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News: Drew Estate to Release 2021 Liga Privada Unico Serie “Year of the Rat” Limited Edition

Here’s some news from Drew Estate. I’ve smoked several of the Year of the Rat from the last couple years and they are really quite good cigars. Over the last dozen years I guess I’ve smoked a number of Drew Estate’s “Rat” themed cigars, going back to 2009 when Steve Saka gave me Dirty Rats with plain paper bands, this might be one of my favorites. Hopefully they will remain the same.  

Drew Estate’s 2021 limited edition Liga Privada Unico Serie “Year of the Rat” will become available exclusively to Drew Diplomat Program participants beginning in the week of July 6th.… Continue reading »

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New Year’s Cigars, A Don Lino Africa and a La Aurora 107 Nicaragua

Happy New Year and welcome to the 12th year of CigarCraig.com. Hopefully everything keeps going on the same as it has been for the past 11! I hope everyone had safe and healthy celebrations on New Years Eve, I fell asleep on the couch after smoking a really good cigar. I dug to the bottom of one of the rarely ventured into humidors and found a Havana Romeo y Julieta Tubed Churchill that has been there for well over a decade that was simply sublime. I figured with everything happening in the world it was as good a time as any to smoke this cigar. It was floral and woody (cedar sleeve in the tube, ya know), burned perfectly and was absolutely wonderful. I find that I’m more often than not disappointed by Havanas lately, but this older cigar was exceptional. I have a few very old Havanas in the humidor yet, I hope they provide a similar experience. … Continue reading »

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A Tale of Two Undercrown Corona Pequeñas and a Year of the Rat Cigar

I had occasion this week to smoke one each of the newish size of the Drew Estate Undercrown Maduro and Shade, the 4″ x 44 replacement for the Chateau Real Small Club Corona  (at least that’s my theory). The Maduro I smoked one evening after taking a walk with a Serie Unico Velvet Rat, and there being nothing on TV, I decided to stay on the porch for another hour and have another cigar. The Shade was a few days later when I had eaten dinner much later than usual and just wanted a short smoke and had taken a nice, long walk earlier in the day.… Continue reading »

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News: Drew Estate Launches Liga Privada Unico Year of the Rat to Celebrate Chinese New Year

Drew Estate announces today the launch of the Liga Privada Unico Year of the Rat for upcoming Drew Diplomat events to coincide with the Chinese New Year. The Liga Privada Unico Year of the Rat will be showcased at the upcoming TPE trade show held in Las Vegas, NV on January 29th-31st.… Continue reading »

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