In the great Italian sandwich debate, what you call it depends on where you’re from. It’s either a “sub,” a “hoagie,” or, if you lived in Brooklyn back in the day, you called it a “hero.” Either way, the bread’s soft inside and drizzled with the vinegar, oil and oregano mix, and there’s heaps of Read more about Cigar News: Diesel Releases Sunday Gravy “Gabagool”[…]
Protocol Cigars has announce its first exclusive limited release of 2022. The Protocol Hard Coal Detective, HCD for short, is being released in collaboration with Breaker Cigars of Shamokin, Pennsylvania. Like all of the limited edition releases the company does with smaller brick and mortar shops, they try to incorporate the heart and soul of Read more about Cigar News: Protocol Cigars Announces The Protocol Hard Coal Detective[…]
Kicking off the 2022 cigar season, James Brown and his Black Works Studio introduced a limited cigar known as the Intergalactic produced at the company’s Fabrica Oveja Negra facility in Estelí, Nicaragua. The cigar has been released to retailers in the US, Germany, and Belgium. Production is limited to just 750 boxes of each vitola. Read more about Cigar Review: Black Works Studio Intergalactic Corona Larga – Rated 93[…]
The Luxury Cigar Club has teamed up with Matt Booth and Room 101 to create an exclusive cigar known as the Snake Shake. This is the second time that the two have worked together, the previous was the Stogie Press 90 rated Room 101 Johnny Tobacconaut which hit the market back in November of 2021. Read more about Cigar Review: Snake Shake by Room 101 and Luxury Cigar Club – Rated 89[…]
Do you know what a “Cerberus” is? It is known as the hound of Hades in Greek Mythology. Cerberus is a multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving. I guess that is the boldest of guardians of the farm then eh. Protect the leaf, don’t let any leave the farm till it is time Read more about Cigar Review: AGANORSA Leaf – Guardian of the Farm Cerberus Toro – Rated 89[…]
Black Works Studio (BLK WKS) is pleased to announce the release of its Tiger Series; NEON TIGER, TIGER LILY and KHAN: Hand crafted in Esteli, Nicaragua at Fabrica Oveja Negra. These will be available at select BLK WKS retailer events beginning this month. James Brown, creator of BLTC & BLK WKS and owner at Fabrica Read more about Cigar News: Black Works Studio Releases the Tiger[…]
Maya Selva Cigars is officially opening the 2022 cigar season by launching the new Cumpay Lancero. With the addition of this brand-new cigar, the Cumpay family continues to offer a wide range of aromas and sizes — always true to the identity of Nicaragua’s volcanic highlands. Cumpay is Puro Nicaragua. Its fillers, a blend of Read more about Cigar News: Maya Selva Announces the Cumpay Lancero[…]
Once again, the Cigar Clowns are showing what can be done with time and perseverance with their latest release of the Scaramouche perfecto. The name Scaramouche is a stock clown character of the 16th-century commedia dell’arte. The role combined characteristics of the Zanni and the Capitano, with some assortment of villainous traits. As for the Read more about Cigar Review: Cigar Clowns Scaramouche – Rated 96[…]
At this years Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) I had the pleasure of introducing myself to the owner of a new cigar brand – Family X Loyalty. The company is owned by Ernesto Cordova and Allen Sanabria who are brothers by loyalty. They actually met in 2018 at a school event for their daughters and realized Read more about Cigar Review: Family X Loyalty Cigars – Fenrir – Rated 88[…]
Black Label Trading Company (BLTC) has announced the release of the MEMENTO MORI. This new release is symbolic of the inevitability of death and serves as a reminder tomorrow is not promised. Live life today. The company describes the blend as: Wrapper – Pennsylvania Broadleaf Binder – Ecuador Habano Filler – Nicaraguan Hand crafted at Read more about Cigar News: Black LAbel Trading Co. Announces the MEMENTO MORI[…]
Plasencia Cigars, a world-leading premium tobacco grower established in 1865, has announced that the limited release “Year of the Tiger” is now shipping. This launch was unveiled at the Tobacco Plus Expo which took place at the Las Vegas Convention Center this past January. In the Chinese Zodiac this is the Year of the Tiger Read more about Cigar News: Plasencia Limited Edition “Year of the Tiger” is Released[…]
Back in 2015, Room101 Cigars debuted a new cigar with a quirky name – the Johnny Tobacconaut. It was a limited edition Nicaraguan puro made in Honduras. Now six years later, the team from Luxury Cigar Club reached out to Matt Booth, Room 101 Cigars owner, to bring back Johnny as a full production cigar Read more about Cigar Review: Room 101 Johnny Tobacconaut Chapter 1 Luxury Cigar Club Exclusive – Rated 90[…]
In 1999, Drew Estate unleashed ACID cigars onto an unsuspecting premium cigar world, bridging old-world tobacco traditions to new-world innovation with iconic taste and style … placing Brooklyn, New York, onto the premium cigar map with distinction. The groundbreaking ACID became the tip of the spear for Drew Estate’s rise from a homegrown nasty little Read more about Cigar Review: Drew Estate ACID 20 Connecticut Toro – Rated 94[…]
Debuted at the 2021 PCA Trade Show, the Protocol Bass Reeves line is the next in the company’s “Law Men Series” of cigars. The Lawmen Series is a more classic, traditional, refined, and regal look Protocol Cigars has been offering since it’s launch of the Protocol Sir Robert Peel. The Lawmen Series is the company’s Read more about Cigar Review: Protocol Cigars Bass Reeves Maduro – Rated 89[…]