Week in Smoke – TGT Edition

I skipped last week’s edition of Week in Smoke to give Brian some time to shine. After all, he was the original creator of the Week in Smoke so I guess its a courtesy thing. Another fun filled week+ of exciting cigars. Some of the cigars you’ve seen before others are making their debut. Some are even cigars that have been out for awhile but I’m just now getting around to trying. Really looking forward to IPCPR as its about …

Nestor Miranda Special Selection Atlanta Braves Alumni Association Edition Piramides

Yes, the name of name of this special edition cigar is ten words long, and that’s with me omitting mention of the cigar’s oscuro wrapper. These are the problems you face when a special selection adds a special edition, review titles that take up nearly as much space at the cigar review itself. For the sake of brevity, I’ll refer to it as the “Braves Special Selection” going forward.

While it can be difficult to tell Nestor Miranda’s Special Selection …

Devil’s Weed

Wrapper : Ecuadorian Connecticut seed
Binder : Dominican (guessing)
Filler : Dominican
Source : CigarBid

Today I am going to do a written review on the Devil’s Weed cigar in the toro size.

Some of you may remember this review HERE from Rich Meade. If not, take a look and burn it into your brain because what you read here may shock you into spasms, while drool drips from your lips.

You want em – CI – go get em.…

Listen to Walt on BOTcast Episode 8

On Friday I had the chance to get together with the guys from the BOTcast and hang out for a bit on Skype. Much like the episode Jerry was on, things were laid back and very easy going. In the short time that I was on, we had some good conversation and plenty of laughs.

BOTCast Episode 8

Edit as of July 1, 2011
After having difficulty with their server, the guys from the BOTCast have changed hosting providers …

Victor Sinclair Connecticut Yankee

Wrapper : Connecticut Havana Seed
Binder : Honduran
Filler : Dominican and Nicaraguan
Source : cigarsinternational.com with my own money

Welcome to this week’s cigar review of the Victor Sinclair Connecticut Yankee in the toro size.

This week’s cigar is available in four sizes, Churchill (7.0×50), Robusto (5.5×50), Toro (6.0×50) and a Torpedo (6.5×54).

Prices range from $49.95 to $54.95 per box of 20.

Pre-Light

First glance of this Victor Sinclair Connecticut Yankee and I would describe it as, rustic. …

Shake Up The Bands and Take A Picture

Up again this week is your favorite game, and mine, Shake Up The Bands and Take a Picture! After all of the participation last week, I decided to give this little game another go and see if we could keep the momentum going. My regularly scheduled review will most likely be posted on Sunday due to my slacking off and spending an evening shooting Sporting Clays instead of recording a review.

Unlike last week where I asked you to select …

Brian’s The Week In Smoke, Issue 7

Back thanks to a fine case of Flooding: The Home Game, it’s time once again for Brian’s The Week In Smoke. In case this is your first Week in Smoke, be advised that it covers many (though not necessarily all) of the cigars I’ve smoked during some arbitrary time frame (we’ll call it a week, but this one has been waiting to be published for months), along with a couple of quick thoughts that came to me at the …

Grimalkin by Emilio Cigars

I hope all the fathers out there had a relaxing and enjoyable Father’s Day. I’m here with a review of the Grimalkin by Emilio Cigars. The Grimalkin has been making some waves as of late on Twitter and Facebook. Fortunately, opportunity came knocking to check them out as owner of Emilio Cigars, Gary Griffith was partnering up with my friends at W.Curtis Draper for an event featuring the entire Emilio Cigars lineup. Like I said, the Grimalkin has been …

Temptation – Toro

Wrapper : Nicaraguan Maduro
Binder : nicaraguan
Filler : nicaraguan
Source : Samples direct from JDCigars.com

I have a brand new cigar to review for you today. This is the Temptation by J&D Cigars. This cigar is a collaboration between Jorge Gil and David Insignares, hence the J&D.

The Temptation is available in a couple of sizes, Double Toro (6×60), Lancero (7.5×38), Robusto (5×50), Salomon (7.25×58), Churchill Maduro (7×48) …

Joya de Nicaragua Antano 1970 (Short Ashes)

As the hour grew late, I was under a bit of pressure to come up with a review for today. Having put things off until the last minute, I was feverishly trying to find something in my humidor that I could review in short order. After poking around, picking cigars up, putting them back, then picking them up again, I finally decided on the Joya de Nicaragua Antano 1970 in a Short Ashes format.

As with all of my other …