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CigarCraig’s 12 Spectacular Days of Cigar Giveaways 2013 Day 13: Famous Smoke Shop

It’s been a long ride, but it’s not over yet!  I was quite pleased to have had such a great response from my friends in the cigar business, and I feel bad that there were a couple people who showed interest in participating early that I didn’t follow up with because I had plenty already, and I just don’t have the time to go chasing after people!  I think everyone will agree that this whole thing was pretty spectacular anyway. So, of course, we can’t just let it end at 12 days like rational human beings. And because tomorrow’s Christmas Day, I’m going to wait until Thursday to close the contest and announce a winner, so you have two whole days to enter! If you haven’t entered before, all new comments have to be approved, so please be patient if you don’t see your comment appear immediately, I’ll get to it.  Let’s figure out who won yesterday’s Box of Toraño Family Cigar Co. Blends from the Vault D-042 Robustos and the awesome leather cigar case! Zakk Morrow was the name that came up, so please forward your address so I can send it off to the folks at Toraño! What’s in store for our bonus day? Read on:

 

 Day 13!

Since we went to 13 days last year, you might have expected this otherwise unlikely turn of events. To put a little twist on things, and since it is Tuesday, that makes it Two-fer Tuesday again! Famous Smoke Shop is the sponsor of today’s extra special CigarCraig’s 12 Spectacular Days of Cigar Giveaways 2013 finale. Under the tree are two boxes of Romeo y Julieta cigars which are Famous Smoke Shop Exclusives. First is one box of Romeo y Julieta House of Capulet Toro cigar features a smooth blend of Honduran and Nicaraguan fillers, a Nicaraguan binder, and a creamy Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper.

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You can’t have Juliet with Romeo, right? So the second present is one box of Romeo y Julieta House of Montague Toro. This has a Brazilian Maduro wrapper, a Dominican Olor binder and a blend of Nicaraguan, Dominican, and Brazilian long-fillers. Both come in boxes of 20 cigars and will ship directly from Famous Smoke Shop. Both sound super tasty!

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What a prize, right?  As if that wasn’t all, The folks at Famous Smoke Shop wanted everyone to win, so they have given me some discount codes for you to use to get discounts on the Romeo y Julieta Capulets and Montagues, OR, free Romeo y Julieta Capulet and Montague Five-packs with another purchase! These codes will be good through January. Use them! You know you’re buying cigars anyway!  Special thanks to Travis Lord and all the folks at Famous Smoke Shop for pushing us to Day 13 with an especially nice Two-fer Tuesday present! See that? Everyone wins! 

 

Discount codes:

CAPULET5 – Free 5-pack of Romeo y Julieta House of Capulet with any $75+ purchase

MONTAGUE5 – Free 5-pack of Romeo y Julieta House of Montague with any $75+ purchase

CAPULET20 – $20 off any $100+ purchase of Romeo y Julieta House of Capulet

MONTAGUE20 – $20 off any $100+ purchase of Romeo y Julieta House of Montague

 

Rules

Here’s how you enter: leave a comment.  That’s it, plain and simple.  Tweets don’t count, but feel free to spread the word, only comments on this page count as an entry.  Each day there will be a different prize and the winner will be drawn from that day’s comments. The winner will be announced on the next day’s post. The contest is open to everyone, even if you’ve won one of my contests in the past six months, but once you’ve won, you are ineligible to win again in this series of contests. All prizes will be mailed as soon as I get a chance to go to the post office, or whenever the sponsor decides to ship, whichever is the case, so don’t make me chase down your address!  If you won, please e-mail your contact information to craig@cigarcraig.com as soon as possible! That’s it, leave a comment to enter and good luck. Check back tomorrow to see if you won and enter tomorrow’s contest!

 

Until Thursday,

 

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La Gloria Cubana Gilded Age by Famous Smoke Shop Contest Winner Announcement!

Announcing the winner of s box of La Gloria Cubana Gilded Age Toros  generously provided by Famous Smoke Shop. This line is made specifically for them by General Cigar Company and was debuted back in June at their Cigarnival cigar festival. The winner of these cigars is in for a treat as these are a delicious smoke!

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random_08162013As usual, I’ve consulted the random number generator at Random.org and it returned the number 14.  By my figuring, the winner is Craig B!  Congrats! Please send me your address so I can pass it on to the folks at Famous so they can ship you the cigars.

 

Thanks to Travis at Famous Smoke Shop for organizing the contest and to everyone who entered.  Stay tuned for more IPCPR coverage over the coming weeks.

 

Until the next time,

 

CigarCraig

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La Gloria Cubana Gilded Age by Famous Smoke Shop Contest!

The La Gloria Cubana Gilded Age is a terrific new cigar made exclusively for Famous Smoke Shop. I’ve had the pleasure of smoking several samples in the robusto and Churchill sizes and ave really enjoyed them. The cigar is beautiful to look at with it’s Ecuador Sumatra wrapper and the enormous Art Deco style band. It’s got a little bit of sweetness and is a solid, well made smoke.  You know I’m a La Gloria Cubana fan since I have a humidor dedicated to the brand!

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Famous Smoke Shop is sponsoring this month’s contest with a box of La Gloria Cubana Gilded Age Toros. Leave a comment on this page to enter, and I’ll draw a random comment on Friday, August 16th.  The usual rules apply, and since it’s been a while since I had a contest, everyone is eligible to win!

Thanks to Travis at Famous for organizing the contest!  Good luck to all.

Until the next time,

CigarCraig

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A Monte Pascoal Cigar, Beatles and Other Assorted News Items

It’s been an odd week!  Since Sunday I’ve only managed a couple cigars, one of which was a Monte Pascoal Corona and the other doesn’t warrant mention, unfortunately.  The Monte Pascoal is a Brazilian puro and a very nice cigar. I’ve heard it described as “Cubanesque”, but I don’t get that.  What I get is a well made and tasty smoke.  I’ve smoked several sizes and I think this corona is one of my favorites.  It’s loaded with flavor.  The other cigar I had, which will remain nameless, was a disappointment, it didn’t draw well, and wasn’t particularly pretty, and the flavor was just OK, nothing special. I could excuse some of these in a cheap bundle cigar, but not in a Super Premium cigar.  I’ll write it off as another failed experiment and more forward.

 

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In an odd cross-over, my friend Mitchell Orchant, of C.Gars Ltd., recently came into possession of, and sold, a rare framed presentation of Beatles banded cigars.  The story is currently featured on BeatlesNews.com.  I guess I need to hold on to the Burt Reynolds and Mickey Rooney cigars I have buried in a humidor someplace (I always wondered why the Mickey Rooney is a Churchill and not a robusto!)

 

In other news, I received an e-mail this week from Enrique Seijas telling me about his new project since leaving Altadis. CigarCountry.com sells name brand, premium cigars, and you can get them with custom printed cello or cedar sleeves.  The price is extremely competitive and I’m seriously looking for a good reason to buy a box with my name and website on the cello.  I wish they’d been around when my daughter was married, and they are a great step up from the usual “It’s A Boy/Girl” cigars.  It’s a very cool idea, check it out.

 

Some upcoming events to look forward to:  The Chattenooga Tweetup in August (info here). The Delaware Cigar Festival in September (info here, apologies to non-Facebook users!) I got an e-mail from Sir Stogies, a really nice little shop in Gilbertsville, PA saying that Jose Blanco was going to be there on Tuesday, June 26 at 11am. Another case of the day job getting in the way of fun!  Another event I plan on trying to get to is a Drew Estate event on Thursday, June 28 at a much more realistic time of 6pm, at the Humidor at the Leaf, which is Famous Smoke Shop’s retail store in Easton, PA.  Of course there’s the Jose Blanco blending event hosted by Buttheads Tobacco Emporium tomorrow, June 21, which will be a first of it’s kind live stream event.

 

I’ve come up with about as much non-sense as I can muster, but I have one more piece of business to attend to.  It seems that our winner of the last contest never came forward to collect his prize. I sent two e-mails and didn’t get a reply.  So I have to select an alternate winner.  Random.org spit the number 18 at me this time, which corresponds to my old buddy Bob Greene.  I’ve known Bob for years, and I’m certain he will enjoy Mitchell’s book!  Bob, please send your mailing address so I can get this stuff out to you!

 

That’s all for now, until the next time,

 

CigarCraig

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Holiday Weekend Cigars: Joya de Nicaragua, La Sirena and a 777

I hope everyone who celebrated Thanksgiving had a wonderful day, filled with family, food and cigars!  We kept it small this year, my wife cooked up a delicious meal, and my brother-in-law joined us and enjoyed a cigar with me after the meal.

 

I first enjoyed a Joya de Nicaragua Cabinetta Lancero on the first day of Cigar Safari in Nicaragua last March.  Jonathan Drew passed them around on our way to dinner after an amazing day of travel and sight-seeing.  The cigar was amazing, so when I spied one in the gift pack from the blogger party that Drew Estate threw at the IPCPR show, I was quite pleased.  So I selected that cigar for my post-turkey smoke, and gave my bro-in-law it’s shorter, fatter sibling, a Cabinetta robusto.  Obviously, the lancero lasted a little longer thank the robusto, but it needs to be smoked slower, but it waswonderful.  Smooth, reasonably mild, with nice flavors, this is a cigar that I need to get more of, and I don’t like not having one size or another of the Cabinettas in my humidors.  It’s a perfect cigar for any time of day.

 

Friday, following another family feast, I decided the La Sirena Prince that I picked up at the Delaware Cigar Festival was in order.   This robusto is a little hard to find behind the enormous band.  Fortunately, once the large band is removed, a smaller one is still there so you don;t forget what you are smoking.  I found this to be a tasty treat, wrapped in a dark, broadleaf wrapper.  I quite enjoyed this cigar, it burned perfectly and had a unique flavor that defies my ability to describe. All I know is that I liked it, and thanks to Chris Lenzo of Miami Cigar and Co, for hooking me up with this after someone bought up all of the cigars they had brought to the expo!

 

Saturday turned out to be a very nice day, so I grabbed a Jesus Fuego 777 Maduro Belicoso for my evening walk.  I really like these cigars.  They have all of the deep, dark flavors I want out of a maduro.  I had previously only smoked the coronas, but this Belicoso came from the hand of Jesus Fuego himself at the IPCPR show.  Terrific cigars and not unreasonably priced.  The burn was a little ragged in the first half, but ended up being perfect in the last half.  Jesus Fuego is pretty consistently coming out with some great cigars.  You can see a little video I took of him here.

 

As I write this I’m enjoying a La Gloria Cubana Artesanos Retro Especiale on a mild evening. I’m contemplating taking a ride up to Easton, PA next Saturday to attend the LGC Event at Famous Smoke Shop.  I haven’t been up there yet and look forward to seeing the new store.  I’m also plotting something special for the Christmas holiday season, so stay tuned!  Finally, don’t forget to check out the special deal mentioned in my last post.  Get your free calendar and a cigar from PipesandCigars.com !

 

That’s enough for now, until the next time,

 

CiagrCraig

 

 

 

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