Here’s a throwback cigar for you. Back around 2011, I guess, Viaje came out with the Fifty Fifty, and it may have been one of the first cigars that brought the brand some recognition. This was supposed to have two distinctly blended cigars meshed together, as I remember it. It was a bit of a gimmick. At the time, I would have liked to have tried the cigar, but it wasn’t available around anywhere, and I wasn’t one to chance stuff like that down, nor was I spending the kind of cash they were asking for it. Times have changed some, I still don’t chase, but I don’t mind spending a little more on cigars now days. I picked this one up from Scotty’s Cigars recently, they seem to have some interesting cigars in their shop, as long as you get them on the phone. So I smoked this cigar this week, and, judging by the fact that I can still taste and smell stuff, I don’t think I have Covid.… Continue reading
Mavros Revolucionario Especial Cigar
Several weeks ago a gentleman named Manuel Mavroleon , the founder of Mavros Cigars in Mexico, contacted me and wanted to send me a sample of his cigar. I was intrigued, considering when I started smoking cigars back in the mid-90s, it was Te-Amos that were the cigars I started with. Don’t laugh, at the time, I really enjoyed the maduro Te-Amos, they were readily available, and my father-in-law, who was one of my early cigar mentors, was a fan of them. LIttle did I know that one day the wrapper one these much maligned cigars would be one of the most sought after wrappers. Te-Amos were Mexican puros, which may have been part of the problem amongst aficionados, they were extremely earthy and one dimensional. At the time Mexican cigar makers couldn’t import other tobaccos, so it was puros or nothing. Te-Amos were very popular, by the way. Anyway, I was intrigued by this, and I received one sample in the mail, from Mexico, presented in a small cardboard box. The cigar is called the Mavros Revolucionario Especial… Continue reading
A L’Atelier La Mission 1959 and Other Various Cigars
I had ordered a A L’Atelier La Mission 1959 from Scotty’s Cigars last week (unfortunately they only had one left in stock or I would have gotten more), and I’ve been trying to smoke some of the cigars on Cigar Aficionado’s list that I hadn’t smoked before. I must have smoked another La Mission somewhere along the line before, as I found a band while wading through thousands of bands for my wife who is working on a cigar band table project. More on that as it nears completion. I will say that going through all the bands I’ve saved it’s pretty amazing to see what cigars I’ve smoked. Some I don’t remember! I find a band and think, what the hell is this?… Continue reading
Rocky Patel Dark Dominican Toro Cigar
Today I’m going to feature the Rocky Patel Dark Dominican Toro. Oddly, Rocky Patel cigars don’t regularly feature here, and I’m not sure why that is. There are several cigars in the portfolio that I enjoy, unfortunately, the ones I like tend to get discontinued. One that comes to mind was the oddly named Super Ligero. I really liked that one, apparently I was one of the few. A good friend and loyal reader, PJ, sent me a few of these cigars because he had a hunch that I’d enjoy them.… Continue reading
New Govee Sensors, a Few Cigars and a Contest Winner
I’ve been using the Govee WiFi and Bluetooth humidity and temperature sensors in my humidors for a while now, and recently got some of their new ones to try out. I got three of them (actually four, one comes in a handy two pack). The first one is the WiFi Smart Thermo Hygrometer, Model H5179. The batteries were included in the device, it just had a strip of plastic that needed to be removed for the batteries to make contact. The Bluetooth pairing and WiFi connection were very simple through the app (which I already had from having multiple other devices). There’s no display on this device, so everything is monitored through the app, Temperature, humidity, along with historical data for something like a year. You can also set alerts for highs and lows so if there are spikes in your humidor you can address them before any long term damage is done. This also had a mounting bracket and a lanyard (the later of which serves no purpose in my application). I will probably mount this in my primary cabinet humidor.… Continue reading
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