Cain Event at Kensington Tobacconist

A couple of weeks ago I was over at Kensington Tobacconist talking to the owner, Kurt. He was telling me that he lined up an event with Sam Leccia, of Cain and Nub Cigars, for the day before the Cigarfest activities kicked off. With Sam being in town, he made plans to hang out at the shop and roll a few cigars.

I spent far more time hanging out, smoking cigars, and sipping on scotch than I did actually …

Cigar Shop Review: Gilbertsville, PA – Sir Stogies

Name of Shop: Sir Stogies
Date Visited: 05/07/10
Street Address: 1237 East Philadelphia Avenue
City: Gilbertsville
State: PA
Zip: 19525
Phone Number: (610) 473-2814
Hours of Operation:
Mon: Closed
Tues through Thurs: 11:00am – 8:00pm
Fri: 11:00am – 9:00pm
Sat & Sun: 11:00am – 6:00pm
Website: N/A

Location: Above Average
Sir Stogies is located on the main thoroughfare through Boyertown and Gilbertsville (Rt. 73). The shop is close to local attractions, making a spur of the moment visit very convenient.…

Women of Cigarfest 2010

After last years Cigarfest, we put together a sideshow featuring all of the models. It was a rather popular post (sex sells, go figure), so we thought we would do it once again this year.

Mike and I took turns snapping pictures of the models. We did our best to get them all, but I’m sure there were a couple that got away. You’ll notice that a number of them went through a wardrobe change to keep …

Arganese Uno Puro

Origin : Dominican Republic
Wrapper : Dominican Republic
Binder : Dominican Republic
Filler : Dominican Republic
Source : Cigar.com

Today’s smoke is the Arganese Uno Puro. As the name suggests, it is a pure Dominican Republic cigar. This cigar is said to be slightly infused with cognac and most places online i find it, it also comes in individual coffins. For this cigar there is only one size, 6.0 x 60.

I purchased these on March, 5th, 2010 from …

Cigarfest 2010: Day 2 Summary

Earlier this week mike and I gave you our take on the Day 1 Activities of Cigarfest 2010. Today we have our thoughts on the Day 2 Activities. This video covers the Cigarfest event itself as well as some random banter from throughout the weekend.

Unlike the first video where we were both pretty run down, we have a bit more energy and provided a more entertaining video. In addition, I also realized that the previous video was recorded with …

Liga Privada T52 by Drew Estate

I’m asked from time to time what I, Don “Cruz”ado a.k.a. The Great Torpedo, thinks about a particular cigar and when asked about the Liga Privada T52 by Drew Estate I would tell them that I wasn’t a fan of them.

Historically, the Liga Privada T52 always seemed inconsistent. It was always one thing after another. It be a construction issue one time and the next time it be a sour flavor profile. The samples I received when they …

Tabacos Baez Serie SF Corona

When you make as many cigars as Don “Pepin” Garcia makes every year, the premium tobacco scraps really start to pile up. And what do you do when you have a surplus of short filler? Some put those scraps to use in other tobacco products. Of course, Pepin produces cigars exclusively, so he uses that remaining leaf to make more cigars, like the Tabacos Baez Serie SF and the Ashton Benchmade.

Accordingly, the “SF” part of the name stands for …

A Comparison between Canadian and American Cigar Shops – Part 2

This article was written by Daniel Temos (Dalamscius) and is the second installment of a two-part series. If you have not yet read the first installment, I strongly suggest you give it a read before progressing to part two.

In part 1 of A Comparison Between Canadian and American Cigar Shops we discussed the impact taxes and duties on tobacco could have on your local B&M. We saw how much an environment can change due to taxes …

Cigarfest 2010: Day 1 Summary

As you may have known, Cigars International puts together an annual herf up in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania. Over the last couple of years I have been fortunate enough to attend and this year was no different. Mike and I were able to get press passes to check out the event and report back on it here at Stogie Review.

Cigarfest is technically a one-day event taking place on a Saturday but there are a few things going on …

Jon Huber at Cigarfest 2010

On Friday, Mike and I made our way out to Cigarfest 2010. Traffic was light and we made excellent time to the resort. While killing time until we were scheduled to met up with Jason C. (Long time viewer of Stogie Review), I spoke with Jon Huber about scheduling our interview with him. It just so happened that he just got in and had some spare time as well. A few minutes later we got together with Jon and …