Arturo Fuente Hemingway Untold Story Maduro

It’s that time of year again. And I’m not talking about trees, lights, shopping sprees and loosened belts. I’m talking about rare Fuente smoke season, where cigar geeks and Fuente fanatics across the country dash to their nearest B&M to see what presents Santa Carlito left on the shelves. This year, along with the annual supply of Añejos, if you’re lucky, you just might find the Hemingway Untold Story Maduro.

The Untold Story Maduro, sometimes abbreviated “UTS” or “UTSM”, like …

CRA (app review)

This past week has been another one of those in which I’m short on time and long on things to do. I’m currently working on a couple of new cigar reviews, but I simply haven’t have a chance to sit down and record a video. Since Jerry just posted a Week in Smoke yesterday, I decided to change things up a bit and do another cigar-related app review. This week I’m covering CRA for iOS.

With the impending FDA …

Week in Smoke – TGT Edition

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a safe, enjoyable and refreshing Thanksgiving holiday. Anyone do any Black Friday shopping? I’m actually on the hunt for some Sesame Street figurines that are proving to be impossible to find for some reason. Of course these figurines aren’t sold online and no sign of them in the half dozen stores I’ve checked. I refuse to pay seven times retail for them on eBay. Also a heartfelt thanks for all the comments on …

Three Things Brian Knows About Cigars

Due to temporary schedule conflicts, don’t have a review for you this week, but I’m not going to leave you hanging. I considered posting another Brian’s The Week In Smoke, but I felt like doing something different. Since Jerry ripped off the Week In Smoke concept, I figure it’s only fair I hijack one of his. But he is a man of few ideas, so that pretty much just leaves his “Three Things” post. (Which he actually stole from …

New Havana Cigars (NHC) Surrogates

The inspiration behind the Surrogates, a new line offered exclusively by New Havana Cigars, was to create a special smoke that would be available on a consistent basis, as opposed to a limited edition that you might fall in love with, but which you’ll never be able to get your hands on again. A full-bodied cigar, the Surrogates comes in two vitolas: a 5.25×54 parejo and a 5.25×52 belicoso, though the blend is the same in both. Very …

Xen by Nish Patel

Wrapper : Ecuadorian Connecticut
Binder : Nicaraguan
Filler : Secret blend of herbs and spices
Source : bought locally

Today I have for you the Xen from Nish Patel in the robusto (5×50) size.

I am going to let the video do the talking this week because I just deleted my whole write up and with doctor appointment times coming up fast I do not have the time to retype everything right now.

Basically this cigar is a …

Camacho Negro (Humidor Diving)

Over the past couple of weeks I have been telling myself that I need to finally get around to reviewing the Santos De Miami that Brad May was kind enough to send me a while back. Earlier this week I set that cigar aside and made plans to smoke it for todays review.

As it turns out, Brian snaked the review from Jerry, who would of in turn snaked it from me. Over the past five years, I don’t think …

Three Things I Know to Be True (Cigars Edition)

This is a bit different post than I normally do. For awhile now I’ve been a fan of TED | Talks. TED stands for Technology Entertainment and Design. Since being the father of a baby girl (she’s actually a toddler these days but she’ll always be my baby) a TED | Talk earlier this year caught my wife’s attention and thus mine was one by Sarah Kay. Sarah Kay is a spoken word poet and her TedTalk …

Jameson Santos De Miami Haven

The Santos De Miami by Jameson Cigar Company is a smoke I’ve been looking forward to trying ever since I saw it on display at IPCPR. It’s a sharp looking stick, and I’ve been determined to discover if it’s beauty is just skin deep or if it extends down to the filler. Not long ago, I was moments away from pulling the trigger on a box of them, only to be distracted and forget to finalize the transaction. Then out …

Draig K by Emilio Cigars

Gary Griffith wears many hats. He manages a large chain of B&M cigar shops across Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, he’s the developer of the Emilio Cigars brand, and he’s also an avid genealogist. To celebrate his Welsh heritage, Gary decided to create an annual series of limited releases centered around the national symbol of Wales. Enter: Casa del Dragón. First up in the Casa series is the Draig K; “draig” being Welsh for “dragon” and “K” in …