Cigar News: Isabela Cigar Company Announces Release of PepperHead Mammoth LTD

Posted on May 20, 2022May 21, 2022 by bostonjimmie

Isabela Cigar Company is releasing the company’s first Ltd Edition of 2022 – the Mammoth 660 PepperHead! Based off of the company’s extremely popular “Mammoth” larger gouge portfolio, the Mammoth 660 is in a ‘more accessible” (6 x 60 vitola) with a hopped up blend of higher priming tobaccos. This tweak gives the smallest release Read more about Cigar News: Isabela Cigar Company Announces Release of PepperHead Mammoth LTD[…]

Cigar News: ISABELA Cigar Company goes MAMMOTH for the Holidays

Posted on December 2, 2021 by bostonjimmie

The ISABELA Cigar Company just released the Long Awaited MAMMOTH, their Largest Vitolas to Date. The “Mammoth” is expressed in a (7 x 70) and a whopping (8 x 80) ring gauges. The company noted: “By far one of the most difficult blends ever created….the Mammoths are Bursting with multiple transitions of ever-changing flavor profiles, Read more about Cigar News: ISABELA Cigar Company goes MAMMOTH for the Holidays[…]

Cigar Review: 2021 Isabela PepperHead Gordo – Rated 95

Announced in May of this year, the 2021 Isabela Cigar Company PepperHead Gordo was the latest creation to come out of the Isabela Cigars IMAGINE studio. In the press release, Isabela Cigars stated: “For this release, we take you on a magical journey to far away lands, and their myriad of different exotic peppercorns and spices , a true “tour de force” Read more about Cigar Review: 2021 Isabela PepperHead Gordo – Rated 95[…]

Cigar Review: Isabela Cigars Transporter – Rated 93

Recently I had the honor of joining a group of fellow cigar enthusiasts from my local cigar club – Sticks and Spirits Cigar Club – to sample and talk about the new Isabela Cigars Transporter and also the Isabela Guerrillas. The group gathered virtually from across the country on a Saturday afternoon, led by group Read more about Cigar Review: Isabela Cigars Transporter – Rated 93[…]

Cigar News: 2019 Stogie Press Top 25 Boutique Cigar Candidates – 6 through 10

Posted on December 14, 2019December 14, 2019 by bostonjimmie

Continuing with the unveiling of our 2019 Top 25 Boutique Cigars, today we present candidates 6 – 10. Remember, these are not yet ranked, they are only candidates, and like in the past, there will be 28 cigars finally listed with 3 getting honorable mentions. The final ranked list will be announced, as always, at Read more about Cigar News: 2019 Stogie Press Top 25 Boutique Cigar Candidates – 6 through 10[…]

Cigar New: Isabela Cigar Company Announces the 2019 Time-Traveler

Posted on December 12, 2019December 12, 2019 by bostonjimmie

Isabela Cigar Company is ecstatic , as the company’s long-awaited and by far most sought after Ltd Release, the ISABELA Time-Traveler, is dropping December 13th 2019 !! According to Isabella Cigars: “The Time-Traveler is the truest “Journey” of a cigar, blended to take you on a trip back in time, to the flavor profiles of Read more about Cigar New: Isabela Cigar Company Announces the 2019 Time-Traveler[…]

Cigar Review: Isabela Cigars Pepper-Head – Rated 94

Posted on August 3, 2019June 26, 2020 by bostonjimmie

Sit down, strap in, and let me take you on a journey, a journey of pepper, sweetness, and spice. A journey that is the result of over 13 different strains of high-priming tobaccos, each of which was aged at different lengths, with an additional 3 years of post production aging, to meld the tobaccos into Read more about Cigar Review: Isabela Cigars Pepper-Head – Rated 94[…]

Cigar News: Isabela Cigars Announces the Isabela Ltd Edition Pepper-Head

Posted on June 13, 2019June 13, 2019 by bostonjimmie

Isabela Cigars has announced its latest release from the company’s Creative Magic Studio – the 2019 Isabela Pepper-Head. Isabela Cigars notes that the Pepper-Head will take you on a magical journey to far away lands, with a myriad of different exotic peppercorns and spices. Described as a true “tour de force” of twisting, turning, ever-changing Read more about Cigar News: Isabela Cigars Announces the Isabela Ltd Edition Pepper-Head[…]

Cigar Review: 2019 Isabela Sparkle Robusto – Rated 92

Posted on March 18, 2019March 18, 2019 by bostonjimmie

Isabela Cigars kicked off 2019 with the introduction of a new blend known as the Sparkle Robusto. The company defines this blend as ‘a journey of multiple transitions of sparking ever changing profile’. The company further notes: “Our intent was to create a blend that actually comes alive in your mouth, with multiple flavor undertones Read more about Cigar Review: 2019 Isabela Sparkle Robusto – Rated 92[…]

2018 Boutique Cigar of the Year Candidates 17-22

Posted on December 26, 2018December 26, 2018 by bostonjimmie

The list is almost complete as we count down the remaining days before 2018 comes to close. Today we release the next 6 candidates for the Stogie Press top 25 Boutique Cigars of 2018. This takes us to 22 candidates. The last group will include 8 more for a total of 30 cigars and then Read more about 2018 Boutique Cigar of the Year Candidates 17-22[…]

Cigar Review: Isabela Cigars Shape Shifter – Rated 94

Posted on December 17, 2018December 17, 2018 by bostonjimmie

The Isabela Cigar Company has grown in a few short years since going national, to be known for their creative talent in blending and rolling cigars. They have actually been around since 1997 when Isabela Cigars owner Johnny Piette met Cuban Master Vicente Ortiz in Little Havana, FL. The two bonded instantly and over the Read more about Cigar Review: Isabela Cigars Shape Shifter – Rated 94[…]

Cigar News: Isabela Cigars announces the 2018 Shape-Shifter

Posted on November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 by bostonjimmie

Isabela Cigars has announced their latest creation the 2018 ISABELA Shape-Shifter described by the company as their “Most Aggressive Blend To Date“. The 2018 ISABELA Shape-Shifter is created with multiple varied strains of high-priming Nicaraguan Tobaccos, wrapped in aged Ecuadorian Connecticut and Nicaraguan Habano Prieto. According to the company: “Each and all of the tobaccos used Read more about Cigar News: Isabela Cigars announces the 2018 Shape-Shifter[…]

2017 Top 25 Boutique Cigars Final Candidates

Posted on December 30, 2017January 31, 2018 by bostonjimmie

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 30, 2017 Well, as promised, here are the final candidates for the 2017 Top 25 Boutique Cigars here on Stogie Press. It has been an amazing year in light of the looming FDA regulations but even so there plenty of amazing cigars that hit the market. The fact that the FDA has Read more about 2017 Top 25 Boutique Cigars Final Candidates[…]

Isabela StarDust Cigar Review – A fun journey!

Posted on November 16, 2017 by bostonjimmie

Holy Crap this is a fine cigar! Wait, can I say “holy crap” on here? Damn straight I can, its my website! I can say whatever I want and when I smoke a cigar that hits on all cylinders like the Isabela StarDust, you are going to hear from me at the speed of light. Read more about Isabela StarDust Cigar Review – A fun journey![…]