PowerHouse by Cuban Crafters – a Full Bodied Smoke
A couple of weeks ago I spend a nice afternoon at Cuban Crafters in Miami. It is a colossal store, with a large walk-in humidor, barbershop, wine shop, coffee bar, and lounge. It is at this location that they roll their Miami series cigars. At the factory in Nicaragua, they roll many others including the Powerhouse. It comes in two shapes, a giant Chairman of the Board and a Belicoso....
Padron 2000 – Legacy Deserved
I was visiting some non-smoking friends this weekend in Tampa. I know, how can you live in a cigar capital and not smoke! But, they at least allowed me a small cigar with my bourbon on Saturday evening. I had a few sticks with me and decided on the Padron 2000. I have, over the years, on special occasions enjoyed some of their more pricey and notable lines, but it had been quite a while...
Oliva Master Blend 3
For the past number of years, Oliva has specially blended a line of cigars called the Master Blends. This cigar is form the third in that series, hence its name. It’s also called Liga Maestra. The tobacco blend for this years cigar is all Nicaraguan with the filler being a ligero leaf (this is a very rich an intenste tobacco leaf), the binder being a Habano, and the wrapper being...
Cusano P1 is a Bundled Delight
Cusano deconstructed To be honest, I can’t remember the last time I smoked a bundled cigar. And, if I didn’t know that this stick was a bundled product, I couldn’t have tasted a difference. Bundled cigars are frequently made using left over or scrap tobacco. It is not seconds in the sense that it is inferior in any way, but rather, it may be...
E.P. Carillo Long History- New Cigar
Ernie Carillo has a long history in the cigar business. His father, made cigars for many years after coming to this country form Cuba after the revolution and Ernie after a stint as a Jazz musician returned to the family busines – making La Gloria Cubana cigars many years ago. After a very successful run at the helm of this cigar company he sold out. Shortly thereafter he founded EP...
A Fuente Gran Reserva
A. Fuente is celebrating their 100th anniversary year. They have been making cigars for a very long time. And it shows. The company is run by Carlos Fuente, Sr. and his children, Carlos Fuente, Jr. (known as Carlito) and Cynthia Fuente-Saurez. They are wonderful people quite generous and charitable. They have provided for the education of thousands in the Domincan Republic by...
