Cigar Talk

A Quiet Celebration

August 25, 2011

Nothing like sitting back with a great drink and cigar to reward yourself for working hard and getting something you wanted. My private victory celebration is a bottle of Wild Scotsman Black Label a couple of choice cigars. I chose the Fausto by Tatuaje and a Casa Fernandez Arsenio. While I enjoyed celebrating with my [...]

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Buying A New House

September 25, 2010

I’ve been a bit missing in action again and got a few reviews backed up. The past few weeks I’ve been spending all my free time working on getting my current house ready to sell and looking at new houses. We finally settled on the house we want and close in a couple of weeks. [...]

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CigarChat #7, sponsored by Tesa Cigars

August 21, 2010

Know it’s been a little while since I’ve done a #cigarchat event (you know, new job and all), but they’re back! The next chat, sponsored by Chicago-based Tesa Cigars, will be on Monday, September 27 from 7-9pm CST, and the cigar we’ll be smoking is the Tesa Cabinet 312. Once again, there will be a [...]

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Sometimes No Answer Is Best

August 11, 2010

My wife sent me this yesterday and is still pestering me for an answer. There is a story about a knight who ends up married to a hideous old hag in honourable obediance to a vow. On the wedding night the hag turns into a beautiful young woman. The knight has a choice: she can [...]

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Lunch Break Smoke: EO Brands Nekkid Bundle Toro

July 27, 2010

For some reason I’d missed these at my local shop, perhaps because they can keep them around. Great spicy smoke for an awesome price. I picked up a bundle of them for $28.75. Another reason I’m a huge fan of Erik and Eddie also thanks to Micah at The Party Source for calling my attention [...]

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Today’s Smoke Break: J. Fuego Origen

July 22, 2010

Getting ready to write a review so I’d picked this up from The Party Source. Had a Lancero last night and picked this one up for my lunch time smoke while running some errands. Very enjoyable, plenty of spice and flavor.

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Don’t Be A Long Filler Snob

July 20, 2010

When I first got into cigars I tried a couple short and mix filler cigars and they were awful and since then I’ve never touched them as they were either flavorless or downright nasty. Recently though I’ve tried a couple mixed filler cigars (contain both long and short filler) that will be in my regular [...]

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Lunch Break Smoke: Cain F 550

July 20, 2010

A spicy full flavored smoke that easily took my mind off what I’ve been dealing with today. My favorite of the Cain line by far. Not something I’d typically smoke this early in the day, but I wanted something that was bold that demanded you focus on it.

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What Do You Consider Expensive?

July 19, 2010

I stopped by my local shop and the guys that work in the humidor were busy and a couple of guys in their 50′s were looking for cigars and they asked what I liked. I pointed out a few in the $4 to $7 range I liked and they complained they were too expensive so [...]

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CigarChat Cigar Review: CAO La Traviata Favorito

May 11, 2010

Thanks to all of you who participated in last night’s #cigarchat event, which was sponsored by CAO Cigars and Blue Havana cigar shop in Chicago. You can find a full transcript of the conversation here. Here are a few of your tasting notes from the chat (and if you don’t like that, here’s our full [...]

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