Cheap Bastard – A Soon To Be Famous Cigar
It’s a tough life, the job of a cigar reviewer. You get to smoke cigars, sometimes really good ones. And, of course, you meet wonderful people. Sometimes, you get to smoke some not good cigars. And, once in a while you get to smoke a surprising cigar. Last night I reached into the humidor and picked up what I thought was a, well — something else. And what I got was a Cheap...
C & C Corojo – A Simple Everyday Cigar
Just got a couple of new smokes form the NATO show in Las Vegas. This one from C and C Cigars is made by one of the brothers Cusano, formerly of Cusano cigars. I didn’t really know what to expect since I had been told that the retail price of the cigar was around $4. When you first look at the cigar, it looks like a boring and ordinary stick. It has a nice reddish...
A Gorgeous Chocolate Candy – Joyo de Nicaragua Antano Dark Corojo
Over the years I have found cigar people at all levels to be extremely generous. Whether it is a cigar smoker who opens his humidor to share a great find with a new smoker or old friend or a tobacconist who offers someone a cigar to try without charge, cigar lovers are very kind and open with their sticks. Show that you appreciate the offering by passing along the favor and our great...
Another Great Cigar from Tiant – Habana Rodado
As promised, let’s talk about the band on the Taint cigars. Both the Rosado (red) and the Oscuro (blue) have the same band image, albeit with different colors. The band looks like a traditional cigar band, not overly large or ornate. It has embossed gold writing on a red or blue background. A filigree wreath encircles the center of the band with numbers on the right and left....
Ernie Carrillo’s Second Rebirth
Everyone knows Ernesto Perez Carrillo as the mad behind the Miami company La Gloria Cubano. And indeed he was just that. Running that brand own his own for many years out of Little Havana in Miami. After some years he sold a controlling interest to General Cigar but continued to make the cigars for them. Then, about 3 years ago he split from General to create a boutique brand bearing his...
Who Needs Another Room When You Have Room 101
In the over 40 years that I have been smoking, I don’t think that I have had more than a handful of cigars made by Comacho. I’m not sure why, because I have certianly enjoyed every smoke. So it was a pleasure to find that tonight’s stick was a Room 101 by Comacho. The first thing that you notice about this cigar is that it is not a straight sided stick. It bulges in...
