Once again I picked up some new-to-me cigars at various shops. I can’t quite remember why, but I stopped in to the Cigar Mojo shop nearest to me and came across the Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Suceser, which I initially misspelled, my mind saw the english version, which is “successor”. … Continue reading
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A New EPC Cigar, an Uppallant Cigar Case and a Pig Roast
I smoked a couple of E.P. Carrillo cigars this week, a couple of which being the newest addition to their Essence Series. This one is the Honduras, and is a collaboration between Ernesto Carrillo and he Plasencias in Honduras. This cigar has a Honduran binder and Honduran and Nicaraguan fillers, all covered with an Olancho San Augustin wrapper, which is much darker than any OSA leaf I’ve seen.… Continue reading
New Big Payback and CAO Cigars, a Jaime Garcia and a Vegas Cubanas
This week I smoked some cigars I received from General Cigars and Forged, along with a couple cigars I picked up locally that I hadn’t smoked before. I couple of them were obnoxiously large! First off was the Room 101 Big Payback 70s Maduro. … Continue reading
Brick House TAA, Tatuaje PCA and Villiger TAA Cigars
I stopped by my local Tobacconist Association of America retailer recent;y and picked up a few cigars I hadn’t tried yet. I got a couple TAA Exclusives and a PCA (Premium Cigar Association) exclusive. These are cigars that are only available to members of the respective associations, in the case of the TAA, the members have an annual meeting (usually at a tropical resort ironically outside of the US (technically they are still in “the Americas”). Selected manufacturers make exclusive cigars, some good, some not so much. … Continue reading
Don Doroteo and Southern Draw Rose of Sharon Cigars
I planned poorly this week. I put a cigar into the rotation that I thought was new to me, until I smoked it and double checked and I had smoked it back in 2022. I really like the H.Upmann by A.J. Fernandez line, and the Heritage is on the strong side, but very good. I would say more, but I already wrote about it in an April, 2022 post… Continue reading
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