking the great cigars in the final rounds of the c0ntest I would be disappointed with whatever came next. Thankfully, that was this gem from General....
Dunhill’s 80th Anniversary Cigar
80 years covers a lot of history – from the end of the Great Depression to the end of the Great Recession (a coincidence?). Dunhill celebrated the 80th anniversary of its Don Candido line by issuing a very limited edition called Seleccion Suprema in only 1 size – a 6 X 50 toro. Dunhill states that this is the most exclusive launch in its history and the cigar is available in 8 count boxes...
Jose Blanco’s New Senorial Cigars Are Worth A Try
Jose Blanco has a well established reputation after a long career at La Aurora and a shorter stint at Joya de Nicaragua. Leaving a short retirement, Jose created Las Cumbres Tabaco in 2014 to launch his new Senorial blend, marketed as a full bodied, full flavored cigar. This blend uses Dominican Piloto Cubano and Dominican Corojo fillers with an Esteli Nicaraguan binder, all wrapped by an...
