Hoyo de Monterrey Sambrosa

Upon request, the review this week is the Hoyo de Monterrey Sambrosa EMS. This stick weighs in at 5 inches long with a 40 ring gauge and is priced under $30.00 per box of 25. The cigar is made up of an Ecuadorian Sumatra Wrapper, Connecticut Broadleaf Binder, and Fillers from Nicaragua, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic.…

Site Construction

UPDATE: Well I was able to work some magic and change some code in the old theme and brought it back to life. Thanks for everyone’s comments and their e-mails.

Well…as you guys can see we have a new layout and theme for the site. For whatever reason when I woke up and checked the site this morning, our old theme stopped working.

Anyway, bear with us as we get this re-organized. Also, weigh in on what you think of …

Arturo Fuente Hemingway Classic Maduro

Switching it up a bit this week, I’m filling in the Friday review spot and bringing you my review of the Arturo Fuente Hemingway Classic maduro (7×48). This is Fuente’s Hemingway blend with a Connecticut Broadleaf maduro wrapper. Similar to the Anejo, the Hemingway with a maduro wrapper is released around Christmas time and occasionally again near Father’s Day.…

CAO Vision

A few weeks ago after Jerry and I joined Cigar Live, Daniel (the forum owner), decided to hold a group tasting panel and include us. The cigar for the panel was the CAO Vision. For our second attempt at a joint review we decided to fire up the Vision and see what it provided.…

Episode 9 – Your Questions, My Answers

Jerry rejoins Walt for Episode 9 of Your Questions, My Answers.

In Episode 9, Jerry and Walt discuss buying tips for humidors off of Ebay, changes in the cigar industry, advice on opening a retail cigar shop, finding that right cigar, counterfit cigars and how we’d spend $96 million.…

General News

Unfortunately, we don’t have a review for you today. Rather than let the site sit unposted on until , I decided to just post some useful information for anyone that is interested.

Interesting Reading:
If you haven’t read it already, take a look at The Burning Question (There are 3 parts total). It is an article I was pleased to write as a contribution to the Doc’s Stogiefresh Journal . It covers burn problems and how to avoid/correct them

Entertainment:…

Perdomo Lot 23 Maduro

The Wednesday review for this week brings us back to a cigar we first reviewed back in October with the Dale and Bob (or is it Bob and Dale?) from Dogwatch Social Club. Back in October, the Lot 23 had only been out a short time and was only available with an Ecuadorian-grown Connecticut shade wrapper. The maduro-wrapped version was recently released and I managed to acquire a few of the belicosos (5.75×54) and couldn’t wait any longer to …