Ashton Puro Sol Churchill

Unless you’ve spent the last few months stuck under a snow bank (lately that’s been a real possibility for a lot of people), you’ve probably had a chance to review and digest Cigar Aficionado’s list of the top cigars of 2008. Once my eyebrows fell back into their normal position and I scanned down from their top pick I saw a cigar I haven’t smoked in quite some time. The Ashton Puro Sol. I couldn’t remember what I thought of …

Tatuaje Noella Reserva

Hmmm maybe thats Reserva Noellas…whatever, it don’t matter. Its not important. What is important is that these Noellas are bang’n. Imagine if a Tatuaje Black and a Tatuaje Brown got together, hooked up and had babies. Pete Johnson describes the Tatuaje Noella Reserva as a “little monster” (in reference to The Frank in his Monster Series) but I call them a flavor bomb! If I were to play a game of Thermonuclear War, I’d want this flavor nuke on my …

Trinidad INGENIOUS Edicion Limitada 2007

Back with another Habanos review. Trust me when I say I have a back log of these to do. Look forward to a Cohiba Pyramids Edicion Limitada 2006, a Punch Punch and a very lovely aged Bolivar but this week I have the first and only Edicion Limitada made by Trinidad.

The Trinidad Ingenious Edicion Limitada 2007 features a maduro wrapper and a filler thats been aged for two years. I’ve read some mixed reviews of this cigar and I …

23 Minutes with Pete Johnson

Pete Johnson was in the MD/DC area this week doing the tours of three of the local shops in the area. I met up with Pete at W.Curtis Drapers in DC for the 1st Friday event (every 1st Friday of the Month they have someone in the shop for an event). Pete was generous to spend 23 minutes with me and the video camera before it got too crazy and building security (the store is at the bottom of an …

Don Ramon Maduro

Brand: Don Ramos
Maker: Camacho Cigars
Vitola: Robusto
Ring Gauge: 50
Length: 5.00
Wrapper: Maduro
Binder: Honduran
Filler: Honduran
MSRP: $3.50 $6.05 purchased individually.

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The Don Ramon Maduro is a creation of Camacho Cigars as a house blend for H.J. Bailey Wholesale Distributors. The Don Ramon line is available in two types, a Natural and a Maduro. Cigars are packaged twenty-five per box and come in four sizes; a Churchill (48 x 7.00), Robusto (50 x 5.00)…

Jericho by Camacho (Short Ashes)

With a little of my time being preoccupied this week, I was forced to swap my review this week. Just like last week, I’ve got a short ashes video for you today with a full review coming tomorrow. The review today features the Jericho by Camacho.

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God of Fire, Carlito 2006 (Guest Review)

Today I’m doing the God of Fire 2006 Carlito Blend (tubo)
This cigar is the brain child of Keith Park (Prometheus accessories). Park teamed with Carlito Fuente to develop the limited edition cigar along with Carlos Jr. The cigar is produced in 2 Blends, the Carlito (Cameroon Wrapper), and the Don Carlos (Sun Grown Habano). The cigars carry 2 bands. The main band depicts Prometheus tied to a boulder being pecked at by an eagle (as per the Greek Myth). …

Isabela Torpedo

When a manufacturer you’ve never heard of contacts you to review a cigar, you never know what your in for. Sometimes you find a new favorite, other times you add a new band to your collection and move on. And then sometimes you get a surprise when you open the shipping box. I cracked open a box a few weeks ago, and thought, “Wow! Somebody send me a bunch of Cuban Cohibas!” There in a zip lock bag with a …

Ambos Mundos (Sumatra)

Word! Shout out to Jason Alcantara who gave me the heads up that the Ambos Mundos was available at a local B&M. Now if you remember back towards Halloween and my 26 Minutes with Pete Johnson interview you will remember that Pete talked a little bit about an economical smoke due out early in 2009. After a little delay with packaging the Ambos Mundos (Both Worlds) is out in the wild both in its Nicaraguan Habano wrapper and the Ecuadorian …

Camacho Cajones (Liga 3-1)

Shakespeare (yes I’m quoting Shakespeare so remember this post, it maybe a trivia question someday) wrote in Romeo and Juliet:

What’s in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet

And that brings me to the Camacho Cajones, or Liga 3-1 or Escaparate…the name doesn’t matter as much as the pure awesomeness of this smoke. The Cajones came to me via @ChiefHava and it was one of those great cigar experiences that …