Welcome Bernard

Once again as the site grows so does the staff of The Stogie Review. I’d like to take a moment to introduce Bernard Lieberman to the staff of The Stogie Review. Bernard comes to us from the Philadelphia area where he’s majoring in Digital Media at Drexel University (Go Mario the Magnificent – their mascot).

While Bernard won’t be reviewing cigars for us it would be silly of me not to mention the critical role he will have with The …

Tampa Sweetheart No. 50

First and foremost I hope everyone had themselves a good Labor Day weekend with lots of free time to kick back and enjoy a few fine cigars. As for myself, I am kicking back and enjoying a Tampa Sweetheart No. 50 which I received from “Smoke & Aces” as a cigar bomb from Cigar Live.

This particular cigar is a Natural (They are also available in Maduro) and weighs in at 5 inches long with a 50 ring gauge. The …

A Stogie Experiment

To freeze or not to freeze, that is the question…Awhile ago…well sometime ago way back towards the end of May we received the following e-mail from one of SR’s biggest fans:

I had an idea pertaining to the debate of “To freeze or not to freeze your smokes.”

Personally, I freeze all my smokes before putting them in my main humidor.
I do this because I simply cannot maintain 70 degree temps, although
humidity is a no brainer thanks to

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