April 2007

16 Bean and Ham Soup

April 14, 2007

There is no real recipe for this soon, I’ve been kinda making it up as i go along. 1 bag of 16 Bean Dried Soup Beans 1 Ham bone and leftover ham from Easter. 1 Can Chicken Broth Celery (I used 4 Stalks) Carrots (I used 3) Onion (I used about 1/2 an onion chopped) [...]

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The Battle Begins at Midnight!

April 14, 2007

The 2007 Battle of the Cigar starts at Midnight. Please tell your friends, neighbors, even your dog about it. If you like the idea please link to it, I’d love to get as many participants as possible. Drop a comment here if you’ve posted a link to this somewhere.

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Aurora 100 Anos Final Shipment.

April 13, 2007

Cigar Aficionado let’s us know that one of the great cigars of the past few years is going off the market soon. That means I’m going hunting for a few of these to hold onto. Tax day, April 15, will also be the date when the final shipment of Aurora 100 Años cigars is released [...]

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La Tradicion Cubana Cigar Review

April 12, 2007
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Re: The Truth About Cigar Gadgets

April 11, 2007

Patrick at the Stogie Guys has a post about the insane cigar gadgets that are competing against cigars for the cigar smokers hard earned cash. I tend do agree with him but I think there are a few things every cigar smoker should have. A good cutter: I myself have a Palio, but I’d be [...]

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Camacho Getting A Makeover.

April 11, 2007

I’m sure by now you’ve all heard about the new Camacho Triple Maduro, but something that doesn’t seem to be getting as much play is that they are redesigning their packaging. The new bands and packaging are very nice looking and should be on the shelf later this month. Read Press Release (PDF).

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Four tips for lighting your cigar.

April 10, 2007

The Care and Feeding of Man has four tips on how to properly light a cigar. Also a tip of my own: If you have to use a Zippo or similar lighter let it burn four about 10 to 15 seconds before you touch it to the cigar. This gives the lighter to burn off [...]

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Link: Rocky Patel Sun Grown Robusto Cigar Review

April 10, 2007

Cigar Corner had a bad experience with a RP Sun Grown. Really a shame because these are typically well made flavorful cigars. Just as I thought the cigar was getting better, it took a turn for the worse. The cap and wrapper started to peel and kept catching my lip and eventually ripped. This is [...]

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Four things I hate about the cigar industry.

April 9, 2007

Ooooh Pretty Colors!: I’m sick of mediocre cigars in high priced packaging. I walked into the local Tobacconist last week and saw a bunch cigar boxes and humidors designed to catch my eye. CAO and Gurkha are the biggest culprits of this lately, both make fine cigars but it makes me wonder if the cigar [...]

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Smoke Notes: Rocky Patel Vintage 1990 Robusto

April 9, 2007

This isn’t a full review but just a few comments on a cigar I’ve smoked while driving or otherwise too occupied to give it a full review. The cigar is a beautiful dark rough madruo wrapper and very oily looking. Very smooth and easy to smoke probably the mild end of medium bodied. Had a [...]

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