December 2007

What is Everyone Smoking? December 22nd Edition

December 22, 2007

A few random stories from other sites. The Year in Review (Cigar Advisor) Padilla 1932 Robusto (Cigar Inspector) A video from their visit to Arganese (Daily Doormatt) Carlos Torano Signature Collection (Cigar Beat) Egg Nog that will help you deal with the In-Laws (Joe Bartender)   Hottest Stories on Cigar Jack this week:   Crown7 [...]

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Tatuaje Cigars Website Review

December 21, 2007

A couple of people suggested I take on Tatuaje’s Website, after a quick glance I can see why. The Cigars: C Tatuaje does break down the cigars, listing sizes and the tobacco in each blend. What really hurts the site is the lack of pictures and some detailed information on the cigars. The information is [...]

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San Cristobal Fabuloso Cigar Review

December 20, 2007

This cigar had probably more buzz than any other cigar coming out this year. Two titans of the cigar industry, Ashton Cigars and Jose “Pepin” Garcia coming together to produce a new cigar. Ashton has owned the San Cristobal name since the mid-90′s, but were waiting until they could blend cigar worthy of the name.

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Graycliff G2 Churchill Cigar Review

December 19, 2007

Brand: Graycliff Line: G2 Vitola: Churchill 7 x 48 Origin: Bahamas Wrapper: Ecuadorian Binder: Costa Rican Filler: Costa Rican, Nicaraguan and Filipino tobaccos Body: Medium Strength: Medium Box Price: $170.99 (Box of 25) Description: Another day, another Graycliff. But who’s complaining? Several weeks ago, I reviewed the Graycliff Professionale, a mighty tasty cigar. At $20 [...]

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Padilla 1968 Robusto Cigar Review

December 18, 2007

Another gorgeous stick! The wrapper has this reddish hue to it that glistens, I thought I’d leave my fingerprints on it. Perfect construction! This sticks look sooooo gooooooood!! Another robusto (5 x 50), and I couldn’t wait to light it up.

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Crown7 Smoking Device

December 17, 2007

I stumbled across this thing on Gizmodo of all places and it definitely interested me. It is basically an electronic cigar that delivers the nicotene with none of the smoke. Crown7 was nice enough to send me the cigar starter kit to try out. The packaging is nice, it comes in a box with three [...]

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Smoking Ban Updates

December 16, 2007

Just a few of the many news items I found this week on Smoking Bans: The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce is pushing for a statewide smoking ban. Please, haven’t these idiots seen the boom in business the bars in the area are seeing from Ohio’s Smoking Ban as people head across the river to [...]

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What is Everyone Smoking? December 15th Edition

December 15, 2007

Here is a collection of reviews and things I liked this week: Graycliff Vintage 1999 Robusto (HumiBlog) Dixieland Tea (Joe Bartender) Cohiba Siglo VI (World of Cigars) Cigar Alliance Podcast #9 (Cigar Alliance) Arganese Cigar Factory Tour Video (Daily Doormat) Cigar Shipping Tips (Stogie Review) A Japanese Single Malt Whisky Review (Dr. Whisky) Some items [...]

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Padilla Website Review

December 14, 2007

This has to be by far one of the most painful of these reviews to do yet. As you can tell by the reviews written by Jeff here on the site, Padilla makes some damn fine cigars. Unfortunately don’t expect to use their website to find out any information about them. Cigar Information: D- I’m [...]

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CAO Cameroon Belicoso Cigar Review

December 13, 2007

Brand: CAO Line: Cameroon L’Anniversaire Vitola: Belicoso 6 x 54 Origin: Nicaragua Wrapper: Cameroon Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Body: Mild-to-Medium Strength: Mild-to-Medium Box Price: $133.95 (Box of 20) Description: In 1998, Nashville-based CAO released its box-pressed L’Anniversaire line to celebrate the company’s 30th anniversary. Now, I don’t smoke too many box-pressed cigars, but I inherited [...]

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