Back in May of 2024, Alec Bradley announced the launch of Safe Keepings, a new brand that will feature blends made according to recipes recorded in the Alec Bradley founder’s blend book. Alec Bradley brand ambassador Bradley Rubin explained, “When we felt the time was right, we opened the blend book and started to do a Read more about Cigar Review: Alec Bradley Safe Keepings Robusto – Rated 90[…]
Ryan Frank Rodriguez, owner of Ohana Cigars and Lefthand cigars, released his latest creation to the market in December of this year. Known as the High Maka Maka it is one of the more expensive cigars in the company’s portfolio. With a MSRP of $15.99, Ryan chose the Hawaiian name High Maka Maka which translates Read more about Cigar Review: Lefthand Cigars High Maka Maka – Rated 95[…]
When speaking about ultra-premium cigars, the name Montecristo may come into the conversation. This year, Altadis S.A. teamed up with A.J. Fernandez to create the Montecristo M. The story of this cigar rests in the 20-year-old wrapper leaf. The Connecticut seed Ecuadorian leaf utilized for this project was cultivated and brought to life through the Read more about Cigar Review: Montecristo M Torpedo – Rated 96[…]
The newest addition to the Drew Estate portfolio is the Blackened “S84 Shade To Black”. The name “84” is a nod to Metallica’s 2nd album, Ride the Lightning, which was released in 1984. The “S” represents Shade. The name “Shade to Black” is an obvious nod to the song Fade to Black on that second album which Read more about Cigar Review: Drew Estate BLACKENED S84 Shade To Black Toro – Rated 95[…]
Well, this is it. I have completed my 2024 Monster Smash journey with today’s review of the Tatuaje Creature cigar. There was a point in time, Pete Johnson said he would only create 13 blends in the monster cigar collection but adding the Creature, now makes it 14. I must scratch my head for a Read more about Cigar Review: Tatuaje Cigars 2024 Monster Smash Collection Creature– Rated 88[…]
Back in August of 2024, My Father Cigars announced they started shipping their latest expansion of the company’s Limited Edition Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial series. This latest offering is called the Sucesor or in English the Successor. The extension includes two blends each in one vitola for the blend. There is a Sumatra blend and Read more about Cigar Review – Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Sucesor LE 2024 Habano Torpedo – Rated 97[…]
Who is ready for a wedding? OK, I just reviewed Chucks bride Tiff yesterday and oh!! …she scored high. Today, I shift to the other bride. The bride of Frank, simply known as the Bride. It is a homage to the 1935 classic film “The bride of Frankenstein” directed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff as the Monster and Colin Clive as Read more about Cigar Review: Tatuaje Cigars 2024 Monster Smash Collection Bride– Rated 94[…]
Ok, we just talked about the child monster Chuck now it is time to review the Bride of Chuck – Tiff. In the iconic series, Tiffany Valentine (also known as “The Bride of Chucky“) is a murderous doll and the secondary antagonist in the Child’s Play horror film series. Tiff is the 12th release of the monster series from Tatuaje Read more about Cigar Review: Tatuaje Cigars 2024 Monster Smash Collection Tiff – Rated 97[…]
We have seen and experienced some big monsters during the 2024 Monster Smash journey and now it is time to experience a not so sweet child monster. The name is Chuck, short for Chucky – the 11th Monster in the series. Fun fact, Tatuaje Cigars released 2 monsters in 2019 – The Chuck and his Read more about Cigar Review: Tatuaje Cigars 2024 Monster Smash Collection Chuck – Rated 93[…]
Who doesn’t remember Michael Meyers, the iconic character from the 1978 psycho-thriller flick – Halloween. The movie turned into a saga of movies over the ensuing decades from 1978 to 2022 with a total of 13, that is if you don’t count the 2017 spin-off “Us”. It was also in 2017, that Pete Johnson and Read more about Cigar Review: Tatuaje Cigars 2024 Monster Smash Collection Michael – Rated 93[…]
The year 2016, gave us all a little nightmare in the cigar world. Not only was it the introduction to the FDA deeming regulations, but it was the appearance of the 9th Tatuaje Monster – the Krueger. This time it was named after Freddy Krueger, the psychotic killer from the classic film – Nightmare on Read more about Cigar Review: Tatuaje Cigars 2024 Monster Smash Collection Krueger – Rated 96[…]
The year 2015, brought us the 8th release in the Tatuaje Cigars Monster Series. This time it was the alter ego of the Jekyll – the Hyde. Pete Johnson based both the Jekyll and Hyde on the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – the1886 Gothic horror novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The story follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner Read more about Cigar Review: Tatuaje Cigars 2024 Monster Smash Collection Hyde – Rated 90[…]
The year 2014, brought us the 7th release in the Tatuaje Cigars Monster Series – the Jekyll. Pete Johnson based both the Jekyll and Hyde on the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde the1886 Gothic horror novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The story follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner who investigates a series of Read more about Cigar Review: Tatuaje Cigars 2024 Monster Smash Collection Jekyll – Rated 88[…]
The year 2013, brought us the “JV13” named after Friday the 13th infamous “Jason Voorhees” monster. Since then, it has been called the Jason as it is in this year’s Tatuaje Monster Smash 2024 collection. This is the 6th monster in the collection. As you now know, I am reviewing all the monsters in the Read more about Cigar Review: Tatuaje Cigars 2024 Monster Smash Collection Jason – Rated 91[…]