Crossfire Cigars’s Library Series (Connecticut) Missed a Dewey Decimal
This is my sixth cigar review of Crossfire’s offerings since 2013. At the 2015 IPCPR Crossfire introduced their Library Series, a new blend aimed at the premium market segment. A “box” of the Library Series cigars comes in the form of a high quality book that opens up to 10 cigars. The title of the book is the name of the cigar series, all authored by Crossfire. Nicely done. Crossfire...
Santiago — Wins
One of my sad realities is that I have too many cigars. Yeah, I know, poor me! What actually is the case is that I receive so many different cigars I hardly remember them all. So it with the cigar I write about now. I was looking for a smaller cigar the other night and I took this gem from the humidor. My first thought was that it was a beautiful cigar. And, looking at the band, I...
Tarazona’s 305 Is a Little Above Average
Eddie Tarazona has his own boutique cigar business for a quite a while now even though I first came across them at the 2015 IPCPR. Eddie has 3 brands – Classic, 305 and Ecstasy. Tarazona provided me with one of their 305 cigars to review. The 305 robusto was 5 X 50 uses a Costa Rican maduro to wrap around Nicaraguan binder and filler. The 305 was firm enough and had an excellent draw. The smoke...
Dissident Bloc is Just OK
Boutique cigar operations sometimes drive change in the industry as their innovations can be successful enough to generate copying by the other industry players. Dissident Cigars is a boutique operation that is a bit beyond the fringe in their marketing so I don’t expect any copycatting there. I sampled their Bloc cigar, a 6 ¼ X 52 toro that wraps a Habano Jalapa leaf around a double Jalapa...
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...
Epic’s Corojo Reserva is a Good Opener
Epic Cigars launched their first products in 2012 and they have staying power. They have 2 offerings, a Maduro Reserva which I reviewed and enjoyed and a Corojo Reserva. Epic provided me with a Corojo Reserva at the 2014 IPCPR. The Corojo was a robusto measuring 5 X 52 and it had an interesting dark wrapper from Ecuador although it is not a maduro. The binder is a Dominican Olor and the filler...
