Gurkha Grand Reserve (Guest Review)

This review comes courtesy of
Jeremy from the Stogie Review Fan Forums

Here you go guys.
My thoughts on the Gurkha Grand Reserve.

The website says:

The Grand Reserve is the flagship brand of the Gurkha Cigars. This magnificent cigar is infused with the finest cognac in the world, handmade from the finest tobaccos. The premium Connecticut shade wrapper gives this Honduran made cigar a rich, creamy flavor with a hint of spice and promises a pleasantly light finish you

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Cigarfest 2009 Announcement

I was talking with Carlos via twitter the other day about Cigarfest and if I was planning on heading out for the event. During the conversation he recommended that I signup for the Cigarfest announcements on their official site.

I did not get around to signing up yet but received a notice from Cigar Bid that tickets go on sale February 2, 2009. The event will be held on May 2, 2009.

At this point in time we are …

Panacea Connecticut

Brand: Panacea Connecticut
Vitola: Toro
Ring Guage: 50
Length: 6.00
Wrapper: Connecticut Shade
Binder: Dominican
Filler: Dominican and Nicaraguan
Price Point: $6.00

Brand:
Panecea cigars are a product of Flatbed Cigar Company, headed up by Paul Bush. The cigars are crafted in the Dominican Republic and distributed out of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

The Panacea line is available in two formats which include a Maduro and Natural. Both blends sport a Cuban Seed Seco, Ligero, Olor Dominicano, and Nicaraguan blend …

Los Blancos Primos (Guest Review)

This review comes courtesy of our good friend
Rich Meade from the Stogie Review Fan Forums

Hello hello hello,

Well, lately I have been on a bargain cigar kick. I’m sure the 13 days of Christmas contests are influencing it a bit, but nonetheless I’m having a great time saving money, and discovering some hidden gems. I have made it a personal goal to smoke every brand my local B&M has. Naturally, it occurred to me to start at the …

A Stogie To Do List For 2009

It’s been a both an excellent and a horrible couple of cigar weeks for yours truly. As clock ticked away the final days and hours of 2008, I lit up some truly excellent cigars. I also spent around a week’s worth of time sans stogie as wrestled with a sinus infection, and now a chest cold. So when I could smoke, the holidays were great. When I couldn’t, I found Nyquil to be a passable stand-in for Jägermeister. And yes, …

Stogie Poll: Smoking while you are sick

As you may know, a couple of weeks ago I came down with a nasty cold and had to take a little hiatus from Stogie Review and cigars in general. While sick, I got an email from Keith asking if we smoked cigars while we were ill.

Shortly after receiving the email I ran an informal poll on twitter asking the same question. I don’t remember the exact turnout, but it was pretty close.

Now for the formal poll.

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CAO Lx2

I want to preface this review the same way I did in the video. These Lx2 were gifted to me by Jon Huber of CAO Cigars. Jon was nice enough to send me a few Lx2′s to try after having a conversation on Twitter about how they can be hard to find and how I’ve had mixed results from the two that I had tracked down (one was from IPCPR and the other from my brother but I don’t …

Padron Londres Maduro (Short Ashes)

Not having an article in mind to write about this weekend, I decided to put together a short ashes video in its place. This video features the old stand by of many people, the Padron Londres Maduro.

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When you are done with the video
check out the original Padron Londres Maduro review
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CNN Profiles J.C. Newman Cigar Co.

I was checking my email and came across an interesting press release from J.C. Newman Cigar Co. It seems that they have been recently profiled on CNN. The video runs less than three minutes and shows how the company is doing their best to keep their employees working during these tough economic times.

Embedded video from CNN Video
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CAO Italia (Short Ashes)

Due to the holidays and lots of running around, I wasn;t able to set aside the time required to do a full blown review this week. Instead I opted to go with a Short Ashes review of a cigar that was featured in the past. The cigar of choice was the CAO Italia.

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Check out the original review of the
CAO Italia from back in 2006
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