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...
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...
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...
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...
OPK by Battleground Cigars Is OK
Battleground Cigars features Civil War themes when naming its blends. Battleground is located in Hazardville, Connecticut which was a major supplier of gunpowder to the war so the naming approach makes historical sense. At the 2015 IPCPR Battleground gave me an OPK (Old Powder Keg) to review. The OPK was 6 X 62 box pressed cigar with a Corojo wrapper, Connecticut binder and Dominican and...
