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Cigar Review: La Gloria Cubana Artesanos De Tabaqueros 650

July 28, 2010
La Gloria Cubana Artesanos De Tabaqueros 650 Cigar Review

General Cigars Announced the La Gloria Cubana Artesanos De Tabaqueros back in April on the Team La Gloria Site. Tonight this was a special cigar presented to us as a surprise at The Party Source’s weekly cigar tasting. Typically I scan through press releases and ignore most of what is said since you can’t smoke [...]

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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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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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Second Take: Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur Legend

September 8, 2008

Jeff did a fantastic job with his Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur Legend Review, but I thought I’d add my thoughts on this cigar as well. It isn’t a full review, but more of adding my thoughts on this cigar.

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Cigar Review: Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur Legend

September 4, 2008

This is the newest release from Hoyo de Monterrey. It is called the Legend, and it comes in three sizes: the Challenger – 5.25 x 50; the Conqueror – 6.25 x 54; and the Crusader – 5.75 x 46. The legend was introduced at the 2008 ICPCR trade show in Las Vegas.

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Cigar Review: Macanduo 1968 Robusto

September 3, 2008

Macanduo 1968 Robusto Cigar Review

Description:
I wasn’t weaned on Macanudos when I started smoking cigars. As a matter of fact, I’ve probably only smoked about four or five. I can tell you that I can’t really remember anything about my previous experiences with this brand other than it is an ok cigar.

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Guest Review: La Gloria Cubana Wavell

August 28, 2008

Tony submitted this review as part of the Show Us Your Camacho Contest. You still have a few days left to enter. Company: General Cigar Line: La Gloria Cubana Vitola: Wavell 5 x 50 Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sumatra Filler: Nicaraguan and Dominican Flavor: Medium – Full Strength: Medium Price: $73.00 (Box of 25) Time: 2:05pm Temperature: [...]

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Cigar Review: Cohiba Puro Dominicana

August 14, 2008

Cohiba Puro Dominicana Robusto Cigar Review

This is one of the samples I picked up while at the IPCPR. Unfortunately I only had one to smoke, so I had to be right on the first time I lit up, and hope the cigar had no issues. This cigar will be available in October 2008.

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Cigar Review: Punch Gran Cru Maduro Robusto

June 27, 2008

Punch Gran Cru Maduro Robusto

I seem to always go for the lesser known stuff lately, so I’m making an effort over the next couple of weeks to review a few of the easier recognized names in the cigar industry. I started it off last week with hitting up Padron and CAO, this week I’m taking a look at some of the different Punch Cigars out there. The first one on the list is the Punch Gran Cru Maduro.

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Cigar Review: Cohiba "Red Dot" Lonsdale Grande

May 20, 2008

Cohiba Lonsdale Grande Cigar

Prelight: This is a review of the Cohiba Lonsdale (a great size), one of the cigars all others are judged by. The wrapper in oily to the touch, just right, not as "toothy" as most Cameroons to the touch. The cigar had a full wonderful feeling like it was packed right, tight head, no super hard spots. The wrapper also tasted good in the mouth, a cigar should have mouth appeal, it should feel and taste well, before you light it.

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