Cigar Reviews

Cigar Review: Casa Gomez Cigars

July 27, 2009

Loren over at Casa Gomez Cigars sent me a few cigars awhile back and as I reached for the last one in my humidor I hadn’t reviewed it yet. Time to get back on the ball and getting a weekly review out! The Casa Gomez line is made for Casa Gomez Cigar by Tabacalera LTC. [...]

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Cigar Review: The Louixs cigar

July 22, 2009

I recently smoked the Louixs for Asylum Magazine. Here’s an excerpt of my review: It’s good to feel like a big macher every once in a while. When you spend a little extra money on the finer things in life — a fine scotch, a Swiss watch, a luxury car — and you get a [...]

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Cigar Review: New Canimao Maduro

June 7, 2009

I don’t have many of the details on this cigar. It is the latest cigar from Canimao and Mel was kind enough to send me a few samples. As with the last Canimao cigar I reviewed the cigar is rolled in Miami and the construction is great. The original Canimao was a good mild to [...]

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Cigar Review: Carlos Torano "Our Roots Run Deep Tour" Blend

May 11, 2009

My notes were a little sparse on this one, but considering it was a limited release just for the tour it might be a bit hard to come by. One of the first stops of the Torano “Our Roots Run Deep Tour” was at The Party Source’s weekly cigar tasting. The Torano family has always made solid cigars, but Miguel our local sales rep was nice enough to hook me up with three pack of the tour blend.

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Cigar Review: Marco V Platinum Grand Reserve

March 23, 2009

Marco V Cigars is a new company making cigars in the Dominican Republic. All the cigars they make are 60 Ring and made in limited batches to keep the quality high. The cigars I was sent were the Platinum Label Grand Reserve a Medium-Full Bodied Cigar according to the website.

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2008 Punch Election

February 19, 2009

These have been sitting in my humidor for a couple of weeks as I waited to get some time to smoke these two back to back. Punch has a package of two cigars, Candidate A and Candidate B. You smoke them, send in a card and let them know which one you like better. Both [...]

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Casa Fuente Pyramid #2 Cigar Review (Arturo Fuente)

February 4, 2009

Brand: Arturo Fuente Line: Casa Fuente Vitola: Pyramid #2 (Torpedo – 6.38 x 52) Origin: Dominican Republic Wrapper: Cameroon Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican Body: Medium Strength: Medium Viva Las Vegas. I recently took my second trip to Sin City to moderate a panel at CES2009, but before I left, I stopped over at Casa Fuente [...]

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Xi MTX Multi-Tool Review

February 2, 2009

  I got my hands on one of these while at the IPCPR Trade Show. I misplaced it and found it about a month ago. So I’ve been using it for the past month to see what I think of it. Here are the details from the site regarding the tool. The ultimate men’s tool! [...]

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Cigar Review: Perdomo Squared Maduro

January 8, 2009

Company: Perdomo Line: Perdomo2 (Squared) Maduro Vitola: Robusto 5 X 50 Origin: Nicaragua Wrapper: Nicaragua Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Flavor: Medium-Full Strength: Medium-Full Price: $136.50 (Box of 40) I used to smoke this cigar all the time when it was originally released, but eventually I gave up on them. I just had too much trouble [...]

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Cigar Review: Gurkha Signature Red 1887 Rothchild

January 5, 2009

Brand: Gurkha Cigars Line: Signature 1887 Vitola: Red Rothchild (Toro); 6 x 55 Origin: Honduras Wrapper: Connecticut Shade Binder: Dominican Filler: Indian, Peruvian Body: Mild-to-medium Strength: Medium I’ve been on a bit of a Gurkha kick lately. Sue me. Things could be much worse. Anyway, I’ll just get right into the review. The Gurkha Signature [...]

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