Tabacos Baez Favoritos

Just when you thought there couldn’t be couldn’t possibly be another new Don Pepin Garcia smoke, it’s time for just that. Another review of a new Pepin cigar! That’s right, the cigar rock star that’s responsible for the new La Aroma De Cuba I reviewed recently and the new EO Cubao that Walt weighed in on (as well as countless other well established smokes) has also produced a line of cigars by the name Tabacos Baez.

I looked around trying …

Contest for the month of September 2008

Before I get to telling you about the contest and how to enter, I would like to tell you a little about the person that provided this months contest prize. His name is Tom from Duque Cigar Company in Florida. You may recognize the name as one of or newer sponsors.

The thing that stood out about Tom and his company was his email to me about sponsorship. Unlike some of our other sponsors, who have all been great, Tom …

Quantifying the Lancero Effect

Please Note:
This article is the opinion of the author and depicts a hypothetical situation. In the given situation, it is assumed that there is no difference, what-so-ever, between the composition of a thin ring gauge cigar and a large ring gauge cigar. In addition, the assumption is made that the vast majority of a cigars flavor is derived from the wrapper leaf only.

In this hypothetical situation, the purpose of the article is to show how one could assume …

August Contest Winners Selected

The month of August has come to a close and three winners have been selected at random to win some free smokes. Two of the three winners are confirmed (received email back from them). The cigars should be at the post office for shipping by the end of the week.

I want to take a moment to thank everyone who filled out the survey, your responses are greatly appreciated. There were several excellent comments and suggestions made and we will …

Colombian Gold by Bravo Cigar

This week I bring you a cigar I talked a little about in Episode 35 of YQMA. Its a Colombian puro called Colombian Gold by Bravo Cigar.

Cigar Nutrition
Length: 6.0″
Ring Gauge: 50
Wrapper: Colombian by way of Ecuador
Binder: Colombian by way of Connecticut
Filler: Colombian
Price: $168 (24)/$41 (5 pkg Sampler)

Video runs 12:10 minutes and along with singing the praise of the Colombian Gold I also talk about it one weak point as well as …