I’m struggling with it being August already! I want summer to be year round. I have this Frontier Airlines Go-Wild pass that I haven’t used yet this year, so at least when the weather starts to cool off here I can get to someplace warm. I’m still itching to take a day trip. Anyone want to meet up at your local lounge for a smoke or two? Anyway, I was going through the cigars from the Smoke-onos festival and pulled out a few I haven’t smoked for todays edition. … Continue reading
When I was at the Smoke-Onos a couple weeks back I saw my old friend René Castańeda and he gave me a Villiger Year of the Horse that’s only available in the Asian market. The Year of the Horse is a 6″ x 52 torpedo with an Ecuadorian Habano oscuro wrapper, a Mexican San Andrés binder and fillers from Nicaragua.… Continue reading
When I saw Steve Saka a couple weeks ago at the Smoke-Onos he handed me a couple of his new Sobremesa Brûlée Tapa Negra, a shade cigar with a sungrown Nicaraguan Habano leaf covering the last couple inches of the cigar. This is very similar to the Joya de Nicaragua Cabinetta, which was based on the old JR Cigars brand, La Escepcion, I think, although I cannot confirm this memory! I remember seeing the Cabinettas rolled at the Joya factory in 2011, and smoking the first lanceros there on that trip.… Continue reading
It’s Memorial Day weekend, and it feels more like a rainy Thanksgiving! Last week started with days in the 90s, we’re back in the 50s now. That’s why I’m not enjoying a cigar while I type today! Anyway, tomorrow is the day we remember all those who made the ultimate sacrifice so that we can do stuff like smoke cigars and live our lives. Thank you to all who’ve paid the price. Anyway, I smoked a few new cigars this week. … Continue reading
A few weeks ago I picked up a Flor de las Antillas Maduro toro at Cigar Mojo since I didn’t think I had smoked that cigar before. I know this isn’t a new cigar, it came out in 2016 and was based on an Anniversary cigar for Federal Cigars in New Hampshire, I believe.… Continue reading
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