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Browsing all articles from September, 2010

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Punch Double Corona – Maduro

Origin: Cafradia Honduras
Wrapper: Ecuador – Maduro
Binder: Connecticut
Filler: Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua
Size Name: Double Corona
Length: 6.75
Ring Gauge: 48
Strength: Full

A couple of weeks ago I ordered a few five packs for reviews. In the order was a five pack of Punch – Double Corona Maduro. I felt like a good long Maduro, so I rummaged through my humidor and pulled one out.

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Gran Habano #5 – Corojo

Origin: Danli – Honduras
Wrapper: Nicaragua – Corojo
Binder: Costa Rica
Filler: Costa Rica – Nicaragua
Size Name: Toro
Length: 54
Ring Gauge: 6.00
Strength: Medium – Full

This cigar is brought to you by Corona Cigar Co.

During a business trip to Orlando, Jerry paid a visit to Corona Cigar Co. While he was there he spoke with Jeff Borysiewicz (President and…

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Gurkha Expedition Series

Origin: Navarette, Dominican Republic
Wrapper: Connecticut
Binder: Dominican Republic
Filler: Dominican Republic
Size Name: Robusto
Length: 4.75
Ring Gauge: 50
Strength: Medium

About a week ago I got a craving for a nice mild cigar. After looking through my humidor the other day, I realized that I was completely out of mild cigars. I took a second look through my humidor and decided to go with a Gurkha –…

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H.Upmann Vintage Cameroon Belicoso (6 x 52)

Country: Dominican Republic
Wrapper: Cameroon
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Dominican/Nicaraguan/Peruvian

The H.Upmann Vintage Cameroon is what I’ve found myself smoking a lot of lately. I had a dozen or so that were gifted to me some time ago and I finally got around to smoking them. Once those were a pile of ash I considered picking up a box of 25 but realized I would only be saving around $0.10 a stick and picked up a couple…

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Camacho El Legend-Ario

Country of Origin: Honduras
Flavor: Full
Wrapper: Honduran Camacho Habano
Binder: Honduran Corojo
Filler: Honduran Corojo

Today we have a very special review. The cigar for this review is a Camacho – El Legend-Ario. What makes this review so special is that it is part of a joint review that Jerry and I conducted with Bob and Dale from the Dog Watch Social Club.

First and foremost we would like…

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Experienced some site problems

Well, it seems that we had a major issue with the site last night. From the looks of it we lost the main database which contained all of the information needed for running blog. Jerry spent alot of time talking with tech support this morning and after a few hours (which seemed like days) the site was back up and running again.

The down side of this whole issue was that the site host only had a backup from 2…

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Carlos Torano Reserva Selecta Maduro

Carlos Torano Reserva Selecta Maduro
Country: Honduran
Wrapper: Costa Rican Broadleaf
Binder: Indonesian
Filler: Dominican/Honduras/Nicaragua

What a gem of a stogie! I decided to review this stogie to compliment the review done on the Connecticut Shade wrapper version of this stogie by our friends at Keepers of the Flame. What can I say? They have the same good taste in stogies that I do.

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Sancho Panza – Valiente

Origin: Cafradia, Honduras
Wrapper: Connecticut
Binder: Connecticut
Filler: Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua
Size Name: Valiente
Length: 5.25
Ring Gauge: 50
Strength: Full

After smoking the Sancho Panza – Double Maduro, I was really interested in trying the regular line. When I was at my local B&M a few weeks ago I picked up a Sancho Panza – Valiente size.

This cigar had a medium brown wrapper with a…

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Sancho Panza – Double Maduro

Origin: Cafradia, Honduras
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf
Binder: Connecticut
Filler: Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaraguan
Size Name: Quixote
Length: 4.5
Ring Gauge: 50
Strength: Full

I’ve been looking forward to trying this cigar ever since Jerry did a comparison review. I received a Robusto size Sancho Panza – Double Maduro, in trade a few weeks back and decided it was time to light it up and give it a try.

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Puros Indios – Rothschild

Origin: Danli, Honduras
Wrapper: Ecuador
Binder: Ecuador
Filler: Brazil, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua
Size Name: Rothschild
Length: 5.00
Ring Gauge: 50
Strength: Full

I was looking through my humidor when I came across the rest of the cigar I received in trade a few weeks back. I thought this would be a good time to check out a Puros Indios – Rothschild.

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