Journeys – A Verticle Tasting

Origin : Nicaragua
Wrapper : Connecticut
Binder : Sumatran
Filler : 5-year aged Dominican and Nicaraguan
Source : Purchased from Famous Smoke Shop with my own funds

I am going to do a little different write up for your reading pleasure today along with doing this vertical tasting of the Journeys line of cigars.

Journeys are a cigar made by Flor De Gonzalez using 5-year aged Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers,…

Malfetano

Brand: Malfetano
Manufacturer: Alec Bradley
Vitola: Corona
Wrapper: Criollo 98 – (Trojes Viso)
Binder: Criollo 98 – (Trojes Seco)
Filler: Honduran (Trojes) and Nicaraguan (Jalapa)
Origin: Honduras
MSRP: $6.90

Brand:

Up for review this week is a cigar that, until recently, I had never heard about. I was first introduced to this brand around Janaury of 2009 after a conversation on Facebook with the Malfetano brand owner. Shortly after our conversation, I received three…

Camacho Select

Way back in 2007, Walt originally reviewed the Camacho Select. Fast forward to 2010 and the Camacho Select has been through a packaging and blending change. I originally scored two boxes of these Camacho Selects for my silence on not revealing who was behind the Black Band Project.

Last year when I first smoked the Camacho Select it was unbearably awful from the start. It was on the level of 5 Vegas Miami Knuckle as far…

La Escepción 2009 Batet

Several weeks ago, completely out of the blue, a box arrived in the mail with a General Cigar mailing label. Inside were three Punch Upper Cuts (which I reviewed recently), and three La Escepción 2009 Batets. Ordinarily I don’t review cigars sent to me without warning, but I was looking at a week without a specific plan, and well, they did send me enough of the same vitola to arrive at some sort of verdict. And as the newest…

Cigar Shop Review: Burke, Virginia – Burke Cigar

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Name of Shop: Burke Cigar
Date Visited: September 16 2009
Street Address: 9558 Old Keen Mill Rd
City: Burke
State: VA
Zip: 22015
Phone Number: 703-440-0678
Hours of Operation:
Mon – Thurs, 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Fri – Sat, 10:00 AM –…