November 2009

The first ever #cigarchat smoke-and-tweet, and a giveaway!

November 30, 2009

Hello, folks. As you know, we’ve hosted several #cigarchat events on Twitter. If you’re not following me already on Twitter, you may want to do so, because I’ll have some brand new cigars I’ll be giving away from a secret sponsor for a very smoke-and-tweet tasting during #cigarchat! Watch my posts — I’ll announce who [...]

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Cigar Review: TESA Cabinet 312 torpedo

November 30, 2009

Brand: TESA Cigars Line: Cabinet 312 Vitola: Torpedo; 6 x 54 Origin: Nicaragua Wrapper: Criollo ’98 Maduro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Body: Medium-to-full Strength: Medium Price: About $10-$13 As I said in my recent review of the Liga Privada T-52, I’ve recently been hanging out more at TESA Cigars over on Chicago’s Near West Side. [...]

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What will you be smoking on Thanksgiving Day?

November 24, 2009

I’ll probably be lighting up either an Oliva Serie V or a Torano Exoduo 50 Years. Looks like the weather is going to be a bit chilly out here at my parents. What will you be smoking? Well I was trying to embed a Twitter Stream in here, but having some problems. So just add [...]

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Thoughts on Travelling

November 23, 2009

I didn’t grab a picture on the way out, but it was very early morning and I wasn’t thinking. But anyway Iowa now has to rank up there with the stupidest smoking bans. Here’s the deal: I prefer to drive at night when traveling any long distance with the kids. So about 3 AM I [...]

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Cigar Review: Liga Privada T-52

November 21, 2009

Brand: Drew Estate Line: Liga Privada Vitola: Toro; 6 x 52 Origin: Honduras Wrapper: American Habano Binder: Brazilian Mata Fina Filler: Nicaraguan, Honduran, Dominican Body: Full Strength: Full Price: About $10-$13 I’ve recently been hanging out more at TESA Cigars in Chicago, and the folks there carry their own sticks and Drew Estate exclusively. So, [...]

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Questions for Jonathan Drew

November 15, 2009

We’ll be interviewing Jonathan Drew of Drew Estate Cigars in the next couple of days. Recently, we wrote what turned out to be a popular post about cigar branding and marketing, so questions you have could be about that, about his groundbreaking ACID line — or anything else you’d like. Please leave any questions you [...]

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Invites to the Benji Menendez Social

November 13, 2009

General Cigar is doing something very interesting with the release of The Benji Menendez Partagas Master Series Majestuoso. A series of events are being held in major cities throughout the United States and they are giving invite codes to several cigar related websites. Unfortunately the nearest event is quite a hike for me. Any ideas [...]

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Cigar Chat: Twitter list for CigarJack readers

November 9, 2009

If you’re a Cigarjack reader and you use Twitter, please leave your name and Twitter handle as a comment on this post, and we’ll be sure to add you to a new Twitter list comprised entirely of you, our readers. Also, if you think there’s someone interesting — because of their cigar-related tweets, of course [...]

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Cigar Review: Room101 Cigars

November 8, 2009

I was kind of skeptical when I first started hearing about this cigar. Probably one of the first cigar promotions that I’ve seen make heavy use of the Internet as they have. My local shop got them in a few weeks ago so I finally had a chance to give it a try. The Room101 [...]

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Cigar Review: Titan Redemption Maduro

November 6, 2009

Cigar Specs: Company: El Titan de Bronze Wrapper: San Andres, Mexico Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Body: Medium-Full Sizes: Toro 6X52, Robusto 5X50, Coronita 5.5X44 Willy from El Titan de Bronze sent me these cigars this week and being rather impatient I lit one of them up right away and just finished the second one this [...]

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